Start out with decorating a room with delicate pastels for a baby nursery, then easily move into the bright primary colors for a young person throughout his/her grade school years and finally change the walls into the more subtle or even striking colors for any teenager’s preferences.

A first consideration is what materials will be used in your child’s room. At first it may be ‘cute’ to create a room that will be a totally dedicated nursery for the new baby. This room will usually consist of pale pastel colors and delicate lacey fabrics. But those pastel colors of pink, blue, yellow and green and delicate fabrics of silky cottons may no longer be practical to the one who will be taking care of the room.

So instead, when designing a room for that little one, a certain amount of ‘thinking and planning ahead” is required. Part of this ‘planning ahead’ means whatever you bring into the room should be easy to care for, i.e. washable. As the child grows older his/her tastes changes. Some teenagers will in all probability not want the frilly curtains, or a pastel bedspread.

Storage is another factor to be considered. Babies grow out of his/her clothes; they also accumulated these clothes plus other items, such as shoes, and accessories, so that storing these items can be a problem. How much closet space is going to be required? Is the room big enough to house a child’s toy box and other items? Modular units and cubicles can be used for this purpose. Racks and shelving for closets also offer endless possibilities.

Wall shelving that can be adjusted in height offers great flexibility in terms of storage. Here again, space is easily provided for items that will range from large children books, stuffed toys, and then later on for school books, and those ubiquitous CD’s, stereo equipment, computer paraphernalia, collectibles, or whatever hobby the child or teenager may be involved in at the time.

Hardwood or even vinyl floor are best as far as keeping a child’s room neat and clean. Also the use of non-skid rugs that can be easily washed in the washing machine. This is preferred to having an entire room carpeted.