Not Sure Where To Start?
If your son is interested in helping you decorate his room, you're in luck. First of all, he's gotten old enough that he can give you his opinion and secondly he can help! If he doesn't care what you do, watch out! You might go to all that work and expense, and then you'll hear about it, and hear about it, and hear about it.
What does he like to do? Is he into sports, computers, cars, music, video games, movies or cooking? This will be where you can get a decorating for teen boys theme in mind. Is he Mr. Neat & Tidy, or is he from Slobovia? Does he dress preppie, surfer or biker? All these things can give you some starting points for decorating ideas teen boys.
So even if he's not that interested in it, at least get some hints what he'd like to have. Of course if you know his likes and dislikes you should have it made in the shade for the decorating idea teen boys room foundation. You'll be able to choose colors, furniture and window treatments. And he can add his own accessories.
He can catch a cool new wave into dreamland with Tommy Hilfiger's Surf comforter from Macy's. It has large-scale surfboards with cool hibiscus prints and bold shades of red and navy lay atop an ice-blue ground for a cool, graphic effect.
This is a refreshing surfer theme for the guys. Paint the walls a medium blue like the hibiscus background color, and paint the red stripe off the surfboard around the room.
Or use the St. Tropez striped bedding from Wal-Mart and paint the surfboards from this comforter on the walls for a great decorating idea teen boys!
The St. Tropez set, which is priced very well I might add would work great for a decorating idea teen boys for the guys who like a little color, and not just black, gray and white. The stripe and the many colors, would go with almost any theme you could throw at it.
Depending on "how much" color he'll go for, pick the lime green out of the dots on the reverse of the comforter, or the aqua or a light gold from the stripes for the walls. If you wanted to take your decorating idea teen boys retro, you could paint some lopsided ovals on the walls or even circles in several of the colors out of the stripes.
Since you have stripes on the bed, you could go with circles or squares on the walls or for a rug on the floor, unless of course you're going for a novelty rug like Sports or Surfer.
Ralph Lauren "Putney Paisley" Bedding, which I also found at Macy's online, is a fresh, modern take on a traditional paisley pattern and is perfect for decorating ideas teen boys. In classic shades of blue and white, it adds visual depth and crisp, clean style to any room.
How about using it for a western theme? This has decorating idea teen boys or young adults written all over it. Especially if he's into horses and western styles. After all it looks just like a bandana.
Add a cedar log bed, a wood tone ceiling fan and a nice rustic western style lamp in wood tones or rusty metal and you're set. One of those Shag Leather Saddle Brown Rug would be perfect on the floor.
Now my favorite bedding for a decorating idea teen boys, is the shadow stripe set from Domestications. It's a nice looking set if I say so myself. It's got some class to it, and can easily pull in the NASCAR theme, or with all the color choices, most sports themes too. Just mix the bedding pieces using two colors from your theme, then add some theme accessories to pull it together.
To use the shadow stripe set for NASCAR you could mix the gold and black bedding pieces and paint the walls close to the same color as the gold sheets. But a nice shade of blue or a lighter shade of the gold would work. Hey! Go crazy! Paint one wall in a huge black and white checkered flag look!
Search for Nascar borders, or NASCAR decor, or any of the items I mention, in the Google Search Box below. I try to be sure and use the name of the product so you can do a search and find it it the store I mention no longer carries it. And don't forget to check out Ebay.
I found some really cool wall clocks at Cool Stuff Cheap, like Corvette, Chevrolet parts, Stainless steel with black face, Alloy retro wall clock and a bunch more that would look good for this decorating idea teen boys room. Then add a throw rug with some red and blue in it and it's a done deal!
Also check out the Grandover Bed at HomeVisions.com. It is a metal bed that has an automotive or mechanical look to it which would be perfect for decorating ideas teen boys . And as I always say, you can just use the headboard if you don't want to get the complete bed, but it does look really cool from the side with the shaped metal side rails on it.
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Add a string of black and white checkered pennants that you could put around the top of your walls like a wall border, from shindigz.com.
Choosing furniture, bedding and accessories.
At this point in his life, he's probably due for some new furniture. Unless of course you bought relatively conventional quality furniture when he was young so you could use it forever.
Here are some ideas for teen furniture that might give you a starting point.
Check out Domestications for Dorm Room Style bedding and for some teen furniture ideas.
Decorating idea teen boys doesn't have to be rocket science. Look in catalogs and magazines, and pay attention when you're watching TV. You'll see some really nice rooms in the movies, on soaps or on the decorating shows.
For some great decorating ideas teen boys check out eBays collection of Pottery Barn for Teens and don't miss the themes page. I'll be adding to it, so you might need to hit the page refresh button to get the most current info.