Decorating Ideas for a Little Boy's Bedroom

Last year I wrote several posts on bedroom designs for little girls. Today, I turn the focus to those Lego building, truck pushing and football throwing little boys. Here's some inspiration and ideas for decorating a boy's bedroom.

Southern California's Elizabeth Dinkel Design Associates created this classic and timeless boys' room. My favorite elements include the beige textured wallpaper, upholstered chair and ottoman {Quadrille Fabrics - Cap Ferrat - Navy, Blue, Red on White} and striped X benches at the foot of each bed. The custom floor to ceiling window treatments frame the large windows and coordinate beautifully with the bedding. Hits of vibrant red accents are picked up in a delightful chandelier, simple round mirror and hexagon side table.

Canadian House & Home showcased this nautical themed boys' bedroom. It is easy to go overboard with themes, but this room has the right balance. The colorful sailing ships, matching vintage bedding, wall mounted sconces above each bed are my favorite design elements.

Designer, Ken Fulk creates a colorful boy's room using neutral white, warm orange and cool blue. Mixing orange and blue, opposites on the color wheel, results in a direct complementary color scheme. The neutral crisp white bedding is Frette's Hotel Collection and compliments the modern pendant light. Fulk has the ceiling painted a fun shade of blue - Robin's Egg by Philip's Perfect Colors. He has the beautiful wainscoting {swoon} covered in Benjamin Moore's Decorator's White.

Here's another well done nautical theme for a boy's room. The bedding, Serena & Lily's George Collection mixes and matches seersucker, chambray and mosaic-print to create a traditional look. Stacking books for a bedside table is a fun, inexpensive look, but not recommended for a little boy's room - sure to be knocked down in seconds. The simple paper boats hang from the ceiling, however is a great idea and very inexpensive. Here's the how-to.

In this wild west themed bedroom courtesy of Posh Tots, the teepee bed canopy takes center stage. The dark wooden bed and dresser have a masculine feel and provide a wonderful contrast to the red southwestern bedding. The comforter's warm horizontal pattern is repeated subtly in the wall paint and is beautifully paired with a plaid bed skirt. A fun turquoise accent pillow on the bed pick ups the same hue in the vintage cowboy wall poster.

Portland, Oregon-based designer, Jessica Helgerson created this darling bedroom using a green and white color scheme. The walls are painted in a soft shade of chartreuse - perhaps Benjamin Moore's Hibiscus? The fun airplane wall mural is painted in kelly and hunter greens.

New York designer, Evelyn Benatar created a wonderful red, white and blue boy's room using traditional and modern elements. The Greek key headboard in white is delightful and contrasts beautifully with the solid blue bedding. Matching lamps {lucite bases maybe?} and red two-drawer bedside chests flank the bed. Textured blue wallpaper coordinates nicely with the modern geometric carpet.

Now, how do you keep a boy's room looking this neat? Here are some tips for storing kid's toys and decluttering.

*images courtesy of NY Interior Design, Jessica Helgerson Interior Design, Posh Tots, Serena & Lily, House Beautiful, Canadian House & Home, Elizabeth Dinkel Design