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Updated: Apr 4, 2022 by Kris Jarrett

Kids Room Decorating Ideas: My Five Favorites

Looking for some fun kids room decorating ideas? I’m sharing five of my favorites!

Kids rooms are my very favorite rooms to decorate because they’re all about having fun and thinking outside of the box! When I made-over my girls’ rooms, we did them both HGTV style with big surprise reveals and seeing their reactions to their newly decorated spaces are some of my favorite memories! Today I’m sharing five of my favorite ideas kids room decorating ideas that come straight from my girls’ room makeovers. (post includes some affiliate links – full disclosure statement {here}):

1. Monogram It!

From the littlest kids to teens, they all love things that are personalized with their name or initials so I often use monograms when decorating kids rooms! In my oldest daughter’s room, I bought a slipcovered chair from IKEA and had someone local add her monogram to the back of it in a color that coordinates with the rest of her room. She loves it!

Take an inexpensive slipcovered IKEA chair and add a monogram to the back of it - LOVE this idea! Lots of other clever ideas for decorating kids rooms in this post!Sources: Blue grasscloth wallpaper  |  Desk  |  Round gold mirror  |  Crystal urn table lamp

 

2. Use Paper Rosettes as Inexpensive Wall Art

I never spend a ton of money on art in kids rooms because their taste and likes/dislikes change quickly. In my youngest daughter’s room I was originally going to create a large art gallery wall over her chest of drawers but in the end decided to go with something a little simpler and lot less expensive – a wall of overlapping paper rosettes:

Simple and inexpensive wall art for decorating a kid's room - paper rosettes! Post includes link to simple tutorial to show you how to make them!

The rosettes are SO simple to make – you can find my DIY paper rosette tutorial {here}! We used wrapping paper that’s sold by the sheet at The Paper Source for our rosettes but any kind of paper that’s on the thicker side will work. So much fun, whether it’s as inexpensive wall art or as festive decorations at your next party!

Paper rosettes are a cheap and easy idea for adding color and pattern to a kid's room without spending a lot of money!

They’re inexpensive to buy too – I think {these inexpensive rosette options} are darling!

3.Add a Cork Board

Cork boards are awesome to have in teen and tween rooms, both for them to pin things that interest them and for moms (and dads) to have a spot to leave little notes and reminders. You could go the simple route and hang up a standard cork board in your child’s room or get creative and add the cork board in an unexpected spot! In my daughter’s room I did something a little different and added them to the closet doors:

Cork boards added to closet doors in a teen room - LOVE this idea! Post includes link to step by step tutorial to show you how plus four other ideas for decorating kids' rooms!

This was actually a “kill two birds with one stone” project because it not only gave me the space to hang two large cork boards but it was also a fun way to dress up what used to be flat, plain closet doors.

LOVE this idea for teens and tweens! Add cork boards to closet doors! More info and other ideas for decorating kids rooms in the post!

You can find the step by step tutorial for my cork board closet doors {here} and see her full room reveal post that includes a complete source list for everything in this cute teen bedroom room {HERE}.

4. Hang a Swing

When we made-over my youngest daughter’s room, her #1 request was a swing chair. We hung one in the corner of her room and she has loved and used it for years! Definitely a favorite kids room decorating idea:

Boho Chic Bedroom Makeover - Driven by Decor

Room Sources: Gold quatrefoil pendant  |  Upholstered headboard (DIY)  |  Moroccan leather poufs  |  Woven lidded laundry basket  |  Small acrylic lamp  |  Chest of drawers  |  Hanging swing chair (similar)  |  Brass globe lamp  |  White linen quilt

She does homework and reads books in it and her friends always love coming over and taking a little swing in it too! We hung it with a simple metal eye hook that screwed into a ceiling joist and covered the chain hanging down to the swing with rope.

Loving this hanging swing chair! So perfect for a kids room!!

The exact swing she had is no longer available but {this rattan swing chair} and {this similar chair} are great options! If you want to see more of my daughter’s bedroom, you can check out her boho chic bedroom reveal {here}. 

5. Turn a Favorite Song into a Piece of Art

If your child has a song that they love (or a poem, quote, or saying), turn it into art! You can create your own song art by hand lettering a canvas or there are several artists on Etsy who will create it art with personalized lyrics or quotes {here}.  I ordered custom prints of my daughter’s favorite Taylor Swift song from an Etsy shop and framed them with barnwood frames similar to {these frames}. They look so cute hung above her bed and she loves them:

Love the idea of framing song lyrics as art! This one is Taylor Swift! Lots of other ideas for decorating kids room included in the post!

The options are truly endless with you being able to choose the song or saying along with the print size and font! 

So there you have it… those are my five favorite kids room decorating ideas. Do you have any to add?

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  1. Julie Blanner says

    October 04, 2017 at 8:03 am

    So many beautiful ideas, but the blue room gets me every time! Thanks for having me!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      October 13, 2017 at 9:36 pm

      Thanks Julie! And thanks so much for guest hosting with us!

      Reply
  2. [email protected] says

    October 04, 2017 at 9:24 am

    You have some of the best ideas! Love them all and the fact that you did HGTV style makeovers. So fun! My daughter is too bossy and would never let me takeover like that

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      October 13, 2017 at 9:37 pm

      Thanks Julia! Well one of my daughters totally gave me free rein and it was a complete surprise reveal but the other one only left her room a few days before the reveal for the finishing touches – like your daughter she wasn’t about to let me fully take over!

      Reply
  3. Karen B. says

    October 04, 2017 at 9:25 am

    Kris,
    Great ideas! We’ve come full circle and my husband’s study doubles as our grand kids room when they come for a sleepover. We found a great looking daybed at Ikea and I’ve pulled out the books we used to read to our (now adult) children. Being g-ma is sure fun!
    xo,
    Karen

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      October 13, 2017 at 9:38 pm

      Karen, I have no doubt whatsoever that you are the best grandma around!

      Reply
  4. Ashley Allen says

    October 04, 2017 at 9:39 am

    I am so in love with your daughter’s room! That grasscloth wallpaper and those ginger jars 🙂 It looks so sophisticated but could still pass as a kids room. So gorgeous!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      October 13, 2017 at 9:38 pm

      Thanks so much Ashley! Fortunately she still likes it even though it’s been a couple of years now since I did it!

      Reply
  5. Jennifer Griffin says

    October 09, 2017 at 9:34 pm

    You do such a great job on your girls’ rooms, Kris!

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  6. Jess says

    October 26, 2017 at 9:18 pm

    I love the brass chandelier! Can you please source it .

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      October 26, 2017 at 11:03 pm

      Thanks Jess! if you go to the Source List at the end of this room reveal post, there’s a direct link to it! https://www.drivenbydecor.com/modern-coastal-teen-bedroom-makeover-reveal/

      Reply

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