Do you have a little train enthusiast and would like to decorate his bedroom? If the answer is yes, or if you have a different bedroom theme selected, then this article will help you get started in the right direction with some helpful tips.
Decorating a child’s bedroom to suit a particular theme can be a tasking job especially if you have not done it before and have idea where to begin. A railroad themed bedroom is a bedroom built around a particular railroad character, locomotive or railroad idea. If your child loves trains, this could be made easier as you can adapt his/her bedroom to a particular train set or character that they love. There are different railroad themes out there and choosing one may be particularly difficult. Some ideas/tips for decorating your kid’s railroad themed bedroom are provided in this article.
There are different aspects of your child’s bedroom that you have to consider when planning to decorate it. Railroad themes and locomotives come in different accessories that are useful in decorating a child’s bedroom. The color of the room is an important aspect to consider when decorating. Bedding, furniture and different accessories are also important and a railroad theme should have all these materials and accessories built around it.
After successfully picking out a particular railroad theme based on your child’s preferences, you can start the actual decoration of the room. Decorating of the room should start at a particular focal point, from which the remaining décor can be steadily built. A basic focal point for a room décor is the bed and bedding. A bed built in form of a locomotive such as the popular Thomas, the tank engine and friend’s bed can be used and themed bedding used to dress the bed. The color of the bedding is central to the color that will be used around the room, so there is visual and color harmony. A combination of harmonious colors should be used around the room. A boy’s railroad themed bedroom for instance, can be decorated using blue and green color backgrounds while for a girl, a more appropriate pink color variation may be used. These color variations may not be particularly important for younger children and any color variation may be used for kids within the ages of 2-7 years.
Furniture can be obtained to fit the railroad themed style of the room and a train set table may be preferred which can serve as a storage area for toy locomotives and ensures that your kids play with their train sets in a tidy manner. A railroad crossing theme may be used in the wallpaper and picture decorations around the room. This serves to give the room a perfect blend of similar accessories and educates kids on different railroad crossing signs and their interpretations.
Other accessories such as storage facilities, curtains and decorations should be used based on the railroad theme and matching colors. Locomotive toys combined with their matching railroad tracks and railroad crossing signs and designs can be used to decorate parts of the room such as tabletops, shelves and headboards. Other ideas and accessories that may be used for a child’s railroad themed bedroom include; a themed rug, an alphabet train locomotive that can be added to the wall, themed accessories on outlet plate covers and switches and railroad crossing type door signs amongst others.
Decorating a railroad themed bedroom for your child is an exciting and fun experience and you can employ your child to help out in choosing particular designs and accessories.
