What color to paint young boys rooms?

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Anonymous wrote:Because we're ridiculous, we allowed DS to pick out his own room color:

https://www.glidden.com/colors/violet-indigo/bright-sailing-sky-blue

I imagine he'll want something else once he hits the teenage years.

Yep ... Here is SW Slick Blue

We painted it years ago. They still love it at 8 & 11yo.

Wow, that is one heck of a blue!!

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I think it's nice to let them pick but you gotta give them a short list. Like if they say green, you go and get 5 green paint chips that will work and they pick from those.

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Light blue, and find colorful wall decals in colors they like.

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Anonymous wrote:Light blue, and find colorful wall decals in colors they like.

We used lots of decals and when we removed them, they tore up the wall and paint under it. Never again. I don't get resistance to fun colors. Its paint, you can easily paint over it.

[Anonymous]

Light blue works!

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I worry about light blue looking like a nursery from 1984. I guess I need the right shade.

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Anonymous wrote:What ever makes them happy.

No. God, nothing is as gross as looking at house listings and seeing these garish, fugly colors in kids’ Rooms. Let them decorate with stuffed animals or cutesy furniture but please have normal walls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What ever makes them happy.

No. God, nothing is as gross as looking at house listings and seeing these garish, fugly colors in kids’ Rooms. Let them decorate with stuffed animals or cutesy furniture but please have normal walls.

You would hate my child's room Paint can be changed and it cheap. No one wants lame stuffed animals past age 4 or cutesy furniture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What ever makes them happy.

No. God, nothing is as gross as looking at house listings and seeing these garish, fugly colors in kids’ Rooms. Let them decorate with stuffed animals or cutesy furniture but please have normal walls.

You would hate my child's room Paint can be changed and it cheap. No one wants lame stuffed animals past age 4 or cutesy furniture.

No one wants neon green walls either. Figure out an age appropriate way to decorate that isn’t garish and heinous.

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Anonymous wrote:I worry about light blue looking like a nursery from 1984. I guess I need the right shade.

https://laurelberninteriors.com/2015/08/30/a-common-mistake-when-choosing-the-perfect-pale-blue-paint/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Light blue, and find colorful wall decals in colors they like.

We used lots of decals and when we removed them, they tore up the wall and paint under it. Never again. I don't get resistance to fun colors. Its paint, you can easily paint over it.

Really? I’ve never, ever had this problem. Sounds tedious for you!

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I prefer kids' rooms to be colors rather than neutrals. My son's room (age 3) is a medium blue - Faded Flaxflower - and we absolutely love it. It's soothing for sleep and makes it feel like his own special place in the house. We also have Blissful Blue in the playroom, and it's a nice happy lighter blue.

I gave my kids a choice of a couple of colors I liked and let them pick.

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Newburyport blue or gill wing gray Benjamin Moore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because we're ridiculous, we allowed DS to pick out his own room color:

https://www.glidden.com/colors/violet-indigo/bright-sailing-sky-blue

I imagine he'll want something else once he hits the teenage years.

Yep ... Here is SW Slick Blue

We painted it years ago. They still love it at 8 & 11yo.

I love it! My 12 and 9 year old girls would too! Their rooms are cream with a bright red wall snd lilac respectively. Color is life!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have used BM Serenata and Solitide, both blues that I think will age gracefully. Currently coordinated well with Star Wars or superheroes, but aren’t babyish.

+1, just did a bedroom in solitude, it’s gorgeous and would work for any age, I’d think.