How to Make Your Teenager's Room "Cool"
by Rebecca Naylor

Description: Creative, budget teen room decorating ideas great for guys or girls.

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Make your teenagers happy with the look of their bedrooms - allow them to decorate it themselves. Give your kids a sense of autonomy and watch them take on responsibility – it may pleasantly surprise you. Here are some suggestions that can change the look of a room with relatively little expense.

Painting a bedroom is an excellent way to change its entire appearance with minimal cost. Add interest by using deeper and stronger colors rather than neutral ones. Try painting the ceiling for a change. Stencils, rag-rolling and sponge painting add texture. Ask your local paint shop about different techniques.

Consider blackboard paint for a section of the wall - or all the way around the room. This allows them to express their creativity (or do their homework) - especially if your teenager enjoys drawing. If you have the time or inclination, or if your teen is particularly good at painting, a mural might be something to consider. A logo of a favorite sports team can take up an entire wall (go Canucks!).

Some teenagers are pack-rats and accumulate a mountain of assorted treasures. They may not have enough room in their closets for all their stuff, so it ends up under the bed and all over the floor.

Shelves are one solution - and they don’t have to be expensive wooden ones either. Get creative and think of different types of crates and cement bricks that you can spray paint in neat patterns - just put a wooden board across the top.

For teenage girls, fabric hung from the corner of the ceiling in loops can make the room look classy. If it is secured well, it can also be used as a place for arranging stuffed animals. Find colorful scarves at local thrift shops, or perhaps stored in the attic.

For teenage boys, t-shirts that remind them of soccer teams or Disneyland can be hung on the wall. A plain t-shirt signed by all of his friends will add a personal touch. Add a group photo next to the shirt to attach names to faces.

Pillows can be made cheaply. Use them as decorations on the bed or for friends to sit on. Sew your own pillows by cutting out logos from old shirts and sewing them together, using an old sheet as a backing. Stuff the pillow full of cotton and stitch it up. If you don’t have old shirts, buy end of stock cloth at any fabric store.

No teenage bedroom is complete without posters of the newest band, favorite sports team, or hot actor. Framed pictures of friends look nice if arranged in an original way. Opened Oriental fans attached to the wall at different angles add character.

Have your teenager’s favorite quotes, funny sayings, or pleasant reminders plastered on their wall. Cut out comic strips and tack to the walls - this may keep visitors in the room longer than your teen wants them there. But they say laughter is the best medicine – so it can make your teen’s room a healthy place to be!

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