| When you are planning your kids' rooms you will | | | | out-of-season clothes or bedding. |
| probably have to take into account space - or lack of | | | | When it comes to sleeping arrangements, there are a |
| it! Few of us have rooms that extend the width or | | | | huge range of beds for kids on the market these |
| depth of the house and, for those who do, I am | | | | days. From make-believe fairy castles to bat-mobile, |
| sure you will come up with decorating problems, | | | | beds come in all shapes and sizes. For space saving |
| albeit different ones to decorating space saving kids | | | | kids rooms, however, how about a kid's loft bed? |
| rooms. First and foremost, when considering | | | | These are fairly easy to install and not too expensive |
| decorating a kid's room, you need to come up with | | | | to buy. These beds are always popular and, as with |
| an idea that is going to work for a number of years - | | | | the traditional bunk beds, going up a ladder to bed |
| one your child can live with as they grow up. While it | | | | has always caught a child's imagination. As long as |
| is not too expensive to add a new coat of paint | | | | you ensure you have adequate railing attached to |
| once in a while, replacing battered furniture too often | | | | the bed to ensure your child's safety during sleep, |
| is likely to punch a hole straight through your carefully | | | | these loft beds are an excellent way to achieve |
| planned finances. So, choose furniture that is sturdy | | | | space saving in kids' rooms. |
| and durable and which has sufficiently basic styling to | | | | Of course, whether you opt for the traditional bunk |
| fit in with new innovations over the years. | | | | beds in a room that two children need to share, or |
| Good storage is a key to making space saving work | | | | whether you give your imagination full reign and |
| in kids' rooms. Choose a tall dresser with lots of deep | | | | create a bedroom from your child's wildest dreams, |
| drawers, suitable to store all your children's clothes | | | | attempting to save as much space in your kids' |
| and other items - perhaps with shelves above for | | | | rooms as possible will ensure you child has much |
| books to be stacked on. Shelving doesn't have to be | | | | more floor space available for imaginative play. If |
| expensive, solid wood: wire shelving works just as | | | | your child is excited about their personal environment, |
| well, as does melamine. Melamine furniture may often | | | | they will get immense enjoyment out of spending |
| get a bad press, but when it comes to kid-proof | | | | time there. You may find it a real challenge planning |
| furniture, melamine does take quite a few kicks and | | | | your space saving kids rooms but, overall, providing a |
| knocks, is cheap to purchase and cheap to replace. | | | | room for your kids that is filled with fun should be a |
| For other storage options, try hanging baskets from | | | | joyful experience that draws on your own capacity |
| the ceiling and make use of under-bed storage for | | | | for imagination and lateral thinking. |