Furniture options for a teenage girl's room, features and selection rules
Making a room for a girl is a very difficult task. To choose a design, you need to take into account not only the desire of adults, but also the preferences of the little housewife, her age category, interest in creative work or sports life. Difficulties can cause furniture for a teenage girl, the choice of which must be approached with all responsibility. It should be not only beautiful and comfortable, but also safe.
Features and requirements
Teenage furniture is different from children's furniture. Teenage furniture for girls is more functional, spacious, stylish. Manufacturers take into account the anatomical features of adolescents and complete it with convenient auxiliary elements:
- The mechanism for adjusting the angle of inclination of the countertops;
- Shelves for additional literature or a monitor;
- Stationery pencil case;
- Holder for the backpack;
- Legs with height adjustment mechanism;
- Modular designs for books and things.
Furniture is made only from safe materials and is highly durable. To avoid injuries, shockproof edges are provided at the ends of the structures. A distinctive feature of furniture for a teenage girl is a modern look. The furniture is filled with a contrasting anti-slip edge, bright legs and thrusts, curly hooks and shelves ─ these stylish elements give the teenager a sense of comfort and also motivate him to study.
The main thing is that the teenage girl likes the selected furniture. Do not make out the room without consulting her future hostess!
Good furniture should be:
- Durable
- Resistant to mechanical stress;
- The appropriate age category of the girl;
- Convenient to operate;
- Easy to care;
- Not traumatic;
- Delivering joyful emotions.
Particular attention should be paid to the desktop, chair or office chair. To exclude the curvature of the spine, the furniture should correspond to the growth of the child. Often small rooms are reserved for children. There is not enough free space for teenage girls. Therefore, for a small room you need to use compact furniture. A large wardrobe and a bed will be superfluous in a small room and will restrict the movement of the child.
A set of furniture should be of a neutral shade, as in adolescence, color preferences can often change dramatically. What seems stylish today may annoy a girl tomorrow.
Varieties
What furniture should fill a girl’s room? This question has always interested parents of teenage girls. Photos of different products can be found in the catalogs of manufacturers - when choosing furniture, this greatly simplifies the task. Let us dwell on its main types.
Rectangular cabinet
This is the main item in the teenager’s room. On his shelves he stores bedclothes, clothes and other useful things. The cabinet must be safe, practical and easy to use. For the manufacture of products using natural wood, chipboard and MDF.
Closet
Wardrobe allows you to rationally use the geometry of the room. It takes up a minimum of space, but in a large internal volume of the cabinet all the necessary girlish things can be stored, both educational and personal. It is advisable to choose cabinets made of natural materials ─ birch, walnut and oak. But because of the high cost, they are not available to everyone. Therefore, MDF cabinets are a good option. They are durable and practical. Options with mirror inserts look interesting. Cabinets have a wide color gamut, they can be selected based on the general theme of the design of a girl's room.
Corner cabinet
Installing a corner cabinet allows you to maximize the space in the room of a teenage girl and make rational use of the corners of the room. It must combine important properties ─ environmental friendliness, functionality and safety. When buying a wardrobe, you definitely need to pay attention to the internal content, the operation of all mechanisms - they should be easy to open.
Bookcase
A bookcase is a keeper of various little things. Magazines, books and boxes for creative work may well coexist in it. Cabinets are presented in a variety of designs. They can be in the form of open shelves or with doors, behind which boxes and compartments are hidden. If a room needs a bookcase, for its intended purpose, then purchase it with open shelves. The best option is a model that consists of two parts: the lower part represents the bedside table, and the upper one - open shelves.
Sofa
Sofas for girls are represented by a variety of design and color schemes. Of no small importance in their design are transformation mechanisms, the frame, its filling and the strength of textile upholstery.
The only right option for a teenager is an orthopedic berth. Designs can be supplemented with drawers for storing bedding. For children, it is better to purchase sofas that have dolphin, click gag, accordion or book mechanisms installed. They are easy to fold out and are extremely durable from their counterparts.
In order not to burden the nervous system of a teenager, it is advisable to acquire sofas in calm tones. The best option would be a plain upholstery or an option with a calm, uncomplicated pattern.
A good option for a girl’s room is a sofa bed. At night, it turns into a comfortable sleeping place, and in the daytime ─ into a place to relax. Do not buy sofas with wooden armrests and sharp corners. Today, transformer sofas have become very popular. This is a multifunctional option that can be used as a desktop, a regular or a bunk bed. Still upholstered teenage furniture can include ottoman. This is a small-sized sofa with a convenient transformation mechanism and a comfortable berth.
Bed
The variety of beds for teens is huge. When choosing them, the question always arises of which one will stop. First of all, you need to pay attention to the quality of the mattress. To do this, you need to not only visually inspect the bed, but also try to lie down on it in the store or at least sit down.
Bed options:
- Convertible bed;
- Chair bed;
- Podium bed;
- Loft bed;
- Bunk bed.
Choose the one that fits the interior and the size of the room.
Chairs
Furniture manufacturers are constantly developing new designs for teenage chairs. When choosing an option in a room for a girl, you need to consider for what purposes it will be used, as well as whether it matches the age and height of the girl. If this is a student chair, then it is better to buy a transformer chair.
The design may consist of:
- Steel frame + solid seat made of chipboard;
- Metal frame + plastic seat;
- Metal frame with gas lift + soft fabric seat with plastic bottom.
They are much more expensive than their counterparts, but they justify their price. The advantages of such models:
- Suitable for girls of different heights;
- Quickly rebuild for any user;
- Have a strong mechanism;
- Easy to care for;
- They have a long service life.
Having bought such a chair, parents invest money not only in a comfortable component, but also in the health of their child.
Correspondence table for height and seat height.
Height 130 cm | Seat height 34 cm from floor level |
Height 165 | Seat height 42 cm from floor level |
Desktop
Tables are presented in different designs and styles. They are sold together with furniture sets and as separate items.
Consider the main types of tables:
- Adjustable ─ has the function of raising and lowering. Provides a comfortable fit during work, prevents back pain and curvature of the spine;
- Standard ─ has a rectangular shape and is the most popular among teenagers. It can be sold together with a computer stand and as a separate unit;
- L and T-shaped table ─ designs of this kind can be divided into two elements. Select one part for writing and reading, and the other for working on a computer. It is advisable to put the corner table by the window or turn it towards the door.
The table should contain boxes and compartments, including secret ones, for storing secret notes.
Soft puffs
Manufacturers make frame and frameless poufs. The latter may be in the form of a pear, pillow, ball or shapeless chair. Poufs fit perfectly into any room design and give great pleasure to the girls and her guests. The filler here is high-grade polystyrene.
Dressing table
If the size of the room allows, a table with a mirror is simply necessary for the room where the girl lives. In adolescence, girls often look in the mirror and try to apply makeup. The table should have drawers of small sizes for storing jewelry for hair, jewelry and all kinds of girlish little things.
The main types:
- Without additional curbstones and drawers;
- With integrated LED backlight;
- With a triple mirror (dressing table).
The material for the manufacture of tables is wood, MDF and chipboard. Products made from natural wood are expensive, strong and durable. In adolescence, girls show great interest in their appearance, so a high-quality table with a beautiful mirror and drawers will take its rightful place in her room.
Currently, designers have developed a wide range of diverse thematic hull structures. The style for a girl of 12 years old can correspond to a specific topic that the child will choose for himself.
The room may look:
- The real bedroom of the princess;
- Sports;
- Musical
- Have a Parisian, London, New York city style.
The thematic room should have one main element that will set the tone for the entire design of the teenage girl’s room. It can be: a bed with a luxurious canopy, a simulator, a musical instrument, a rocking chair in the center of the room.
From the whole variety of furniture designs, a set for a teenage girl should correspond to her inner world, passion and state of health.
The choice of material and colors
When choosing children's furniture, first of all, you need to focus on the basic requirements for reliability, appearance and functionality of products. Of the variety of requirements, special attention is paid to the materials and colors of which the elements are made. Let us consider in more detail the requirements for choosing a product.
The materials from which the structures are made must be environmentally friendly, without sharp corners, glass inserts and other elements. They can injure a child. Products from natural materials for a teenage room are treated with water-based varnishes.
Structures made of chipboard boards are popular in the modern market. When buying such products, you must definitely check the quality certificate. Particleboard contains formaldehyde resin, which can harm the health of a teenage girl. To avoid this, the end places must be carefully sealed with an edge. Plastic products are very diverse. Nice furniture is light, non-toxic and colorful.
A room is a personal space of every child and in it he spends enough time. To choose a color, you can use the recommendations of psychologists who advise you to pay attention to the temperament of the child. According to the psychological line, teenage girls are:
- Melancholy;
- Phlegmatic
- Sanguines;
- Choleric.
Each psychological type is characterized by color preferences. For example, melancholy people prefer calm, bright colors in furniture products. Phlegmatic people prefer bright shades ─ red or orange. Even if the furniture will be neutral tones, then one bright element must be present in the room. Ideal for sanguines are shades of purple. And choleric people prefer blue, green and blue.
Additional decoration
After equipping the teenager’s room for 15 years with furniture, the girl has a large field for creative work ─ decorating products:
- For decoration, you can use reusable stickers with a variety of patterns;
- If bookshelves, cabinets, tables have an unpresentable appearance, then they can be updated with an adhesive cloth or special paper with thematic drawings;
- The child himself can paint his furniture. To do this, use special acrylic paints;
- If a girl is engaged in creative work and knows how to sew, then additional decoration will be manifested in the creation of beautiful, textile covers on the armrests of a chair or sofa, as well as for the back or seat of a chair;
- A wardrobe or chest of drawers can be decorated with beautiful lace. To do this, make a pattern and use PVA glue;
- Front and side parts in the product can be decorated by decoupage or by applying drawings using a stencil.
Selection rules
When choosing teenage furniture for a girl, you need to adhere to four criteria: design, functionality, age and safety.
- Set or separate furniture designs. Products teenage rooms for girls must meet all age criteria. It is advisable to install a large wardrobe in the room, a comfortable sleeping place and a computer table, preferably with an angular configuration and with a large number of open shelves. In this period of life for the girl, you do not need to buy headsets, you will need him later.
- The choice of color of furniture. You can focus on pastel or neutral shades of furniture. And unpainted facade elements will bring maximum environmental friendliness and naturalness to the room. But for the room where the teenage girl lives, bright colors are needed that will cheer her up.
- Filling the room with furniture. A teenage girl considers her room a personal space. To make it comfortable, you need to determine the correct filling of the room.
At this age, you need:
- In a folding sofa or single bed with orthopedic mattress;
- Open shelves for books, CDs and various attributes;
- Ergonomic computer desk;
- Large wardrobe or dressing room.
The room for a teenage girl should be divided into zones ─ a study room, for creative work, relaxation and receiving friends. In the room for the girl you need to purchase a small sofa, a table and frameless furniture ─ a chair bag. Of all the variety of furniture, the choice must be stopped on modular designs that are easy to rearrange at the request of the child.
In the room for a teenage girl, the furniture is designed to talk about the features, creative abilities and hobbies of the hostess of the room. Adults need to carefully consider the preferences of their child and, if possible, fulfill his wishes. One teenage girl wants to have a dressing table with an ottoman, the second ─ a chest of drawers for personal belongings, and the third ─ a small coffee table. For small rooms use transformers. Such furniture saves space, but is not cheap.