Home Furnishing Tips

Decorating a Child's Room

Five most essential elements that make a good child's room

a. Storage
Make tidying up fun with brightly-coloured solutions such as the IKEA PS FÅNGST hanging storage, IKEA MYSTISK wall cabinet and PYRE storage basket. Such products also help to instill the importance of keeping a tidy room from a young age.

b. Selection of Furniture
Furniture in a child’s bedroom should be low enough to reach without help. Drawer and wardrobe knobs should be big and easy to manipulate. Choose furniture that comes with drawer stops to prevent children from hurting their fingers. Desks and chairs should have sturdy bases to prevent toppling.

c. Washable material
Take the trouble out of spills with machine-washable fabrics for sofas, cushions and other soft furnishings.

d. Toys
Furniture that double up as toys are twice the fun. They help to develop the children’s sense of balance, motor skills while nurturing their imagination. IKEA PS VAGGA, for instance, is a rocker/pad that children can rock, lie down, slide on and crawl underneath. The IKEA PS PUSSLA drape stimulates the senses while functioning as a room divider for added privacy.

e. Furnishings
Scare away the bogeyman with a nifty night light, such as the SMILA MÅNE wall lamp. Curtains such as KRYP SLÄNDA or TASSA SVANS also transform a room into another world.

Importance of safety in a child’s room

Play is a child’s way of understanding the world. Furniture you can clamber, jump and balance on helps improve a child’s conception of his own body and assist the learning process. Thus, it is important to create the right conditions for safe play in every room in the home. Child-safe products make play fun and also give parents peace of mind. It is also important for parents to educate their children about safety at home.