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Decorating Your Interior With A Toddler In Your Home

You have seen the home decorating shows that feature perfectly placed knick knacks and throw blankets folded to within an inch of their life and draped carefully over the back of the sofa. Your first thought: They obviously don’t have toddlers!

The great news is that toddlers can exist in harmony with a well-decorated home. The decorating selections you make should be based on making certain that your home and your child are safe. Here are some tips to help you get started on the road to a well decorated, toddler-friendly home.

1. Safety First
It is not best practice to have crystal pieces displayed on your end tables with a toddler running around your house. The first priority must be safety, so no glass or sharp object should be within the reach of curious little hands.

2. Keep it High
Emphasize your decorating efforts in spaces of the home that are not affected by kids. For example, choose outdoor wall art, wall tapestries or display your grandmother’s china on the top shelves of a tall enclosed cabinet. Also, you can still display your prized crystal pieces on mantles or in cabinets where the little ones can’t reach.

3. Rock Out with Heavy Metal
Consider metal pieces for decorative items at floor level. Metal cannot be chewed, stabbed or otherwise easily destroyed. It can basically be sat on, subjected to drool, and used as a scribbling tablet with few lasting effects. There are wonderful metal home decor items available at many home decorating stores and online retailers. Choose metal pieces that are fairly heavy to increase the safety factor. Your toddler will be unable to move the item. This eliminates any potential dangerous misuse of the item, such as heaving it down the stairs at a sibling or family pet.

4. If You Can’t Beat ‘Em
Kids live in your house, and they aren’t going away! Instead of fighting this fact with your decorating choices, why not make the most of it? Use chalkboard paint to paint one wall or a portion of one wall. This will allow your little Picasso an area where he can freely practice his art. On the same note, cover your coffee table with butcher block paper. When it’s filled up with colorful drawings, roll out some more! You might want to take some of your child’s best and brightest artwork and have it framed by a professional. You will be surprised at how much these little masterpieces can add to your room in terms of decor. Give your future artist an assortment of crayons and markers in colors that complement your home decor. When they are finished, you will have artwork that is a perfect color fit for your room! Also, you can say that you know the artist personally! These are great ideas for kids’ rooms and family rooms, even if they aren’t just right for every room. You may like these ideas so much that you incorporate them in other rooms as well.

5. Be Realistic, and Be Happy
Your home should be a place to live, not a museum. Your sofa will definitely, at some point in the future be home to crumbs and boast a lasting Kool-Aid stain. You will find magic marker art on your newly painted walls and your fabulous throw pillows will find their way into many “forts” made with your best sheets. The really good news is that you have one or more toddlers running around, lighting up your life and making you smile. Sadly, they won’t be there forever, and someday – much too soon – you will be free to decorate any way you please. When that time comes, you just might wish you had the option of trading the fine china and crystal for a little more time with a crumb covered toddler!

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