Bedroom Themes for Boys

So...your son is ready for a new room. Though the possibilities are endless, here are a few theme ideas to help spark your imagination.

Rustic Canadiana

Use a pine log bed, with the bark still on, as the focal point of the room. Dress the bed with red flannel sheets and a matching duvet. Pine is great for the furniture and an old canoe cut in half makes an ideal frame for a bookshelf. Instead of a closet door, a simple unfinished wooden screen door, white-washed, gives a rustic look. The room itself can be decorated with images of fish, bears and moose. Wall shelves made from retro wooden sleds provide a perfect finishing touch.

Ocean Wave

Begin by painting the room a watery blue and adding clouds on the ceiling. Next, paint a seascape mural along one wall. A coral reef can be made using sponge painting. Use stencils to paint on colourful fish or create a border by stenciling sea creatures around the room. Hang aquatic mobiles or stuffed ocean animals from the ceiling. Use old surfboards or boogie boards as bookshelves. You can even try fashioning a bed frame from an old row boat! Then purchase colour coordinated blue bed linens.

Sports

Begin with the bed. Purchase sheets featuring a favourite team's emblem and add a duvet cover in an accent colour. Use a corresponding colour to paint the room. Buy a simple wooden headboard for the bed and stencil it with sporting images. Try using hockey sticks or golf clubs as curtain rods and painting a soccer pitch, football field or hockey rink right on the floor (or purchase a sports themed area rug). Hang a mini basketball net over the laundry hamper or garbage can. Then accessorize the room with pennants, trophies and other sports gear. Finally, use chalkboard paint to paint a score board on a wall in the room.

By Rochelle Strauss