Children's room for two boys

A stylish and functional children's room for two boys is a special world that lives according to the laws of boyish brotherhood. Here, what is stylish is not what is cute-beautiful, but what is “cool” from the point of view of your boys. And functionally, not something that is cozy and convenient, but something that can be transformed, remotely controlled and not broken (if possible). Ideally, the room should be equipped in such a way as to fully meet the interests of your guys.

The age of your sons is decisive in choosing the design of a children's room for two boys. If for kids you equip it in accordance with your taste and considerations of convenience and safety, then older guys will want to take on all the fundamental decisions - and this should by no means be resisted. However, you should not shut yourself out of the process. Your opinion about expediency, style and affordability will be heard, understood, and even in a controversial situation a compromise will be found.

So, consider the design of a children's room for two boys, based on their age.

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Two kids in one room

Zoning

The first problem that needs to be solved when designing a children's room designed for two boys is to divide it into individual zones for each child or into common zones for different purposes.

While the children are small, it is the parents who decide what the future nursery will look like. Most likely, they will distinguish two zones:

• sleeping room
• game.

With a minimum age difference, up to 1-3 years, it is reasonable to make the zones common. The sleeping area, fenced off with a rack or a screen, will enable one of the kids to sleep longer. And they will still play together.

In the sleeping area, it is enough to have beds and individual chests of drawers for things. Dresser drawers make it easier to sort things and find them. It is advisable to stick special stickers with funny pictures of socks, panties, T-shirts on the drawers - so the child will quickly learn to keep track of his things. In a children's room for two boys, bunk beds are not recommended if both children are under 6 years old. With a lack of space, roll-out beds can be used when one slides out from under the other.

Under the play area, allocate a larger area, closer to the window, to the light. The most important thing in the children's room is free space for outdoor games for two boys. The carpet will be very useful, you can tumble and wrestle on it. In addition to the general shelving, provide individual shelves or drawers - everyone will have their favorite, personal toys or books that they are reluctant to share. This must also be respected.

And do not forget about sports equipment, there are never too many of them in a children's room for two boys - sports walls, a bungee, a horizontal bar, a rope should be with sons almost from birth.

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Style

The room will greatly benefit if it is decorated in a certain style. For younger boys, you can use themes:

1. Sea style
2. Pirates
3. Cartoons (Robots, Cars)
4. Jungle
5. Space
6. Underwater world.

The room will greatly benefit if it is decorated in a certain style.

Instead of thematic design, you can use monochrome or polychrome coloring, it is advisable to choose several colors. Pastel colors (except pink and lilac) or pure colors combined with neutral and dark are recommended. Note: pink girl room design has become so traditional that the boys will be offended even by the mention of this, in general, positive color, however, as well as a considerable number of girls who are annoyed by sugary patterns.

Neutral colors:

• White
• light gray
• Lactic
• Beige.

Pure Colors:

• Green
• Yellow
• Blue
• Red.

Dim colors:
any pure color mixed with gray becomes dull.

Naturally, for the sleeping area we choose soft and neutral colors - beige, olive, gray-blue. How to paint the play area depends on the temperament of the children. If they are easily excited, one should refuse (or minimize) the red and orange color. If you think that it is useful to stir them up, feel free to use bright color spots.

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Features of the design of walls, floors, windows

Many parents choose not to lament any scratch or pencil scribble on the walls. How to combine this with learning to order?

There have been many ways to compromise this problem.

1. Cover the wall of the children's room for two boys in the play area with wallpaper designed for painting. You can arrange it in the form of panels of the desired height. Let them draw, you can periodically glue new wallpapers. And when they grow up, redevelopment, new repairs will be required, and then decorate the walls in a more serious style. The only thing that will need to be agreed with the children is that they can draw on these walls, and not by the beds or in the kitchen. However, options are possible.
2. To quench the thirst for self-expression and develop the creativity of your sons, use modern crayon boards. This will also distract the children from the "wall painting". You can install boards for felt-tip pens, but it will be more difficult to wash things.

Easily washable materials are suitable for the floor - high-quality linoleum, laminate, tree. If you decide to use carpet, pay attention to the adhesive backing - it should not give off an unpleasant odor, and also take care of a washing vacuum cleaner. Try to do without bulky curtains in the children's room, for boys, blinds or light curtains in the appropriate style are suitable.

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Security questions

All materials must have a safety certificate. Natural wood furniture, wooden parquet are ideal. For walls, paper or glass wallpaper (for water-based painting), cork panels are recommended.

Equipping a children's room for two mobile boys (and they are not different), you should be especially careful about choosing and fixing furniture. Sharp corners, protruding fittings provoke injuries that might not have happened. Racks and shelves must be fixed very securely: there is always a chance that they are used for other purposes - like sports equipment.Don't miss out on the soft flooring in the sports corner.

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Children's room for two boys - schoolchildren

Zoning

A fundamental feature of the schoolchildren's room is the need to allocate a working area for completing lessons and creative tasks. In addition, it's time to allocate individual zones for each. The guys will spend part of their leisure time together, but lessons and some hobbies will require solitude. The sleeping area, with a lack of space, can be left common, but it will still be more comfortable and correct to make separate ones.

Consider two options for zoning a children's room for two schoolboys - optimal and compromise.

Optimal zoning:

1. Two sleeping areas
2. Two working areas
3. Common recreation area.

Zoning with a shortage of space:

1. sleeping area
2. Two working areas
3. Common recreation area.

With any layout, we do not forget about sports equipment, usually they find a place for them in the common area.

The design of the sleeping area and, first of all, the choice of the type of beds, is determined by the lack of space, since it is in the sleeping area that it is easiest to save square meters. At a minimum, it contains two wardrobes and a bed. Although sometimes the choice of bed is dictated by the original design style, and it's great if this frees up additional space.

Consider the layout options for a children's room, starting from the type of beds that are suitable for two boys of school age:

1. With the largest shortage of space, you can arrange mezzanine beds - both under the ceiling. They can even be with screens, which ensures the isolation of the territory. Mezzanine beds fit perfectly into the marine style, jungle style (imitating the "tree house"), space (you can make large slots-portholes instead of a bed barrier). Decorated in an original way, they turn a boy's room into an exclusive one, making it the object of admiration and envy of all friends.
   In this case, it will not be difficult to allocate separate working areas by the window and there will be enough space for a common recreation area.
2. A bunk bed, with or without screens, allows you to create individual sleeping areas in a small area. Wardrobes for things in this case, if possible, are located on both sides of the bed. For two working areas, a sufficient area is allocated at the window, the rest is a common recreation area.
3. Another option with a bunk bed. It is installed end-to-end against the wall of the children's room, dividing it into zones for two boys. At the same time, a blank right wall is made at the first tier, and a left wall at the top one (or vice versa, it doesn’t matter). With this placement of a bunk bed, the guys get two fairly isolated individual zones at once - both sleeping and working. The rest of the space will be used for a common recreation area.
4. Beds-transformers, retractable in the closet. If the wardrobe-beds are located against the wall, the layout solution corresponds to option 1. You can place such wall-to-wall cabinets by dividing the room in half similarly to option 3. The zoning is the same.
5. In a children's room for two boys of school age, you can also use such a rare type of bed as rolling out from under the podium. In the daytime, they are generally invisible. The podium can be arranged by the window - it will accommodate two work areas. Or at the opposite wall, then there is a seating area on the podium - also an interesting option, giving room for imagination. Podium height 35-50cm.
6. Finally, banal, but certainly very comfortable - two ordinary beds.A spacious children's room for two boys can simply be divided in half, and each of them will decide for himself where to put the bed, and where - the desktop. If the area allows, there will also be enough space for the recreation area. To mark the boundaries of the zones, small racks and sports equipment are suitable. Sometimes a common recreation area is freely placed between them.

Style

When arranging a room, students take an active part in choosing a design style. Moreover, we would recommend considering their choice as decisive. But it is simply necessary to offer several options for discussion. We dismiss the cartoonish design of the children's room for two grown-up boys right away - even if they are younger students, in a couple of years they will get bored with it. I think they will easily agree with this (although, who knows, maybe your eldest son is a future great cartoonist?).

Recommended design styles:

1. Sea style
2. Pirates
3. Jungle
4. Space
5. Underwater world
6. Transformers, robots
7. Sport
8. Travels.

Compared to a toddler's room, there is almost no room left for delicate pastel colors in a children's room for two schoolboys. You can safely use gray, brown, black along with other colors - if this does not contradict the chosen style.

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Decoration of walls, floors

Down with painted wallpaper, and do not refuse a board for chalk or felt-tip pens. The walls of the children's room for two schoolboys are already made out without counting on baby vandalism. But the special requirements for the floor are not canceled. It should be non-slip, durable and easy to clean (wash) - after all, the guys will clean their room themselves.

Security questions

For the furniture of a children's room for two boys, the main requirement is durability. The strength of the furniture will be tested repeatedly and in the toughest mode. Therefore, if it is made on the basis of chipboard, then it must be reinforced with wooden blocks. The most reliable furniture is wooden or metal. Rounded corners, accessories that do not cling to clothes will save you from unnecessary abrasions during outdoor games. All materials and equipment must have safety certificates.

Racks and shelves must be fixed very securely: there is always a chance that they are used for other purposes - like sports equipment.

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Features of a nursery for two boys with a big age difference

If the children have a big age difference, especially if the youngest is a preschooler and the eldest is a teenager, it makes sense to divide the room into two zones. So that the younger brother does not encroach on the territory of the elder, separate the zones with a low cabinet, a rack. Since the activity of the baby cannot be completely controlled, it is necessary to use high hanging shelves, closed cabinets for storing the most valuable, fragile or dangerous items. The older brother zone should be larger in area.

... you can also use such a rare type of bed as roll-out from under the podium. In the daytime, they are generally invisible.

If both brothers are schoolchildren, then a significant age difference will not affect the principles of zoning. The color and style solution of a children's room for two boys with a big age difference can be different for their individual zones.

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