Indian tent, hammock & Co.: Tips for an extraordinary children's room furnishing

A cozy bed and plenty of space to play - these are the most important criteria for an ideal children´s room. Or rather, they were. Because run-of-the-mill rooms have long been out for the little ones. Instead, their motto is: the fancier the better. After all, the imagination wants to be inspired and many an adventure can be experienced directly at home. We therefore present extraordinary ideas that can be used to spice up the children's room and give tips on furnishing.

Anything that pleases the children is allowed

The girls' room is painted pink, the boys' room light blue. This unwritten law has been haunting houses and apartments for decades. But it's long gone. Today, on the other hand, when it comes to children's rooms, anything you like is allowed. For example, green or yellow tones can visually enhance the room. Complementary colors such as blue and red or yellow and purple can also be exciting in a mix. It is best if you let the child decide for themselves - as far as possible - what their sleeping, playing and retreat areas should look like. This guarantees that they will feel comfortable in it later and that the room will reflect their living environment and interests. For a girl, this includes princesses, a four-poster bed and a pink carpet: good! Pirates, Indians, cars or a children's tool cabinet are just as perfect for girls.In any case, you should not use your favorite colors too dominantly on all walls or coordinate the entire decoration with them. It is better to set specific color accents and leave room for the imagination and everything that will be added to the furnishings in the next few years.

Furnishing ideas for an extraordinary children's room

The range of unusual ideas for children's rooms is large. If you are skilled with your hands, you can create some of them yourself or spice them up with the right decoration. But furniture stores are now also increasingly focusing on this target group. In the following we present a few unusual furnishing options for children's rooms.

Indian tent: A tipi of their own – that is the dream of many children. Some furniture stores therefore already offer this ready-made. You can also build such a tent yourself. For this you need five to six wooden sticks that are between 190 and 230 centimeters long and have a diameter of one to three centimeters. You wrap the upper end several times with a tear-resistant cord, for example with a cotton band. Now fold the handles outwards a bit all the way around - preferably parallel, so that the teepee gains stability. Once you have reached the right size and the tent stands well on the ground, you should wrap it again with some cord at the top to increase stability. Now you need a large sheet or blanket. Either you wrap it around the base and fix the sheet with large safety pins, or you decide on the following visually more appealing variant: First, you fold the sheet in half. Then mark the centers at the top with a pen. Cut a hole in the sheet about eight inches below the mark. This should be large enough that it can be pulled over the stems and at the same time not slip down too far. Now you can throw the sheet over the frame and the tent is complete. By the way: The children's bed can also be transformed into a retreat for little warriors - for example with two wooden boards to the left and right of the headboard, which cross on the wall at the top and thus give the impression of a tent. A bed canopy also creates a cozy retreat for sleeping, telling stories, but also hatching plans.

Hammock: The children's room can also be upgraded with a hammock or a hamock chair. If the child sleeps in a loft bed, you may be able to attach the hanging chair underneath. Or you can opt for the variant with a frame that you can place flexibly in the room. Pillows, a cozy blanket and your favorite stuffed animal make this special place perfect. It gets even cosier if you use the blanket above it for additional decoration. A chain of lights dangling over the hammock or a starry sky at which the child looks up are just two possibilities.

Painting surfaces: Anyone who has little artists in the family knows the dilemma: Walls are all too often mistaken for canvases and before you know it, they are more colorful than you would like. This can be remedied by surfaces that are specially created for scribbling. All you need is chalkboard paint or foil. This allows certain parts of the wall or cabinet fronts or table tops to be transformed into canvases. Another option is a large roll of wrapping paper that is mounted in a bracket on the wall in a stable and secure manner. So that the paper does not slip, you also fix it at the bottom with a rail. Now all that's missing is a chair in front of it for the next Hundertwasser and let's go!

Shop: The shop is a furnishing classic that never loses its appeal. Just like play kitchens, shops for children can now be bought ready-made. Or you can design this play world yourself. For this you need a standing shelf or a room divider with six compartments, which you set up so that the longer side is facing down. Of course, this depends on the size of the children. Use two old rolls of wrapping paper, which you wrap in nice paper, and a pennant chain to create the upper border, which looks like a roof. Or you can use four wooden sticks and a piece of fabric. Now you need wooden boxes for the compartments and food that your child can store in them. By the way, it doesn't have to be real apples, bananas and the like, toys made of wood or felt are also perfect for this. You can record what the shop has to offer on a small chalk board or in a picture frame, and the till and play money can be made out of cardboard and paper in no time at all. There is plenty of inspiration for this on the internet.