Comments on: 5 Ways To Furnish A Kid’s Room Cheap

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By: Dion

Dion — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:22:29 +0000

Generally, we do not need much money to make a room neat and clean. We can become more creative when we arrange the room by ourselves. In addition, we are able to cut the budget as well as use good materials.

In case of the kids, we can try to teach them how to take care of their rooms. We tell them that nice rooms are comfortable to stay in.

By: shim Promotional items

shim Promotional items — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:33:56 +0000

For girls, you could spray paint the metal buckets pink or yellow or whatever or you monogram them, to give them a more girl room look.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:46:09 +0000

We make nice photocopies of favorite book pages and frame them in IKEA frames. If a favorite book is falling apart, we look for pictures that can be saved. We have at various times had pictures from Green Eggs and Ham; Chugga, Chugga Choo Choo; Fancy Nancy, Jamberry and George Shrinks up in the kids rooms. I have also let the kids pick out one print when we go to a museum. One of our local museums even will give out a free print when you leave. Currently all the furniture in the kids room is stuff we got from our parents when they were downsizing. Wonderful stuff with family history.

By: happymom4

happymom4 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:55:01 +0000

My young teen daughter says: “Use a piece of scrapbooking paper you like, trim and frame in a clearance frame, for classy but frugal wall art.” See the post on my blog about her decoration.

By: Mc Klum

Mc Klum — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:03:52 +0000

Oh children’s room is the most difficult thing to get set LOL. Parents have to keep the moods of their children in track as well!

By: Leila

Leila — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:36:28 +0000

Oh my goodness, you are right about the themed sheets! They are so irritating, constricting, and usually polyester, which is not nice to sleep on.

I agree with all your points! Also, a day bed can take a trundle! You can buy the parts to make a day bed, and the trundle mechanism, from a big furniture store.

The trundle pops up to make a king-sized bed with the day bed, good for visitors!

Ours came from Jordan’s furniture here in the Boston area. One caveat: don’t let anyone jump on the trundle

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:07:34 +0000

Right now I have a toddler with a mattress on the floor. We skipped the toddler bed and went straight from crib to a top quality full sized mattress that will last him until college. When he’s a little older we will get a day bed or slat bed that does not require a box spring.

I also do not have a dresser for him. Shirts get hung up and a basket in the closet holds pants and shorts. I lined his entire room with shelves and store toys there in pretty baskets or by themselves. I find this much more organized than toy boxes and even at 2.5 my son knows which toys go where.

My biggest tip is that if you’re going to do a “theme” don’t go all out. We bought Tonka truck sheets to get my toddler excited about a big boy bed but skipped the matching quilts and accessories. Instead I have a plain Navy blue comforter that will go with almost future theme.

By: Small Means

Small Means — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:34:57 +0000

I was thinking about doing a post on this tomorrow. I’ve recently realized that the best thing I can do for my kids’ rooms is to let them have lots of space. It’s contrary to my wannabe-decorator nature, but letting the rooms be very plain and sparse has sparked all sorts of creativity in them.

By: Shannon M

Shannon M — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:20:24 +0000

This is a timely topic for me – it’s about time to reconfigure the kids rooms since we’ll be putting three boys in one room and Brenna and the baby in the other. At least until we finish the downstairs!