Decorating Ideas for Girls Rooms
From Coral Nafie,
Your Guide to Interior Decorating
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice!
Sugar and Spice
Every little girl I know loves pretty colors! For a room she’ll cherish, select fabrics with flowers, trellises, cute animals, or butterflies. You might stencil flowers, vines, and butterflies on walls as a colorful accent, using paint colors matched to your fabric or wallpaper choices. Don’t forget soft, airy curtains for the windows.
Ocean
If you live near the beach, or just wish you did, create an ocean theme using watery blues for the wall, sand colors on the floor, and clouds in the sky (ceiling). Take color cues from a beachy border wallpaper, art print, or piece of furniture like this colorful stool. You ‘ll almost be able to hear the waves!
Stars
Starlight is a great theme, and you’ll find many fabrics, wallpapers, and bedding with star patterns.
This theme appeals to both boys and girls, and is available in many colors both bright and pastel. Wonderful theme pieces can be the “star” in a room. You might get star-shaped rubber stamps (or sponges) and dip into wall paint to create your own star border, decorate furniture, or make random stars all over the walls or ceiling. A star quilt or rug will complete the
