This is a four color room to match the princesses that live within the walls. Each color represents a different part of the castle. The blue part is the Kitchen, the Yellow and Purple are the two Princesses rooms matching each girl's individual personality, and the last pink for a Princess play space to be a hit.
By Kelly
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
I have a little boys room that they have dark blue headboards. What would be a good color to paint their wall?
Yellow? Tan? I have 2 little boys in one room too. Check out glidden.com, they have an area where you can test colours in rooms online. We have been using Melamine paint, it's very scrubbable.
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Color choices depend on the size of the room, other colors in the room and how much natural light the room gets. Bright colors like yellow, orange and red warm a room, while blue, green and purple cool a room. If the main purpose of the room is to sleep and to study, keep to the cool colors. If the room is small or there is a lot of furniture making the room seem small, stick to lighter colors to help the room seem larger (if there are 6 or 7 colors on a color strip, stay to the lightest 3). A contrasting color can add visual interest to the room and tie different things together. Are there several colors in the carpet? Do the curtains have any colors that you like? It doesn't have to be an exact match, just enough to tie things together. Use a bright, clean yellow or red to contrast a blue. To save youself time and money, take several different color swatches home, tape them to the wall (some are self stick nowadays) and live with them FOR SEVERAL DAYS. Do you like the color with the lighting in the room in the evening, or during the day when the sun shines in?
My first instinct is Orange, this will complement the blue head boards well. You don't have to get a pure orange, you could get one with some yellow in it, Which isn't as drastic.
I would suggest red (you could continue with a patriotic or nautical theme), tan for something more sedate, or maybe do a denim treatment. This would result in a slightly lighter blue.
I think a light blue would complement that navy blue. Also, sometimes a yellow or lighter color would neutralize the strong blue, and yellow would make it a bit more gender-neutral. I hope that helps!
Shannon
Do you have their bedding? This helps with the theme of the room like rain forest, cowboy etc. Usually you can pull a color from it and go one shade lighter.
Thanks for the advice ! I also have two little boys that share a room I'm thinking of a dark blue but not a navy .
Psychology of Color
Find a green color that goes with the blue. Green is a cheerful and relaxing color. It is the best for kids rooms. Don't paint it a bright, power color like orange or red. Red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. Yellow is not bad but people lose their tempers more often in yellow rooms. You can break all the rules in a kids room.
We have two single beds which has a red color header, dark blue footer and the sides of the beds are yellow. The wardrobe is also of the same colors as the beds. TV trolley is plain dark blue in color. Curtains are yellow in color with colorful umbrellas made on it.
I have a little boy room his headboard is sky blue what would be the best color to paint his room.
I HAVE A LITTLE BOY ROOM THAT HIS HEADBOARD IS PERRIWINKLE BLUE. wHAT WOULD BE THE BEST COLOR TO USE TO PAINT HIS ROOM
I am painting my son's new room from pink and I want to paint one wall darker than the other. What are two Blue colours that would go well together without making his room feel too small and dark?
I want to paint my sons room a blue color but I would like two contrasting colors. how do I go about which shade to pick light or dark blue and what contrasting color.
I'm in the process of painting my son and daughter's bedroom that they share, light blue and green. I thought about doing the bottom walls green and the top blue.
my daughter's room has cream color walls i want to brighten it up by paintiing one accent wall what colour should i use?
My daughter has a blue and green polka dot comforter. I have painted 1 wall a blue to match. However, there is another shade of blue, a lite green and a chocolate brown in the comforter. I thought of painting polka dots on the remaining large wall. I am not sure if this will go well, or if i should just stick with another accent color, and if so, what color would you recommend out of the ones mentioned?
My daughter wants to paint her room blue and purple. She wants to paint each wall a different color, any advice?
I want to paint my kids room in way that could be used by both my son and daughter so please advise me.
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I want to paint my kids room by colors that are suitable for my daughter and my son.
Geena
Dark blue headboards are very classic and will go with just about any paint color from beige and tan to more bold colors like reds and greens.
Consider what kind of feel you are looking to create in the room. If you want a more cozy and relaxing kids room give some thought to warm colors such as earth tones. If you want a more playful feel, consider brighter colors. Depending on the shade light colors may make the room feel cool.
I was just on a site that featured a photo of dark blue headboard and a nautical themed room for a toddler. You can find the picture here boystoddlerbedding.net/
I'm thinking though either a lighter blue or yellow paint color would be nice with a blue headboard.
What other colors do you have in the room already e.g. in the bedding? If you don't have bedding yet, why not find some you like and then pick a color in the bedding and use it as a paint color.
I also understand that the headboard and bedding in the photo I saw comes from The Land of Nod who also sells a coordinating line of environmentally friendly paints kidswallstickers.net/
Hope my ideas help.
What color should I paint a kids room who has ADHD?
Chyna from New Iberia, LA
I would suggest blue, it is supposed to be a very calming color
i was also thinking blue. it is calming.
Cool colors are the most calming. Stick with any cool blue, green, violet, or in-between shades. I'd be careful to use a medium to light hue, since the darker versions are bolder and more energetic, which is contrary to what you are looking for.
i have a son with ADHD and i would say paint the room his favourite colour, just how far do you think this condition is going to affect you?
I'd like to suggest that it's not just about the color, but the atmophere created within the room. For kids with ADHD, a low-tension, calming, relaxing, safe environment is best, so please consider not only colors, but other sights, sounds, and even textures.
Blue is very calming, but all blue can be a bit depressing. Brown and green are colors to use with blue as they are all grounding and natural colors.
Hope that Helps.
Many years ago I saw a documentary on prisoners and how they painted a cell a strong pink. When a very violent prisoner was placed in this cell, after half an hour they calmed down completely. Prisoners who were placed in an normal cell were still very angry after an hour in there.
I know that pink may not be a good colour for a boy, or is this a girl that you are talking about?
Research has shown that calming colors and environments DO NOT work for those with hyperactive disorders. It can actually make the problem worse. Please contact www.iaccna.org for more information or participate in my study and contact me at.
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Jes
We are remodeling upstairs in our home and I am trying to find the right color for my daughter's new bedroom. There is light pine wood on the ceiling which slants down on two sides and medium stained baseboards and trim around one big window that faces north.
The room gets medium light from window. We put an autumn forest wallpaper mural on one small angled wall which has all different greens in it. I'm thinking a green color for other walls, but cannot find the right green. We want a woodsy forest look in the room, but something that she will still like as she gets older (8 years old now).
Any suggestions of some colors (exact name and brand) would be great. I am looking at several brands, Sherwin Williams, Dutch Boy, Glidden, Pittsburg, Behr, Valspar, and Ace. Possibly thinking of doing the window wall a lighter color than other walls? Not sure. Thanks.
By Kathy
Let her pick the color out, just make sure it is something that will go with the mural.
Are you stuck on leaving the pine as it is? It would make your job a lot easier if you painted it out. Pine is not a great wood, nor expensive so painting it is not a sacrilege. On top of that the room ís not very bright and painting out the wood would make it much brighter. Give it some consideration.
If you choose to keep something like the mural you are making it more difficult later on because she will get sick of looking at the same sight all the time. With color, at least you have an easier chance of satisfying her changing tastes as she gets older by changing the accessories, curtains, comforter, etc.
Under no circumstances would I let a child choose the color of their own room. You are liable to end up with a purple room and orange polka dots. You might show her pictures in decorating magazines of childrens rooms and see what catches her eye. The library will provide you with lots of magazines to check out without having to buy them and she might enjoy the visit. Good luck.
Sherman williams has some great colors to paint a room.
High Strung SW6705 is a bright green that might work for you or Festival green SW6923<<--I think that is the color number.
Let your daughter choose. If everyone tires of it, it is only paint. Change it in a few years.
Personally I would have been upset with myself having those stripes of black, not in the corners. Here's why. It would be so cool if those black stripes could be black stripes in each corner of the walls. But since they aren't, here's what I'd suggest anyways.
Paint the other side of the wall with black stripes on the corner only. The rest of the wall a tan color, not a really dark tan, more like a lighter tan to brighten up the room. If that doesn't look good, try again. I think a tan would look good. It's a good color to bring other colors into the room. Now, we have a general theme going green, black, and tan. It's like Africa, I would add some giraffes or some monkeys into the room, or something African that she may enjoy. To add some color, they have bedding I've seen that has tan with pink trim, you can add pink floor rugs, and pink items around the room. I think that would look cute. These are many ideas I get while watching HGTV.
Make sure you buy NO VOC or Low VOC paint. VOC = volatile organic compounds, which are solvents that makes paint smell and which gives off unhealthy gases, which can cause asthma attacks and other health problems. More paint companies are making greener paints replacing solvents with water based solutions.
You don't want your child breathing in solvents from regular paint which outgas for a long time even after seemingly dry.
I want to paint my my son's room. What color should I go with? I have an 11 year old and a 6 year old. Can you please help.
By Danette from Evergreen Park, IL
My son is 10 and we painted the ceiling and one wall painted a deep dark blue, and the other three walls sky blue. The room is covered with stick on stars and planets and it looks awsome. He has had his room this way since he was seven and has not tired of it. Good luck!
Use colors that they like.
Do go with a relaxing color as you want them to sleep at night--blue or green or a brown maybe. Or paint the lower half green like grass and upper half blue like sky and add trees, etc. I did this and even have a race track in black with velcroed matchbox cars on the track. I painted a hot-air balloon in the air, a campsite, a lake with boats and people and fish, and a forest. If you didn't care, the kids could do freelance art on their walls.
What would they want? Have them each choose a couple of colors, narrow the choices down to one favorite each and see if it's the same for both of them. If they don't agree have them do the old fashioned drawing straws for the final choice or you can always paint two walls of one boys color choice and the other two walls the other boys color choice. ;-)
Two ideas, one I've seen, one I've tried:
(1) The room, small and for one boy, about 8 at the time, had three walls painted white, one wall and the ceiling papered in a bold red plaid. The single window had plaid curtains and the bedspread also matched. Furniture was maple. This could be done with any color or pattern substituted for the plaid.
(2) Paint the ceiling a light sky blue, as well as roughly the top half of all four walls. Make clouds from the floor up and create a very uneven (cloud-shaped) meeting of blue and white. The clouds may, in a couple of places, extend to the ceiling. Sponge the cloud edges where they meeting the sky for fluffiness. Use light lilac or silver, sponged on, to give the white cloud areas some shape. If you're artistic, you can add a few birds, a treetop, or whatever. Glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling are a great addition. Has a feeling of being "up in the clouds."
Good luck with you project! --shoe
My walls are a cream with gold colorant in it (I like to think of it as cake batter yellow), and my floors are a medium wood color. My glitter-fied 11 year old daughter's bedroom joins mine. I want to know if I can paint her room a different color, even though our rooms are connected (there is a door but no hallway). If I paint her room the same color, can I infuse pink or purple drapes with the current color scheme?
By Meche Q
If it's a rental you need permission but if you own, you can paint it anything you want. I once painted each wall of my daughters room a color that went with her bedspread so there was pink, yellow, green and blue. We owned the house but still...paint if paint. I say you are only a glitter-fied 11 year old once!
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I am looking for decorating ideas for my son's bedroom. He has a red car bed. What colour should I paint the walls?
