Having children brings with it a lot of joy, but also a lot of work, and that’s not even considering the immense challenge of raising them. Just to begin with there’s preparing the house for their arrival and their childhood – and we all have treasured memories of our childhoods, especially our old rooms where we spent the first years of our lives. These memories often centre on specific design elements, even if we didn’t think of them as design elements at the time, and that means extra care has to be put into choosing the wall art decor you place in your child’s room. Those art prints will stay with your kids well into adulthood, and might become treasured memories themselves.
The key to decorating a child’s room is to balance whimsy with beauty. It’s easy to over-emphasise childhood innocence and turn a kid’s room into a confection they will quickly outgrow, but it’s just as easy to downplay creativity and imagination in favour of sophisticated wall art that’s more about the parents than the children. The key is to combine classic sensibilities with modern photo printing.
Children’s Wall Art Decor: Classic Covers
One of the mainstays of childhood experienced even in today’s digital world are classic children’s books, both the modern and the traditional. Kids love to be read to, and to discover their own adventured between the covers of a good book, and the covers to classic children’s titles like the Curious George books or the Winnie the Pooh books make for absolutely awesome art prints for a child’s room.
All it takes is matching a cover with the paint colours you’ve chosen, and then a quick hi-res scan or Internet search and you’ve got some age-appropriate, imagination-stimulating wall art decor that will stay with your child’s imagination into their adult lives. Bonus: Have the actual books in the room as well, to encourage reading and intellectual stimulation.
Go Big, Go Graphic
It’s easy to get caught up in the idea that wall art decor has to be smaller pieces hung in the traditional manner, but children are children and they don’t yet know the rules. Those rules will come soon enough – why not encourage their imagination and freedom while you can?
Instead of hanging specific wall art in neat little rows, think big: Think whole wall. A dramatic mural with lots of colour and creative shapes and characters can inspire your children to dream and play for years, and can even be changed out every year or two to reflect their growing independence and creativity. Plus, you can add an aspect of interactivity with stick-on panels that can be moved about, transforming your child’s room into one huge mental playground they will remember their whole lives.
Decorating a children’s room doesn’t follow the rules that other rooms have for things like wall art and furniture, so don’t try to force them into that box. Instead, let your own inner child do the thinking and come up with bold, fun ideas that will result in a safe, fun space your children will treasure in their adulthood. And when you have those ideas, click here and we’d be proud to be a part of your decoration by providing awesome wall art!
