What is the best colour for a teenage girls bedroom?
For a teenage girl, the hot color right is fuchsia. In a small room, you may only want to paint one wall fuchsia, with the remaining walls a lighter color. I’m a big believer in using the Internet for decorating. If you look at web sites like Pottery Barn or Better Homes and Gardens, you can search for room ideas and narrow down your choices that way. Bedroom ideas on Pottery Barn are here: http://www.potterybarn.com/shop/bedding/… and Better Homes and Gardens has a gallery here: http://decoratinggallery.bhg.com/Categor… If you want to keep a neutral tone to your room, paint it a soothing taupe and use that backdrop to accent with bold colors. For example, if you like hot pink but don’t want to paint your walls that color, focus
I know just how you feel! I’m hopeless at choosing colours. The nice thing about paint is that if you do choose a colour you find you hate, you can change it! I’ve got a very pale purple at the moment – sounds awful, but it’s actually very soothing. I have learned to start with ‘light’ colours (if your not sure what you like). It’s a LOT easier to paint over light colours, than it is to change dark colours to a lighter one. The room I’m in was deep, deep blue. I’m sure the previous owners loved it, but to me it was like going into a very dark corridor!!!! It took 2 coats of undercoat and 2 coats of the pale purple to get rid of the ghastly blue. Now, the room looks twice the size and is light and airy. I love it. Look at the way people in magazines and on tv have decorated their rooms to get an idea of colours you would like, then go to a DIY paint place and get a load of colour cards (the paint section usually give them out free and they’re BRILLIANT for selecting colours). You can ev
