Furnishing & Decorating: Older Child
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Do You Have a Boy and Girl Living in the Same Room?
Asked by A.G. from Houston
on October 4, 2011
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How long is it appropriate?
How do you decorate?
My house is a 3 bedroom I have two girls 6 years apart and a boy on the way. I think the two girls are too far apa...
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- I think, by the time the boy is say, In Kindergarten or Preschool, the girls will be of Pre-Teen or Teen ages? ... and then, their body will be developing and then "th...
- I think it's fine to have them share a room, for a few years, at least! As for decorating, there are tons of things you could do that would be unisex, or mix a little...
- Yup. My son and daughter are 13 months apart (5 and 4 years old), and they have shared a room since birth. I see no problem with it. Not forever, mind you. Puberty...
6 Year Old Terrified to Go Upstairs
Asked by S.B. from Houston
on May 11, 2008
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My 6 year old son sleeps on the floor by my bed every night. He is too scared to even GO upstairs alone and ABSOLUTELY won't go in his room without escort even in bro...
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- Without reading your replies. When I was turning 7 we moved to a new house and new town. I can remember laying in bed terrified. My new room was down a long, narr...
- I agree with seeking Christian counseling. I had a neighbor when I was a child who was cruel to me and it happened in an upstairs home. I kept having nightmares as a...
- S., #1 Try a baby monitor. Tell your son that if he needs anything to just call for you and you will come. You will need to respond to every call for a while and...
Help with Room Decor
Asked by J.R. from Saginaw
on May 31, 2009
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Howdy,
I know a lot of you crafty ladies out there hopefully will give me a hand. We have 3 bedrooms upstairs and a few months back I started redecorating the spare...
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- Hi J., If you have to use a border and can't find one in a particular theme, why not just get a 'paintable' border -the ones with an embossed print on them? This wou...
- Can you put in a molding instead of a wallpaper border? Why not just go with bright colors and add accents with something he likes...bright cars, bugs, animals. Get ...
- I put a fat head fighter jet up on the wall. It is REALLY COOL!!! My son loves it and it will grow with him too. My son is 11.
Siblings in Same Room or Separate Rooms
Asked by L.C. from Los Angeles
on September 21, 2009
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Hi,
I have two girls (2 1/2 and 3 months). This is a bit premature, but I was wondering for those with more than one child, would you recommend having them share a...
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- My three kids share a room: a 5 year old girl and 7 month old b/g twins. My older daughter loves having them with her and so far no one wakes anyone else up (except f...
- Hi. My boys are 6 and 9 and have been sharing a room for 4 years. They like it and have never asked to have their own room. I think they like that they go to sleep in ...
- I have 3 girls and I put them all in the same room for a while just to show the baby what she needed to do at bed time and it worked. When the lights went out and the ...
How to Encourage 8 Year Old Girl to Spend More Time in Her Room
Asked by S.B. from Fort Myers
on December 26, 2011
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My daughter is an only child. She is not that much into toys or dolls and as she gets older spends less time "playing" by herself. Its usually some kind of technolog...
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- I never spent time in my room and neither do my kids. I always played outside and so do my girls. I have only beds in the rooms because I encourage them to keep their ...
- Why do you want her to be alone in her room? Maybe it's not that she dislikes the space, but dislikes the being alone. My DD plays most of the time in other rooms, eve...
- I wouldn't worry about her sitting in her room alone, that will happen. If she is underfoot, get her some craft project she can work on at the kitchen table. Painting...
How to decorate a bathroom for 2 boys and 2 girls?
Asked by L.S. from St. Louis
on April 5, 2008
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I'm trying to come up with an idea for my children's bathroom, I want to totally redesign it. I have 2 boys and 2 girls so I want to do something unisex. Any ideas l...
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- I have a wonderful website for you to check out! Lots of "expressions" that are easily transferred to your walls (many for kids bathrooms also)! Go to www.uppercaseliv...
- WOW! 25 years old and 4 kids. You are busy! And an early bloomer :) My 8 yr. old son and 3 year old daughter share a bathroom. With 2, and a small bathroom, this ...
- How about a seascape? Everyone loves fish, shells, turtles, the ocean...Watch "finding Nemo" for inspiration. :) Good luck and have fun with it!
Boy's Room Decor Ideas? Where Did You Get It?
Asked by M.O. from Chicago
on April 5, 2011
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OK so I feel like the sports and cars theme is too overdone. I'm iffy on the solar system and space. Our toddler is too young to really have an interest in much of a...
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- My sons room is just a science "theme" I guess. Maps on the walls and a globe on his dresser. Toy dinos on his bookshelf. On a small table sits his telescope and mi...
- Early on, we let our oldest pick out colors...and we filled other things in as his interests developed & changed. Initially, we painted the room in the two colors (2 ...
- I have two boys, one 22, one 10. My first guy did the Mickey Mouse Yellow on the walls, then we had the sheets and comforter, posters that I framed and a small MM...
How to pick a color for my baby's room?
Asked by B.S. from San Diego
on January 19, 2008
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Help! I need ideas... don't even know where to begin. I got some great advice from some friend/decorator about not using pink again in my 2nd daughter's nursery. I lik...
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- Dear B., You have a great start there. I would go for pale yellow and a pale green carpet. Frogs like green, it makes them feel at home. Just kidding. I pain...
- Hi B.- I just did an adorable room for my little girl. And we did it all within 24 hours, including the paint drying between coats. And for really cheap. http://...
- We painted our baby girls bedroom a khaki type lighter green (actual color is Vista Paint: 7849 Gold Mountain) with the trim painted a Swiss Coffee. It looks wonderfu...
Which One Teenager or 8Yr Old Gets Larger Room?
Asked by D.M. from Portland
on July 9, 2012
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I have a dilemma on deciding which one of our kids gets the larger room in a new house we just rented. We our selling our larger home that had a living and family room...
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- in our house our oldest has the smallest room in the house. He was not happy about it.. but that was our choice as the parents. My oldest has the smallest room......
- Talk to you husband about why & convince him 8 year old because of stuff. Happy wife not having to yell at 8 year old to pick up her things, happy life remind him. Yo...
- Haven't read your responses but if it were my house, the oldest gets the larger room until she flies the coop. Younger one moves into it once she's gone.
How Do You Get Your Kid to Clean Her Room?
Asked by M.D. from Washington DC
on November 2, 2010
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My daughter is 7 and I swear the most messy person in the world. She is a responsible, kind, loving, well mannered, intelligenet, talented, amazing child. I just canno...
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- I break it into smaller, more managable chunks. If it is a huge mess, I'll grid it off. "First clean everything between the dresser and the wall over to the edge of ...
- I have a typical 7 year old and autistic 3 year old that share a room. The 7 year old cleans it daily. I tell her exactly what I want done and she does it, begrudgingl...
- OK -- so this will maybe sound a bit hokey, but check out: http://www.housefairy.org/ . She has lots of great ideas, videos, etc. for parents and kids to get a handle...
