How To Best Decorate A Childs Bathroom by Jamie Lyons
Decorating a childs bathroom presents certain challenges; the how depends on whether you are decorating a bathroom for one child or mixed gender children. It goes without saying that not all girls will appreciate plastic spiders and dinosaurs, and few boys will appreciate plastic princesses. Certain themes of decoration can be more neutral such as car themes, clowns, or animals.
The first thing to bear in mind when planning the accessories for a child's bathroom is the fact that it will not last forever. Eventually a child is going to outgrow dinosaurs or dolls. For young children its easier to make the bathroom child friendly by adding colourful shower curtains and tubs of plastic toys. Young children often need to have a secure nonslip step so that they can reach the sink. If more than one child will be sharing a bathroom it is a good idea to use an opaque shower curtain to give shy children some privacy.
One of the cheapest ways to make a bathroom child friendly is to have the bathroom completely in white and a lot of colourful accessories. Bright yellow, red green or blue towels face clothes and shower curtains. It is quite easy to buy a selection of tumblers of various shapes. Equally toothbrushes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. If you or your partner is good at DIY then speciality ceramic tiles can be sourced with examples ranging from mermaids and cartoon characters. If that task is too daunting then try and get a friend to paint a mural on your tiles.
Bathrooms can be made to look like jungles, space station command centres, zoos or beaches with the addition of inexpensive accessories. Beach towels have many Disney designs on them and towels can change the face of a bathroom. Always involve your child in the creation of their bathroom because adults cannot overcomplicate decorations aimed at children. Children have vivid imaginations and they don't need a bath shaped like a crocodile to have the illusion that they are living in the jungle. However beach toys can be another inexpensive accessory in a bathroom.
Bright inexpensive bath mats are important as bathrooms should not be filled with too many toys or playthings because safety aspects get neglected. If children get over excited it is very easy for them to get carried away and fall. There are many sharp hard objects in a bathroom and it is very easy for a child to bang their head. Wild and wet are two concepts that should be left out of your bathroom decor.
There are certain factors to be taken into consideration at all times the first one is safety. The second one is the fact that bathroom styles change very quickly 30 years ago in Britain an avocado coloured bath was de rigueur for about six months. Colours should never be used in long-term bathroom fittings because they date incredibly quickly. For this reason the option of keeping your childs bathroom white and colouring it in with accessories is a much more sensible way to go.
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