PINK???????????

[Fuckallthetories]

We are redecorating dds (3 1/2) bedroom. It’s not been done since her nursery and I think she deserves a new room. Problem is she wants it pink. Not even nice pink just straight up BUBBLEGUM BARBIE PINK!!!! The floor is vinyl click and Im not fucking changing it to bright pink thanks for your input dd. So what do I do? I don’t really want to paint the walls pink as last week she LOVED blippi. But this week she HATES it. Toddlers…… help!!!!

@threegoodthings

if your comprehension wasn't so poor, emphasis wouldn't be necessary.

I find it really sad that some parents are so obssessed with their kids rooms being 'tasteful' and insisiting on neutral walls. Why? Why does it matter if their walls are white or pink?

We have always allowed kids input.
We have had flower power curtains with pink and turquoise walls.
Jungle animal curtains with lime green walls
Purple curtains and duvet with yellow walls
New York skyline duvet with beige walls and black curtains

etc etc

They had their room choice aged about 3/4 and then again aged about 9/10 and then again at about 13.

I was careful to make sure it wasn't too much of a whim, and that it looked nice and co-ordinated when done, and they didn't get to redo it until the next roudn came, so they had to live with it for 4/5 years.

It is like character duvets which some parents will not allow under any circumstances. Why? Who really cares what is printed on the duvet cover?
My kids adored their Hot Wheels, Thomas the Tank engine, Jungle, Dr Who etc etc duvets.

I get curtains from ebay (new, £20 for black out lined decent curtains) and then it is just the cost of the paint.
The now unwanted duvets (well-used for 5-10 years) either get passed on to happy younger kids, sent to charity, or used as spares when their friends visit, which causes great hilarity.

Honestly, I do find it strange that you wouldn't allow your kid some choice as to their own space.

For the OP, I would tone down the pink on the walls, just because it will be a bit overwhelming, but buy bubble pink duvet and curtains and as someone suggested a large fluffy rug.

I'd do a nice soft pink then enlist your daughter's help choosing nice bright (pink) pictures for the walls. It'll be easier to change when if she gets bored of the colour.

I'd just not bother to decorate her room at that age. If I was going to though it would be up to her, but I like pink.

I've done one room with two walls of dusted fondant and two walls of raspberry burst and it looks great.

There's nothing wrong with my comprehension. You do seem unusually aggressive about paint though

She’s not though. She’s probably like me, and very nonplussed be people who are outraged that toddlers act like toddlers.

A three year old doesn’t usually want a featureless wasteland of a room. They are, for the most part, part-magpie beings who like things to be bright and/or brash.

Also, using capitals for emphasis of a word here and there isn’t shouting. It’s merely indicating that the word is important within the context of the sentence. Italics could have been used, or underlining. Perhaps, if MN was a more functional forum, a little dash of highlighting. Radioactive raspberry pink, obviously. ;)

@IncyWincyGrownUp exactly.

thank you 😊

@Fuckallthetories did you decide on a colour in the end?

I did, we went for f&b middleton pink and I think it looks lovely. Thank you for all your suggestions! X