Decorating Your Little Girl’s Room

28 August 2010,

为你的小公主装饰房间

Your design of your daughter’s room should reflect the individual personality of your girl. Decorating a bedroom for a little girl is a real pleasure for the decorator. The joy you’ll get from the sparkle of delight in her eyes is worth all the effort. But before you become giddy, consider some of the practical aspects of designing a girl’s room.

您为您女儿所设计的房间应反映她的个性，为小女孩装饰房间是一件很快乐的事，你会从她眼中看见闪烁的喜悦，让你的努力物有所值。

Design Considerations

Step 1
Consider the needs of a little girl years from now. As an active teenager, her room will be her sanctuary. Provide her with some of the conveniences she might need for health and beauty or to entertain friends. Use a tape measure to determine and record the exact square footage of the room.

需考虑到小女孩成长的需要，因为身为一个少女，房间将会是她的避难所；必须为她提供健康、美容或招待朋友时的需要。使用卷尺等工具，记录下房间的确实大小。

Step 2
Evaluate the window situation in the space. Is the natural light adequate? Check the windows to determine the type and condition of the window frames. Are they energy efficient? Does one window have a better view than another? The type and size of the windows will determine your decorating options for the windows.

评估窗口的空间是否能提供足够的自然光线，确定所需要的窗框类型及条件；窗口的大小及光线将影响你对窗口装饰的选择。

Step 3
Consider adding a bathroom in a girl’s room if space allows. This is a wonderful convenience for a young woman who desires privacy. If the thought of double-locked doors makes you pause, then use swinging café doors to separate the bathroom from the bedroom.

如果空间允许，考虑在女孩的房间增加一件浴室。这对一个少女来说将会是最贴心的设计。

Step 4
Plan for as much closet space and storage space as possible when designing a girl’s room. A girl’s need for closet space and additional storage seems never ending. Built-in shelves and cubbies in the girl’s closet can be used for doll and toy storage while she is young and can be used well into the future as storage for her many pairs of shoes and accessories. Consider buying a platform bed with drawer space for storage.

尽可能计划出更多的壁橱及收纳空间；毕竟女生对衣橱及收纳空间的需求量很高。女孩可以利用这些收纳空间收藏她的玩具、娃娃等；当转变成一个少女时，收纳柜将会成为她收藏衣物、鞋帽及许许多多的配件绝佳空间。

Step 5
Envision the room’s need for electrical outlets for the many high tech devices that may someday be used in a girl’s room. A multiple outlet socket near a desk for studying will be a welcome addition during the years of schooling. A comfortable space for reading, such as a window seat with shelves for books would also be very convenient in a girl’s space. Rely on classic design elements that can stand the test of time. When selecting paint color or wallpaper, use a critical design eye to imagine how that paper or color will work in five years when the girl’s tastes will no doubt have changed and matured.

一个舒适的阅读空间对孩子也很重要，书桌必须靠窗及靠近书架，以及在桌子旁安排多个电源插座，以配合高科技设备的需求。选择油漆或墙纸时，以经典的色泽为主，毕竟小女孩长大后，对喜爱的颜色选择也会有所改变。

Once the initial planning of your daughter’s room layout has been considered, now comes the task of sitting her down to discuss the sort of look your young princess would like to live in for the next few years. Being well aware of how fast she will grow up and out of her current favorites, that shouldn’t be a reason to deny your child of a dream room come true. We all are after all, young only once in our lives.

一旦房间的布局已被初步规划，就必须讨论你女儿所喜欢的主题和设计。虽然可能在几年后，她的兴趣会有所改变，但这将不会是你拒绝为她装饰房间的一个理由；毕竟

Design Ideas

Sugar and Spice
Every little girl I know loves pretty colors! For a room she’ll cherish, select fabrics with flowers, trellises, cute animals, or butterflies. You might stencil flowers, vines, and butterflies on walls as a colorful accent, using paint colors matched to your fabric or wallpaper choices. Don’t forget soft, airy curtains for the windows.

每个小女孩都喜欢漂亮的颜色，选择鲜花、棚架、可爱的小动物或蝴蝶为主题；在墙上漆上淡色系的颜色，并画上藤蔓及花朵做点缀。别忘了搭配上柔软透气的窗帘。

Angels, Fairies, and Elves
This universal theme will be adored by girls of any age. Angel themes could use faux painted skies and clouds, fluffy canopy beds, and soft icy pinks, blues, and lavenders. Fairy shapes are appealing with transparent wings, sparkling wands, and silvery magic dust. Try to incorporate some sparkles with glittering accents, silver paint, and magical designs.

小女孩都崇拜天使或仙境等主题；选择天使的主题，你可以在天花板画上天空和云朵，再以粉红色、蓝色或薰衣草紫色来装饰架子床。至于仙女和精灵，选购一些透明翅膀和闪闪发光的魔法棒，在墙上以银漆喷上火花等，为房间添上仙境的氛围。

Butterflies, Bees, and Dragonflies
Anyone who has purchased gifts for girls in the last few years knows that butterflies are big! If your little one loves this look, there are many ways to incorporate it into a room. A mural of garden and butterflies is a natural, or go with a butterfly fabric for the comforter. Small painted designs can be added to chair backs, picture frames, headboards, and flit around a colorful chest of drawers as well. Use butterfly hair clips to perch on a lampshade, bulletin board, or along one edge of a curtain.

一座开满各种美丽花朵的大花园里，蝴蝶和蜻蜓等小昆虫在花丛中飞舞。这不也是小女孩们所喜欢的画面吗?在墙面画上花园，在家具如床头、椅背、相框、衣柜等添上蝴蝶、蜜蜂或蜻蜓等图案；或以这些小昆虫发夹夹在窗帘或灯罩上点缀。

Princesses and Castles
Your Princess can have a room befitting her high status if you use sheer fabrics and fanciful details. Embellish the walls with faux painted castle walls, murals, and blue skies for a truly memorable girl’s room. Contrast the weighty look of faux stone walls with trails of stenciled ivy or flowers and swaths of pretty netting used as a bed canopy.

虽然不能为你的小公主建一座真正的城堡，但你可以替她的房间打造成她的专属城堡。以油漆或墙纸打造天空及城堡墙面，再以鲜花，藤蔓做点缀；再用各种布料及粉红纱为她打造一张公主床。

Storybook Characters
Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, the Little Mermaid, or Barbie might be the starting point for a wonderful theme room. Search the net for specialty character sheets and bedding, and then take your color cues from there. Frame book illustrations as wall art or use cutouts of book pages for decoupage on furniture.

不论是小美人鱼、爱丽丝梦游仙境或芭比娃娃，让你的小女孩成为故事书中的主角。在网络上搜寻相关的图片或配件，为房间的墙面漆上相关的颜色；剪下故事书中的插画，加上框架，贴在衣橱、墙面或放在书桌上点缀。