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My family's age range will be 2-8. We'd prefer boys, but a mixed sibling group would be fine. So we had the same decorating dilemna!
A lot of it came down to what I had time and patience for. I have recently discovered that I HATE painting and HATE scraping wallpaper. So, for me, that ruled out painting the room and ruled out wallpaper or boarders that had the slightest possibility of being picked apart!
But on the plus side we have tons of room for storage...
So we left the room walls white, left the carpet beige, picked out oak-veneer furniture, and allowed ourselves to go hog-wild with decorations.
I have sheets and blankets in every primary color available to mix and match, and a dozen selections of popular cartoon and movie characters (Spiderman, Bob the Builder, Barbie, Mary Kate & Ashley, for example). I have most currently-popular movie posters. I have several soft, fuzzy pillows in varying shades. I have curtains that match almost any combination of the above.
So, by the time I have children in the room, that bland boring white-and-beige combination will end up quite colorful. I can imagine a child choosing a blue sheet set, a Harry Potter bedspread, a fuzzy purple pillow, SpongeBob SquarePants posters, and green curtains. UGH! But if the child likes it and does well there, I don't suppose I have to! (*grin*)
We're open to several types of issues, too, so a color scheme that is bland to begin with would allow me to limit the child's choices for decoration if the child were easily distracted or overwhelmed by too much color or possessions or the like. We'll just have to see what happens!
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