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Decorating Ideas for Girls Bedrooms

Help your child express her personality and individuality with her own
space that's decorated to reflect her interests and passions. Use the ideas
below to get started.

Forest Fairy

To make her room a light and airy space that any fairy would love, start
with pastel wall colors like sage green or lavender. Add glitter to the
paint for a shimmery effect she'll love. You can also continue this theme
onto the ceiling by painting a sky with clouds or stars. For the window
treatments, you'll want gossamer, sheer fabrics, maybe even with sparkly
appliqués. You can drape the fabric as window scarves or valances, or over
the bed for a canopied look. Choose fairy themed bedding or just find a
comforter in a color that matches your walls or fabrics. A really special
addition for a fairy-themed bedroom is to add white Christmas lights around
the room - instant twinkling fairy lights! Add fairy wall appliqués, fairy
statues and pictures, and soon your girl's room will be a place of
enchantment that she'll love to spend time in. Thuka Cabin Beds and other
childrens bed brands offer great fairy theme beds for girls too.

Princess and Castle

At some point, most little girls dream of being a princess. Show her some
royal treatment with a lovely princess-themed bedroom. If your girl is
enchanted with one of the many Disney princesses, then your decorating
possibilities are almost endless. There are accessories and bedding for all
of the Disney princesses, such as Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine and
Pocahontas or you may choose a more generic princess theme, without a
specific character. Whichever type of princess theme you choose, your wall
color will most likely be pink or purple, or even a combination. Add
splashes of gold or silver as royal accent colors.

If you're artistic and creative, you can paint faux castle walls or a wall
mural to add to the royal feeling. If this kind of painting is not in your
ability, there are beautiful princess-themed wall appliqués and wallpapers.
As with the fairy theme, soft sheer window treatments work best with this
decorating theme. Choose white furniture and accent it with gold paint. A
canopy bed would be a truly regal centerpiece for this room. Ornate
mirrors, princess jewelry boxes, and fancy lighting add the finishing
touches.

Country Garden

Ladybugs, dragonflies and butterflies! These lovely, fanciful creatures act
as the central focus in this bedroom theme idea. Probably the best wall
color for a bedroom with this theme is a cheerful sunny yellow. Paint a
mural with daisies, tulips or buttercups, or add flower posters to the
walls. Again, wall decals can be found in all sorts of flower shapes, or go
with a lovely garden themed wallpaper border. For your furniture choices,
wrought iron or white wicker would add a lovely outdoorsy look to the room.
For a special touch, weave a vine of silk flowers through the headboard or
around the dresser. You can nail some garden lattice to the wall and weave
silk flowers through it, and add stickers or decals of some whimsical
dragonflies, ladybugs or butterflies. Bedding should either match the room
colors or have a flower garden or bug design on it. For older girls, some
real plants would add a realistic feel, or you can add some silk greenery
if you don't have a green thumb.

Any of these decorating themes will spark a girl's imagination and turn her
bedroom into a haven where she can relax, dream and explore.