My daughter wants a Rainbow Room

[Anonymous]

My little girl is 6 and we are redoing her bedroom (on a big budget). For the past few months she has expressed a desire to have a "Rainbow Colored Room". She wants to paint each wall of her bedroom a different color of the rainbow. (Right now everything is just boring white.)

I am decorating challenged. I really can't see us painting every wall a different color and don't think that will look good. Also I think it will grow old fast.

Can you think of other ideas i could use to give her that rainbow feel, without actually painting a rainbow mural on the wall?

[Anonymous]

Get a vinyl rainbow decal!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/55257262/happy-rainbow-vinyl-wall-art-decal-wall

[Anonymous]

Look online with her for ideas about "rainbow" bedrooms. I think that she will quickly outgrow having walls cover the ROYGBIV spectrum. I would, however, consider painting the room a pale yellow (which will last for a while), and accessorizing with rainbow pillows, throws, mobiles, decals, etc. When she outgrows the rainbow phase, you can switch accessorizes to accommodate the next one.

[Anonymous]

OP here -- thanks!

I reread my post and meant to say "on a tiny budget!" Jut to clarify.

[Anonymous]

I would have your daughter pick out a rainbow-pattern fabric from which to make a bedspread, pillow shams, curtains, maybe a wall hanging or slipcover if she has an armchair in there...

[Anonymous]

When I was young I had a light blue room, and my mom painted a rainbow over the head of my bed. I think she just used poster paint or craft paint.

Your daughter sounds like my DH - who wants different colored FLOORS. Sigh...certainly I won't let that mistake happen...

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I can't see painting each wall a different color -- on a whim. I'm sure it would grow old fast!

OK -- my daughter's room is also weird architecturally. She has two dormer wondows that are kind of bumped out. The space by each window is pretty large, actually -- I found this picture online that kind of shows what it looks like, only the space is maybe twice as much as in this girl's bedroom. And the window itself is fairly low so you can't put a lot of furniture under it in either space.

http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/Girls-Rooms/Daughters-Birthday-Present/detail.esi?oid=471312

Is there anything creative I could do with paint by painting say the alcove a different color from the main room? And can you think of anything else I could do with those spaces besides window box or desk?

[Anonymous]

I'm thinking maybe paint the walls the same color, and buy bed linens and throw pillows in different rainbow colors. And a rainbow decal sounds good, too. I think different-colored walls could look really weird.

i think if the window alcoves were a different color, that might look really cool. You could also put a comfy reading chair and ottoman in there, or a dollhouse.

[Anonymous]

We have a room where each wall is a different (bold) color. It's quite neat. We've had it that way for at least 7 years now, and no one has said they're sick of it.

Of course, it was a lot of work for DH to paint it, but since it was his call, I don't feel bad about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Get a vinyl rainbow decal!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/55257262/happy-rainbow-vinyl-wall-art-decal-wall

ITA. Rainbow curtains, bedspread, whatever.... but I personally would not want to fully repaint in a few years.

[Anonymous]

If it's a big dormer area, I would make that a reading nook with a big floor pillow or kid-sized armchair.

[Anonymous]

Ooh, I know! Paint the whole room blue, and sponge-paint puffy white clouds in a couple spots. That will pick up the sky motif of the rainbow accessories.

I sort of have this idea about painting the dormer areas dark blue, and putting those glow-in-the-dark star stickers up. So that you have a day-and-night thing going on. Not sure how that would look, though...

[Anonymous]

OP here -- PP I think that would work. Blue sounds better to me than multi-colored walls, anyhow.

[Anonymous]

I think you could make a very pretty room with a little blending.



This one would need more blending between colors, so that you don't have the stripe affect:


If she wants bright, bold colors, I would only do the bottom half of the wall. Then had a chair rail or boarder with the top half of the wall a light blue, yellow or white.



I like all of these better than an actual rainbow on the wall. It can be very tasteful without being over powering.

[Anonymous]

I love the walls in the last picture.
I have to say, OP, I think your daughter's idea is creative, and I'd probably run with it. Maybe not bold versions of the colors, but starting with one wall in a pale orange or yellow, next wall in a pale yellow or blue, next in a pale blue or green, and last in a pale green or violet. It could look really pretty!