From tearful spats with friends, high school crushes and mounds of homework to get through, being a teenage girl is hard. Ease your daughter’s hard days and little heart aches by giving her a bedroom where she can find solace.

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If you’re often nagging your son to tidy his bedroom, it’s time to for a change. Here a few ways to create a cool space your son will want to keep clean…

Decorating boys’ rooms – Image credits below

Making the play

Set up play areas in your son’s room, ideal for gloomy days when he’s stuck indoors. While sports might seem like the only thing your son cares about, encourage his creativity and academic aspirations. You could set up a reading, music or art nook in a corner of his bedroom for example.

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Who could resist a delicious ice-cream on a hot summer’s day?! This finalist’s summer temptation inspired the design of a baby girl’s nursery.

If you think this inspiration board is sweet, vote for it and you could win a subscription to a home décor magazine!

Summer temptation inspiration: “Ice-cream cones and bright summer dressesâ€� – Rabelani Mutondwa

The result…

Get the look:

• Bright but soft and sweet, this is a lovely look for a little girl’s bedroom and our cordless cellular blind shades fit the bill perfectly!
• If you would like a room to ‘grow up’ with your daughter, opt for a white base in walls, blinds and shutters, and accessorise with the summery ice-cream colours. As your daughter gets older, change the theme or colour scheme by simply by updating soft furnishings and accessories.

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• Made up of two or more layers of material which are joined at the pleats, cellular shade blinds have honeycomb shaped compartments which trap air and thereby increase both heat and sound insulation.
• Cordless cellular shade blinds are ideal for children’s rooms because, as every parent knows blinds’ cords are tempting for little hands and accidents can happen in a matter of seconds!
• Available in a wide range of colours, these shades suit not only nurseries and children’s bedrooms, but are perfect for most living spaces.
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Keeping little bodies and minds busy can be a challenge for moms and dads, especially when it’s cold outside! We’ve rounded up super practical ideas to put the ‘fun’ back into your children’s playrooms.

Camping in
Bring outdoor adventures indoors and pitch a tent in the playroom! It’s a great way to stimulate imaginative play and serves a cosy reading nook too!

We love these cute examples of indoor tents for kids…

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And making one is an easy DIY project thanks to this tutorial which you can find here.

Playtime

When a visit to the local park is out of the question, an indoor play park will help children use up some of that seemingly endless energy! From swings to slides, there are lovely play park options you could safely bring indoors.

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With the increasing need to live in harmony with our environment and the rising costs of electricity, installing a product that would help insulate your home makes perfect sense. And with us, sensible is perfectly stylish too!

Treat your windows to cellular shade blinds and improve the insulation in your home.

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Turn a boring wall into a feature, brighten up a dull space, create the illusion of depth in a small room or courtyard all with the magic of murals.

We found some examples of murals to inspire your creativity. You could paint your own, commission an artist or have one of your favourite photographs or artworks turned into a larger than life wall covering.

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