how to decorate a baby boy and girl room together I am thinking disney but not sure what do you think?

Question

My 21 month old boy and 4 month old girl are in the same bed room for four more years I need to figure out a way to decorate there room together. I was thinking something like a disney room with alot of the disney characters. Like tinker bell, all the princess, cars, nemo, shreck all of it I could find then putting disney on the cilling how they write it with dark blue in the back ground and white for the words. Any ways I was wanting pictures or more ideas and wondering if other people thought this was a good Idea or a bad one cause its two much.

Answer 1

You can do a lot with Disney. If you want a medley room, make sure it doesn't get too busy, this may be for the little ones but it is still a restorative space. I would say that for this reason to consider how many characters you want to go with and stick with that number. Maybe deck out HIS side of the room with Cars, and HER side of the room with Princesses. Or go with a single movie featuring animals, which are loved by both boys and girls, such as Bambi or Lion King. If you get too crazy with your characters, none of them will stand out, and it will look like a big party in there, and the kids will never settle down in the room.

Maybe to get the whole Disney gang in there, look for a fabric that has them all on it and do decorative pillows, curtains etc. with that fabric, then pull 2 or 3 colors from that fabric and use them for the rest of the room in solid tones that complement each other and keep the rest of the decorative items minimal, and furniture lines clean and simple.

One thought I had, is that most Disney movies have their villain. How cute would it be to decorate your kids' closets' as a tribute to the villain of your chosen movie? (or if a medley...all of them) You know...cause...closets are spooky too! I would be careful to make them less than terrifying, finding a pic of the villain looking like themselves but smiling or whatever.

Other sets of characters that you could look into:

Muppets/Sesame Street
Looney Toons
Veggie Tales
NickToons
Fairy tales
Mythology
Bible Stories
Beatrix Potter or Frog and Toad
Bearenstain Bears
Dr. Seuss! The caution here, is going too crazy with COLOR.

Flintstones/Jetsons. How cool would that be, you could mix and match prehistoric with futuristic like a bean bag chair that looks like a big rock, next to a slick lamp that looks like a rocket ship. Or a contemporary modern seating piece on top of a faux animal print rug in the rough animal shape that looks like a hide.

NARNIA. I have always thought a Narnia nursery would be just ingenius. With murals on the walls of all the characters, the ship, the animals, and the centerpiece of the room would be...of course...a real working wardrobe which as we all know would be super functional.

Anyway, whatever you decide, ONE show, story, or movie is going to have plenty of variety for characters, colors, masculine and feminine touches. Don't try to go overboard with an explosion of ideas. It will be distracting and look like you tried way too hard.

Have fun!

Answer 2

Hi sweety,Congradulations! I couldn't wait either on our baby's room! We had this gut feeling that we we're having a boy,(Well thats what we really wanted),but if we had a girl we pretty much set the baby's room color as if it was for boy or girl,& we did Noah's Ark theme,b/c if you think about it that could be boy or girl(2 by 2,girl/boy of each animal)! We also painted the room about half baby blue,(on bottom) & (top) light yellow,& we put a 2x2 white board in between two colors all around the room,so It can be for girl or boy!I hope this helped,we got the idea from a house that we wen't to look at a week before painting it! But you can do what ever color for boy or girl,I wouldnt do a pink just yet bc that may be too girly if you end up with a boy! Oh & bye the way we ended up with a boy after all,so we got lucky!l.o.l Good Luck,& hope this gave you a good idea on some things!!!♥

Answer 3

Disney could work - though it sounds a bit busy. Try themes in primary colors: circus, Nursery rhymes or ABCs. Or you could find a popular book about a brother and sister and decorate on that theme. Jack and Jill is one choice. The Magic Tree house stories are another - though they are for older children - but the tree house theme could be fun for little ones too.

Answer 4

I'd do Mickey and Minnie. If you try to do too many different characters it will just look too cluttered and busy. You could even divide the room in half and paint them contrasting colors so that the division is more obvious. I did Minnie for my daughter and it was adorable and she still loves Minnie to this day (she's 18 now) : )

Answer 5

I love Disney too.
What about the Muppett characters?
Kermit,Miss Piggy,Elmo etc.
That could be pretty cute also.
Just an idea.

Answer 6

I think since this is both for a girl and a boy you should do something a little more neutral like safarri animals or something.

Answer 7

How about Minnie and Mickey Mouse ?

Answer 8

i'd do mickey and minnie, donald and daisy, goofy, pluto etc...not like tink and cars... and dont do pink and blue cuz they wont like it. rite their names in like seagreen and light blue maybe over their beds and put a neutral colored dresser, drawers, table and trunk...good to go

Answer 9

lots of good ideas here
http://kidsthemebedrooms.com/shared-bedrooms/decorating-shared-bedrooms.html

Answer 10

Disney is fine...but the kids will probably out grow it and you will get tired of looking at it fairly quickly. Disney stuff is also very expensive...and very little bang for the buck.

Consider using wall treatments with a fun stripe or polka dot. Have someone make custom curtains for you if you dont feel comfortable making them yourself. ( Find a nice lady who does quilting, they can make anything ...and dont charge much to do it.)

Then pick colors for the wall paint that will coordinate with the colors in the fabric to make your own personal designer baby room. :o)

Then buy some matching spray paint, go find some funky
(and cheap) used furniture pieces, lamps, and small table and chairs...........clean them ...paint them...and repurpose them for the room.

Make sure to put a chair in there for mom and dad to come in and sit with the kids in their stylish room.

Another suggestion... instead of a changing table, which I think is just a big waste of money and space.... put in a media center with television and DVD player and CD player so the kids can watch their favorite DVD's or listen to music in their room.

Dont forget to pick out a lullaby CD that the kids can listen to to go to sleep. It works great.

You can coordinate solids and patterned fabrics to achieve the look you want......i have included some fabric samples via website

http://www.fabric.com/

Awesome stripe:
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabric-shop-by-category-novelty-conversational-quilt-fabrics-western-flair-giddy-up-kids-stripe.aspx?SearchProductID=e109079a-72b0-4c38-bc62-65164aa400c3

Cool stripe with blue accents:
http://www.fabric.com/creativity-headquarters-handbags-purses-and-totes-amy-butler-designer-cotton-print-fabric-amy-butler-fabric-belle-amy-butler-belle-oxford-stripe-blue.aspx?SearchProductID=c42e09a7-0198-4201-83c3-c9c6e76ebabc

Lighter look in a stripe:
http://www.fabric.com/home-decor-fabric-designer-home-decor-fabric-p-kaufmann-fabric-p-kaufmann-seersucker-fabric-p-kaufmann-seersucker-tanglewood-stripe-canary-blue.aspx?SearchProductID=91541836-01cf-4b5f-bda1-3cfddc46d116

White with polka dots ...colorful:
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabric-cotton-prints-under-5-yd-children-39-s-cotton-fabrics-polka-dots-polka-dot-white-multi.aspx?SearchProductID=ab2a653c-8f18-4379-8447-26fcc53580ba

More cartoonie polka dots ( Happy Bugs):
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabric-shop-by-category-nature-abstract-quilt-fabrics-happy-bugs-polka-dots-lime.aspx?SearchProductID=30ca907e-782b-47f0-be00-b2b63e9894b7

Yellow and Red polka dots:
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabric-shop-by-category-novelty-conversational-quilt-fabrics-western-flair-giddy-up-kids-polka-dots-yellow-red.aspx?SearchProductID=4eedaaaa-45a3-4a19-b9c8-0f066beb9f36