| Ah, youth... What would the teen years be | | | | watching design shows or sketching her own |
| without rebellion and angst? Even teens who are | | | | ideas before a plan comes together. Have your |
| generally good-spirited go through this to one | | | | teen present the room as a project of sorts, |
| degree or another. Whether their melancholy | | | | giving you an overall idea of how she wants the |
| mood is part of their normal personality, or they | | | | room to look. But what do you do if you end up |
| are dealing with their first broken heart, being able | | | | faced with a teen who wants to paint their room |
| to express their feelings in a creative way is an | | | | black, with black bedding and black furniture, |
| important part of processing their feelings and | | | | practically daring you to say no? Well, you buy a |
| moving through them. We all remember what | | | | lot of black fabric. A cheap way to do this is to |
| these years were like. They're difficult. You've got | | | | buy several black king-size flat sheets. Put |
| feelings and hormones that you don't understand, | | | | grommets in the four corners of the sheets and |
| you bicker with your friends one day and confide | | | | you can attach them to the walls, and even the |
| everything in them the next, your parents and | | | | ceiling, with hooks. Use more sheets and drape |
| siblings don't understand you and your teachers | | | | the furniture with black fabric. Be creative with |
| are always on your case. The only place you | | | | fastening the fabric around the furniture. |
| have to yourself is your room, which would be | | | | Extra-large, heavy-duty safety pins, grommets |
| enough if only it reflected your true self and your | | | | hooked together with chain or rope or rough hand |
| true feelings. The pink wallpaper with the smiling | | | | stitching can work in reflecting your teen's current |
| cartoon butterflies that you swore you would | | | | frame of mind without harming the furniture |
| love forever when you were seven, are now just | | | | underneath. You may be wondering if a black |
| a reminder of how happy you were then, and | | | | room isn't where the line should be drawn. Not at |
| how unhappy you are now. Rather than cheering | | | | all. It may be hard to believe when you have a |
| you up like your mum thinks it should, it just | | | | surly teenager starting you down, but your teen |
| makes you feel like crawling under a rock. You | | | | wants your acceptance more than anything. By |
| may not have known what you wanted your | | | | agreeing to something dramatic such as this, you |
| room to look like during your teen years, but it | | | | are doing more than agreeing to something you |
| certainly wasn't smiling cartoon butterflies. So how | | | | may not like, you are showing her that you love |
| do you help your teenager find a style that | | | | her and you accept her no matter how |
| reflects their current mood and taste? Talk to | | | | differently the two of you may see the world. |
| your teen and let them know that you | | | | Decorating your home? Need designer furniture |
| understand they're not a kid anymore and you | | | | that is as unique as it is stylish? Have a look at |
| want them to decorate their room in a style that | | | | the Beyond Furniture range and I am sure you will |
| she likes. Rather than try to direct the process, | | | | have a hard time choosing which piece of |
| let her be the guide. Your teen may know exactly | | | | furniture you like the most. |
| what she wants or it may take a few months of | | | | |