I need decorating ideas...

Question

I'm a teenage girl with a room that looks pretty boring... Which is totally not my style. I like cool, funky, retro stuff with neon lights and colors and... u get the point. But I have no clue how to make my room look like... MY room! My parents won't let me paint the walls or anything like that, so cheap decorating ideas would help a BUNCH and also, if u know of any websites that sell decorative cool stuff, those would help a lot too... Thanks so much!

Answer 1

here, try this website and then scroll all the way to the bottom where it says featured furniture

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/c_10153_12605...

hope you find some cool stuff!

Answer 2

If you can hang things on your wall to create an illusion that they have been painted, consider these techniques:  

buy cheap flat sheets (Walmart for about $3 each) to hang tightly.  If you can't find the exact color you want, use Ritt dye (from walmart or grocery store) to dye them.  Hanging on one wall will create a great accent wall.  

Paint poster board and cut into retro shapes of your choice and hang all over the wall.

Change your light bulb to a colored one(s) which will cast the color of the light onto your walls.

As for decor, I love the free stuff or next to free stuff you can find on craigslist.  Look at the free stuff with a creative eye and imagine what it might look like after a can of spray paint or a few creative improvements.  

My 16 yr. old son recently brought home a metal lamp that extends over a couch with 5 lights coming out of it.  He sanded the shiny brass  finish down and will next be painting it a metallic blue to match our retro, sculpted carpet in our basement.  It was found by him with a "for free" sign attatched while walking our dogs one evening.

Also, don't be afraid to advertise a retro wish list on craigslist.com either.  I'd make sure it is ok with my parents first and maybe get their input on how to word it so that no one could tell that you weren't an adult etc.

Answer 3

I have found this site and their stuff is just what you are looking for !

http://www.wakeupfrankie.com/collection+...

Answer 4

ok. I kinda like those looks too!

Here are some "funky" ideas:

-use a tie-dye border

- paint the room with colours that go with eachother bubbly or wavey or some cool design. (maybe blue and green? or red and purple?)

-get a lava-lamp (their cool, lol, I have one :)

-get a fiber-optic lamp (rly funky lookin)

-get a funky chair or something (bean-bag?)