Decorating Ideas for Teen Bedrooms

When trying to come up with decorating ideas for teen bedrooms, be sure to sit down with your teenager and get their input!

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Teenagers tend to have strong color and style preferences, so be sure to sit down with him or her and find out what their unique preferences are.

Purple is a popular color and can be used in many different ways, from delicate, magical looks to bold, modern "purple-haze" designs. If the idea of a purple bedroom scares you, try decorating ideas for teen bedroom that use lilacs and mauves.

Use sheer lilac curtains with silk flowers sewn on for a teenage girl's room; for a teenage boy's room, try heavier, deep purple drapes with brass bells hanging from both corners of the curtain rod.

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Paint a purple sky on the ceiling, applying purple paint in an uneven texture over a white base to create the feeling of a real dusky sky.

If your teenager loves blue, go for a "cool blue" decorating look. Use cloud pillow shams and a dark blue quilt in this decorating idea for teen bedrooms.

Paint the walls in ocean colors using a paint technique called ombré.

This effect blends lighter colors into darker colors to give a seamless, blurry effect. Blend dark blue into light blue tones after first priming the walls in a coat of wet glaze.

Then, starting at the top of the wall, using a paint roller, paint on a stripe of the lightest blue. Keep the line where the color ends uneven.

Then paint a stripe of darker blue below it, and end with the darkest blue at the bottom of the wall. Blend colors together using a dabbing motion with a wet sponge.

In this decorating idea for teen bedrooms, a painted hardwood floor works well. Remove any carpet or linoleum tiles from the floor. Sand and prime the hardwood floor, and then paint it a royal blue for a cheerful, mystical appearance.

Other decorating ideas for teen bedrooms include a honky-tonk theme. You can modify this idea for either a teenage boy's or a girl's bedroom.

Use fake fur and feather boas for a teenage girl's room, and add sheer glittery curtains. Replace the feathers with leather for a teenage boy's room.

Hunt down old, broken vintage guitars from flea markets or junk shops and mount them on the walls. Hang music related posters, like these, to pull the theme together.

Large dangling dice and bold wall borders complete the look. Many are sure to enjoy these retro decorating ideas for teen bedrooms.

On the other hand, perhaps your teenager is enamored of the King Arthur myth? Try a medieval decorating theme that can also be adapted for either a teenage son's or daughter's room.

Hunt down antique-looking shields at flea markets, or buy reproductions and hang them on the walls.

Another decorating idea for teen bedrooms is to use cork-flooring tiles for a warm, durable floor, or linoleum tiles that look like rough stone, resembling the stone floor of a old castle.

Paint walls with pale yellow and grass green stripes. First paint the walls with a yellow base. Then, using painter's tape to mark off your green stripes, use a damp sponge dripped in a green glaze and wash the color over the walls between the tape lines to create a cloudy green stripe.

For a teenage boy, choose a medieval style brass bed and heavy wooden accessory pieces. Or add a filmy white canopy cascading from the ceiling for a teenage girl's bedroom.

Use heavy gold wall-mounted sconces with light bulbs that resemble candles.

Linens should be in rich hues of russet or sage green, with large tapestry pillows to complete this classic look.

All of these decorating ideas for teen bedrooms are meant to be general guides to create a unified look. And remember that hanging artwork/posters is an easy way to get rolling with a theme. You'll find more poster ideas by clicking on these links...

Work with your son and daughter to create the bedroom of their dreams, personalized to fit their own unique and special style.

I hope you've found these decorating ideas for teen bedrooms to be helpful.

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