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Olioboard Inspiration – Creating an Inspiring Unisex Kids’ Room

 Entry #2426, May 17, 2013

Today we continue Stagetecture’s feature ‘Olioboard Inspiration‘. Last week you enjoyed Eddie Wood’s – ‘Relaxing Mother’s Day Spa Inspiration ‘ and this week I bring you Cynthia Blaine a member of the Facebook Olioboard Fan Room. I asked her to create a unisex kids’ room that was inspiring and fun for any child. Take a look at how Cynthia made a great bedroom for any boy or girl to hangout in!

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Olioboard Inspiration #17

‘Creating an Inspiring Unisex Kids’ Room’ –  Cynthia Blaine

My idea of creating a fun and functional shared unisex room for children is to bring in lots of color, patterns and texture – oh yes and storage!

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Add lots of colors and textures

A children’s room is a place that you can be daring and not afraid of color. Here is a chance to see how mixing and matching differ patterns and texture can make for an amazing fun and beautiful space. Rather than choosing a furniture set, use different pieces to create visual interest. In my opinion buying furniture sets can make the room look either too masculine or too feminine. Experiment with different styles, textures, color woods, and metals.  Mix modern with traditional and add some retro elements. Sure you can play it safe with traditional colors for boys and girls but why not seize the opportunity to go bold! Children love color; they can teach adults a thing or two about color and how it can transform a room from boring to amazing!

I would suggest if you are going to use color in the furniture and flooring that you keep the walls white, too much color on the furnishings, floors and walls maybe overwhelming and distracting. Create balance in a colorful space by using a darker focal item such as table in the middle of the room.

Try to use pieces that your children can grow into so you don’t have to continually change the furniture and also utilize colors that are more gender neutral.

Maximize storage and make it comfortable

We all know that we can never have to much storage so finding pieces that have storage built in is a must. Use a desk and wall unit to separate each child’s clothing so they don’t have to share a closet, this also aids in keeping a room tidy and organized. Add fun seating like beanbag chairs and ottomans, these items can be easily replaced with more age appropriate seating as the children grow.

So have fun and don’t be afraid of color. Use pieces that are fun but functional and I am sure your children will not mind sharing such a cheerful and delightful space!

Cynthia Blaine is from Elizabeth, New Jersey. She loves all things creative and design related, and is an avid Olioboard user and Olioboard Fan Room member.

‘My intentions are to further my education by studying interior design one day soon, but until then I am studying on-line and self teaching. In my spare time I loves to sketch fashion ideas, to paint land and seascapes and create board on Olioboard.’

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  1. Adele says

    May 17, 2013 at 9:47 am

    The color choices are perfect for a uni-sex room Cynthia, and your suggestions for furniture and storage are spot on. Thank you Ronique for sharing Cynthia’s article and board with us.

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