You only want the best for your kids bedroom, no matter how big they are. You spend a lot of time decorating their room, fantasizing about them playing with their toys, studying, and inviting their friends over there as you paint the walls even before they are born.
Afterward, you start shopping for furniture: a comfy bed, lots of shelves, cute pictures to sit on the walls, and those glow-in-the-dark stars that you’ll put on their ceiling. But, have you considered investing in an area rug that will make the room even cozier?
The following article will guide you through decorating your little ones’ room with area rugs and all the do’s and don’ts when it comes to it. One thing’s for sure, they’ll love colors, patterns, and animals, so the whimsical rug collection might be the right place to start your journey.
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Decorate Your Kids’ Room With Area Rugs
Colors Are Fun
When kids are small, they want to explore a lot, and bright, vibrant colors definitely get their attention. Also, colors help with their development, so you should always consider investing in an area rug with bold colors for the kids’ room, at least when they are small.
Toddlers, on the other hand, love exploring as well, and they find patterns and animals pretty interesting. As they get older, they’ll get familiar with shapes, sizes, prints, and colors, so they’ll be less interested in their area rugs.
Their teen years are the best for you to bond with them over rug shopping. You’ll create memories, have tons of fun, and you’ll learn a lot about them and their personality, but on the other hand, you get the opportunity to talk to them about style and help them develop their own personal taste. Always make sure you listen to their suggestions, give advice, and take their feelings into consideration.
Materials
Little kids crawl on the floor and they get familiar with things by putting them in their mouths. It’s only natural, and the best way to keep them safe and still encourage their development is to invest in an eco-friendly area rug that can easily be maintained. Cotton, for example, is a great material for rugs, as it can be easily maintained.
You vacuum it, get it professionally cleaned once a year, and it provides a barrier between your kid and the cold flooring. If you want some extra warmth, add an under rug mat during the wintertime. Opt for flatweave rugs instead of thick ones, as they collect less dust and crumbs hardly stay stuck on them.
As your kids get older, you can experiment and see what works best for them. Fuzzy area rugs were really popular in recent years, and they’ll never go out of style. Stay away from nylon though, as it can contain some harsh chemicals that you want to keep away from your kids room.
The Right Size
Rugs can give out the illusion that a room is bigger or smaller than it really is. There are a few tips and tricks that can help you with this, and they are directly connected to the rug size and placement.
Again, when the kids are little, you want to cover as much of the flooring as possible with your rug. You can either layer it up or invest in a bigger area rug, for your kids to safely crawl on and learn to walk slowly.
While they are smaller, you’ll have a crib that can easily be accentuated by a small, fluffy area rug in front of it. When they start crawling and walking around, a bigger, flatweave rug that covers most of the flooring is your go-to.
Once they reach their teen years and start developing their own personal style, you can either opt for runners that will go around the bed or an area rug that will go beneath it and extend to both sides, providing them with comfort and coziness as soon as they wake up and before they go to bed.
Safety And Warmth
You want your kids to be safe, and with their hyperactivity, a few bumps and bruises are inevitable. They run, jump, do all sorts of stuff during the day, and they are extremely fast.
Sometimes the rug can slip, and they can easily fall hurting themselves. To prevent this, you should invest in liners that will go under the rug, making it slip-free. A DIY project would include double-sided tape, but over time, this will ruin your floors and the material of the rug.
Kids spend a lot of time sitting on the ground, playing, drawing, and studying. You want your floors to be warm, and although flatweave rugs are super easy to maintain, they aren’t that good at providing warmth.
For that purpose, you should invest in under rug mats that you’ll place under the area rug during the wintertime. You can simply roll it and store it away during the summer, as they don’t take up much space.
