Hi moms! My daughter wants to rearange her room and I was hoping you ladies had any ideas. She is 13 and has a small (11.5' by 11.5') room. The walls are yellow and She has a big window area (3 windows side by side) on the right, then a closet that runs through the wall on the left. she has a dresser, night stand and bookshelf that are all white her bed is white and has a black comforter with furry zebra stripes. And 4 pillows a big furry green one one that matches her comforter a twizzlers pillow and one with her innitals on it. Her sheets are gold. And what do you think she should put on the night stand dresser ect. She doesn't like my advice ( guess I better get with the times! ) but moms who have experience with girls her age I would appreciate your help. Thanks,
K.
Hi, K..
Let her move whatever she wants and put whatever she likes on her night stand and dresser. If she needs help she can ask friends or observe what they do. She's 13, theirs is the only advice she might take, teen magazines might be of help, too :)
She should put on it, what SHE wants to put on it.
My daughter is 10, she is currently rearranging her room. She's even tossing out some things.
Fine.
My husband was trying to tell her what do to/where to put things, etc.
But I told him, "It's HER room, let her decide... " because, my daughter was feeling all nit-picked about it. And she got frustrated but tried not to. But I saw on her face, that it bothered her and she was a bit sad. It is HER, room.
Not my Husband's, room.
But she will ask me what I think about her ideas, per her room. Because she knows I won't nit-pick her about it. I let her "enjoy" rearranging or decorating her own, room.
I want her... to "enjoy" rearranging or decorating her room.
She even is so excited to show her friends when they come over.
Its so nice to see that, in her, and per the experience of her, doing it.
If she just wants a change, I would let her pick out a new comforter and a new paint color.
I'm confused. Rearranging a room means that you move the furniture around. Are you talking about redecorating?
I'm having a hard time imaging her room. Wish I had a photo. I'm not sure what you are asking.
Anyway, go to PINTEREST for ideas. That's what I do.
I also love IKEA for ideas. If you can go to the store, that would be ideal to see things in person.
When you say "what should she put on her night stand".... what do you mean? Like she wants to display her nail polish and you think that should go in the bathroom....... or she wants to do satanic ritual and light fires and you're putting your foot down because you think her Hello Kitty stuff should be on the dresser? lol.
I let my daughter move her room around however she wants. I used to let her keep her room in whatever CONDITION she wants.... but that's because she wasn't a complete slob at 10... :-)
I think at 13 she should start getting more freedom to do what she wants with her room - as long as she is treating her items with respect. But I'm kinda liberal. Sometimes my daughter will spread out her cell phone cases on the dresser. I go in the next day and those are gone and she has stacked books or made a house of cards. I can't really manage her to the details that way, so until she does something that's not appropriate, I would let her do what she wants.
Let her do what she wants.
I would take her to Target and let her pick out a few things. Target's a good place for teen stuff.
