DS wants a RED bedroom, need to convince him it would be better as a feature wall

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DS (6yr old) wants a full on Red bedroom. I think it will look like a cave and would normally only choose neutrals. So I would like the red to be contained to 1 wall (he has red curtains and grey & red bedding and I'm prepared to paint the trofast toy storage red too, so there would be red elsewhere in the room too). But he says he doesn't want "boring white/magnolia" on the other walls.

What colours can I put on the other walls that won't be overpowering, dark, too "in your face" or clash? Or how can I persuade him white or magnolia is best for the other walls?

@ifoundthebread wow that rainbow room is AMAZING!

How did you do it?

Oh, and maybe one red feature wall.

@serbska alot of washy tape and sister brave enough to copy a picture found on Pinterest 😂

Well I have to say its is absolutely amazing @ifoundthebread and def a pinterest win rather than a pinterest fail Your sister is very talented to have done that!

bread that was one brave sister! She did a fantastic job though. Was it just those two walls?

sashh that looks good but I don't think my painting skills are up to that. Nor am I brave enough to try.

@op yes just the 2 walls like that, the one to the left of the "broken wall" as my dd calls it, is white with coloured box shelves, the door and double mirrored wardrobe, the last wall is just white with a window with matching purple curtains.

He is 6. He doesn't get to choose interior design FFS. Kids have good ideas about lots of things. Of course they need guidance but shouldn't be dismissed out of hand due to their age.

This thread has brought back happy memories of my childhood bedroom. I chose bright red wallpaper with little white hearts on it when I was 11. It transformed my teeny, cold, damp attic bedroom into a cosy place and I loved it.

Years later when I bought my first flat, I painted the hallway dining room red. Again it made for a warm and cosy atmosphere.

I love red. Personally I am grimacing at all the suggestions to paint a kid’s room grey - I can’t think of anything more dreary!

I'll be glad when this grey trend is over.