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To competently and tastefully furnish a room for children of different sexes, more effort will be required than when thinking through the interior for one child. It must be taken into account that children may have different interests, and if one is older, this also poses some difficulties. How to correctly zone a children's room so that children of different sexes, and especially children of different ages, find it interesting to be in it?
Kindergarten style design
This type of decor involves decorating the room in a fairy-tale style. The interior of a children's room for children of different sexes is equipped with original furniture and is complemented by elements for games and fairy-tale drawings.
As special elements, you can make a dollhouse, place a pool or playpen with balls, and so on.
The main emphasis in this design is on the gaming component. This arrangement option is acceptable for children of the same age as preschoolers.
When deciding on a “fairytale” design, you need to be prepared for the fact that it will soon have to be replaced.
Where to begin
When planning a nursery for two boys or girls, we are faced with a number of questions: how to divide the sleeping and working areas, which beds to choose (bunk or separate), how to make the interior both multifunctional and comfortable.
- Twin beds or bunk beds? Boys and girls with a difference of even 1-2 years already differ in their personal needs and wishes. What can we say about children of different sexes? Therefore, if the room area is large, then you should choose separate beds for each child. This will be the starting point. The play and work areas will be in the opposite direction.
- If one child is of preschool age and the other is of school age, then the play area should be separated from the desk. Furniture is arranged so that the student has privacy, which is ensured using a plasterboard partition or shelving.
- In addition to safety requirements, it is good not only to make the play corner free, separating it from the work area, but also to provide storage areas for toys. This is especially true if there is a large age difference between the children or if the nursery is shared by a boy and a girl.
Using a shelving unit, you can create a comfortable corner for studying. A loft bed with a place for games on the ground floor will clearly define the boundaries of the play area for a small child.
- Before moving a younger child into the room with an older one, discuss with him whether such a neighborhood will please him. At first, a newborn’s crib can be placed in the parents’ bedroom, which is especially convenient for the mother. During this time, discuss the layout of the room with the adult child. Listen to his opinion, and regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl, the children will be happy to take part in arranging the baby’s corner, and will be happy to wait for him to move into a shared room.
- When choosing a shared bedroom design for two children aged 5-12 years, you can invite them to decorate the room in the same style. Girls may be interested in the theme of princesses, fairies, magic castle, kitty style, boys - pirates, sea, football style, space, dinosaurs.
- Young artist. To avoid quarrels because the younger one paints the older one’s things, provide for the little artist a corner with coloring wallpaper, wall stickers on which you can write with washable crayons or markers, a board or marker film on pieces of furniture. It’s easier to ensure this from the beginning than to worry about colorful textbooks.
- Hanging shelves. It is best to store the elder's things on the upper tier. Original shelves not only diversify the design of the room, but also will not allow the younger one to get to the things of an adult brother or sister.
Room for an older girl and a newborn Baby will be happy if he has a separate place for games
Neutral room design
A more practical way of decorating would be a neutral option, closer to the “adult” style.
Children's interests change over time. Therefore, it is convenient to complement the room with bright decorative objects, which, as the owners grow and develop, can be easily replaced with other, more relevant elements.
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The design of a children's room for children of different sexes needs to be thought out, giving each child his own corner with the opportunity to slightly adjust it to suit his hobbies. An “adult” environment will serve as a more optimal backdrop for this.
An important emphasis should be placed on furniture; it plays the main role in dividing the room into individual zones.
Finishing
For decorative finishing of the floor and walls of a nursery, which would be suitable for two children of different sexes, it is best to choose hypoallergenic and environmentally friendly materials. Cork is good as a floor covering; it breathes, retains pleasant warmth in winter, is a good sound insulator, and its surface is quite soft. Carpet should be used carefully; dust and dirt easily accumulate in the pile, and it is more difficult to clean. A good laminate or high-quality linoleum will fit well into the interior of the room, and their neutral colors will not distract from the main design.
Kids love to draw, so washable vinyl wallpaper is an ideal choice. Such coatings are denser and stronger than paper ones; they allow you to hide minor wall defects. Wooden panels are appropriate in classic nursery interiors.
The ceiling is most often painted white or milky. In spacious rooms, you can use colored stretch fabrics, matte or glossy. The night sky, space, a world map - all this will make the ceiling design more interesting. How to competently use finishing materials of different colors and textures in the design of a children's room can be seen in the selection of photos.
White furniture
White color goes well with any other colors, including the brightest ones, which will inevitably be present in the children's room.
White furniture itself looks stylish and modern. It visually creates an atmosphere of lightness in the room and does not clutter the room.
It’s easy to add bright colors to a room by using colored wallpaper and other design elements. It is important to take into account the different genders of children and decorate the room with neutral shades.
Examples of arranging white furniture can be seen in the photo of a children's room for children of different sexes.
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Focus on age
The right step when thinking about the design of a living space for children of different sexes would be to focus on their age.
Psychologists are of the opinion that too “childish” the design of a room has a negative effect on the development of a child.
For this reason, and for practical reasons too, when planning the design of a room, you should focus on the age of the older child. If the eldest child is already a teenager, then the room should be decorated for a teenager.
Young children tend to see a fairy tale in everything, so they like any interior. It is enough to supplement it with game elements.
Children's room layout
For the convenience of both owners, it is very important to place the furniture correctly.
Several schemes for arranging beds in such a situation are possible.
- Parallel arrangement.
- Diagonal arrangement.
- Perpendicular placement.
- Double bed.
A bunk bed is a very practical solution. It is recommended to provide both floors with adequate lighting sources.
Placing beds in a row or parallel does not provide enough individual space.
When placing cribs in a row, it is recommended to visually separate them with a cabinet or rack. It is important to understand that as each child gets older, he needs more personal space.
The table should be placed as close to a source of natural light as possible.
Particular attention should be paid to lighting. Every area of the room requires a good light source.
Modern furniture for a children's room for children of different sexes is made functional, equipped with practical storage drawers and the ability to transform. This will help free up useful space.
When planning the interior, you should make the room as safe as possible for children. The environment should not interfere with free movement.
Bunk bed - pros and cons
In a small nursery, a bunk bed is appropriate for children of different ages. Various models can also be selected for a room for children of different sexes, where each child will have their own separate corner. But we must take into account all the pros and cons of such furniture.
The positive aspects of a bunk bed include:
- saving space, especially important for rooms with a small area;
- solving the problem of placing two beds at once;
- interesting models that harmoniously fit into any interior design;
- Depending on the design, various additional functions may be provided: storage space (cabinets, shelves), a desk.
As for the disadvantages, if you take them into account in advance, the inconvenience associated with them can be avoided:
- Before purchasing, discuss with your children who will sleep on the top tier. Perhaps one of them is afraid of heights or both want this option, which will require additional decisions. If children are of different sexes, then usually the boy is allocated a bed on the top floor, and the girl occupies the lower tier. If the age difference between children is significant, as a rule, the eldest child takes the place at the top ;
- You should discuss safety rules with your children in advance. Games on the stairs, jumping down - it will be very difficult to force active fidgets to give up such, in their opinion, fun pleasures;
- High bunk beds are not suitable for apartments with low ceilings. For those sleeping on the upper tier, this can cause discomfort, both psychological - from the close proximity of the ceiling, and physical - it is too warm upstairs.
And, of course, choose a sleeping place for children with strong restraints on the upper tier.
Sleeping area for two children with shelves and wardrobe
Storing things
Each child needs to organize a separate storage system. Considering the volume of the room and the number of these very things, you need to approach the organization of storage systems creatively and use all possible options to the maximum.
It is convenient to arrange storage space under the beds, especially if there are two of them, by placing drawers there.
Small but tall shelves and cabinets will help not only solve the problem of storing various things, but also divide the room into zones.
It is convenient to use transparent containers with lids to store toys. They don’t look very aesthetically pleasing, but they make it easier to find a specific toy. This will make the room more orderly. Children won't have to turn everything upside down when looking for their favorite toys.
For a small room, a good way to save useful space and zone the space are beds raised to the upper level, with a chest of drawers or a full-fledged cabinet equipped in the lower part.
It is convenient to arrange workplaces in one row parallel to the window sill. This way you can achieve good lighting.
Shelves for stationery, books and textbooks are arranged on the sides, separately for each child.
Nursery design for girls: harmony in everything
The gender of children is perhaps the most important factor that must be taken into account in order to obtain a comfortable interior. Listen, first of all, to your own feelings and take the individual characteristics of your children as a basis. No one knows them better than you, and only you can decide in what space they should grow. Whether your daughters are princesses or pirates with a passion for adventure, it doesn’t matter if the main goal is to create a harmonious, comfortable and safe interior. The design of a children's room for a girl should be a continuation of her temperament, the embodiment of her dreams and favorite fairy tales.
Interior created by Soul-Concrete studio
Regardless of the gender and age of children, their room should be well lit and decorated in a color scheme rich in variety. It is better to use warm shades of any of the colors you choose. This will help calm even the most active and restless child. The ceiling can be made completely white or painted in heavenly colors; you should not use dark shades.
Girls room
Fairytale nursery
The author of the project is WhiteRoom studio
If your girls like to lie in bed, then it is better to give their gaze the opportunity to linger on the drawings on the ceiling and walls - this is much more interesting than a strict plain surface. Use framed posters - they will help add variety and bright details to the interior. But remember: the older the children get, the less appropriate the landscapes and drawings around them will become. But a contrasting wall or part of it against the general background will look interesting, will emphasize the division of thematic zones and will give the nursery some structure.
Remember that girls are just as active as boys, so try to provide each of them with their own space for creativity. If it is not possible to separate the playing areas, then consider the placement of the beds in the room in such a way that they can have privacy and hide from prying eyes. They should have their own place to store toys and valuables. These can be niches in the bed or separate shelves on the wall or in the closet.
If there is not much free space, and the children are still small, then the closet can be replaced with a small chest of drawers, which, in turn, will serve as a separator of two zones if placed between the beds.
Characteristics of temperament, tastes and hobbies, as well as age - these are the main criteria that must be followed when creating a room for girls. If they are already going to school, then there will be more writing instruments and books than toys familiar to early childhood. The role of sports and hobbies in their lives should be directly reflected in the interior of the room in which they will spend a lot of time.
Children's room design for two children
Children's room 12 sq. m
Children's room in the attic
When choosing a color scheme, ask each child what color he would like to see his room in and which characters would be best to make his neighbors. The older the child, the more information on this issue he will provide you with, and your task should be to combine different (and perhaps even opposite) tastes into one harmonious picture.
Nursery design for two children
Design by ReRoom studio
Children's room with bunk bed
The interior is the work of Chango & Co studio
Game Zone
In the children's room it is logical to provide an area for entertainment.
It is recommended to cover the floor with a carpet, since children often play on the floor surface.
To reduce the damage to the walls as a result of children's creativity, it is wise to purchase boards or easels for creativity. Every artist needs his own easel or magnetic board. They won’t take up much space, but they will complement the style and will delight the children.
In addition, you need to consider space for various tabletop activities. It is not difficult to provide a small table.
If you want to save useful space, it is wise to purchase a folding table that will be easy to take out and unfold when necessary.
Organizing the placement of children of different sexes in the same room is a very interesting creative task.
When considering ways to implement the task, it is important to make the room as comfortable as possible for both owners, and, if possible, divide the space equally.
