Decorating 2 yo DD's bedroom - she wants it red, yellow AND green. Help.

[YerMa]

We have finally got round to decorating DD's bedroom - she is 2 and a half

We told her she could have some say in the colour / theme, which may have been a fatal mistake. She says she wants a 'red, yellow and green like a traffic light' bedroom. ARGH.

Her room is quite small, but with high ceiling.

We were going to paint the floorboards and put a rug down.

Am totally stuck on how to do a red, green and green bedroom in a subtle way, and without it looking like a McDonalds. Has anyone got any ideas?

[mololoko]

rastafari toddler, I like her style

I don't think two and half year olds "do" subtlety. warm yellow walls and red and green rugs and pictures that can be easily changed as she grows up?

[BadRomance]

some wallpaper in red yellow and green? Habitat for kids do some amazing ones but i'd only do the chimney breast/ one wall.

Then get three sets of bed sheets - again red yellow and green and mix and match them.

Paint the other walls white and put up pictures. Wall stickers are good too.

we got some here

Also Ikea have little round rugs i loads of colours - some of those?

My tip is keep furniture and walls all white and have easily changable accesores - they change their minds a lot!

[BadRomance]

love this

[lowrib]

I agree with your daughter - red, yellow and green sounds great for a kid's room!

(But then I have recently been told I'm not allowed near silver paint when decorating. any more. I am an adult now apparently )

[paulaplumpbottom]

When you are a kid you can get away with this sort of tghing. Why not go with a swiiss chalet heidi type them.

[WilfSell]

Paint it white. Then get some red, yellow and green specialist paint (blackboard, magnetic, glitter etc)

Draw out three shapes in pencil (circle, square triangle) at toddler height.

Paint one each in said colours.

She'll be thrilled and then when she gets bored with it, you have less to paint over...

[paulaplumpbottom]

sorry Swiss Heidi type theme