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Old 07-12-2008, 09:19 AM #1
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Okay here is the challenge.

I want to re-do dd's (8 yr's old) room.

It NEEDS to be calming and not busy due to the fact that she has a non-verbal learning disability and she becomes overwhelmed with too much STUFF.

It's cotton candy pink, and has a disney princess them.

I was thinking butterflies... any ideas!
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Butterflies and laybugs. What's more soothing than that??

Here's a great idea. Get some patterns, or photos of what you would think you would want to put on her walls.

Take the samples and sit her down and carefully put the in front of her. Watch her eyes respond. If she leans towards one of these samples, THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU SHOULD PUT ON HER WALLS.

Butterflies are wonderful. So is anything lavender. No stripes, bullseyes, big stuff, bold colors. (You know this already, right).

She'll let you know what she feels is good for her.

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How about a pale green. Green is thought to be a calming color as well as improve reading skills and relieve stress.

Instead of painting the butterflies on the walls, maybe hang pictures of butterflies. This way if the busyness of the butterflies is too much for her, you can just take the picture down. Watercolors are soft and soothing so maybe finding a watercolor of butterflies would help.
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butterflies for sure

you could also make some assorted butterflies from felt (maybe decorate them with squeeze on fabric paint-some plain, some with a touch of glitter) and attach with staple gun to those cork notice boards (you can paint the frame to your color choice) and hang on those pale green or pale blue or lavender soothing walls. I used to make a lot of felt decorations for my boys rooms when they were younger. I also loved Frank's felt critter garbage can idea on the repurposing thread.
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ps I meant to add too that one can make great themed ceiling decorations using decorated felt cutouts...eg butterflies and put hook in ceiling and hang the butterflies from a peg carousel like this


I removed the pegs on mine and strung the decorations in the loops.
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Wow,


So many great ideas!


I can't make up my mind as far as color.. i'm thinking pale yellow..lavender.. or pale green.

I've been looking for instructions on how to make nylon butterflies that i can put on the walls or hang from the ceiling... no luck!


Keep the ideas coming!
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I think we were posting the same time....

the ideas I put above for the notice board pics and ceiling ones can be done with any fabric too...felt just is easy to cut and decorate/finish
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Wow,


So many great ideas!


I can't make up my mind as far as color.. i'm thinking pale yellow..lavender.. or pale green.

I've been looking for instructions on how to make nylon butterflies that i can put on the walls or hang from the ceiling... no luck!


Keep the ideas coming!
Do you mean the kind that the shape is made out of wire and is covered with nylon? Kind of like the fairy wings that you see a Halloween time? If so, get a large piece of paper and make a template. Then shape wire according to the template. As for the nylon either buy tights/pantyhose in the colors you want or buy plain cheap pantyhose and spray paint them in the colors that you want. Then slip the nylons over the shaped "wings". For the center buy some coordinating fabric to make the body and attach the wings to the underside of the body.

Lavender is a great color but. . . I have a friend who did her DDs room lavender. At 1st her DD loved it but then found that the color was making her feel sad and depressed. Also her DS has Asperger's and would get agitated if he spent too much time in the room. I am not sure if the agitation was caused by the color or by his sister. lol Anyhow, they just repainted her room a couple of weekends ago. The shade of lavender could have been the issue. A deeper purple could do that while a softer more pale lavender would be fine.

Yellow is a bright cheery color. It brings warmth and happiness in to the space but can be stimulating as well.

Another suggestion, if you are going to use soft/pastel type colors, buy some top sheets in a couple of colors that she likes. Then tack them on the wall (at separate times, not all at once) and see how she reacts over time to each of the colors. By doing this, you will be able to see how she is around each color. The color that is most soothing to her and creates calmness within her is the color I would paint the room. The bonus, she will have coordinating top sheets once the room is painted.
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He's my DD's room. We did flowers and butterflies.
The flowers are the "wall stickers" I got from Target. The sheets are the new organic sheets from Target.com



*her walls are a prettier pink than the pic shows.
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That is sooo pretty!



I am thinking of the pastel shades.
That is a great idea about the sheets, i'll try that.

She needs new bedding anyway
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