How to have a pink room for a boy?
My 4.5 year old son has loved pink ever since he could say "my favorite colour is...". He has repeatedly asked to have his room painted pink. I know it "shouldn't" matter, but in reality, he might get teased for having a pink room. Does anyone have ideas how to incorporate pink into a boys's room?
BTW - it's a relatively small room with dark (espresso) wood furniture.
Thanks!
BTW - it's a relatively small room with dark (espresso) wood furniture.
Thanks!
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Some nautical stuff may look nice: http://www.bargainbacker.com/Nautical-Accents_c_2707.html
We carry a nice line of sporting memorabilia such as rugs, wall decor, etc: http://www.bargainbacker.com/Sports-Fans_c_723.html
Here's a Polo bedding set that might fit the bill:
http://www.home-decorating-co.com/us-polo-assn-all-over-pink-pony-plaid-bed.html
How about incorporating some throw pillows in a plaid with pink, and maybe artwork or posters with pink? Gives him (and you) the option of changing the decor without another big investment. I've taken this approach with my boys' rooms and it makes it easy to change with their ever growing personalities and stages.
Good luck!
You can switch out the colours in some of the samples shown here. I have included some wall art.
For instance in image #3 I would paint the walls pink ans have pink pillows or throw.
If your son likes horses one of my first thoughts was that jockeys often wear pink so maybe doing an accent wall in pink with that kind of theme. In the same vein as a pink Ralph Lauren polo shirt.
The kid knows what he likes, I like that kid.
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Car Wall Decal Growth Chart
His artwork?Star Art Cable
Have him make some BIG art pieces. Frame them in inexpensive frames (ex: plexiglass poster frames). Framing children's work makes it "important."
Absolutely go ahead and paint a bright, saturated pink accent wall. Let your son choose between a few color chips you present to him. If he does not like any of them, bring some more home for him to look at. At age 4.5, a trip to a paint store to look for pink chips is likely to be too many choices for him to process.
There is a lamp that looks like a balloon Dachshund, in hot pink "chrome" plastic. I will see if I can find a photo for you.
He is at such a precious age. Let his favorites be his own. When he gets to be in elementary school, he will be subject to more peer pressure to conform.
Take lots and lots of photos! :)
Everyone has made lots of great suggestions! If you do choose to go with pink walls, definitely stay away from soft, pale pinks and go with intense corals or fuschia. Then I suggest you temper the pink wall with a graphic pattern painted on the wall.
Two great colors to add to keep the room "boyish" and still meant for a kid, would be a cobalt blue, and/or grass green. You could paint a horizontal band the entire perimeter of the room in either the cobalt blue or green, from say, starting 2 feet off the floor up to 6 feet. That way the bottom 2 feet of the room is pink, and the top 2 feet is pink closest to the ceiling.
At his eye level he gets to see pink, but the overall look isn't a pink bomb. Then on the blue band you can use that as the area to hang art, pictures, etc, or even stencil his name in super large letters in a colorful color of paint.
Good luck and have fun with it!
I don't know who the moron was who started this whole pink/ blue gender thing (I suspect it had to do with marketing and selling something.) but we have the opportunity to stop it.
Therefor, I hope you don't try to hide the pink in a sea of something else. l agree with International...if it is cool enough, his friends will be jealous. I would stay with the shade of pink on the car. Don't go hotter. Hot pink is a hyperactive color. Also, the black and brown on that car is what gives it weight and keeps it from looking like Barbie. :-) Stick with those colors and it should be very cool!
Hopefully this thread is helpful to others too!
As the mother of a son who loves pink I know two things: kids tastes change frequently! In the last two years we've gone from Hot Wheels, to Thomas, to Cars, to Lego. Unless you want to change your wall colour/bedding every year, go neutral and just accessorize with wall decals and pillows and stuffies on shelves, etc.
The second thing: kids pick up ALL those "society gender expectations" in kindergarten and it just gets stronger by 1st grade. It is shocking, but true!! My son would be teased by his classmates if he had a pink room, even at the age of 6. In preschool and kindergarten he would only play with girls because he wasn't as rough and hyper as the other boys, but now, when given a choice, he plays with the boys. In the schoolyard, he says the girls in his class play house at recess, and the boys play freeze tag. He says he doesn't play with the girls because the one time he did they made him be the "Dad" and he had to "marry" one of the other girls, and after that they wanted to hug him all the time. (I thought it was cute, but hey, I'm a girl!) I noticed they have a new line of pink lego and when I pointed it out to him at Toys R Us and asked if he would want it he says "no, that's for GIRLS". I said, but its a vet clinic, it's not for girls... and he looked at me like I was stupid. (sigh they grow up so fast). They pick this stuff up very easily from the fact that Barbie/Princess/Hello Kitty is all PINK. Kids aren't dumb, they see their female classmates with pink backpacks/lunch boxes/clothes/shoes/toys/ribbons in their hair and very quickly decide that pink is for girls. You can try and buck the trend, but be ready for the first 5 year old boy that comes in your son's room for a playdate and loudly proclaims "why is your room PINK?!! That's a GIRL COLOUR!!!" I'm not trying to be hurtful, just honest.
My son has a jean comforter made by Woolrich.
The downside is, you can't threaten to send him to his room as punishment anymore. It will be a fun place for him to be! (sorry, I'm behind the times - do parents still send kids to their rooms?)
here you can see
http://www.mogulinterior.com/
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PINK-CLEAR-SILVER-LAVA-LAMP-/221189545965?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337fec9fed
Thank you everyone for all the great ideas. Here is the final product (of the painting at least). We are going to put some posters up and when that's done I'll attach another photo. I love it and so does he. Thanks everyone for all the great comments and inspirations.