Kids' room decoration

Generally avoid wallpaper - repainting is so much easier than re-papering.

Paint an area with chalkboard paint - another with magnetic paint (under the final coat) for kids to get creative. Always use wipeable paint. This is the room to be creative with colors - but avoid clichés! Decorate wood picture frames (or old unwanted frames) with funky glittery colors and frame family photos or the kid's artwork.

Kid's room floor

If the bedroom is also used as a playroom, avoid carpets - use laminated, vinyl, rubber, or wood flooring instead.

If you want a rug, think of the cost of dry-cleaning, so it's better to chose something that's machine washable.

Kid's room storage

Have plenty of storage boxes for toys - decorate cheap rubbish bins or shoe boxes.

Decorate jars and tins for pencils and small objects. Redecorate old chests of drawers either with your child's favourite colour, theme or a mural - or just give it a lime wash or a coat of varnish and change the handles to funky ones! Utilise the walls: hang toys, bags of toys and cloths on (child-safe) hooks, peg or rails.

Beds for kids

Kids love bunk beds - use the space underneath for storage, a couch ( or sofa bed) a desk or chillout zone.

Alternatively have a raised bed with drawers underneath. Girls love the princess style - just hang some muslin from the ceiling or have fairy-lights around the bed-frame.