Modernized Bedroom for Teenies

By Aldlyn Kate Tomampo

               Teenager’s bedroom  nowadays are centred around sophisticated, modern or “cool” designs. It must be fun, fresh and easy to change whenever you get bored on the design that you have. It should also pass teenagers according to their taste and needs. Use a little imagination and creativity to create a such bedroom that teenagers will love and cherish.

Inspiration

                If you have painted, carpeted and added your furniture, it still might not match your personality. You will need inspiration for your room, to get inspiration you could:

• Look at magazines and cut out furniture and rooms and paste them onto a board for inspiration.

• Watch teen films or just any film which might give you inspiration on your room.

• If you are arty draw out what you want your room to be like.

Use the colour that you want.

               Paint isn't very expensive and it makes a room look completely different. Don't just stick to plain old white, try some darker colors. Pick a shade of your favorite color and use that. You could even paint the ceiling if you want to, the same color as the walls or any other interesting hue. If you love the colour blue paint your room blue, build you room around what you like. You could paint it or wallpaper. You could have a feature wall, or you could paint certain walls different colours. Here are some of the suggested colours for different gender:

Colors for Teen Girl Room

• Green
• Pink
• Purple
• Turquoise
• Orange
• White 

Colors for Teen Boy Rooms

• Green
• Navy
• Sky Blue
• Grey
• Brown
• Red 

Furniture

               Depending on what theme you are going with. If you are going for vintage - go to thrift stores and buy quite cheap furniture, it will be one of a kind. If you wanted an elegant theme, try matching all the wood in the room.

Fabrics

          Go to a thrift store and get some old scarves that you like the look of and tack them to your ceiling by the corners. They will add a softer look to the room. You can also hang old fabric on the walls. Another idea is to get your friends to sign a T-shirt for an event, like camp or a soccer team. Hang the shirt on the wall, along with a group photo of all the people involved.


Beds
               Get the right comfort. You might want to look in on latex mattresses and spring beds with fewer inner coil springs integrated. Latex beds are usually incorporated with 4 pounds of density which is why the lushness and the firmness of the mattress surface are just right for a person's needs. In addition to that, latex mattresses are health friendly. These beds will not trigger allergic reactions since the materials used are all-natural. Inner coil beds with fewer springs in it are usually better since it provides a firmer top. This will give more support to the body as opposed to the plusher comfort of a mattress with a lot of coils.


 Pillows
               There's nothing like some soft pillows or cushions to sit on when you invite a bunch of friends over for a video night. Why not have some that bring back good memories? Take all your old shirts that you can no longer wear (too small, holes, etc.) and cut out the front. Measure a square around the design and cut that out. Sew, or have a mother sew, four of these squares together and then cut out a square of an old sheet that is the same size as your pillow front. Sew the right sides of the two squares together and leave an opening along one edge. Stuff it full of batting and hand stitch the hole up. Presto! A memory pillow that will look as great as it will feel!


Curtains
               Curtains add a lot to a room. You can buy them from a store, readymade, or you can design your own. Once again, thrift shops are the perfect place to shop. Find some old scarves and drape them from your curtain rods, or adjust some funky old curtains to fit your window. Sheets can always be hemmed to fit your windows and they come in endless patterns and colours.

Murals
               If you or a friend is artistic, try adding some spice to the walls with a nice mural. It can be as big or as little as you want, from a ladybug in one corner to a full wall panorama. One girl I know painted the corner of her room to look like there was a gaping hole there, rebar and all sticking out, and you could see the green fields and a barn through the hole. You could also paint a favourite movie star onto the wall. Don't worry; you can always paint over it if you decide later that you don't like the effect.


Doorways
               Doorways are easily jazzed up by hanging some of those bead curtains from the frame. They come in dozens of shapes now, from aliens and hearts, to stars and happy faces. Choose one that fits your personality.


Borders
                Borders finish off your room. You can stencil borders, add a wallpaper border, or make your own with a collection. Adding a shelf around the top of your walls will provide a place to put larger items, or you can stick up pictures or movie tickets, or ticket stubs from fairs, etc. Pick something that you like and run with it. Borders don't have to stay by the ceiling either, they can run around the room at any level you please.


Reading Materials
                Give people something to read when they walk into your room. Copy out some favourite sayings or poems or even stories and jokes onto coloured paper and stick them up around your room. You can find quotes and famous sayings on the Internet or at the library.


Warnings:

·         Stay away from pastels

·         Stay away from white wood furniture

 Teenagers will definitely spend his/her time inside this room. Modernized, colorful, spacious.


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