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Has your daughter outgrown cartoon character or Flower Power bedroom theme? If so, then it is time to select a new theme for your pre-teen. Have you considered using a garden theme? Such a theme is ideal for daughters who have grown out of -girly- themes, but are not yet ready for themes that are more mature. A garden theme is light enough for pre-teens, yet not too -serious.- Here are some tips for creating a garden themed bedroom for your pre-teen daughter:
1. Focus on flowers to create a country cottage theme
The key to a country cottage theme is flowers. Use wallpaper borders with flowers or outdoor cutouts on the walls. Other options include stencils to create various outdoor scenes. Only include a tree if the room is relatively large. Items to add include butterflies, birds, bunnies, cats, and a picket fence.
Use beddings, throw rugs, and curtains with flowers, flower flowers (and perhaps some butterflies as well). The key is to keep everything light and flowery.
2. Chase the blues away, with blue walls, wallpaper and wall art
Consider painting the walls sky blue, to represent-well, the sky. You can further embellish the walls with a variety of wall art, such as leaves metal wall hangings. This will help to create the aura of a garden. Such wall art is available in a variety of shapes and sizes. Make sure that the wall art complements other elements in the room, such as the carpeting, furniture, drapes, and beddings.
3. Catch butterfly items for a butterfly garden theme
Use wallpaper cutouts of butterflies and flowers, and then attach them in various places on the bedroom's walls. Another idea is to paint grass or a pond at the base of the walls, to emphasize the garden theme. You can also find a wide variety of butterfly items in department stores, such as comforters, drawer pulls, lamps, pillows, rugs, and sheets.
4. Let your imagination run wild with a fairy garden theme.
You can select among many types of fairy theme products, including:
- bedding items (i.e. comforters, quilts, sheets)
- figurines
- lamp
- murals (install them as you would wallpaper)
- night light
- throw pillows
- throw rug
- wallpaper cutouts
Okay, so how do you transform fairy theme products to a fairy garden theme room? Simply add some dried flowers wherever you have fairy theme products. This will create an effect similar to the one that leaves metal wall hangings create.
5. Accessorize, accessorize!
The number of items that you can use to accessorize your garden theme bedroom is nearly unlimited. They include:
- chairs
- curtain rods
- curtain tiebacks
- lamps
- pictures
- posters
- tables
- tissue holders
- trash cans
- throw pillows
- wall hooks
Mix and match accessories to find the perfect combination.
Consider a garden theme bedroom for your pre-teen daughter. Include items such as floral wrought iron wall hangings to bring the lovely, relaxing aura of the outdoors--indoors!