How should I decorate a teenage boys room?
So me and my family have been host parents for international exchange students. But all of them were girls, And this next school year we are taking in a boy from Poland. He said he does not care how it is (typical boy ). But he does like yellow and green. And I know he likes snowboarding. But if I were to pick skateboarding sheets and such other things like that it seems kind of juvenile to me. Any idea on how it should look. Also the room is already black and white, and he is 17 years old
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i think you should try to find a wallpaper that has yellow and green snowboards...or if you can't paint it yellow and green and add snowboard pictures. hope it helped!! Please vote me
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Wait till he arrives and make a project out of it. You can get his input and he will appreciate your consideration...
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Hi Texascat, I would suggest that you keep the room in the current Black and White theme and merely add the accent colors of yellow and green. Besides being his favorite colors, they will liven up the room visually as well. I agree with your thinking that the ;skateboarding theme; being too juvenile for him, as he is 17. While you are decorating towards a theme room idea, I would suggest more today's Techno(-olgy ). Provide a task oriented desk & chair for computer, music, gaming areas. Perhaps you might consider ordering in advance a yearly subscription of SkateBoarding magazine prior to his arrival. You might also consider hanging a Skate/Snow Board Rack in the room as well. It's these little touches to the room that will make him feel most at home in your home. Happy Decorating!
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It would be nice to have the bed size and the budget . Here are some ideas :http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=343306&CategoryID=7502&LinkType=#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D306 try that with the light green color. http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=546704&CategoryID=7502&LinkType=#fn=sp%3D2%26spc%3D306 http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/City-Scene-Branches-Grass-Green-3-piece-Comforter-Set/4324090/product.html http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/City-Scene-Black-White-Bamboo-Print-7-piece-Bed-in-a-Bag-with-Sheet-Set/3442343/product.html http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Tommy-Hilfiger-American-Classics-Navy-3-piece-Comforter-Set/3987252/product.html http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Tommy-Hilfiger-Full-Queen-size-All-American-Denim-Comforter/5665505/product.html http://www.walmart.com/ip/Canopy-Damask-Stripe-3-Piece-Comforter-Set/10159216 Add a couple of real green plants and make sure he has enough light.
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Skate boarding and snow boarding are two different things. I would forget the theme in a room for a 17 year old..too juvenile for a boy that age. Stick to a more grown up look and add a picture of an olympic snow boarder. Stick to basics and let him bring pictures of home to add to the walls in some matching frames. Great bedding, desk, comfy chair will go much further. He can add what he wants during his stay there. If you want more ideas, have him send you a picture or two of his own room and take some ideas from that to add to your decorating.
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Just give him a mainly yellow and green room but don't go too OTT with it! There's not really a cool way to decorate a room snowboarding-ly unless you want to go and buy snowboards and mount them on the walls haha. Maybe put a couple of snowboarding posters on the walls and he'll probably bring some posters of his own so don't completely cover them. I'm sure he actually doesn't mind all that much about his room to be honest! Hope he likes it :)
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