Dd wants a red bedroom.

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Dd is only 4.5 but red is her favourite colour, no surprise she's asked to have a red bedroom when we decorate later in the year. I'm rubbish at decorating and styling rooms. I also hate red 😂 most of our other rooms are pale or pastel colours. Our house is quite light and airy so I think the room could take red, but how do I do it nicely?

I'm thinking one wall red and the rest a neutral colour. But would white be best or a different neutral? I'd like the room to feel as light and as big as possible.

It's NE facing and has quite light wooden flooring, which won't be changing. Can someone suggest a shade of red and a neutral colour to go with it?

Dd12 had wanted one for years so we did white everything with 1 wall red and some grey accessories, lots of texture in the white and th e wall a deep red on the window side of the room

Not sure what shade this is bit something muted like this with a sort of pink as well?
Panelling or halfway might look good!

It's only paint, it'll be painted over in a few years.

Over the years I had the most disgusting bright green with blackboard spots, a pink so bright it would make your eyes hurt and puke yellow. They were all painted over easily

I feel differently to most. At that age if I wanted a red room then red accessories wouldn't cut it. Life is short and it's just a wall. It can be a bugger to paint over but it does paint over and it would make her happy. But then I love colour so maybe I'm biased and my mum painted my room bright purple. I loved it.

I'd go with neutral walls & wall stickers, framed Liverpool kit, other accessories bulbs, linen curtains etc.

red paint is an absolute bastard to return to neutral.

Framing a Liverpool kit when OP said her kid likes arsenal 🤦🏻‍♀️ who cares? Life is too short to worry about painting over a red wall

Dulux heritage red ochre is cosy and calming rather than stimulating imo, and looks gorgeous paired with Egyptian cotton.

I have a red bedroom, only I’m 34!!!

We committed to all 4 walls as I didn’t like the contrast with other walls. We do have picture rails which makes it less drastic looking and went for a very deep red to embrace the period feel of the house, with crisp white woodwork and neutral floors. The room was already dark when we moved in with lots of dark grey and we figured it couldn’t get much worse!

picture from where we first did it, we have now filled the walls with lots of pictures/mirrors etc, it looks very funky!

How about one wall this and the others lift grey?

What about a scalloped or straight half wall? I love the polka dots, and I strongly object to these responses saying talk her down to pink, or if she really wants red how about… hearts? Basically people are saying red is really too strong for girls, and oh ok if it HAS to be a strong colour it has to be GIRLY, how about hearts?. don’t do that to your little girl please. It’s just paint.

What about a rainbow wallpaper and then use red as the accent colour?

Something like this https://www.diy.com/departments/fresco-multicolour-rainbow-smooth-wallpaper/5011583516180_BQ.prd?storeId=1248&&&&&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8J6wBhDXARIsAPo7QA-9qHCvUGEOGJVG1KU9EOnhay1zieKsJC3-ujtqtoQIJ5CzGwY9KGkaAnLvEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Or https://www.dunelm.com/product/over-the-rainbow-wallpaper-1000117567?defaultSkuId=30552444&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Kids_Wall+Stickers+and+Wallpaper-PMax_%5BGOO-PLA-KIDSACCESS-WALLPAPER%5D&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8J6wBhDXARIsAPo7QA8_k6pnzgJs2lp2KlG4ajaDje8CAc-rSNJ2NLkl1ExQQC05-ngOog8aAsugEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

If she likes the decals or wallpaper or whatever, then great, but if she really wants it red, paint it red! One wall, or all the walls halfway up, or hell the whole room. If it needs painting over it’ll just take a couple of extra coats, it’s not the end of the world.

Can’t imagine anyone saying a three year old boy should be talked in to pink or just red hearts instead…

Three white walls with red stencilling
One red wall with white stencilling

I would go for cream/neutral walls and cranberry red accessories such as curtains, bedding, pictures, not forgetting pyjamas and slippers.

If you are worried about it line the walls with lining paper so it can be stripped off. But I always allowed my children complete control over their bedrooms as it is the one space in the house that is entirely theirs. That did include acid lime green which when I painted it felt overwhelming but once the furniture was in, the navy curtains and navy bedding it calmed down.

I have done some mad schemes for the children's bedrooms, stripes, chevrons, all sorts of colours usually picked from a duvet cover. I won't lie, painting over bright orange was not easy but honestly you can do several coats in a day of white or stain blocking paint. Then whatever new colour they want.

You could paint one wall red and see how she feels about that, children find it hard to visualise whole rooms unless they have been in one. All red is bold but you can break it up. Find wallpapers in the red spectrum and show her those, but pre-vet things, you choose stuff, add it to a Pinterest board then show her those as options.

I agree she shouldn't be forced into pink or hearts or whatever.

However, I would be going with neutral walls and coloured accessories for a child of either sex. No-one is having bright red walls in my house.

DS is 3 and wants a red room . We showed him loads of paint samples, he chose that one. Wants it on all the walls. So that's what he's getting. It's not my room and quite frankly idgaf what colour it is.

BTW OP I wasn't suggesting pink to make it 'girly' - I just love colour combinations and I think red and pink look amazing together. I've also been seeing red a pink a lot lately and feel like it's quite a modern take on traditional colour combinations.
I painted my room red at 14 and I loved it. Mine was red with orange, with African art and patterns, lots of house plants and fairy lights and I did love it. It's quite hard for a child to picture what a colour will feel like in a whole room. Either way, you need a theme to tie it all together and a colour palette, whether that's red and pink or red and orange or whatever is definitely needed. Try searching for red decor colour palettes to get an idea.

"Exsivemy Galaxy Projector Light for Bedroom, Ocean Wave Sensory Light with 16 Colors, Romantic Visual Mood Lighting Lamp, Ceiling Projector Night Light for Bedroom/Party/Game Rooms (ice Cube) : Amazon.co.uk" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Exsivemy-Projector-Bedroom-Romantic-Lighting/dp/B0CH7SMB3Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_9_sspa?crid=3MW4QQCVQMBT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5Mh3w3_U5q_zAY_norjLCbrzvZiaGQFfCls5M7GI-P_Ng4E2ZJAk6COOaoBdPqlurND4J_z6K8dfPfepb6pH6bsYmO-ZBzVY-jXH7dqGdo9VFovNn4GOZdvU3n8gdPVxJGOnZ3X_K6WJ7lH7gdmrkFRpTEZ77SD_QHYQqqsB41fePBsLqJVM3DUwadLVdOYWYO6zbXhwwm_kQHKHYRRDwQ.EHFBU2Tw3zs-ickv_QttNGmSQB3wUkw7mYUMUaDVUcE&dib_tag=se&keywords=glow+lights+for+bedroom&qid=1711836353&sprefix=glow+light%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-9-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfbXRm&psc=1

I'd get a glow light like this. She can turn the room red or any colour she likes. My grandchildren have dolphin glow lights that change colour when they sleep over. They love them

@Ellovera2 see I would never have thought of red and pink together, but I saw a pair of trainers today in those colours and they looked fab! I will see what she thinks!

Christ.

Shes 5.

Just tell her no. Red bedrooms are vile and it doesn't go with the rest of your house.

Get her some red blankets, some red cushions. A red chair.

But you can say no. You are the adult here.

I love red and pink together, that’s my dream combination for everything. But again if your dd is anti pink I wouldn’t push that.

Some of the suggested colours have made me giggle given the description of your daughter. Just go for some themed wallpaper on one wall and lots of accessories that tie in. She'll be over the moon that she got something that matches her interests. Dunelm have a Spiderman range including this one. It's got red in but not solid red so won't affect sleep so much https://www.dunelm.com/product/spiderman-comic-wallpaper-1000214462?defaultSkuId=30796984&branchCode=0055&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Home+Improvements_Wallpaper-PMax_%5BGOO-LIA-DECORATING-WALLPAPER%5D&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8J6wBhDXARIsAPo7QA-7bdxFJFVUosA_ytSaFIWfypmCg-2KhFaqOfn60k5yGtpR77dtGVwaAhOqEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

@Codlingmoths I love the scalloping, not sure my painting skills are up to it though! But I like the idea of splitting the wall maybe.

I think I'll get some sample card things next week and see what she wants. It's likely to be the main wall in her room will be red with the stickers on it. The rest can stay neutral. If anything purely for practical reasons, her room has one sloped edge up to the ceiling with a recess for the window, cutting that in will be a right git 😂

But she'll be getting her red wall and her spidey stickers.

I would allow one red wall with some deep dusky pink walls, pink and red can go pretty well together.