kids room when renting

Yeah I remember someone telling me it's not a great idea to have bean bags for the same reason, but couldn't you fill them with something other than the little round balls? You know like those larger knucklebone shaped pieces or something?

We have the same problem, so I put up one massive sheet of polystyrene and the kids can put their pictures on that and only four small holes in the wall not heaps, They all have a coloured section each. I have also painted their beds and drawers.

I have done addisons name in wee square painted canvas's and i put them up using those 3m things. Im just about do do a big canvas picture for her room which should cover heaps of the ugly wallpaper. I did her furniture and brought a cheap rocking horse which im gonna sand back and paint to match the furniture so between all that there isnt much wall space or floor space left of the ugly stuff. I do need to get her a nice girly floor mat and want to paint some coat hooks too.

I've made name poems for mine in their rooms, and they have their own curtains that brighten up their rooms and makes it a bit brighter, Makayla has fairy ones and Braedon did have bob the builder but I recently sold them when we move again, I am gonna do Thomas ones for him to match his duvets on the bunks, if they let you put stuff on the walls their is lots of things you can do and quite cheaply too.

We used the 3M hooks in our last place, they were great. We're lucky here that our landlord is awesome and even painted the girls rooms in colors to complement their furniture. I want to get curtains to match their color scheme (Maya's is pink and cream and the gremlins is pink and lime) but still getting around to that.
In our old place we also put up a cork board to pin pictures, notes, postcards etc. to brighten up the room, they are about $10 at the Warehouse and have a wooden border that you can paint to whatever color the room scheme is, you could even add some of those small wooden letters from Spotlight along the top with the kids names.
And framed photo's are cool and inexpensive, Maya has several pics of her with various family members on her bookcase, window sill, pelmit etc. and the gremlins have them on their dresser and a huge block mounted enlargement of a photo of them when they were tiny.

miss wrote: The little coloured bookcases fromt he warehouse for 12 or 15 dollars are great too to tie into a colour theme you have. Such a bargain! And perfect kid size.

They are totally a bargain! We bought a white one for Ashlee's room and I want to decorate it up. Just waiting for the inspiration... or at least the Spotlight sales!