When decorating your child's room your main goal should be to create a setting where they will feel comfortable. Design the room so it will have a positive effect on your child's psyche. Be sure to leave room for freedom and imagination. Your child should be surrounded with items that are fun and playful. Books and toys should include items that are both fun and educational.

Allow your child to help you decorate his room. Take him shopping to pick out paint colors, wallpaper and borders. One option is to choose plain white or light blue wallpaper and allow your child to decorate it with art or a mural. Acrylic paint, stamps, sponges and decals can be used by your child to create his own masterpiece. This can be changed every year to allow the room to grow with your child.

Purchase large, clear totes for storing. This lets the child see which tote he wants to open and discourages him from opening them all and pulling his toys out onto the floor. Another option is to buy colorful totes and use your computer to design labels for the totes. Add clipart and brightly colored words for a charming effect. Very young children will soon learn to associate the pictures with the contents of the tote.

Use your child's toys to decorate his room. Miniature animals and trees can be used to create a nature scene; miniature knights and castles give the room a medieval atmosphere. A girl's room can contain a miniature kitchen with dolls performing household tasks. Soldiers in battle will delight boys of all ages. Each time your child enters the room, he will add to the scenes, sparking creativity and imagination.

Keep it Cozy
Children feel lost in a large bedroom. Give the room a cozy feeling by painting it a warm, soothing color. Hues with red or yellow undertones fall into this category. Paint the ceiling a darker shade of the wall color. This will pull the ceiling down, creating a cozy effect and making the room appear friendlier to small children.

Add child sized furniture such as tables, chairs and bean bags to keep the scale within your child's perspective. Allow him to make a clubhouse out of a box, or have someone build him a small wooden fort or playroom. Another option is to paint a garden mural in a corner and transform it into a reading nook. Children love animals, bugs, flowers and insects. Incorporate bees, ladybugs, rabbits and other garden species into the mural. Sunflowers bring the sense of light and warmness into a room. Paint large sunflowers on the wall with small garden creatures beneath.

Create Space
If your child's room is quite small, there are several ways you can make it appear larger. Paint the ceiling white so it will appear to be higher. This will create a more spacious atmosphere.

Keep the walls a solid color. Printed wallpaper makes a room seem smaller. Instead, allow your child to choose a colorful border or paint walls with his own personal creations.

Keep walls light to give the perception of space. Flooring should match the color of the walls so there is no visual division between it and the walls. Use cool colors. Blue is perfect. It tends to make the walls recede, giving the room a more spacious look.

Purchase or sew curtains or drapes in the same color as the walls. This discourages separation lines and makes the room appear larger. Buy or sew accessories in print that includes the wall color. These add effect and texture while the matching color creates the illusion of space.

Furniture should be chosen with care. A raised bed or raised bunk bed is perfect for small rooms. Place a desk or playhouse underneath, or turn the space into a play cave for little ones to explore.

Use the tips in this article to transform your child's room into a comfort zone where he can wile away the hours in a friendly atmosphere creating art, reading a favorite book, or taking part in a well loved pastime.