Furniture for the nursery - we equip the room for the girl
The arrangement of the children's room is a responsible and very painstaking work. Any parent would like to purchase safe, practical, beautiful and at the same time inexpensive furniture to create the perfect environment for their child. But just as there is no perfect interior, it is unrealistic to find pieces of furniture that successfully combine the best qualities. And when it comes to decorating a room for a little princess, questions of practicality and economic benefit are often relegated to the background, missing the aesthetic qualities and personal preferences of the hostess of the room. As a result, the arrangement of a nook for a little lady, in which it will be convenient to relax, play, engage in creativity and even receive guests, turns into an endless series of compromises, concessions and dilemmas. In this publication, we have collected interesting design projects of children's rooms, designed exclusively for girls. We hope that creative, practical, and sometimes simply beautiful models of furniture for every taste will help you in arranging a children's room and inspire you to interesting decisions.
Criteria for choosing furniture for a nursery
All the furniture that will make up the decor of the children's room must be appropriate for the age of the child. Therefore, one of the most important criteria for choosing a bed, storage systems, workplace and play furniture will be the estimated life time. Obviously, the child grows very quickly and it is already inconvenient for him to sit at a small table on a low stool, the length of the bed is "running out", and the number of outfits can no longer fit in storage systems. But not every parent is able to completely change the furniture every 2-3 years. Therefore, models that are able to "grow" with your child will be an excellent decision in choosing furniture. There are many tables and chairs for sale, the height of the legs and backs of which can be adjusted to the height of the baby. There are models of beds that can move apart in at least three positions of length. Prefabricated racks, shelves on which you can place, depending on the height of the child, are also excellent help in creating an environment that will be convenient for the child. Modular systems are also great for creating an interior that will be relevant for several years.
With age, the priorities of the little princess change and the room decor should change. Over time, the playing area is becoming smaller, and for creativity and preparation for school, more space needs to be allocated. Therefore, it is important at the initial stage to try to choose furniture that can be transformed into a changing lifestyle of the little hostess of the room. Toy storage systems can be equipped with books and devices for creative work, sports. A dressing table can be combined with a desk, saving space and money. It is enough to equip the space near the table with shelves for writing accessories, but at the same time do not forget about installing a mirror and a storage box for caskets for all sorts of details.
The second important issue in choosing furniture for a nursery is environmental safety. We all understand that the environment of the room in which the baby spends most of the time should not only be beautiful, comfortable, but also safe for health. We know that it’s better than a natural tree to find material for arranging a nursery. But when it comes to the direct purchase of furniture, we often rely on photo models from sites, order furniture online, saving our own time and money. But it is important to see firsthand the pieces of furniture that will make up the environment of your child’s room, check all the certificates, make sure that the work is safe, check the operation of all the accessories, sliding, swing and other mechanisms. With the help of such a study, you will burn a checkmark in the following criteria for choosing furniture for children - safety from the point of view of injuries.
Perhaps the creation of an absolutely non-traumatic environment for a child’s room is an impossible task. But to reduce the risk of bruises, pinching and other injuries in our power. Most models of children's furniture are made with rounded corners, the surfaces are equipped with special protective pads, natural "breathing" materials are used for upholstery, and the filler is not able to harm health even if the structure is disturbed. But you need to check all these aspects on the spot, in the store or at home upon delivery. If you sign documents on the conformity of the purchase with all the qualities declared by the manufacturer, then with the further detection of marriage or malfunction, it will be difficult to prove your case.
And the last, but not least, criterion for choosing furniture for equipping a nursery - your child should like it, please the child with its appearance and be convenient to use. Very often, the choice of a child and our preferences diverge; finding a middle ground is not easy. That is why an increasing number of parents, not finding suitable models of furniture in stores, turn to manufacturers with an individual order. Of course, the manufacture of furniture on an individual project will cost more than models of the market, but the set will be a harmonious complex made of one type of material, with a common color palette and style of execution. Such furniture will ideally fit into the size and shape of the room, correspond to the growth of the child, his character and lifestyle, preferences in ways of spending time.
Bed is a central piece of furniture
The choice of beds includes all of the above criteria for the selection of furniture in general. Environmental friendliness, safety in terms of injuries, aesthetics and sympathy of the hostess are in the foreground. But it is also necessary to consider several rules for choosing a mattress for a berth. An orthopedic mattress with a rigid frame, springs in individual segments and an environmentally friendly filler is the best option for the health of a growing child's body.
From the point of view of bed design, there are a lot of options for choosing ready-made solutions. But there is hardly a girl who would not want to feel like a real princess. And the easiest way is to create a palace setting in the children's room with a four-poster bed. This can be either a full-fledged frame for curtaining the berth from all sides, or a small visor that allows you to hide only a small part of the bed from the rest of the space behind a translucent fabric.
If we talk about choosing a palette for the execution of the bed, and the rest of the furniture, a lot depends on the colors used to decorate the room. If light and even snow-white colors are chosen for the walls of a nursery, then it is better to purchase furniture in bright, contrasting colors. Most girls choose pink and purple shades whenever possible. But there are plenty of options - you can save the girlish character of a room using more active colors of furniture.
In turn, white furniture will look great even against a background of pastel colors and even more so with bright surfaces or finishes with a pattern - this is an almost universal option. The white color of the furniture is relevant at all times and is suitable for arranging both the room for the baby and the premises of the teenage girl.
Storage Systems - Options
If in the room for the newborn as a storage system it was enough to use one small chest of drawers, then for the growing fashionista it is necessary to get a wardrobe. At the same time, the chest of drawers will be needed higher, larger and with safe drawer extension, because the child should be able to get the necessary wardrobe items from storage systems.
If you decide to equip the built-in storage systems in the child’s room, then execute them in a neutral palette and without pictures. If now your baby is delighted with bears or images of princesses, then becoming a teenager, emotion will pass, and the facade of the wardrobe will have to be changed.
In addition to storage systems for clothing and accessories, it is necessary to provide the room with devices for placing toys, books, attributes for sports and creativity. One of the easiest and most universal ways is to use shelving with cells of different sizes. In the cells, you can arrange storage items directly or with the help of intermediaries - containers, baskets. The universality of such racks lies in the fact that you can only store toys in his cells at first, and as the child grows and his needs change, add the necessary items for games, study, sports and creativity.
Storage systems and the rest of the furniture in baroque design with many decorative elements - carvings and moldings, beautiful fittings look most appropriate in a girl’s room. In such an environment, you can already feel not just a princess, but a queen. In particular, if you add the appropriate textile decoration to the classic furniture - a lot of decorative pillows, beautiful bedspreads with ruffles and ruffles, rich upholstery of upholstered furniture.
Workplace or area for creativity
If the baby’s room has enough small table and a couple of chairs for organizing puppet tea drinking and creative activities, then in the room of the preschool girl and schoolgirl it is necessary to equip a full-fledged workplace that will correspond to the girl’s height and age. In addition to the ergonomic location of the worktop and chair with backrest (or chair), it is necessary to create near a place to store office supplies and creative tools.
If the area of the children's room allows, in addition to the standard set of furniture, you can add a couple of comfortable poufs (with frame or frameless). Such furnishings do not take up much space, are mobile and, if necessary, can simply be shifted to the side to free up space. But, if girlfriends come to the mistress of the room, they will have a place to stay in comfort.
Furniture for a room of two girls
When forming the interior of the room in which the sisters live, one of the most important problems is the rational use of space. Most often, parents do not have the opportunity to allocate a separate room under the bedroom, and to organize the game and study area in another room. And it’s good if the area of the room in which the girls need to sleep, study, play and even receive friends has a sufficient area. Often all functional areas have to be allocated on average in terms of room size. In this case, two-tier structures, built-in furniture and various transformers come to the rescue - retractable worktops, hidden storage boxes, folding mechanisms.
A bunk bed is ideal for organizing a sleeping and relaxing area in a small room for two girls. Using the space of the room to a greater extent in height, you can leave more free space for games, creativity. The options for the execution of a two-tier structure are mass. Here is a traditional model that can be purchased as a turnkey solution in a chain of stores of inexpensive household goods.
But custom-made headsets of two beds and a whole game complex, which includes, among other things, storage systems - this is a whole small world in which girls can not only comfortably sleep and relax, but also come up with their own fun ways to spend time.
The main problem in arranging a double room is the location of the beds and if the two-story structures do not appeal to you or do not suit the girls because of the big age difference, it will be necessary to decide how to arrange two beds in a common room. The layout of the beds will depend on the size of the room, the location (and number) of window and door openings. In fact, there are only two options - parallel and perpendicular placement of beds relative to each other.
If you place the beds perpendicular to each other along the walls, you can free up the maximum number of square meters to organize a zone for games and creativity. But not in every room a similar arrangement is possible. It is impossible to put a bed by the window, where in most Russian apartments a heating radiator is necessarily located.
Parallel bedding has more options. Of course, the island is the best option for bedding - the structures touch the walls with only the headboard, the approach to the sleeping places is open from all sides. With this installation, you can place stand tables or small cabinets on each bed.
Even in a small, narrow room, two beds can be arranged by sliding each one against the wall. With this layout, in a narrow and long room there is only room between the beds for one bedside table or a small chest of drawers. In case it is not possible to equip the stand with two table lamps or floor lamps, wall sconces can be used. So you can not only zoning a place for each girl, but also provide both with the opportunity to read in bed before bedtime.
The second problem for arranging the interior of a double room is the lack of storage systems. In this case, it is necessary to use every opportunity - beds with drawers at the bottom, open shelves and small cabinets-modules suspended almost from the ceiling, storage systems located around the doorway - the most rarely used space.
Examples of room design for a teenage girl
If during the formation of the interior of a preschool girl you can confine yourself to a consultation on the subject, color palette and style of execution of the room, then with a teenage girl you must be in direct cooperation in choosing all the elements of the design of the room. It is obvious that in the interior of an adult girl there will be a bed with a full length, storage systems for clothes, shoes, accessories, a workplace with the ability to install a computer, shelves and drawers for books, documents and stationery. When forming the design of the teenager’s room, it is no longer necessary to leave free space for games, you can install a stand or a table-stand near the bed, add a dresser to the main storage systems.