As soon as the child is at home after birth, a place is allocated for him in the parent's bedroom. At first, a small family member needs constant adult care, so it is extremely important to equip a children's corner in the adult bedroom. Here, in the zone of constant parental control, the baby can stay up to two years. With age, he needs his own living space, where he will play, relax and study.
While the child is in infancy, he needs crib And low chest of drawers which can be used under the changing table. Additional children's furniture in the parents' room is not needed. Also, you do not need any extra furniture, which will only clutter up the space and can cause injury. A closet, bed or sofa should remain in place. The crib should be placed near or near the mother's resting place.
An older child needs a more functional environment to live in the parents' room. Ideally, it is better for the baby to allocate a separate room. But modern realities are such that not every family can afford such an option. In such situations, it is worth contacting the designers. They will help to correctly and competently divide the space into functional zones, taking into account the interests of everyone.
If it is not possible to contact specialists, then the following should be taken into account:
- draw a room plan, cut out furniture models from paper, taking into account the scale and try to arrange the furniture;
- a children's corner is best placed in the part of the room where the window is located;
- decide on the types of space delimitation:, closet,;
- choose a color for the design of the children's and adult half;
- arrange the floor so that it is warm and comfortable in the children's area;
- think over the style of the room, because it should be a single and harmonious ensemble.
Room zoning
One of the methods of competently separating the children's half of the room from the adult is the interior. It is carried out using a two-level ceiling, pieces of furniture, various partitions, screens, etc.
A beautiful and unusual room design will be achieved if unusual zoning solutions are used in the interior:
- . Install a small hill in the children's area. It is convenient to arrange a baby bed, a small table for development and training, a cabinet for toys on it.
- Partition. Often, shelving, screens, sliding partitions act as a delimitation of zones. But you can make a construction of drywall, glass blocks, plastic panels.
- Multi-level children's corner. This option is especially popular with children. It consists in creating in several tiers. For example, a sleeping place is located in the uppermost tier, below is a table with shelves, in the middle is a closet. Using this way, the space of the child, you can significantly save space in the room.
- blackout curtains installed on the parent half. With their help, you can delimit the space and adjust the lighting coming into the children's area.
- Flooring And wall decoration. Decorating the floor and walls into two zones is equally impractical today. A more original solution would be to decorate the walls of the children's half in rich colors or, and the parent's - in restrained colors. It is also worth finishing the floor: in the children's area, lay a carpet or put a non-staining fluffy carpet, in an adult - a parquet board, or.
In the design of the room, translucent fabrics and light but durable structures should be used.
How to arrange a children's area?
The space for the child in the parent's room should be allocated in some special way. While the baby will be next to the parents, to decorate the children's area, it is enough to stick wallpaper of a different color near the crib. Subsequently, if the child is moved to another room, this part of the wall can be decorated with decorative elements.
As additional details for decorating the children's area, you can use everything related to the baby:
- family photos in a frame with the image of a beloved child;
- pictures drawn by the child himself;
- several large cubes with letters;
- all kinds of children's garlands;
- casts of the hand and foot of the baby;
- effective night light in children's style;
- booties, soft toys, etc.
It will be useful in the children's corner canopy or canopy. Performing an aesthetic function, they will additionally protect the baby from bright light, insects and drafts.
If the child is growing up, and there is no way to move him to another room, then the children's corner must be beaten according to his age-related changes. A preschooler needs a table with a chair, a place for toys and clothes. A good option for designing a children's area at this stage would be a modular bed with a work area, a wardrobe, shelves and drawers for toys. It is functional, compact and practical.
The student will have to design the children's zone in a different way. For this case, a children's furniture corner is suitable, in which the bed is located in the upper tier, and under it is a desk with shelves and a wardrobe. Thanks to this design, the furniture combines a sleeping and working area, a place to store items and clothes. The advantages of such a bed are its functionality and compact size.
Interior design of a combined bedroom and a nursery
In this case, the interior design must be thought out in advance. To decorate the room, you must use natural materials. For example, a laminate on the floor (instead of linoleum, carpet and carpet), which has the property.
When choosing a color, it is better to give preference blue, light green And light yellow shades. Also, special attention should be paid to curtains: to protect against sunlight, it is necessary to hang thick curtains.
As for, then in the children's area it should be muffled, and there should not be twilight in the common room. It is better to abandon the ceiling lights and install wall sconces.