| y"> | | | | can be very broad. But it might be a good idea to |
| When you have a baby, or when your kids are | | | | have a more general, say, basketball theme for the |
| growing up. Redecorating their space may be the | | | | overall design. |
| largest part of the redecorating process for you. How | | | | Some little boys and girls fickle fans, they change their |
| do you create a theme that you child will not "grow out | | | | minds about what sport is their favorite and want to |
| of" within the next year or so? Sometimes you can | | | | have THOSE bed sheets or THAT wallpaper. In such |
| design a theme that can be altered with the simple | | | | a case a general sports theme can be the very best |
| removal of, and subsequent addition of smaller items | | | | answer for you, wallpaper with footballs and baseball |
| to the room. Things such as well-framed posters, a | | | | gloves, hockey sticks and basketball hoops. Maybe a |
| stenciling painted on the wall, and a few more | | | | couple of sets of sheets and pajamas with the "theme |
| accessories such as trinkets that will alter the overall | | | | of the week" he or she insists upon. The more general |
| look without costing you a fortune. | | | | the better, there are less complications that way. |
| When redecorating, several parents have all the ideas | | | | Another example applies to little boys or girls |
| when it comes to decorating the living room, their own | | | | obsessed with a cartoon character, for example: "The |
| bedrooms, bathrooms, the den or office - no problem. | | | | Little Mermaid." Posters and "under the sea" CDs are |
| For these individuals, the majority of their home | | | | great, even little Ariel trinkets will do. But the overall |
| redecorating frustration actually comes from trying to | | | | décor could, perhaps, be something more along |
| figure out the perfect motif for their children's | | | | the lines of a general underwater theme. This way, he |
| bedrooms, bathrooms, nurseries, playrooms and so on. | | | | or she could change his or her mind without you having |
| How to decide? It is especially difficult because | | | | to make any drastic changes to accommodate the |
| children's popular trends fluctuate so rapidly. So if | | | | child. |
| "Finding Nemo" is the most popular theme today, next | | | | Another idea is to explore what they dream to |
| week it might be "Snow White" or "Star Wars" | | | | become when they grow up and set up an aviation |
| AGAIN. A kid's room could be not cool for two weeks | | | | theme, for example . . . or perhaps a dancing theme |
| or suddenly be a-never-cool-again bedroom, playroom, | | | | would be perfect in your child's bedroom. I grew up |
| or what have you. So what do you do? There are | | | | with two sisters and the three of us all danced for |
| several suggestions - but one in particular rises above | | | | years, the playroom had a slight dance - theme to it. |
| all the rest: the use of broad, yet personal themes. | | | | We played our music on our own cassette player and |
| For example: if your little boy or girl is obsessed with a | | | | practiced in that room. There, of course, was also |
| specific sport, you are off to a great start. Sports | | | | where we kept our dolls, dress-up clothes, and other |
| themes can be very specific - such as jerseys, | | | | toys - so it was not a solid motif. It was a playroom. |
| pictures and accessories for a particular team, or they | | | | Nonetheless, it was a playroom we never tired of. |