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Once
you know what your child's fantasy is, it becomes relatively
easy to design and create a custom theme bedroom based on it.
The
best way to design a custom fantasy bedroom is to build it
around a theme, and the fantasy of your child's that you just
identified makes the ideal theme. A central theme for the
child's bedroom keeps it from becoming a chaotic, haphazard
hodge-podge of every cool thing that catches your child's
interest. Instead, it unifies the room and gives a sense of
completion and wholeness that soothes the senses. With that
fantasy theme as your focal point, then, you can begin to choose
furniture, color schemes, wall and floor coverings, and other
bedroom design elements all of which reflect and bolster the
image of that fantasy.
Speaking
of unifying elements, creative carpentry has given parents the
multipurpose furniture item, one that serves multiple functions
in a compact, singular piece. The most popular (and versatile)
of these interior design innovations is the custom theme bed,
fulfilling your child's need to be immersed in the world of
their imagination, and fulfilling your own needs as a parent for
affordability, functionality, simplicity, space-saving
consciousness, and - above all - safety.
A
custom theme bed can double (or triple) as an indoor playhouse
structure, a study space, extra sleeping space for sleepovers
and other overnight guests, and can be built to include as much
storage as you have need for.
Any
of the fantasies suggested earlier in this article can spring to
life with a custom theme bed designed with them in mind. From
custom castle beds for your little prince or princess to custom
racecar beds for your little NASCAR fan to custom treehouse beds
for your favorite little jungle monkey and on and on, the only
limits on the type of fantasy you can bring to life with a
custom theme bed as the room's centerpiece is your imagination.
With
that in place, fleshing out the child's fantasy bedroom with
other matching accessories and appurtenances is not only easy,
it's fun! Custom bedding, photos and pictures, displays of
various collections, plants, area rugs and exercise mats, and
more can all join forces to serve a greater good - giving your
child a good night's sleep each night and having them wake up
each morning into a dream come true.
By
Joann Means and Johnny Means
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