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- Decorating a teen room on the cheap
- Posted 2006-08-22
- Q: I'm beginning to think it's not possible to decorate for kids! My daughter is 11, going on 18, and wants to paint her room shocking pink and black. I'm the one in shock. I remember a column you once wrote about a woman whose son wanted an all-black room and you said "Give it to him." Should I just give in? A: Ask not whether you agree with your daughter's taste; ask why she should not be able to express her own personality in her own room. Besides, she'll soon be on to something else - probably something much less "shocking." Before you touch that paintbrush, however, you should hear about a new peel-and-stick wallpaper system that's guaranteed to energize any 'tween's or teen's room without exercising Mom's anguish. Called "WallPops!" for obvious reasons, the system includes dots, blocks and stripes in Zowie! colors like "Way Cool Blue," "Totally Orange" and "Oh Pear" (I did not make these up). Witness the vibrant environment in the teen's room we show here, where "WallPops!" stripes and blocks really rock from wall-to-wall. The pieces are repositionable, so your young artist can peel-and-stick her own personal background statement, then pull it down and start all over, if she likes. Here today, cooler tomorrow. Check it out at www.brewsterwallcovering.com or call 800-366-1700. Q: We are doing over our kitchen - new cabinets, new countertops and floors. Here's the question: we love the dark-stained cherry cabinets we've found. If we decide to go with hardwood floors, do they have to match the cabinets? It would make the kitchen too dark, we think. If we have to match, we'd rather use another material, like tile. What's your opinion? A: Forget matching wood tones, or anything else in decorating, for that matter. As any interior designer will tell you, "matchy-matchy" decorating is old-think. The word for today is "blend," whether you are talking about wood tones or colors in paint or fabrics. When things match exactly, the eye has nothing to see and a room grows quickly boring. Hardwood is a smart choice for the modern kitchen floor. It's softer and warmer than ceramic tile underfoot and much more forgiving of dropped dishes. A floor that's, say, two octaves lighter than your cabinets will brighten your whole kitchen. And today's new protective finishes will brighten things for the cleanup crew, too. Learn more about hardwood and today's kitchens at www.hardwoodinfo.com. Q: What kind of countertop should we choose for our kitchen and butler's pantry? We'd love to have granite, but we're into a major rehab project. Our house was built in 1929 and was in great need when we bought it! Can you suggest something that will be kind to our (rapidly dwindling) budget? A: Manmades are your best budgetary bet. You can have the look of natural granite - or marble and other natural stones - for lots less money, and the faux are famously easier to take care of. For example, there's a new granite-look surfacing material that must have been made with you in mind. It's even textured to create the pits and fissures common to real stone, only shallower so they won't collect gunk and germs. I suggest that you take a close-up look at the High Definition Laminate line from WilsonArt Laminates. Go to www.countertop.com. Rose Bennett Gilbert is the co-author of "Hampton Style" and associate editor of Country Decorating Ideas. Please send your questions to her at Copley News Service, P.O. Box 120190, San Diego, CA 92112-0190, or online at copleysd@copleynews.com. © Copley News Service Visit Copley News Service at www.copleynews.com.
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