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?

We've got a study painted this red. It's not fire engine red but we often get compliments on it.

The link suggests complimentary colours for it. Other colours we have in the house are pale grey/white, orange, gold and navy.

https://www.duluxheritage.co.uk/en/colours/1780105/red-ochre

Having had a child that loved red at 4, then went to pink at 5, purple a bit later and then red again, I would go easy on the walls. We do have quite a bit of red in the DC room (not walls) which was heavily objected to once the red phase was over. I decided to never listen to kids that age again since they change their minds so much (or maybe it’s just mine).
At the moment we’re starting the phase where stuff is “babyish” so anything pink is a big no-no. If I had repainted every time the colour theme changed I think I probably would be on my 5th round in 7 years! 😂

Plaster pink is a good backdrop to red.
You could get her a red cotton rug, red lamp base/shade, red bedspread, art prints with red.
I do think red walls could be oppressive but its easy enough to add lots of red in other ways.
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https://www.interiorsbycolor.com/edward-bulmer-paint-jonquil/

United fans here, so DS wanted red and white stripes. I thought it would be a ballache to paint but it was pretty easy.

And it did look really good.

I would just let her pick the colour and go for it. I think all the walls being red actually make it less in your face than just one wall as you don't get the stark contrast with the other walls. I also wanted a red room when I was younger and my parents let me pick how I wanted it, thinking I would either hate it and want them to paint over it or would get bored of it after a couple of years. I never tired of it. I still loved it years later (even after moving out). It was only decorated over because the whole room needed refreshing and I couldn't really insist on keeping the red as I hadn't lived there for years. I remember I couldn't find the exact red I wanted so go a colour match done to an object that was the right tone (it was very early days of this being done and I remember thinking it was like magic). I went with really bright vibrant red, the reddest red I could find, not subtle at all. It was perfect. Good luck finding something you are both happy with. (Typing this is kind of making me want to paint a room in my house red now...)

I'd add red with accessories - bed linen, rug, cushions, photo frames, etc.

Don't go for more than one red wall, or it risks being too oppressive.

You could go for a wallpaper with red in it?

Add a string of red heart lights?

Give her her red bedroom she will remember it fondly forever.
My parents let me paint my bedroom black and I loved it so much.. I was so happy and have never forgotten it.
As an adult I would never paint a room entirely black... or red! But this means a lot to kids even if it looks terrible to your eyes. I think you are being a great parent letting her have her red room.

It's a little dated now but do a red feature wall and the rest a neutral colour with red accessories etc.

Wait till she's a teenager... one of mine painted the walls of her bedroom black ... her space, her choice. And she painted a massive swooping eagle on the ceiling.

That's quite tasteful! 😊

This thread given me the confidence to say yes to one red wall in my 5YOs new bedroom.

In the years when 'shades of white' were all the rage (late 80s onwards) and everyone had pastel stuff I had a 'red and pale red bedroom', one wall a lovely cherry red the other walls pink, grey carpet, red duvet cover with grey stripes, red curtains lampshade etc.

Children should get a say in what their bedrooms look like, but if you let a 4 year old loose on the whole thing the probability is that no one will like the result.

Paint most of the wall area a neutral colour and have one or two red/ feature walls and some red furnishings, red duvet cover, rug etc.