A bedroom for teenagers is much more than just a place to sleep in. It’s their chunk of the house.
It’s where they receive their friends, study, listen to music, and – most importantly – where they freely express themselves.
You used to be a teen, so you must also know how misunderstood and pressured it feels to be going through that phase between childhood and maturity.
Work with your teen to help them create a proper haven that reflects their personality, but is also timeless enough to make sense financially!
1. Incorporate Their Favorite Colors
By far, the simplest way to find a compromise with your teen when designing their own room is to include their favorite colors.
You handle the practicality and the quality of the furniture, and they get to express themselves through color.
2. Allow Them to Express Their Goals
With your teen still being a few years shy of being able to concretely work on their life goals, they need all the support that they can get to stay enthusiastic about them.
A few accents that reflect who they are and who they are yet to become won’t cost you much, and it will mean the world to them.
3. Include Sitting Areas
For many teens, their bedroom is also their lounge and their office. Every chance they get, they’ll try to be alone and do their thing in peace.
That’s why they need various seating options. At the very least, they need a chair so that they don’t spend the whole day lying in bed.
4. They Need a View
Maybe I’m projecting since I was that teen who came out of my bedroom only to eat, though I believe many teenagers function this way.
As they spend so much time in their bedroom, they need a refreshing view to remind them to go outside every once in a while and also plenty of fresh air to keep their space breezy and healthy.
5. The Age Is Crucial
You don’t decorate a 17-year-old’s bedroom the same as a 13-year-old’s.
Keep their age in mind and, of course, listen to their wishes before deciding which ones are doable and which aren’t.
6. The Writings On the Wall
Teens have this need to constantly show off who they are – through the music they listen to, their art, and fashion.
Their sanctuary is no different. From posters to neon signs, they’re going to want to plaster their walls in it.
You may not find it to be as decorative as they do, but hey, it does no harm and it’s their room after all.
7. Inspire Them to Be Productive
Create a nice and inspiring study corner in your teen’s bedroom to try and inspire them to work hard.
Though we all like to yap about how easy it was to be a kid in school, they do have a lot on their plate. A well-designed corner for them to complete their homework might help.
8. How to Stay Budget-Friendly?
Though some teenagers discover their calling early on, others’ dreams and aspirations change on a weekly basis.
While you want to inspire and support them, likely you’re not open to renovating the whole room every now and again to cater to their newest obsession.
Encourage them to express their interests in budget-friendly ways, through a poster, their own hand-made trinket, or sports paraphernalia like in the above picture.
9. Teach Them Compromise
There are valuable lessons for your teen to learn through designing their bedroom. Budget management and financial compromise are some of them.
10. Promote Creativity
Artistic people require their surroundings to be a certain way to feel the most inspired and productive. It’s the same for kids and teenagers.
Design them a bedroom that will call them to imagine and create.
11. Encourage Boldness
Help your teen design a bedroom that will cater to their emotional needs and character.
12. Make the Room Guest-Friendly
Make sure their space is guest-friendly so that they have enough room to bring their friends there, play video games, or just hang out.
13. Easy to Keep Tidy
Some kids are tidy all on their own, while others need some encouragement.
For the latter, you want to design a breezy bedroom that they can easily maintain.
Hygiene and uncluttered space are extremely important for our mental state, and some kids may not be aware of it just yet.
14. Allow Them to Personalize the Space
A teen’s bedroom is their reflection. Encourage your teen to showcase their interests and personality all over the room.
15. Include a Charming Wallpaper
Make your teen’s room either elegant or eccentric with the right choice of wallpaper.
16. Follow Trends…
Unless you actively follow design for work or hobbies, odds are your teen is much more familiar with the current trends than you are.
Listen to their ideas to design them a cute and trendy space.
17. Or Go Retro
Perhaps you’ve raised an old soul?
Support their style and help them incorporate retro elements in the design of their bedroom.
18. Beige Sanctuary
Create a peaceful and breezy sanctuary for your teen.
With their hormones raging, they may benefit from a relaxing interior.
19. Help With the Choice of Pattern
Teen boys, especially in their later teenage years, often couldn’t care less about their surroundings. Many of them are simply not focused on aesthetics, and that’s where you may need to step in.
Help them choose patterns and accents to make their room peaceful and enjoyable.
20. It’s In the Details
Much like we all do and perhaps a bit more, teenagers love to stand out.
They will revel at the chance to set their bedroom apart from all the others they’ve seen, and small details are the simplest way to achieve that.
Whether it’s a fun wall painting or a bed suspended on ropes, teens love uniqueness.
In Conclusion
Teenagers are continuously evolving and discovering their true selves. I mean, we all are to an extent, but they are much less subtle about it.
Our surroundings are very important to us, hence your teen needs the kind of bedroom that will be their safe space and their favorite place in the world.
Just remember: there are so many creative and budget-friendly ways to make it happen!