Decorating on a Budget: Fantastic Ideas for a Boys Bedroom

Colorful accents, creative furnishings, and spunky decor can turn your child's room into a story book fantasy world! For a fun and creative look IKEA provides just what you need!

IKEA is known for creative storage solutions and furnishings to fit small budgets and tight spaces. If you have never visited an IKEA store you are in for a real treat! To find an IKEA store near you visit www.ikea.com

When designing and creating a room for your child, use your imagination and enjoy.

Click on the links below to see the Mammut Series from IKEA which features a toddler bed, a chest of drawers, a bedside table, and a wardrobe-all with a cartoonish style young kids will love.

Bed (select blue to see the boys bed)

Chest of Drawers

Bedside Table

Wardrobe

A matching play table is a great accent to any room and provides space for puzzles, coloring, and games. Light and easy to move gives the flexibility you might need in a small space.

Playtable

Fun chairs coordinate with the over all style of the room and add amusement with their silly shapes

Hanging Seat

Swivel Chair

Chair

From floor to ceiling, IKEA has you covered. To add additional color to the room a cool rug will do the trick

Polka-a-dot Rug

A bulky toy box might take up too much room in your growing child's room and not as stylish as these cleverly designed ways to disguise toys or keep them off the floor. Click on the links below to see inexpensive, quick, and easy storage solutions

Wall Pockets

Storage Baskets

Under Bed Storage Box

Another helpful tip for your toy storage dilemma--try a clear plastic shoe organizer (found at walmart $8.00) with 24 different slots. The easy see through compartments are perfect for small toys like cars, plushies, crayons, and all of those little pieces that seem to get lost at the bottom of the toy box. You can put it on the back of the bedroom door or the interior of the closet door.

To add a little funk to the bedroom, this mirror adds a splash of fun

Funky Mirror

Using the ideas and styles of these furnishings you can create your own wall art and frame it. Check garage sales or second hand stores for old picture frames that you can paint and accessories to add novelty and display you and your child's art!

For more fun, you can also paint the lower half of a wall with chalkboard paint for your kids so they can have even more fun decorating their room.

Enjoy decorating!