3 tips to help you upgrade your kids room from baby to early years

Upgrading your kids room for the early years of their life to a small child attending school is quite a leap. The needs of your child continues to grow and develop but need to remain flexible in their style. Almost without realising your child goes from tiny beds to inquisitive toddlers, to school age in the blink of an eye. As they grow you also need to change and adapt their bedroom into a room suitable for an explorative and adventurous child. The ideas of redecorating at each stage of their growth may be rather daunting and also not necessary. With careful planning, you can design a bedroom that can easily transition as your child grows.

Knowing when the right moment is to transition from different types of beds isn’t straightforward and unfortunately, no one size fits all when it comes to this process of upgrading and developing your kids room to something more grown up.

Make it interchangeable

By using neutral colours from the start, you’ll find that you won’t need to update the overall decor too often. You can add accessories that suit your child’s interests and help show their personality without changing the base of the room. Investing in neutral furniture is also a top tip, so consider a bed frame, wardrobe and storage units that are white, cream, grey or beige so they can be easily adaptable.

If you keep it to a neutral colour scheme you will easily be able to change soft furnishings such as bedding, throw pillows and decorative features.

Invest in the basics

If you invest in good quality basics, such as curtains, wardrobes and carpets that don’t need to change as your child grows, then you don’t actually need to alter too much. A good quality wardrobe or chest of drawers for a young child can easily last your child until they reach Secondary school and beyond, if not longer, as the space provided is plenty.

Furniture is very flexible, so consider buying wardrobes and draws where you can change the layout of the space and adapt it as and when your child grows.

Make more floor space

Open floor space is essential for your child to safely explore and play in their bedroom or use the space for homework and other activities. Remove anything that is taking up space in their bedroom, consider investing in space-saving furniture and put anything into storage that your child has outgrown.

For younger children, specifically toddlers, a single bed can be overwhelming and feel too big so a toddler bed or starter bed may be less challenging for them to get used to and safer for them to sleep in. A Toddlers Bed is the perfect transitional bed for any little one and can last way beyond the traditional toddler years.

A Toddler’s bed is also a brilliant space-saving idea in small bedrooms, especially when moving to a mid or high sleeper to maximise space simply isn’t an option at such a young age or for creating a dream kids room.