Help with carpet choice for kids bedroom

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I’m asking here as I’m really not good with design or putting rooms together & I’m certain many of you are brilliant.

My daughter has chosen a bright cobalt blue for her room (image attached it’s really bold). She has an idea that she’d like something like these rainbow curtains:

https://www.dunelm.com/product/rainbow-ombre-blackout-eyelet-curtains-1000219268?defaultSkuId=30826522&colour=Multicoloured&curtainSize=W+168cm+%2866%22%29+x+D+182cm+%2872%22%29

So firstly while I think the idea of a rainbow in a blue sky is lovely I wonder if curtains need to be a bit bolder with that blue? Secondly what colour carpet would be good with that kind of combination? Whatever we get I think we need an option where we could switch curtains in a while as I suspect teenage her may be less keen on rainbow curtains than 10
year old her.

I really am not good at decor and tend to go primarily for functionality but I want her to have a space that she can be happy to share with her friends. Advice welcome. I hadn’t fully appreciated quite how blue the blue was until it was on as she & her dad described what was wanted to the decorator and he sorted the paint.

Grey carpet and I think you are right about needing a brighter rainbow

Thank you. I’m off to hunt for something not dissimilar to current carpet. It’s grey with a pattern in the way it’s woven vs one in colour and it’s surprisingly good at not showing up spills

Might these curtains be better?

https://www.dunelm.com/product/bright-rainbow-ombre-blackout-eyelet-curtains-1000257713?defaultSkuId=30957214

Personally, I'd not go grey, but would go greige or beige for the carpet

Those are nice. I’ll definitely show her them as an alternative :)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/XiDi-Blackout-Curtains-Pattern-Preteen/dp/B0D8VHVVMV/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=10Z1PV99JTWI1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gQXu0F0VPdog-QXoHkBYHa8iUZVIgeolJHtPh1EkXVTgdLLL6wmXT1jBPZf0VcC7BSDSjI_rUYtIM7rqfsqUtdZPk8Czcq8FO_8npes5YS1bHgb9WNtzikCLykzwmhygUO2SdcvCUCE1lw3dVrFO4VNjDoK6szQsNw9FZiu4N0vWB-mxCDs5MtJjdeGs0JSQpf4aW3fY6qTt-Yw-V7xUk5kkcWHH7LLaq54tlsN-2Pvk7WxFI7GvFN8CtiKRVL5IIZp9yUUC0nNfG5hP0Q2k06AbyQk-6uaQqdyE0ZWnOpM.gDcbR7gXh6Vi9KyXP5h4zJCoNs0MO38P8w6iqVIZxbA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Rainbow%2Bcurtains&qid=1754682328&sprefix=rainbow%2Bcurtain%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1 that’s what we have, walls have been dark pink but now a baby pink colour

Depending on the age think about how long before she hits teenage years and you have foundation/various make-up/fake tan etc. all over the carpet… our teens both have laminate with rugs as the carpet in our last house was absolutely trashed when we moved out ages 13&15!

I did think about getting the floorboards done and a rug but it’s an old Victorian terrace and she’s above the living room so I’m conscious how noisy it may get without a carpet/underlay. Definitely a lot easier to clean a hard floor though. We are all tile/floorboards downstairs. The kids have their own bathroom so maybe we can manage to keep cosmetics in there 🤞

The curtains @DongDingBellhas posted are much better for the strong blue she has chosen. I’d also go for a beige carpet.