How to decorate a shared space?

Question

I share a room with my little sister she's 12 and i am 13 her fav color is pink and mine is blue but i like any cool relaxing colors as well right now our room is very juvinille it is blue and green with pink acents and white furniture we have a rly big desk 2 twin beds a rocking chair 2 nightstand's, 2 tall dressers and a cubicle (its a cube thing where u store stuff) i like rly cool colors and my sister likes loud colors like oranga and pink . i am at a loss at what to do i realy want an easy way that will make my room look older and will acomidate both of us my room i think is about 14ft wide . andis like a almost perfevt square can anyone please help thanks

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Answer 1

get some sort of room divider like a curtain or a wood divider or a divider with photos of family or friends this worked for me

Answer 2

Yes, room dividers or curtains are the best way to go.  Here are several pictures of room dividers:

http://www.orientalfurniture.com/orienta...

Answer 3

First both of you will have to go with whatever limits your parents put on the situation. It may help to work WITH them to fix the room, rather than calling them in only after there is a conflict. They may have some good ideas for you.

First you have to do an inventory of what has to stay in the room, what can change and what can go, or what is new. This is mostly a parent decision.

You could divide everything up and split the decision making processes. She decides on bed design and color and you decide on dressers. She decides on desks, and you decide on the bookshelves. She picks the rugs and you pick the curtains. She picks the lamps and you pick the hampers. Let mom pick a bedding style that has a lot of color choices, then you each pick whatever color for your own bed.  That sort of thing. This way each person has a say in about half of the things in the room, and about the same number of big and little things. Before you do anything check with your parents about ground rules and money you can spend, and remember that they might want to help you with decisions about QUALITY...you might find pretty sheets that are really cheap, where mom can help you find some that cost a little more but feel great when you slide into bed.

Another way to split things is to consider colors and style. If you pick the color scheme, then let your sis pick the style, or the other way around. Maybe she gets the pink she wants but you get to decide what shade of pink, or whether you go modern or traditional, or beach or disco, or whatever theme.

OR you can both decide on other colors and styles that you both like, and agree that both of you give up your FIRST choice that the other hates, in order to get your SECOND choice that the other can live with.  

If you can decide on a style together, maybe your hamper, lamp, sheets can be pink and yours blue but they are the same except for color. Then decide on other colors for the stuff you share like curtains on the window.

Remember that the more you can agree the better the room will look...so it really is best not to argue as much as you listen and try to respect what each other wants. I think with pink and blue, and some other colors thrown in you could come up with something that both of you like.

You also both need to remember to design your room for the future, so that you don't outgrow it too fast. Try to think about not only what you think is cool now but what you think will be cool in a few years.