Boys’ Bedrooms
Designing a room for boys
When designing a child’s bedroom, it’s worth focusing on your child’s interests. A suitable theme creates a personalised atmosphere and turns the room into a place where your child feels completely at home.
Involve your child in the planning as early as possible. This often leads to the best ideas, and the room becomes a space with which they can really identify. Popular themes include animals, dinosaurs, FEUERWEHR, WELTRAUM or adventures in the great outdoors.
Decorating the room in the right colour
When it comes to choosing the right colour for boys, most people think of blue or green. In fact, there’s little to say against decorating your boys’ bedroom in these colours.
- Shades of blue have a calming and harmonious effect. Blue is therefore ideal as a colour for furniture or walls. Alternatively, you could use blue wall decals to fill empty spaces.
- The colour green symbolises happiness and contentment and has a relaxing and balancing effect on the mind. Tip: Combine shades of green with lighter colours such as white, grey or beige to create a harmonious look.
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Furniture for boys’ bedrooms
Let’s now turn to furnishing the children’s bedroom. The right furniture is essential for creating a cosy atmosphere, so choosing the right pieces is the most important step in designing the room. Your boys should feel at home in their room, where they can let off steam, experiment and develop without a care in the world.
Choosing the right furniture depends on various factors, such as your boys’ ages, their interests, the space available and, of course, your budget. However, there are other important aspects to consider when furnishing the room.
Safety in a boy’s bedroom
Boys have lots of energy and love to let off steam whilst playing and doing gymnastics in their bedroom. To ensure your children can play freely in their room, it’s very important to make sure it’s safe. There are several things to bear in mind:
- Choose furniture that is safe and stable and, where possible, has no sharp edges.
- Fit socket covers to all sockets in the children’s room or playroom so that your little explorers don’t come into contact with electricity.
- For the very youngest children, it is advisable to secure the windows in the children’s room so that the little ones do not try to climb up them or open them.
- Find out in advance about any potential harmful substances in children’s toys or furniture. The adhesive films from LIMMALAND are all CE-certified in accordance with EU standards and child-safe.
A growing children’s bedroom for boys
Furniture that grows with your child can adapt to changing needs and body sizes, which can save a lot of hassle in the long run. Having to keep buying new furniture and fittings can get quite expensive over time.
The right bed for your boys
The right bed for the children’s bedroom A good children’s bed will last your child for many years. It should be comfortable, safe and as versatile as possible.
That’s why the IKEA KURA bed is so popular :
- can be used as a floor bed and bunk bed
- grows with your child from toddler to primary school age
- a space-saving loft bed solution for small children’s bedrooms
- Space under the bed for a play area, cosy den or reading nook
- Quickly transformed into an adventure den with bed curtains
With precisely fitting LIMMALAND adhesive films, the simple KURA bed can be given a personalised look in no time at all. Popular designs include dinosaurs, space or ‘ FEUERWEHR’, turning the bed into the centrepiece of the child’s bedroom.
KURA COMBO SET
Storage In the boys’ bedroom
When boys play, things quickly get rowdy – and the children’s room rarely stays tidy. To ensure that chaos doesn’t become the norm, well-thought-out storage solutions help right from the start.
Here’s what you can easily incorporate into the children’s room:
- open shelves at child height large
- easily accessible sorting boxes
- clear zones for different toys
- simple systems that children can use themselves
A popular example is the IKEA TROFAST shelving unit with its flexible storage boxes. It offers plenty of storage space and can be easily adapted to different play habits. With matching LIMMALAND adhesive films, the simple design is quickly transformed into a real eye-catcher. The protective laminated surfaces are robust for everyday use and can withstand even the most energetic play.
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Wall decals for boys’ bedrooms
A child’s bedroom is a place for playing, learning, relaxing and feeling at home. With the right wall design, you can quickly create an atmosphere in which your child can express their creativity. Rather than relying solely on painting or wallpapering, wall decals are a particularly simple way to add colour and personality to the room.
They can be applied quickly, without much effort or drying time, and can be removed at any time if needed – ideal if your child’s tastes change or the nursery later becomes a teenager’s room. Wall decals add subtle accents or playful motifs to the wall without overloading the room. They look particularly lovely when combined with coloured surfaces or matching textiles, creating a harmonious overall look.
Plenty of space to play
Alongside all the essential items a child’s bedroom needs, such as a desk, chairs and a bed, there is one thing that mustn’t be overlooked: enough space to let off steam.
For children, having open space in their bedroom is extremely important, as they need room to play, exercise and be creative.
Open space is also needed so that, whilst they’re letting off steam, they don’t bump into furniture or trip over bedroom decorations and hurt themselves.
What’s more, free space can stimulate your children’s creativity and foster their independence when they’re able to move about and organise their room freely.
From an organisational point of view, too, it makes sense to keep some space free for new furniture or fittings for the children’s room, which will become necessary as they get older (e.g. guitar stands, bookshelves, etc.).