Redoing a kid's room: 3 parents tell their stories
February 12, 2009
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kids seem to outgrow their bedrooms every few years. Clutter accumulates; tastes change. Older children suddenly need a desk to organize school work; motifs that were cute for a toddler don't work for a kindergartner.
Here are three do-it-yourself stories about making over kids' rooms under different circumstances: one for a four-year-old in a roomy, rural Victorian, another for tween and teen brothers in a city apartment, and a third for two sisters in a suburban Colonial.
Building in flexibility: Our four-year-old has averaged a new obsession about once every six months – outer space, construction vehicles, pirates, knights and now trains. So when it came time to update his room – mostly unmodified since we transformed a spare room into a gender-neutral yellow nursery – we were reluctant to embrace any particular theme.
Making the most of tiny bedrooms: My two boys, 11 and 16, had outgrown their tiny bedrooms in our New York City apartment. They needed a new look and more storage space.
Rooms to last through tweendom:When a stack of catalogues came pouring into our suburban mailbox and my eight-year-old reached for PB Teen, Pottery Barn's newish venue to reach the one demographic not covered by its other businesses, I knew what was coming.
Read more parents' stories of redoing their kids rooms-
Building in flexibility-
Making the most of a tiny bedroom-
Rooms to last through tweendomCheck out room makeovers by Colin and Justin, including a romantic raspberry bedroom and a classy kitchen revamp.
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