Design of a small children's room: interior layout and recommendations from experts

Contents:

1. Layout and zoning of a children's room: general rules
2. Color solutions in the interior of a children's room
3. Selection of furniture for a small nursery
4. Lighting and decorating a children's room

A small children's room is a space that requires a special approach to its layout and design. The child spends a lot of time in the nursery: studying, playing, being creative, and meeting friends. In order for children to fully develop from a very early age, it is very important to provide them with a cozy environment and their own little world, comfortable and safe. The compact size of a children's room is not a hindrance; you can create a full-fledged children's room in a small area, and the recommendations of famous designers will help with this.

Layout and zoning of a children's room: general rules

One of the main tasks that needs to be solved when arranging a nursery is a visual increase in space. To make the nursery look visually more spacious, you should use the following techniques:

• Abandon dark shades: they have no place in cramped children's rooms. A riot of colors is also inappropriate in a nursery; it is better to give preference to two or three light tones, which can be diluted with bright accents: photo wallpaper on the walls with game prints, shelves in the form of colored cubes, funny accessories. This palette encourages children to be creative and physically active.
• Instead of massive horizontal cabinets, it is recommended to place tall, narrow storage furniture that stretches the space upward. It is advisable that cabinets and shelves have closed doors: they will hide children's things from prying eyes and help maintain order in the children's room.
• Due to the shortage of square meters, furniture in the nursery will have to be installed along the walls to free up more free space.
• Toys and other children's things that younger family members constantly use can be put in hidden shelves in the corner of the nursery or compartments under the bed: the child can easily get them.
• Even a very small children's room should be divided into several zones: work, play, bedroom. A good option for zoning a child’s room would be a mobile area for children’s games in the form of a tent or house, which can be moved around the apartment if necessary.

The overall design style of a small children's room also plays an important role. When choosing a style, the child’s gender, age, character, and hobbies are taken into account. Thus, girls usually become delighted with delicate floral motifs, a dressing table with children's cosmetics, and a canopy that turns a boring bed into a bed for a little princess. Such a nursery environment is not just pleasant - it shapes girls’ aesthetic taste. Boys who love cars will surely love the children's room with a bed in the shape of a car, posters of famous athletes, a track mat and other attributes of a young racing driver.

Color solutions in the interior of a children's room

The lack of square meters in a small children's room can be quite successfully corrected by selecting a suitable color scheme. Although light colors are preferable for children, a snowy white shade would not be the best choice: it is considered cold. White looks especially bad in a children's room facing north. But there are many pastel shades that create a psychologically comfortable atmosphere in the children's room:

1. Pink, beige, cream, baked milk color.
2. Light grey, soft blue, woody.
3. Straw, muted lilac, ivory.

Bright accents in the nursery are used with caution: it should not resemble multi-colored playrooms located in entertainment centers. In public areas, such a design is appropriate, and the abundance of colors in a home nursery will encourage the child to become overly excited, capricious, refuse to sleep, and demand new games from tired parents. So it’s better to find a middle ground by using a small amount of orange, pistachio, tangerine, turquoise and other rich colors in the decoration of the nursery.

In children's rooms for girls under 10 years old, the pink palette looks harmonious. White, green, purple decorative items, as well as textiles and cute fuchsia trinkets will help to dilute the monochrome interior of the nursery. A child's room belonging to a boy will sparkle if you decorate it in light blue or heavenly colors, and you can use blue, gray, and emerald for accentuation. Natural tones add special coziness to a small children's room: cornflower blue, apple, mint, sea green.

Selection of furniture for a small nursery

Choosing furniture for a small nursery requires a responsible approach, but thanks to the wide range, a nursery can be equipped even on a modest budget. Functionality comes to the fore here, of course: in a small children's room there is hardly room for a luxurious chest of drawers. It is also important to arrange the selected children's furniture correctly: an unsuccessful arrangement can lead to the study area being illuminated at the wrong angle, and open cabinet doors making it difficult to pass through.

Therefore, when buying furniture intended for a small child’s room, you should listen to the advice of designers:

• An ideal solution when there is not enough space is transformable and built-in furniture. Such structures, which have a minimum of load-bearing parts, are specially designed to save space. An example is a loft bed, under the sleeping module of which there will be a desk with a computer or a play area. Climbing to a height is carried out using a safe ladder with steps that simultaneously serve as storage boxes. In order for the child to rest comfortably, the distance between the ceiling of the nursery and the children's sleeping place should be at least 1.2 m.
• Hinged shelves and light compact shelving fit organically into the interior of a small children's room - they store books, toys, educational supplies and everything necessary for children's creativity (easels, diamond mosaics, sets for coloring, handicrafts, design).
• A closet will bring a lot of benefits to a small nursery. It can conveniently place children's clothes and other children's things, and a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror decorating the closet will create the illusion of space.
• For lovers of non-standard design solutions, we can recommend arranging a multifunctional podium for the nursery. This design will successfully replace a large closet - bed linen, clothes and other children's accessories will be neatly stored in its depths. At the top of the podium there will be a play or study area, at the bottom there will be a pull-out bed, and the stairs are best designed in the form of drawers.
• Since children grow quickly, it is advisable to choose tables and chairs for the nursery with a height adjustment function. The optimal seat depth is 50 cm, and the height depends on the child’s height. So, if it varies from 110 to 119 cm, the table should be 50-52 cm high, the chair should be 30-32 cm. If funds allow, you can buy a chair for the children’s room that grows with the child: such products are produced by some well-known manufacturers.< /li>
• The desk located in the children's room should not be cluttered, so you should hang a shelf nearby for stationery and textbooks. As an alternative, you can purchase a table with built-in drawers. But placing massive structures above the table is not recommended: experts believe that they can put pressure on the child’s psyche.
• In a small nursery there is often not enough space for games, and a solution to the problem can be a busy board - a board with various elements designed to develop fine motor skills of the hands. If a child likes to draw, it is not necessary to buy an easel for the children's room; it is enough to cover the back wall of the rack or cabinet with chalk wallpaper.

Any furniture purchased for children's rooms must meet criteria such as environmental friendliness, safety, and the absence of sharp corners. Tall cabinets placed in children's rooms must be secured with additional fasteners. Before purchasing, you need to ask the seller for a quality certificate, which lists all the materials used in the production of children's furniture.

Lighting and decoration of a children's room

When designing a small children's room, it is important to competently approach the organization of lighting. A dark children's room not only looks uncomfortable - it can spoil the child's vision, which is just beginning to form. According to the general rule, the presence of several sources of artificial light in a children's room is welcome:

1. In a small nursery with a high ceiling, you can hang a chandelier and place spotlights around the perimeter. If the ceiling is low, you can limit yourself to only built-in ceiling lights.
2. The light should be warm, softly diffused throughout the children's room.
3. A mandatory attribute of any children's room is a table lamp on the desk.
4. To help your child fall asleep better, it is advisable to hang a cozy wall-mounted night light at the head of the bed in the nursery.

So, arranging a comfortable, beautiful and psychologically comfortable small-sized children's room is a completely feasible task that does not require huge investments. Depending on the possibilities, parents can invite a specialist to solve it or do the design themselves - just use the above recommendations and show a little imagination. You can purchase high-quality children's furniture and original accessories in the Garda Decor store. Professional interior designers and sales consultants work here who will assist in choosing the best planning solution, selecting furniture and decorative items. The result will meet your expectations: a children's room, decorated competently and with love, will become an ideal personal space for a child.