how on earth do you decorate a boys room??!!

I'M CLUELESS!!!!!!!!

the previous owners had a baby girl. the room that is now my son's was painted baby-yellow (better than pink, i know).

his room is relatively small. right now nothing matches.

i would like to give him a cool space, but everything i see is either too "baby-ish" or too "grown-up"

my son is 12 and loves video games. he's recently discovered the love for reading those japanese adventure series (they're like comic books).

any help will be appreciated.

tia

Re: how on earth do you decorate a boys room??!!

what about colors like:

-red
-grey
-deep blue

Re: how on earth do you decorate a boys room??!!

Or a neutral color with a strip of red, and a couple of framed pictures of those comic books he likes- in black frames.

Re: how on earth do you decorate a boys room??!!

DS has a two-tone light and dark blue paint technique on the walls, so it looks nice for an infant, and will still look good for a teenager. We have removable wallpaper on the lower 3 feet of the room, and I can remove all of it in about 5 minutes when he's tired of it. We have temporary wall stickers from the Cars movie, again, they are really easy to remove. He has a few posters on the wall, which take a few minutes to change. I think posters will be the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to make it "his" room.

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Re: how on earth do you decorate a boys room??!!

What about doing three walls in one lighter color then an accent wall in a dark red, or blue, or gray and hang posters of his favorite games in frames. I have also seen rooms where three walls have paint and then one wall has a wall paper mural i.e. something like this:
(fantastic four) -


You could see if you can find one that is in something he really loves.

Re: how on earth do you decorate a boys room??!!

as always, this IS the place to be!!!

you guys have given me a few really good ideas!!

keep 'em comin'!

Re: how on earth do you decorate a boys room??!!

Sounds like your son is into Anime and Manga. If you google the names, you will find a ton of websites to give you ideas of what this is. You could decorate his room in the colors that they use and find posters to hang. Definitely, not a little boy's room, but, not too mature for a boy your son's age.