I have a 14 month old girl, I am pregnant and I live in a 2 bed flat. If its a boy I still want them to share until daughter is around 8 years old.
The room is currently completely pink so obviously I will have to decorate it, but I can't really afford to change the pink carpet so what could I do to make the room look less girly and more neutral whilst still keeping the carpet?
2006-11-10 03:11:50 · 22 answers · asked by cigaro19 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
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2006-11-10 03:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by arfa54321 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find a big rug (like at home depot or walmart) and look for one that has blue in it. I've seen one's that have had streets with cars and buildings, they also have ones with animals. Leave the side that your daughter is going to stay on pink and color the wall on the side that your son is going to be on blue or green. You can decorate your daughters side girly or leave it the way it is and decorate your son's side with boys stuff.
By the way, you might want to check the laws on that, there are some states that don't allow a boy and a girl to sleep in the same room after a certain age. Good luck!
2006-11-10 03:35:17 · answer #2 · answered by acehernandez2006 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Add some more neutral tones such as brown, tan, beige, or denim. The denim can provide the blue for your new one if you are having a boy. If not, it's still unisex, so it will just be a cool yet different way to decorate a room for 2 girls.
It doesn't have to get expensive. Adding some pillows here and there, and changing drapes or curtains is really all you need.
2006-11-10 03:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by Meesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Decorate the room in bright reds, yellows, blues etc. with a neutral colour on the walls like white or very light yellow. Underwater theme, jungle safari theme, stars and moon theme.
Another option is to divide the room and creat their own space using neutral colours on the walls and creating a special place for each of the kids. Sounds like fun, enjoy!
2006-11-13 03:44:20 · answer #4 · answered by Claire M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughters 2 and I have the same problem as expecting again.
We were thinking of painting the room a pale lime green which will go well with either pink or blue and getting stuff from Ikea as they do kiddies stuff thats good for boys or girls and will still look ok together
2006-11-10 03:26:53 · answer #5 · answered by Bushbaby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm in the process of decorating my little boy(6) and little girl(3)s room that they share. Now we had it white to be fair... boring. it is now painted bright red.the framework is pink and the carpet is blue. We are replacing the carpet soon with laminate. But my little boy supports liverpool so loves the red. and my princess loves her pink door! it looks fab and not too girly or too boyish. He has a red duvet and she has a pink one. buy some cool rugs from ikea cos they are cheap. good luck.
2006-11-13 11:53:58 · answer #6 · answered by mrs eggs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just painted my daughter's (who was tired of pink) room. we painted it teal blue and a light moss green. I used a glaze to paint stripes. the glaze sparkles during the day and glows at night. instead of replacing the carpet I'd maybe get a neutral color throw rug.
The rule of neutral colors as far as babies are concerned is yellow, green, and tan.
Or maybe split the room. leave one side as is and paint the other blue with totally boyish decor. that would be neat.
2006-11-10 10:03:56 · answer #7 · answered by lv82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toss in a lot of blue or green on the baby boy's side of the room. The blue side will obviously show it's a little boys territory, regardless of what color the carpet is. Congrats!
2006-11-10 03:27:52 · answer #8 · answered by Diamonds_4Ever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, give them seperate space by attaching a wire at both ends of the room and hang a curtain...you can make it yourself so that you can make it double-sided with girl fabric on one side and boy fabric on the other. (You may need to do the curtain in a diagonal across the room depending on how it is set up)
Put down some rugs on the boy side of the room (you can on the girl side too if you want)
If there is a window on each side of the room be sure to do window treatments to match the fabric of the curtain on that side.
Give each side of the room a theme: boats, trains, planes, cars, safari...butterflies, flowers, hello kitty, you name it.
There are lots of books at The Home Depot and Lowes that have great ideas in them. If you aren't sure what to get to put up the curtain you can ask someone at Home Depot they are usually really helpful!
2006-11-10 05:05:06 · answer #9 · answered by totspotathome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother is in the same situation! I have an almost 3-year-old neice and a newborn nephew. In my opinion--you just can't go wrong with Winnie the Pooh! You can find both newborn and toddler accessories in Pooh! Lol...my son's room happens to be pooh...but for paint...try a multiple colors (like a top/bottom wall color with a border in between. My son's room is purple/very very light green with a painted on border. The insided of his closet is blue and the trim is very very light yellow. Definitely unisex.
2006-11-10 04:08:31 · answer #10 · answered by Sarah R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my friend had the same problem so she divided the room into 2, half for the boy and half for the girl. she left the girls side pink and painted the boys side blue with a blue rug and a magnolia stripe as the divide colour! that way your daughter wont feel as though her space has been totaly taken over either!
congratulations and good luck!!
2006-11-10 10:52:41 · answer #11 · answered by paballaba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋