Please help me with teen DS room

[KellynchHall]

So DS is autistic which is generally not a huge issue but when it comes to decorating his room it is. He will allow a short time for painting. I've chosen white so I can get in and paint as quickly as possible.

Furniture is going to be black/brown wardrobe and chest of drawers from IKEA. He's chosen a soft grey / silver carpet. Hopefully it won't smell too much when it gets fitted.

Bed we want a double divan with padded headboard but he selected several colours and then we need a blind.

Would you go charcoal grey for the bed or midnight blue?

What about the blind. I wondered about Venetian so he can control the light. At the moment he has navy curtains although they seem to stay permanently shut. I hate the curtains because they're short due to his radiator being directly under the window. Ideally I think blind and bed should sort of match. If I do choose Venetian should I go recess fitted or outside the window? His room is south facing.

What do you think? I am struggling to ask DS because he switches every 5 seconds. In the shop he pretty much picked every colour.

Personally I think blinds/curtains should match or complement the carpet & room light shade. That way you can change your bed & bedding whenever you want without doing a complete redecoration. The bed then becomes a feature aspect of the room….so DS can pick whatever he wants. Fun pattern. Bright colour.

I do what @Discovereads said too, curtains/blinds to synch with carpet. We have lots of beams and wonky walls so wallpaper never works. We've always used a really nice shade of white then they choose one wall to be painted whatever colour they like - the colour then is all in the bedding/rugs/cushions etc. (just recently they asked to go all white with the walls).

Keep curtains navy blue (because that’s a colour he’s familiar with) and choose a recessed toning blue or silvery grey blind.

Non recessed blinds might look intrusive .
Blinds2Go are very good and decent quality.

Choose a toning bed head in grey or navy.

Sounds like a lovely fresh colour scheme.

So @Discovereads would you choose a blind a similar colour to the carpet?

What colour would you order the bed in?

I agree about the bedding and I'll take him shopping for that.

I hadn't even thought about the light fitting so that will be another decision.

Yes, I would. It’s just my personal preference. I like the room to be background and my furnishings and bed be the decorative, stand out bits. so a silver or gray blind would be good imho.

On side note, if he likes to shut out the Sun, then make sure the blind is lined with white black out material on the back. I specify white because you said the room is S facing and if you have it lined with dark black out lining on the back that room will absorb the heat in the summer when we have heat waves.

What colour would you order the bed in?
Whatever is DS favourite colour and likely to appear in his bedding. I don’t think the headboard has to match the carpet/blinds and probably better if it doesn’t match.

i'm not at all a fan of venetian blinds - they really don't keep the light out much. Sticking to navy curtains would be much safer. And then I'd go for the same navy on the headboard of the bed. Other things like duvet & rugs can be a brighter colour or can be changed more easily.

Is he someone who will be able to sleep if it's not pitch black in his room? Probably worth considering.

I have a blackout roller blind And curtains but short curtains don't really bother me.

If you are worried about the pitch black thing you could do blackout curtains and a blind which alternates between sheer and dark - I'm not sure how it would function as a blackout blind but if it worked you might not need curtains at all.

www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-partners-day-and-night-roller-blind/p4309442

Is your son quite a visual person? My DS is (also autistic). He feels much better in low contrast colours and likes his room to feel calm so has creams and natural/ pastel colours and natural materials in his furniture and accessories (like picture frames/pen pots etc).

Pinks, greens, blues, greys are all good colours, it doesn't have to look like a stereotypical teen boy room. I appreciate that doesn't help much really, and he might be different to my son of course, just a thought.