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Cost-efficient Decorating

How to Jazz up Your Child's Room and Stay Under Budget

By Tamar Weiss

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One should always use non-toxic paints and talk to the professionals in paint and hardware stores about what types you should be using for particular projects, says Zinberg. "If you involve kids with the process, make sure they are a little older," she says. "This is not a good project for toddlers or preschoolers, because they may think they can draw or paint on the walls whenever!" Older kids should use sturdy, high-quality brushes with rounded tips.

After finishing the walls, Sims tackled the window treatments. "The comforter didn't have any curtains to match, so I found a solid red pair and stamped baseballs and footballs along the bottom using shaped sponges and fabric paint," she says. "They turned out very cute! My husband was very impressed!" With the addition of soccer ball doorknobs, baseball drawer pulls and an inexpensive baseball bean bag chair, the room was complete.

Function is a key element in designing a small child's room. Flauto suggests making lists and charts of what the room is used for and placing each activity in a "room zone." Next plan it out on paper. This will help you avoid buying things you don't need, "especially if (parents) are overtired and up against a great sales person," she says.

Furniture
Donna Smith, a mother of three from Houston, Texas, made what she considers a sound investment in the furniture she chose for all her kids. "I bought white furniture that came with interchangeable drawer handles in different colors," she says. "I used the primary colors on my son's chest-of-drawers and the pastel colors on my daughters'." This came in handy when Smith decided to move her two younger children into the bigger bedroom. "Instead of having to move all the furniture, we just had to switch the drawer handles out!" she says.

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