Once you’ve bought your young son some rugged wood bedroom furniture like a wooden beds or wood night stands then you have to decide on decorating them that will keep them happy and entertained. There are so many great and unique decorating themes for any boy’s room. Be sure when deciding on a theme that it is something that can grow with him for the next several years. The following themes can be adapted to ages ranging from two to ten. Any of these unique decorating ideas will help get you started on creating a fun and engaging decor for any little boy’s room.

The Firehouse Bedroom

If your little boy is enamored with firefighters, then a firehouse theme would be perfect for his room. The walls can be decorated with any number of firefighter wallpaper borders that are available. Or for those who are able to draw or paint, consider creating a firefighter scene or a fire truck on one of the walls. There are a wide variety of accessories you can choose from to increase the fun. Try adding a fireman’s hat, a hose hanging on the wall, a fireman’s pole, and fire truck bedding. If you are feeling particularly brave, you might even give your boy a siren for his room.

The Bedroom from Outer Space

An outer space theme is the perfect choice for any little boy interested in aliens or the night sky. Walls can be decorate using outer-space and star wallpaper borders and even star and planet decals. If you’re able to, you should be able to find spaceship or planet templates that you can trace and paint on the walls.

To really make the room look cool, paint the ceiling black and then use glow-in-the-dark paint to add stars and planets to the ceiling. Toss in a couple of Martian stuffed animals, and your little boy will be happily slumbering deep in outer space.

Pirate Themes for Bedrooms

Depending on the age of your little boy, for a pirate theme you can use movies such as Peter Pan and Pirates of the Caribbean as a reference. You can start by painting the walls blue to represent the ocean. If you’re really ambitious, you might paint a pirate ship on one of the walls or an island, complete with an overflowing treasure chest on the shore. With accessories such as nets, portholes, treasure boxes with booty, and a couple of pirate hats, your boy will be ready to hit the South Seas.

A Favorite Animal Theme

Does your little boy prefer monkeys or lizards? Consider decorating his room with his favorite animals. This is a broad theme that can be customized to fit your little boy’s preferences. For those boys with pets, the theme of the room can be built around that pet, complete with a special place for the pet to live. Remember, though, that if your boy is old enough, to take his interests into consideration and not just choose any animal theme for his room.

Other Decorating Themes

Here are some other unique decorating themes for a little boy’s room:

cowboys

dinosaurs

race cars

military

jungle

sports

construction

licensed characters and cartoons

haunted house

bugs

the wild outdoors

The best way to find the perfect decorating theme for your little boy is to involve him in the process. Allow him to help choose what he wants in the room and help set it up.

In the world of interior design, rustic décor is one of the most popular styles. This is a décor style that’s warm and inviting, whether you make your home in a densely populated city or a wooded rural area. Nothing creates that comfortable and welcoming feeling quite like a home decorated in rich, warm shades. Those who just adore natural wood are sure to love this style of decorating.

Colors used in rustic décor include shades of forest green, cream, brown tones, and any other rich colors found in nature. Wood is used in walls, floors, ceiling fans, and furniture. Hardwood floors are always beautiful, but they tend to be exquisite in this style. When thrown at the foot of the bed or in front of the sofa, braided accent rugs contribute to the homey, comfortable look and atmosphere.

For the Walls
These days, some types of paneling are outdates, but the wood panels that are applied horizontally are trendy and create an amazing look. Or if you prefer, paint the walls. Just be sure to stick to rustic colors. By painting only a couple of walls, you can add even more interest to the room. For instance, paint one forest green and other in a contrasting rich tan color. Another great rustic touch is a wall tapestry. Look for rich tapestries with scenes of nature, mountainous terrain, and forest landscapes.

Furnishings for the Rustic Home
If you’re looking for the perfect complement for a rustic décor, you can’t go wrong with leather and solid wooden furniture. Any exposed wood on the sofa, love seat, or recliner should match your coffee and end tables. If you’re going to include furniture with fabric, dark green, rust, and creams go beautifully in a plaid or striped pattern. Just remember that with this type of décor you want to stick to colors and textures that mimic nature.

A perfect rustic look for the kitchen includes a long wooden pine or maple table. All you need to do is add a bowl filled with fruit and your dining room table will be complete. When you’re looking for seating, use mismatched wooden chairs or even benches. With this style, the older and more worn the pieces look, the better. You can then accessorize by adding stone and ceramic pots filled with sunflowers or herbs, prancing roosters, and a homey rug for the sink area.

Don’t Forget to Accessorize
When it comes down to accessories, you’ll want items that have an antique or worn look. Once again, leather and wood make perfect accents, keeping the natural theme flowing throughout your home. A perfect addition to a living room or bedroom might be a distressed wooden trunk or an antique-style mirror. A great place to find a mirror is a flea market. Even if they contain a few dings, it just adds to the rustic appeal.

Rustic décor is all about warmth, security, and family. With a rustic décor, you are creating comfortable, inviting spaces in your home, no matter where you reside. A home should make you feel warm, comfortable, and secure at the end of the day. You won’t find a home quite as welcoming and beautiful as one decorated in the rustic style. Country or city—it doesn’t matter. This is one style you will truly fall in love with.

Typically, the kitchen is where families spend most of their time, more than any other room in the house. Thus, it’s important to create a kitchen that’s both stylish and unique, different from anything else you’ve seen before. In this way, your family will have a unique place that has both character and charm where they can eat, talk, and spend time together.

Display Your Cookbooks
You don’t need to hide your cookbooks away in a drawer or on a bookshelf somewhere in the living room. Consider displaying them instead for people to see when they walk into your kitchen. You might place them on a shelf on the wall or even on the top of your fridge. By adding in a couple of cute bookends to keep everything in place, you will create a décor item that’s also very practical.

Hang Some Kitchen Signs
There are hundreds of different signs available that can be hung in the kitchen. You’ll be able to find one that fits into the overall theme and style you are going for.

· For a retro look, choose something like a neon sign that says “Kitchen Open or “Open 24 Hours.”

· If you’re trying to create a country kitchen, you can choose signs with roosters or country sayings to give the décor that country charm you are looking for.

· For those of you who are creative, you can make your own sign using a piece of wood and some paint. This is a great way to ensure that no one else will have a kitchen sign like yours.

Use Recipes to Add Décor
Did you know that recipes actually make a great wallpaper border? You can choose to either handwrite some of your favorite recipes or find pages in a cookbook or magazine. The pages will need to be sealed with a clear poly-acrylic in order to protect them. Then all you need to do is to paste them to the wall.

If you don’t like the wallpaper border idea, then make a wall of recipes near your cooking area. Depending on whether you want them to be legible or not, you can choose to create more of a collage effect with the recipes. If you like, you can take this a step further and create a one-of-a-kind wallpaper with a recipe and food photo collage.

Create a Backsplash with Some Hand-Painted Tiles
Decorate your kitchen in a unique way by creating a backsplash with your very own hand-painted tiles. You can paint ceramic tiles to your liking and then preserve them with a sealer. You might choose to paint themed pictures on random tiles on the backsplash. Another great idea is to let your kids get creative and paint them for you. This way you’ll end up with a totally unique kitchen backsplash and you’ll also have added a family touch to the room as well.

Kitchens need not be boring, nor do they all need to look the same. If you look around your kitchen, you’ll probably find plenty of items sitting around that can become part of your décor. By getting creative and involving your entire family in the decorating process, you will be able to come up with a unique décor for your kitchen.

About the Author…
Leon Tuberman has been in the home furnishings and interior design industry for four decades. He owns and manages his family owned furniture store. They have a large inventory of handcrafted American built solid wood furniture for your bedroom, home office and living room. Whether you’re looking for a wood coffee table for your family room or a oak dresser for your bedroom then they have everything you need.

Do you find that the current look of your home is boring? Are you just looking for something different? There are plenty of simple ways to accessorize any room in your home. You don’t need a lot of money or an interior decorator to give a room an entirely new look. You can easily accessorize any room in your home using any of the following simple suggestions.

Add Some Extra Flair with Throw Pillows
Start by adding some complementary throw pillows to a sofa or chair. Or try adding a throw blanket to the back of the sofa. Just be sure that these items aren’t the exact same color as the sofa or chair, as they should add some interest and design element to the room. A tan sofa should be complemented with decorative pillows where tan is not the main color in the design or pattern. By finding accessories that match other complementary colors in the room, you can really pull the room together.

Update Your Lighting Fixtures
Give your room a whole new glow by updating your lighting fixtures. Installing new lighting in a room can make a big difference, whether you’re replacing older fixtures or small ones. You can find inexpensive, easy-to-install fixtures in a variety of styles. Find a design style to fit the room, but also make sure the light fixture gives off plenty of light to make your room brighter and more welcoming.

Go Green with Your Living Room Accessories
With a simple houseplant or vase of flowers, you can easily add more color to any room. Craft stores carry a wide variety of beautiful fake flower arrangements, or if you are creative enough, you can make one yourself. To really brighten up the room, place the flower arrangement in a prominent spot. If you decide on a houseplant, real or fake, it should also go where it will garner more attention. For instance, if you want to draw more attention to the fireplace, you might try placing a houseplant on both sides of it.

Fill Up a Blank Wall with Framed Pictures
Are your walls boring? Try hanging a few picture frames in various shapes and sizes to spice things up. Whatever your style, you should be able to find an array of picture frames that are unique and stylish, which will not only help you display your favorite images but also add some interest to the room. Black-and-white pictures or those with just a touch of color will provide a dramatic look, as will matted images.

Reorganize Knickknacks with Shelving
Are the knickknacks in your room getting lost in the mix? Try grouping them together on the mantle or displaying them on wood bookcases. They will better accessorize the room if you display them together in a stylish arrangement rather than just letting them get lost in the room.

It’s simple to redecorate or switch around the style design of a room by accessorizing. If you really want to do something totally different, you might look into moving the furniture around. You could also add new pieces of furniture to the mix, such as new oak dining room tables. It should be neither hard nor expensive to accessorize a room. Rather, just get creative and let your style show.

Your bedroom can become a relaxing getaway with a beach-themed bedroom. There are many different decorating ideas to choose from when it comes to creating that perfect beach theme for your bedroom. The key to decorating a bedroom, no matter what theme you choose, is to make sure the décor fits your personality in style, so that it becomes a place where you want to spend a lot of time.

The Basics of a Beach-Themed Bedroom
Before you buy anything for your bedroom, you first need to decide what type of beach style you want. A beach theme leaves you wide open when it comes to decorating. To one person, a beach theme may involve seashells, sand, and water. Whereas for another person it may involve more of a luau or Hawaiian theme, complete with surfboards, waves, and fish. Depending on your own personal style and vision, there are many different directions you can take when decorating with a beach theme.

Colors for a Beach-Themed Bedroom
No matter what type of beach style you decide on, using the color blue is a must. You don’t necessarily have to paint your walls blue, but the color should be incorporated somewhere in your color scheme. For a nautical beach theme, showcase the colors of red, white, and blue, mixing in neutrals such as tan and brown to balance things out. On the other hand, if you’re creating a tropical look, then choose more vibrant colors like yellow, pink, bright blue, and purple. If you’re looking to create the ultimate beach resort getaway, then decorate with neutral tones like white, tan, light blue, and light pink or coral.

Furniture for a Beach-Themed Bedroom
Lighter furniture is usually the best choice for most beach themes like a light oak chest or a light wood night stand. It’s best to keep things light with this type of a theme. Light-colored sand and blue skies most often come to mind when one thinks of the ocean. If possible, try to incorporate such woods as wicker, driftwood, and bamboo into the furniture. If you really want to add a beach feeling to the room, you might accessorize your furniture by draping it with some white or sheer fabric.

Accessories for a Beach-Themed Bedroom
The accessories you choose for your beach-themed bedroom will differ, depending on the style you choose for the room. Here are some common beach accessories you can add to your bedroom:

· seashells

· paintings or pictures of the ocean or beach

· boats

· water features, such as a fountain

· sand

· sea animals and fish

· surfboards

· lighthouses

· sea grass

· rocks and pebbles

· tropical flowers

You might incorporate a beach theme into other rooms in your home, such as the living room or your child’s bedroom. These suggestions can easily be incorporated into a functional living space or child-friendly bedroom.

Your bedroom is meant to be a refuge in your home, a place of comfort as well as style. What makes a beach theme ideal for this space is that it radiates an easy and peaceful feeling, which every bedroom should have.

For those who like to keep current with the styles and designs of today, a contemporary style might be the perfect décor choice for your home. Today’s contemporary styles are a far cry from several years ago and are no longer as cold and unwelcoming as they once were. Today’s contemporary styles are lighter, comfortable, and very welcoming.

So what does a contemporary look need? The basic components of this design style are simplicity, clean lines, and sophistication. When decorating your home in a contemporary style, focus mainly on size, shape, and color. The fresh, sleek look that results will fit just about any room in the home. If a contemporary style seems like the décor choice for you, here are some other important features to consider.

Contemporary Color Choices for Your Room
Neutrals tend to be the main contemporary colors, although modern styles are incorporating colors such as blues and greens. Traditionally, black is often the color used to ground the décor, creating a base for the look. Walls should be kept neutral; stay with tones such as light gray, white, and light tan.

A new trend among contemporary styles is the monochromatic theme. This means you choose one or two complementary colors, such as green and blue, and then you work only with those colors, adding a neutral color such as black or white here and there. Thus, for instance, you may coordinate white pillows with a modern light-blue chair.

Accentuate the Lines and Geometry of the Room
Essential to contemporary style is distinct lines in the design. You can use geometric shapes and bare windows to establish definite lines in your décor. Don’t overcrowd the space. You need each and every piece to stand on its own and not get shuffled in with everything else.

Choose Sleek and Modern Furniture
When you go to furnish your room, look for sleek and modern pieces that have geometric patterns. Rather than a big plush, comfy sofa, you might go with a sleek wrap-around sofa with exposed peg legs for that contemporary look. Upholstered furniture should be neutral, in tones such as white, black, tan, and gray. You can also think about Amish furniture in contemporary style. Avoid furniture with frilly accents or pillows, or pieces with skirts or trim on the bottom.

Contemporary Décor That’s Basic, Bold, and Functional
When you’re going for a contemporary look, always remember that less is more. Eliminate those small, cute, little things in the room and turn your focus to the larger objects. Floral and paisley prints need to be avoided, as well as fringe and ruffles.

Décor should be basic, bold, and functional. For instance, a simple large candle on a dish may be all that’s needed on a shelf or table. Another contemporary décor option might be a glass vase with colored balls or marbles. You should only use one decorating item per surface area, and some surfaces should be kept bare.

Any room in your home can benefit from a contemporary style and can be achieved with something as simple as new  living room or bedroom furniture accents. Be sure this is the style you want, however. It’s notoriously difficult to use contemporary pieces in other decorating styles.

Use color even in the smallest of rooms to liven things up Make Connections with Color Many people worry about decorating in small spaces with color. It’s been said (as per urban legend) that color makes small rooms look even smaller. This is barely based on facts, but it’s been blown entirely out of proportion. In fact, color is one of the best ways you can define a room, and anchor it. Here are some ways you can use color wisely in smaller spaces “Join” two rooms by utilizing a single color theme for both. Of course, you’ll probably think of this technique with rooms that are open to each other, such as with a kitchen and family room, but you can also use the same method for rooms that simply fall within each other’s “sight.”

If living rooms have an arched opening through to the dining room, for example, or if the kitchen flows into your dining furniture, your bedroom has a small bathroom attached, and so on, you can “join” these rooms by sharing the same color schemes. Let’s say, for example, that you’ve got a favorite color combination and your house is particularly small. You can use that color combination in every room to some capacity — whether it be hallways, dining area, kitchen, living room, bathrooms  — to give a sort of visual “flow” that continues throughout the house. Use Solid Color to Add Depth You can add depth with solid colors.

For example, changing a bland space that’s all one color (say, white) with elegant oak furniture to one with the depth of layered colors makes things appear bigger. For example, you can paint a living room all blue and then paint the walls and door openings red, which accentuates the space nicely and gives depth. In a kitchen, you can use white cabinets and white refrigerator as accents in a corner, and then add a horizontal line to visually separate walls, which makes a small room look bigger. Layer Colors to Add Depth Layer on glazes of color to give walls depth. You can also separate walls into blocks of color to give them more visual depth. This can be especially useful if you’ve got a large wall to cover. Using just a single color of any type can make the wall look very large and very flat. Using something like patterned wallpaper is simply overpowering for such a large space.

However, you can layer soft “color tones,” used to complement furnishings, and yet visually recede so that you look at the whole room instead of just the wall itself. Using Accent for Emphasis If you want upholstery and wall colors neutral, you can simply accent with a particular color and then layer it throughout the entire room. For example, if you like red, it might be overpowering on your walls, but you can use it on couch cushions, in wall pictures, or on foot stool coverings. If you use even bright colors sparingly but carefully, the bright colors will provide accents but won’t overwhelm any space. Lastly, you should use the accent color you’ve chosen throughout the room, and not simply concentrate it in one particular area.

Neutral Tones Should Be Varied Even if you like all-white rooms, for example, you can add some variation was neutrals to give it a less sterile look. For example, tone on tone stripe can add visual interest but still maintain a quiet “neutral” effect. That is, it’s quiet like a neutral, but still has a slight change of tone that gives the depth you need without the starkness of a bright, eye-popping element.