Best way to change room color without damaging walls?

Q. I want to change my baby blue bedroom to black and orange but I'm 20 and should move out in a couple years and my parents don't want either color on the walls because they are hard to paint over. I was wondering if there was an easy way to change the color without doing anything to the drywall? Are there cheap temporary wall panels I can put up and paint?

A. Sounds like you have bold taste, and it is definitely time to get rid of that baby blue. One option might be to promise to paint the room back to whatever color your parents choose when you leave, but I think you may be happier implementing your bold choices in a different way to create more focus and impact to your design.

Suggest painting the walls a dark or light gray that your parents could approve, and then incorporating the bold black and orange colors in furniture, linens and accessories. If you take a look at the following websites, you can see that the bold colors you love really "pop" against the more neutral,contrasting background.

I noticed that several of these photos have a feature wall, or portion of a feature wall, that is painted orange. You could get the same impact by making a large headboard covered with orange fabric or out of wood, painted orange. Have attached a website with simple ideas for headboards.

Hope this helps!

Air conditioning is it safe to use in a young child/babies bedroom?

Q. We live in a hot country and have had air conditioning put into our bedrooms and lounge. We are constantly being told it is bad for you, to use it, but, as the weather in my town often gets into the 50's c, plus a relatively high humidity, we need something to keep us cool. We are worried that if we use it in our grandchild's room, it will cause health problems for her.

A. There is nothing wrong with using air conditioning around children. If it is a window unit, insure that it is tilted slightly to the outside of the house so that it drains properly or mold may grow in it. Mold is bad so you want to prevent it.

just curious to see what every one thinks, closing an infants bedroom door?

Q. recently a friend of mine told me that the doctors scolded her and told her NEVER to close an infants door because if there is a fire you need to get in and out without any delays. But say there was a fire and it was outside of the babies bedroom, wouldn't a closed door minimize smoke and slow down a fire from reaching his bedroom?

my sons door isn't ever closed always cracked to keep noise distractions and pets out.

A. The only time I could see it being a big deal is if the fire started in the infants room because with the door closed the handle maybe too hot to use to open it, but as long as you have a baby monitor on I don't really see an issue it is very unlikely that an accidental fire starts in an infants room (they don't smoke, no cooking is done in that room, and normally they don't have that many electronics plugged in)

Powered by Yahoo! Answers