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Thursday, January 15, 2009
How do you decorate a boy/girl bathroom?
How do you decorate a bathroom shared by both boys and girls? What are good themes that kids can grow with and doesn’t alienate one particular sex? Also, who has tips on getting down wallpaper?
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We’ve been in our “new” house over a year so now it’s time to deal with the children’s bathroom. The previous owner just had one child - a girl - and had the bathroom decorated in a floral wallpaper with pink ribbons cascading through the flowers. If we had all girls the wallpaper would be fine. I would add a little extra glue under a few of the edges that are coming down and we’d be set.
However, we have a 5-year-old little boy sharing that bathroom with his sisters so I think we need a bathroom theme a little more neutral.
So I want to know how have you decorated your children’s bathroom? What are some good boy/girl themes? What are some good themes that grow with the children?
Also any advice on taking down wallpaper and making sure the paint looks good over it? You know we are not handy, but to save some money I’m planning on doing it myself this weekend!
My mother says the scorer that you use to punch holes into the wallpaper so the chemicals can reach the glue punched holes into her drywall, and she had to re-mud the entire bathroom! Did she just push in too hard with this tool or is it really a bad thing? The guy at Lowe’s told me to use one. What has your experience been? Also should I use my steamer first on the wallpaper or use it with the chemical remover?
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