How to transform a children's room into a youth room

The first step to convert a children's room into a youth room will undoubtedly be to rethink the appropriate range of colors that you are going to want to use. 

From the pastel tones in blue, yellow, green and pink, characteristic of the rooms of the little ones, the ideal is that you go on to combinations where more muted and neutral colors predominate, such as gray, navy, polka dots, lavender or white.

Tonalities that you should combine on walls and textiles, such as curtains, sheets and quilts.

Once you have decided on your range of colors, the action that will most help you to give a new air to that room will be to paint it in that new tone that you have already chosen.

When it comes to doing so, you can be more traditional and paint all the walls, or bet on creating a more dynamic space that provides a greater sense of spaciousness.

In this case, you can choose to highlight one of the walls over others, create an original motif, or paint all the walls, but only up to approximately 2/3 of their height.

This is an increasingly booming trend in decoration. Since by joining the upper part of the walls with the ceiling, a greater feeling of spaciousness is generated and the spaces are dematerialized.

The children grow up. And with them the size and quantity of their clothes, their toys and a wide variety of small treasures.

That is why another step to take into account when it comes time to reform a room with these characteristics, will be to renew its furniture. Placing new shelves, a larger bed and creating enough storage spaces, reforming both the exterior and interior of the cabinets, will be essential.

As ideas for the latter case, you can consider the options of new shelves adapted to place shoes, a loft where you can store what is no longer used, or install small drawers for accessories.

In this evolution towards maturity, children dedicate less and less time to their hours of play, to dedicate them to other tasks, mainly studying.

For that reason it will be very important to create a good corner where they can do their homework and learn with as few distractions as possible.

A good desk with good lighting will be essential for this, and even better if you can spatially differentiate that corner. For this you can resort to introducing a decorative border, a different color on the wall or placing a small shelf.

One thing you should take care of is that, despite the fact that they are getting older, it is good that they continue practicing those hobbies that are helping them to mature and create their own personality.

For this reason, it will be essential to preserve that small corner where they can continue practicing their hobbies, or have the materials to do so at hand. An area to leave the guitar or that musical instrument that they are learning to play, the racket for tennis classes, or the sports bag for their dance or taekwondo classes.

Your child has grown up and no longer wants to have vinyl figures with dolls or themed bedrooms. He is in his teens and wants a "youth room."

The first thing we can do is distribute the room differently, giving more weight to the bed, which is now a sofa during the day and a bed at night.

Forget beige paint and opt for more sober colors like gray combined with white. And choose much simpler and more functional furniture.

We are not aware of the importance of storage. Your child no longer has to store so many toys, but more clothes, shoes and accessories.

Extra storage can be incorporated into the youth room in many ways, also through functional furniture, which integrates very well in youth bedrooms; for example, under the bed.

There is no doubt that your son or daughter has left behind the age of having a children's room. She has her own character and wants to decide on the decoration of her youth bedroom.

Give free rein to his imagination and let him customize the furniture as he wishes. After all, it is his private plot.

When two brothers share a bedroom, it is important to establish the space for each of them and that both are comfortable.

Built-in wardrobes are a good solution to enable more space in the youth bedroom and give it to the rest or study area.

At DeCero we plan the space of the cabinets and design them inside according to the needs of your children.

If your children like a theme, such as animals, history or space, and want to decorate their bedroom based on it, why not grant them that wish?

There are very cheap firms with a multitude of possibilities, vinyl for walls that are very easy to apply and remove. Very cool accessories that give a very personal touch to the room. And the result is a very original and unique space for them.

A separate chapter deserves illumination. A youth room will need different points of light in the room depending on the teenager, but at least 3 will be necessary: ​​one for the bedside table, another for the study area and a third on the ceiling to illuminate the entire room or area. reading or hobby, if you have space.

If your children's bedroom is big enough, adding a sofa or a corner to share their secrets with their colleagues will make them very happy.

Teenagers usually prefer to meet with their friends rather than with their parents and you must accept it, so try to understand this stage that they are experiencing by incorporating a place for it.