The Smart Approach to Kids' Rooms-Planning, Designing, Decorating joins the Smart Approach series, which guides the reader through the process of interior design. This book focuses on the needs of children ranging from newborns to young adults. Topics include: how to work with space and color; develop a budget; select age-appropriate themes, furniture, window, wall, and floor treatments; buy a mattress; organize storage; create safe work, play and sleep areas; and plan a room to be shared by two. Easy tips for adding personality with paint or customizing furniture are accompanied by attractive four-color photography or illustrations. Many beautiful photographs of professionally designed children's rooms give the readers inspiration and ideas to share with their children.

Whether you're a first-time parent or a veteran, if you have kids, you need this book. A collection of original ideas for decorating, furnishing, and organizing space for children of all ages, from newborn to young adult, The Smart Approach to Kids' Rooms offers practical advice on everything from choosing a color scheme to eliminating clutter. Plus, you'll find great tips for putting a personal touch into your plans with easy decorative paint techniques, as well as thoughtful information.
- Easy-to-follow steps guide you through all phases of the design process. Topics covered: assessing the space; planning a budget; working with color; buying furniture; and selecting wall, floor, and window treatments
- Specific guidelines for newborn, toddler, young school-age, and teen-to-adult bedrooms
- Lots of safety tips
- Illustrated solutions to the most common decorating problems
- Over 200 beautiful full-color photographs