It’s as easy as using your imagination when it comes to decorating for a boy. You may want to use a theme to decorate with because this is the easiest way to get what you want and what they like. You can choose an artist, a sports hero, or even a fable.
Eye on the Ball: Home decorators will hardly ever go wrong choosing a sports theme for a boy’s room. Anything with a ball in it is likely to draw a little guy’s interest. Plus, the spherical shape of most balls lends itself nicely to colorful area rugs that give a room focus. If your son has a favorite team, so much the better; you can paint the room in team colors. Furniture, wallpaper and fabrics in sports themes are readily available, and you can finish off the room with accessories of the sport’s equipment.
Rainbow Bright: Perhaps your son shows artistic tendencies, or maybe he just likes bright colors. Go for the gold (and blue and green and …) by using bright colors everywhere. If the room has wall-to-wall carpeting, start by choosing a wildly colorful area rug, and take your color cues from that. Paint each shelf of a bookcase a different color corresponding to the color theme. Color up the bedroom furniture in the same way. Remember, paint is the most inexpensive way to design a room, so don’t be shy about using it lavishly.
Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho: It’s time to walk the plank! Well you can pretend anyway. Create a pirates room for your son. Theme it with “Treasure Island” or “Peter Pan”. You may even want to do “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Paint the walls an ocean blue and add ships selling by. Decorate the inside of the room with treasure chests or big trunks that can be used for toy boxes and more.
A Knight’s Tale: This theme will take some real artistic talent but you can do it if this is the look your son wants. You can paint flying pennants on the walls or even a tall castle. You may need to read the book about The Tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round table” for your inspiration.
Do the Locomotion: Grown-ups think of them as merely transportation, but youngsters see trains (and planes and automobiles) as the purveyors of wonder. You can choose a single theme or combine them for an overall transportation look. Most of these designs use bright primary colors, especially for traffic signals and railroad crossings. Some kind of transportation border around the walls works well. Beds shaped like cars, planes and trains are all available.
Ride ‘em, Cowboy: The Wild West is a never-fail theme for a little boy’s room, but do try to leave out the six-guns. Instead make his curtains or valances from red and blue bandannas. Look for Western-themed wallpaper or borders with cowboy hats, horses and ropes. A bedside lamp in a boot base is a wonderful touch, and he’ll be snug as a ranch hand in his bunk if his very own broomstick horse peeks over the footboard at bedtime.
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