They know what looks good. Dominique, who has a master bedroom to redecorate, wants white doors, lavender on the walls, and possibly some vertical stripes, while Rachel just wants to funk things up a bit. According to a recent Boston Globe article (registration may be required), the latest group to be bitten by the home design bug? Tweens.
According to Samantha Skey of Alloy Media + Marketing, the idea of customized rooms is driven by technology, and the notion that the Web 2.0 experience of being able to intensely personalize one's experiences via iPods and web pages drives the trend of tween decorators. Personally, we think maybe watching Dads and Mum paging through a half dozen shelter magazines each month might also have something to do with it.
What do you think? Do your kids want to design their own living spaces, or are they content to let you do it for them? Have you let them? And how do they do, design-wise?
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Well, I don't have kids but I remember clearly wanting some control over my bedroom by the time I hit the 12-13 mark. It's a prime age for self-expression and self-determination and one of the few places I can imagine a child actually having some control over.
I was lucky that, when I wanted the bedroom I was moving into as the older kids moved out to be purple, my parents let me pick the wall paper.
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A really easy way to decorate a childrenâs room is to add some art to the walls. Artaissance.com has about 400 different prints that would work great in any kids room! You can visit, http://www.artaissance.com/Art/Search.aspx?artist=&edition=&color=&design=&subject=&room=13&orientation=&key= to see all of the different prints that are available specifically to spruce up a childâs room!
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