Creative headboard bed ideas for kids bedroom

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Creative Headboard Bed Ideas for Kids Bedroom

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• Headboards has got a rocket craze among us
  nowadays. Peep into this article to know how to
  select creative headboards for your kids. With
  some creative thoughts you can double the fun
  factor of bed room interiors besides adding a
  great dimension point.
• A headboard is a upright panel placed at the head
  of a bed. Originally headboards were designed for
  the Egyptian for Pharos out of ebony and other
  luxurious materials for decorative purposes.
• As the Middle Ages set in the Greek, European and
  Romans took in the idea of headboards and made it
  one of convenience.
• Large wooden headboards were designed to cut out
  draft and wind and provide insulation. To not
  allowing the cold air seep into the floor,
  matching wooden headboards and footboards were
  designed.

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• Today as times are warmer and style tastes have
  evolved, any material can be used to make
  headboards. From PVC pipes to industrial grade
  metal wiring and muslin cloth to fancy upholstery
  anything can be used to create an innovative
  headboard, especially for Kids.
• Kids today are very expressive and inventive to
  create a safe space for them to express
  themselves and also give them an opportunity to
  change the medium they use to express themselves
  would mean design genius.
• Although a headboard is a small piece of addition
  it dictates the climate being set for the room
  itself simply because it is the most dramatic
  addition to the most important piece of furniture
  in the bedroom, the bed.

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• To start off, a designer should know his/her
  client. It is imperative that the designer keeps
  in mind the kids age and parents requirements.
  Based on the age of your client and permanency
  required from your design idea the bedroom can be
  decorated.
• A designer can set some standard parameters in
  terms of age
• Infants rooms
• The parents dictate the childs requirements, and
  most often than not a baby cot is required. In an
  infants room safety of the child and the ability
  to clean consistently soiled bedding takes
  precedence over anything else. A headboard is
  often attached to railings on the side of a cot
  to prevent the little tykes from falling out and
  getting hurt. An infants room edicts the need for
  a durable headboard whose functionality is more
  appealing that its design ingenuity.

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• A kids rooms headboard can bear many and bright
  colors.
• From emulating a doll house to a pirate ship or
  doubling as a convenient study unit to a
  playhouse combined with the nifty placement of a
  bed the headboard can set the mood for the room.
• Pre Teens rooms
• Designing for pre teens can be vague. An age
  where they try and decide their likes and
  dislikes, and figures out avenues to express
  themselves. A designer could look at this as a
  challenge to help the child channelize their
  inner light and bring out the best or simply look
  to establishing a finished product.

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• Creating normal, ordinary or adult looking
  headboards would not cut it. Although not the
  primary requirement along with creativity a
  certain amount of functionality is also required.
• Teenagers rooms
• Teenagers rooms are rooms that require a lot of
  attention. Although a certain quantity of adult
  perspective and sanity is required, a teenagers
  room is where designers can go berserk. Every
  interior decorators wild Mithweald!
• Most ideas that would be turned down by
  conventional adults would be embraced with open
  arms by experimental teens. By combining bold
  ideas and colors with convenient designs, an
  otherwise conventional bedroom could be converted
  into a modern minefield of promise appeasing
  both the teens and the parents.

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• Some basic and out there headboard ideas
• Tufted headboards, a common design when combined
  with the right fabric, color and size can set the
  room with a luxurious and luscious feel.
• Ceiling high headboards they create an ethereal
  feel to any room.
• Ceiling high headboards combined with canopies
  create a sense of privacy and class. This sets up
  for a prim room with the possibility of a
  footstool and other pieces of furniture otherwise
  uncommon in a children room.
• Headboards that double as pin up boards, this
  works as a reminder board and also helps the
  child in question personalize every bit of their
  den.

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• Headboards that emulate a chalkboard/ blackboard
  or whiteboard
• This creates a canvas for the kid to express
  himself or herself consistently, allowing for
  change on a daily basis in a controlled
  environment.
• Headboards made out of unusual materials like
  muslin cloth, t-shirts, artwork, framed up
  pictures, artwork, tie dyed cloth, brocaded
  fabric or even photographs. When designing such
  pieces, to enlist the help of the client would
  prove wise, making the headboards that much more
  personal.
• Headboards that work as night lights, this saves
  space and creates for easy access, especially for
  small children.

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• Headboards that play with lights are usually a
  possibility in older kids rooms. This opens up an
  entire avenue of modern abstract ideas that a
  designer can work on and implement.
• Headboards that double as display cabins.
  Although quite common and abundantly found, a
  kids friendly display cabins doubling as a
  headboard would interest kids.
• Headboards that hold mirrors.
• Headboards that hold huge mirrors in the center
  create a dramatic and interesting look. Most
  young girls would be excited at the prospect of
  having a mirror above their beds. The challenge
  would be to make it user friendly and position it
  in such a way as to be most practical.
• So chose your headboards as per your kids mood
  swings. This will have a impact on the overall
  decor of your kids bedroom interiors.

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