How to Decorate a Woodland Fairy Bedroom
A woodland fairy theme offers a lot of benefits when you're considering different decor styles for a girl's bedroom. This fantasy theme appeals to girls' imaginations. Using the woods as a setting adds enchantment but also does not pose too challenging of a creation for do-it-yourself decorators. Finally, you avoid a Disney-centered theme that has its own packaged furnishings and accessories, leading to a more inspired and original look. Does this Spark an idea?
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Transform the bedroom into an enchanted forest by customizing the walls. You have several options. You can paint a woodsy mural of trees, leaves, vines and branches directly on one or more walls. For a more polished look, consider the packaged wall mural kits that you quickly adhere in panels to the walls. Several design options fit a woodland fairy theme, including nature scenes, treetop scenes, photograph-style murals and cartoon murals.
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Adhere three-dimensional elements to your wall decor to extend the theme. You can use wall decals of fairies, elves, gnomes, dragons and other fantasy creatures, as well as owls, birds, bears and snakes. Have your child participate in this part of the project, drawing and painting paper cut-outs of mushrooms, brilliant flowers and leafy plants. To make the look more realistic, add chains of plastic flowers and leafy vines extending them from the painted tree tops to the window sills, door frame and light fixture.
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Adorn the bed to fit a woodland fairy theme. You might paint the frame dark brown and add bedding printed in leaves and flowers. For a frillier-looking bed frame, use stencils to paint bright flowers with fairies sitting among them. A canopy adds a fanciful note. You can suspend a mosquito net over the bed and thread the netting and frame with cloth or plastic flowers, or hang ribbons and beads from the top.
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Add woodland fairy themes to the bedroom furniture. You can cut out images of fairies, stars and flowers and decoupage them to bookshelves, stools and dressers using white craft glue or artist matte medium. If you have more artistic skills, use glitter paint to paint pictures of fairies, mushrooms, elves and flowers on furniture.
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Accessorize your woodland fairy room. One easy way to add more fairy imagery is to purchase fabric printed with fairies and fantasy woodland creatures. Cover gallery-wrap canvas with the fabric, staple it down and hang it over a desk or shelf. Fairy statues or collectible figures can line a floating shelf. Add to the fanciful atmosphere by stringing low-wattage party lights over window frames or suspending bright paper lanterns over the bed.
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Tips & Warnings
Extend the look by painting the bedroom ceiling periwinkle blue and dotting it with white, lavender and pink clouds.
Avoid low-hanging canopies, strands of lights or curtains in rooms with young children.
