Wallpaper for kids room

The nursery is the most amazing place in the house. Here, magic happens every day: a new person grows and develops, wonderful worlds are created, unusual transformations take place. Therefore, the design of the premises should be approached with special attention and, of course, with love. And the health, mood and development of your baby are largely dependent on the condition of the walls. How to choose wallpaper for a children's room? Let's think together.

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Who decides this?

If the child is still very small, parents decide everything for him - how to paste the walls, what furniture to put, which toys will live in the crib, and which on the shelf. But if the baby has already learned to speak, such an important issue as repair in the room will have to be discussed with him. Otherwise, your efforts may be in vain.

But regardless of whether you could find out the opinion of the future inhabitant of the nursery or not, you still have to buy repair materials.

Important! When making a nursery, it is necessary to take into account age features. Of course, the room in which the two-year-old baby lives should be different from the habitat of the older preschooler, and especially the schoolchild. For about a year and a half, you may not think that boys and girls have different tasks and interests in this world, but as soon as the child begins to be interested in who he is, you will also have to take this into account.

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Trim requirements

There are several criteria that you should definitely consider:

• age and gender of the child;
• safety requirements;
• sanitary requirements;
• the ability to create a favorable microclimate;
• influence on mood and psychological state;
• aesthetic preferences.

The materials used in the arrangement of the room of their child should be safe and environmentally friendly. That is, wallpaper for a children's room is needed:

• enabling walls to “breathe”;
• not decomposing with time into harmful substances;
• do not accumulate dust and dirt.

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Materials

In construction stores a real abundance of wallpaper. A variety of materials, colors and patterns - just eyes run up. Unfortunately, not all this splendor is suitable for decorating the room where the child will live. Choosing a wallpaper for a children's room is not so difficult. Some knowledge about this type of decoration and about the features of materials can help in this.

On sale you can find wallpapers:

• paper;
• vinyl;
• non-woven;
• textile;
• liquid;
• on a glass basis;
• cork, bamboo and other exotic materials;
• photo wallpaper.

Wall coverings can be washable and water-resistant. This can be found by marking:

1. Wave - the material tolerates wet cleaning, but it must be done carefully.
2. Two waves - the walls can be safely wiped with a wet rag.
3. Three waves - the washing vacuum cleaner will withstand.
4. Combination of waves and combs - can be brushed.
5. Hammer - not afraid of blows.
6. Crossed out fire - the coating does not ignite.

Important! On the label you can also see the inscription “RAL 479” and the corresponding icon. This marking means that the material is made from environmentally friendly components, it does not contain toxic or radioactive substances, stabilizers or heavy metals.

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Paper

Paper is the most suitable material for decorating the room where a toddler or preschool child lives. The advantages of paper wallpapers are that they:

• environmentally friendly;
• allow the walls to "breathe", that is, there is no risk that the room will be increased humidity;
• are safe;
• cheap;
• a variety of shades, patterns and textures;
• they can be quickly and easily glued.

Important! The disadvantages include fragility and the fact that such a coating does not tolerate water well. But for the children, durable wallpapers are not needed - in a few years the baby will grow up, his environment will still have to be changed. In addition, on the walls covered with paper, a child can draw as much as he wants, because paper is very easy to glue.

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Vinyl and non-woven

Vinyl wallpapers are made on a paper or non-woven basis, on which a PVC film is applied. They are good in that they do not accumulate dust, they can be washed, including with the use of detergents. In addition, this material with proper care lasts quite a long time.

Important! It is ideal for the kitchen, but not for the nursery. PVC film practically does not let air through, that is, it will be quite difficult to create an optimal microclimate.

The same flaw is in non-woven wallpaper. Another drawback is the relatively small selection of shades and patterns. However, such a coating can be painted, and several times, and painted to your liking. But still, the walls, upholstered with vinyl or non-woven, are not suitable for the baby, but rather for the teenager.

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The liquid wallpaper

Great material if you select wallpapers for a children's room. Undoubted advantages:

• easy and convenient to clean, in addition, they do not collect dust;
• can be repainted many times;
• do not ignite;
• do not decompose into harmful substances;
• let in air.

Important! The disadvantages include the fact that under such a coating you will have to perfectly align the wall. But this minus more than pays off with numerous pluses.

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Glass based coating

Cullets are now very popular, but they are rarely used for children's rooms. Glass panels are well washed, made of materials that do not break, but they do not allow air to pass through well.

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Textile

Wallpaper made of fabric is very effective and can turn any room into a real palace. However, they are not suitable for children, mainly because they accumulate dust and are difficult to clean.

Important! They can decorate the room of a young man or teenage girl, but this material is not suitable for preschool children and even younger schoolchildren.

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Exotic wallpaper

Walls can be decorated with exotic materials. Most often on sale you can find cork and bamboo panels. In principle, for children, these materials are suitable:

• allow the walls to "breathe";
• do not emit substances harmful to health;
• wash themselves.

Important! Cork panels have another very important advantage. They provide excellent sound insulation, so for a naughty 5-8 years old this is a very suitable material. Neighbors will definitely not come to complain that elephants are constantly “running around” in your apartment and something always falls. And you will be sure that your fidget will not hear scandals and inappropriate words.

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Photowall-paper

They give the interior a special charm, can visually expand the room and momentarily transfer the owner and guests to the jungle, to the north pole or to the medieval city.

Important! In adult rooms, such wallpapers are quite common, but in a nursery they should be used carefully. They are more suitable for the student than for the baby.

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What color of wallpaper to choose for a nursery?

Psychologists have long noticed that color greatly affects mood. Therefore, you should avoid too bright screaming tones, as well as drawings that can cause aggression. And, of course, you and the child should like the wallpaper for the nursery.

Important! The nursery should be joyful and calm. In this case, it is not necessary to paint all the walls in one color.Just the opposite. If your child has grown even to the youngest group of a kindergarten, you will have to think about zoning, and it is easiest to create zones using different wall colors.

There are general considerations as to what color of wallpaper to choose for the children's room:

• preferably pastel colors;
• drawing on the walls should be interesting;
• cold shades should be avoided.

Important! Traditions that everything should be pink in girls' rooms and blue should not be followed by boys. This, of course, can be done if two heterosexual children live in the room in order to somehow indicate their personal spaces. But for both boys and girls are suitable:

• light green;
• ashen;
• beige;
• light brown;
• peach;
• aquamarine;
• many other shades.

But the white walls are unlikely to look good.

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Talk about age

Each age has its own space. That is what psychologists advise. This approach greatly facilitates the choice, because you will know in advance exactly which drawings and materials are suitable for you, and what is better not to look at.

Baby nest

If the occupant of the room has not yet turned two years old, feel free to choose wallpaper for the children's room with a bright large pattern. A large geometric pattern will be just perfect.

Important! The kid at this age is attracted by everything big and bright, small objects are generally not worthy of his attention. If you do not find wallpaper with a suitable pattern, it is better to make the walls monophonic, and draw color spots or cut out of colored paper and place them wherever possible when the baby is awake.

Space for a younger preschooler

A child from two to five a large drawing on the walls is no longer suitable. It is better to make the walls monophonic, and in warm colors, and on them you can hang pictures with your favorite book characters or characters of interesting films, didactic panels and your own drawings of the owner of the room.

Important! Plain walls can be decorated with homemade large applications. But you need to remember that the hero in the picture should not be larger than the child.

Explorer's room

Senior preschool age is a time of awareness of one’s abilities and interests. At the same time, the child is restless, likes to make noise, constantly invents something. Walls are part of this world, and it is this part that usually suffers the most. The young artist creates his masterpieces precisely on them, but for some reason parents don’t like this, especially if fresh paintings are on expensive textile wallpapers.

There is a very easy way out. Refuse from velvet panels and paste over the walls with paper, you can paint. Or at least part of the wall. The owner of the room will be able to draw on such walls as much as his heart desires, without fear that his mother will have to call an ambulance.

Important! The room is best divided into zones, and not only by type of activity, but also vertically:

• taller than the height of the child - beautiful clean walls with a spectacular pattern;
• and wherever he can reach, let him do with the walls what he wants.

Only in the house you always need to have some stock of wallpaper to stick on top is already spoiled. Paper is an ideal material for decorating the home of an older preschooler.

All neighbors are visiting

At the age of 6–7 years, serious changes begin in the child’s life. He goes to school, begins to study music or English, even at some point he finds himself on the street without adults. His circle of acquaintances is expanding. Get ready for the fact that the whole company of new friends will be at your place, in the very nursery that you just pasted with expensive wallpaper.

The company is unlikely to be quiet. Children will play, draw, tumble, fight, put up - in general, do everything that children of this age should do. Accordingly, it is not necessary to hope that the room will remain in perfect order.

Therefore, the easiest option is to paste over the most vulnerable part of the room with wallpaper for painting:

• Bright colors are preferable, but it is better to refrain from drawing. Your child’s head is already breaking with an abundance of new knowledge, he does not need extra stimuli.
• And in the “business zone”, where the child does his homework, you can stick wallpaper in a vertical strip.

Almost a teenager

The rooms of boys and girls 9-11 years old are very different. And even if your heterosexual children lived in the same room before, somewhere at this age it is better to resettle them. Get ready for the fact that the occupant or occupant of the room themselves will want to actively participate in the arrangement of their home, because this is their personal space.

Children of this age strive for the strength of their world and are very reluctant to allow anything to change. Therefore, it is better to choose wallpapers for the children's room, which will last a long time. It is better to ask the owner about which color and pattern to choose:

1. For a young lady of this age, silk, velor, and glass panels are already suitable.
2. A future pilot or polar explorer needs an environment in which you can craft something without fear of hopelessly ruining the walls. Vinyl wallpapers will be just right.

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Stock footage

Now you know everything that is needed in order to pick up wallpaper for a children's room. Listen to the opinion of your child, do not ignore his interests, and then by joint efforts you will be able to get the result that satisfy the general wishes.