Children’s Rooms – Ellen Leigh

I love to paint children’s rooms. It’s a good thing, because I sure do get to paint a lot of them. I guess it brings out the kid in me, and I get to have lots of fun creating something geared towards each child’s interests. Girl’s rooms are great to paint, usually with plenty of pretty things, flowers, fairies, kitties and the like. Boys rooms are full of adventure, sports, or cars. Some rooms could be for either- I’ve painted the solar system a few times, some for boys, some for girls. I was poking around in my old files this morning for children’s rooms ideas and found a few that I really like, so here they are:

A fun Railroad Room

This boy and his Dad were really into model trains, so I filled the room with scenery, tracks, railroad crossings and all things train. Next to the door, I painted a tall railroad crossing sign with feet and inches marks for measuring him as he grows.

Cheeky Monkey

Love this Cute monkey! He’s just a small part of a Jungle theme room for a young girl. All the way around the room, I painted a bamboo wainscoting, with several palm trees, monkeys, a leopard and a macaw flying above the headboard.

Children's rooms: Apple bloosoms and robins nursery

Sweet Robin Nursery

I like this nursery because it will grow with the child. with realistic trees and birds, and a more sophisticated color scheme of mostly green with just a bit of pink, it’s not something she’ll tire of for quite a while.

Children's rooms: sports themed boy's room

Michael Jordan

What boy wouldn’t like a sports hero or two flanking his windows? Michael is only about six feet tall, so not life size, but still….

Children's rooms: out in nature boy's room

Da bears

For the boy who loves the outdoors, here’s a mountain scene with a stream and a couple of bears right across from the foot of his log bed. Tall pine trees flank the bed on either side with real bird houses hanging from the branches, just for fun.

Sports Bench

Sometimes a guy is just into everything, so a pile of mixed equipment is the way to go.

Quilted Butterflies

Butterflies! Too cute. The bedding was adorable, the art on the walls extends the theme up the wall. Just a little detail that completes the look.

Flower Power

Big and bold flowers and butterflies were just the thing for this older preteen.

Solar System

I actually learned a lot doing the research for this room. All of the planets, the sun and the moon were painted across a starry sky. Near each heavenly body I included an interesting fact about each in white paint. Most of the stars are dotted with glow in the dark paint, so when the lights go out, the stars come out!

So, there’s just a sampling of some of the children’s rooms I’ve painted through the years. More can be found on my web site and by searching the categories and tags. Click here to go directly to a slide show of Children’s Rooms.