Design of a small children's room

What a joy it is to have your own corner in childhood! If this is a large bright room in a spacious apartment - great, but if it's tiny, it's no less interesting. Of course, its design will require especially careful study. Approach the design of a small children's room with all seriousness, armed with love, imagination and professional advice.

There are many tricks that allow you to solve the difficult task of placing everything you need in a limited space so that there is enough space for outdoor games. And, in addition, decorate the children's bedroom in a stylish way, making it not only comfortable, but also very pretty.

Little nursery: the envy of peers

It was adults who came up with the idea that everything big is the best. Children who have not yet fallen into the captivity of stereotypes love their small children's rooms, over the design of which they conjured mom and dad.

Paradoxically, it is the tiny nursery that often becomes the envy of peers. What makes her so attractive?

1. Children feel small and comfortable in a room that is proportionate to their height.
2. Since the room is already small, no one encroaches on their territory.
3. It does not fit a lot of things, so it is easier to keep organized.
4. Working on the design of a small children's room, parents find unexpected solutions that make it stylish and completely different from others.

Which of today's adults in early childhood did not like to hide in huts, tents, or just under the table? These imaginary minks, caves, nests are those secluded places where children feel completely safe. What seems like a tiny room to adults is a huge world for children, and they are its masters.

A distinctive feature of a small children's room is that there is no way to put a common closet in it and turn it into a warehouse for off-season items. There will be only what the child needs - and that's great! The kid will quickly remember what lies where, and will be able to independently clean up his things and toys. And it will not be difficult for a teenager to once again wipe the floor.

The design of a small children's room should be thoughtful and stylish in order to compensate for the lack of space with an expressive aesthetic.

Furniture: down with everything superfluous

If the children's room is small, when developing its design, you will have to cut off everything superfluous. First of all, you need to decide what furniture is really needed and what it should be. The main goal when choosing and arranging furniture is to leave the maximum playing space.

Storage systems

When everything is in its place, the room becomes more spacious, while chaos will turn even a large hall into a cramped pantry. Avoid clutter at all costs. It is necessary to provide child-friendly and compact storage systems.

In the design of a small children's room, there are two approaches to choosing storage systems:

1. high cabinets or shelving;
2. low cabinets and chests.

In the first case, a large capacity of storage systems is achieved and space is saved. Cabinets should not reach the ceiling, otherwise they will visually narrow the room.The disadvantage of high furniture is that the eye still rests on the walls of the cabinets, and the room seems even smaller. Moreover, this option is suitable for older children, but it will be inconvenient for them to use the upper shelves.

Modern designers recommend low furniture for a small children's room so that the eye has room to roam. Chests, low chests of drawers and lockers are now fashionable for storing things and toys - it is convenient for the child to use them on their own. Of course, there should not be too many of them so as not to occupy a significant area. When combining high and low furniture, it is better to place a tall cabinet in a corner or against a narrow wall (if the room is elongated).

In the children's room, especially if it is small, only those things that the child is actively using at the moment should be stored, otherwise no design tricks will save you from clutter and crowding.

 

Bed

For a child over 6 years old, you can purchase or order a bed at the level of the second tier, then a full-fledged working or play area is located under it. It makes sense to equip an ordinary bed with drawers. Often, in the design of small children's rooms, metal beds on high legs are used - their light, openwork design does not hide the space.

Other, more expensive and less common options are also possible. For example, a folding bed built into the closet, but it is suitable for teenagers.

Working (playing) place

In addition to the table and chair, the play area requires free space in the nursery, and this is the main problem in the design of a small room.

How to create space: visual effects

There are design rules that help visually make a small children's room more spacious:

1. light colors, like white, expand the room;
2. cold shades of blue, turquoise, green will add airiness;
3. glossy ceiling seems taller;
4. the room seems more spacious in the absence of variegation - limit yourself to two or three colors (shades);
5. focus on the "fifth wall" - the floor - leaving enough space free and covering it with the largest effective rug.

Lighting: the more the better

Sufficient and thoughtful lighting - natural, general and spot - is an important element in the design of small children's rooms. Pay special attention to dark corners. Successful lighting of the walls with spotlights will visually move them away and expand the space.

Design of a small children's room: another world

In what style to decorate a tiny nursery, what color to give preference to and what decor will bring bright accents?

Style and personality

The choice of style for a nursery depends on the age of the child, his interests, whether it is a boy or a girl. If he has already grown out of infancy, consult with the baby and, especially, the teenager. It's so beautiful - designing a nursery, visualizing dreams and creating a special atmosphere in his small room. Invent, make decisions and make repairs together.

Always remember that there are special requirements for the design of a small space.

For a small room, choose a style that is not overloaded with decorative elements. It is better to avoid total-thematic design in the spirit of some cartoon or book: the child grows, and tastes will change. And most importantly - consider the individuality of the child.

Sports girls and boys can be advised on marine, safari, military styles, into which mezzanines, ropes and wall bars fit organically. Little dreamers will love space design.

The palace style (for romantic young ladies), knightly or cowboy style (for well-read boys) is dangerous in small rooms - it creates a feeling of tightness. But if the child insists, you will have to show taste and not go too far with the decor. Prefer light and very light shades with a predominance of beige, pastel colors and white with obligatory accents of rich pink or blue / brown - and this incredible fairy-tale world will become the main memory of an amazing childhood.

Resist the temptation to decorate the nursery in the style of your favorite Disney cartoon. Despite the abundance of appropriate thematic wallpapers and even furniture, such a design does not contribute to the development of the artistic taste of the child, for whom the concept of beauty is narrowed down to the style of corporate advertising. At the same time, it is very fashionable to use "cartoon" accents - photo wallpaper (not the whole wall), stickers - but not in the total version.

The most versatile and common in the design of a small children's room is the minimalist style, laconic and functional, in which color is the main means of expression.

Color and pattern

In a small room, dark colors visually bring the wall closer, and the room seems smaller. The lighter the shade, the more open the space becomes. But that doesn't mean you have to give up dark or bright colors, they can be used in furniture and decor to create bold accents. The most fashionable colors of this season are lime green, tomato red and bright aqua.

Stripes, especially wide ones, work well in tight spaces, giving the illusion of length or height. Horizontal ones create a sense of perspective into the distance, vertical ones - up, thus making the room longer or taller.
In a monochrome design, when the walls and ceiling are painted in the same color, choose light shades, but the color of the ceiling should be one tone lighter than the walls. To add contrast and add depth, use different textures.

In the design of the nursery, use darker or brighter colors in the lower tier, at eye level or below, so that the small room does not seem even smaller.

Highlight one large element with color. If you paint one wall a brighter color, the others should be neutral.

Use a 2:1 ratio - two neutral colors to fill large areas and one rich contrasting color to highlight one large and several small scale objects.

Of course, the color scheme cannot but depend on the age and gender of the child.

The opinion of children when choosing a color must be taken into account without fail. This is a very mysterious moment when one child rejects a color, and in another it resonates.

The general patterns are as follows: young children (up to 6 years old) happily perceive bright colors, older children gravitate towards pastel shades, teenagers often prefer deep, rich tones, sharp contrasts, and large shapes.

Young and middle-aged girls usually feel comfortable in a warm pastel palette, a combination of white with bright colors. It would be a mistake to think that they are crazy about pink - most girls get tired of it at a young age.

Boys from the pastel palette usually choose cold or neutral shades - blue, green, beige, and as they get older, they traditionally prefer neutral cold colors - gray, brown, blue, gray-green, gray-blue. So that a small room does not shrink in size from a dark range, choose, if possible, lighter shades or make contrasting combinations with white or silver-gray.

Decor and accessories

In a small room, it is better to avoid decor for the sake of decor, let it be functional. Lamps illuminate the walls and ceiling, making the room airy. The mirror expands the room, like a window through the looking glass. Open console shelves are visually transparent and do not take up space. The soft padded stool also serves as a laundry basket.

The rolled-up Roman roller blind is also a kind of invisibility. And it is better to mount textile curtains not above the window frame, but under the ceiling and up to the floor itself - this visually increases the depth and height of the room. For girls' rooms choose airy fabric, for boys - dense, heavy.

If the design of the nursery, furniture and decor elements make up the perfect ensemble - this harmony in the design of a small room will create a sense of celebration and will favorably affect the development of the child.

Decoration Materials

In the limited space of a small nursery, especially high demands are placed on the environmental properties of the materials used in the design of the room. They have to:

1. do not exude vapors of chemical compounds;
2. do not accumulate static charges and attract dust;
3. easy to clean.

The most clean VOC-free materials are latex paint, paper wallpaper, solid wood furniture (as opposed to plywood or chipboard), linen or cotton curtains. Natural fabrics are very relevant in home textiles - towels, bed linen, home clothes.

Give preference to hard floor coverings - all carpets accumulate allergens. A modern solution - natural wood flooring, timeless classic. Of the new materials, bamboo, cork and high-quality linoleum coatings can be recommended. Carpets are recommended cotton or other natural fibers, a prerequisite - they must be washed regularly.

Stretch ceilings are suitable for the ceiling, they can be glossy - then the room will seem higher. A plastered and whitewashed ceiling in a small room needs additional lighting to create a feeling of airiness - take this into account and choose the right chandelier.

For wall decoration, safe neutral materials are also used, painting with latex paints on plaster and glass, paper wallpaper. Film vinyl coatings should be avoided, they release harmful chemicals into the air.

When there are two children

The design features of a small children's room are obvious - it is based on transforming furniture and the use of several levels in zoning.

The only way to compact the space is the sleeping area. Bunk beds (for those over 6 years old), beds that slide out of the podium, drawer beds, as well as transforming mattresses that retract into a wall or closet. Mankind has moved to small apartments in large cities and has accumulated vast experience in placing everything you need on a few square meters so that there is room to dance lezginka (krakowiak, tektonik, dance of little ducklings).

Particularly problematic is the placement in a small room of two teenagers - a sister and a brother. If it is not possible to zone the space so that the room is divided at least by a mobile partition, this option should not be considered.

Bonus: big secret

In conclusion, I would like to reveal one secret. If your child has a passion that translates into some objects that can play the role of decorative elements - photographs, drawings, models, sports cups, handicrafts, musical instruments - make them an anchor around which the design of a small children's room will be formed.

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