My niece Ellen is so wise, she is only six and knows exactly what she wants. I see her every day, I have to or else I get a lecture from her. This is a girl who loves her fashion, she changes twice a day to get her outfit right. Ellen notices everything, if I wear a new top she has not problem telling me if she likes it or not. At the moment she wants her bedroom redecorated, this week she wants to paint the room pink, doesn’t every girl?Â
 I love doing children’s rooms, besides I am a big kid myself, no seriously, I was a Montessori teacher for five years, to me working with children is all about imagination and so is interior design. Children have a great imagination, they could teach us grow ups a thing or two. So if you are doing up your child’s bedroom, please take time and include their thoughts and their wants, they will surprise you and could be helpful. It is after all their bedroom.
Well at least he is honest.
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The Nursery
To me this is the perfect nursery, simple yet calm, the children’s toys and books are used to add colour to this room. The fresh white walls and floors gives this room an airy, cleansing feeling, perfect for any baby, consider the walls a blank canvas that will be added to over the years. This room will grow with the child, you could easily replace the cots with beds and toys for an older child, add a few more colourful accessories, cushions etc. Also think of the money you will be saving.
Another great nursery, the key is to create a room that is functional and fun that can grown and change as your children do.
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Here Come The Girls
 Think long term when you are buying beds, gimmicky racing car or princess beds are fun for a year or two but they will be outgrown quickly.
Every girls dream colourful bedroom.
 Loving the pink and orange colour combination in this girls bedroom. Great storage idea, shelving under the windows.
 A good storage system is the key to maintaining a tidy children’s room.
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Boys Will Be Boys.
Blue is a favourite when decorating a boys room. Blue is a great colour for bedrooms as it is calm and relaxing colour.
Experiment with different colours not just blues when decorating a boys room. Yellow is great with blue and adds sunshine to the room.
A more modern approach to a boys bedroom, keeping it tidy with plenty of storage.
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My Client
I am actually doing up a bedroom at the moment for a young girl. When I met up with my young client she expressed what colours she liked, blues and reds and in her own words, not girlie. She also loves the seaside and stripes and spots, she actually gave me great ideas to work on.
With all my clients, I like to present them with a mood board, pictures of inspiration, I put together myself to show the mood of the room I am trying to create.
Mood board, showing the client the mood I am creating for the room.
Sample board, this sample board shows the client what paint, flooring, materials that will be included in the design of the room.
Its really a great idea as it shows the client the design of the room.
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Ideal for children’s bedrooms
Children’s Book stand on wheels €79.90 from Imaginarium in Dublin. They have a great selection of toys and children’s furniture.
Beautiful single bed from Little Dreamers in Galway, Ireland, and also duvet set in the picture below.
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Ikea, is ideal for decorating any child’s bedroom.
Red cot £73.40.
Storage bench £67.40.
Curtains £9.99.
Rug £14.67.
Bed clothes £14.99.
Love heart cushions £3.99.
Material £1.99 a metre, gorgeous for curtains in girls room.
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You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
One things for sure, they will always make you laugh.
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hi you have a roman blind in 1 of the girls room on display it is hot pint with red on the sides.i would like to know wher i could get the material???
thanks katrina
Hey Katina
The materials are separate, the red material was added on as a border to the pink when it was made up as a roman blind. That post was about a year ago, cant remember where I got material, but I recently done the same in another girls room, I ended up buying a plain pink duvet cover in Penney’s for only €4.00 and bought the red material separate, got a roman blind made up, very cheap and very nice.
Hope this is of help to you.
Gillian
Hi! I was just wondering where to go on the web for the orange and pink ensemble you showed above with the white built-in storage under the windows? Thank you, kindly!
i love this picture…
and i dream to have a colourful bedrooms or princess bedrooms