Most people have an idea of how they want to decorate a baby s nursery.
Once children start school, their rooms need to be retrofitted for sleeping in a grown-up bed, spreading out and playing, doing messy school projects, studying, and entertaining friends. By that point, too, they ve become strong-willed little individuals with decorating ideas of their own. And they ve usually collected enough treasures and trinkets to fill a small museum, making creative storage a necessity. While you may have a specific vision for your little one s room, interior designers say that it s important that the room reflects your child s personality and interests and not your own inner Pooh. She adds that it s important to design a room that s transitional enough for a child to grow into, so you don t have to redecorate yearly.