I don’t know why we feel that we need a theme in our kids rooms, but for some reason we all gravitate to that idea. I think it helps us get a visual of how the room will come out and what colors we can work with, and just generally puts our mind at rest that we actually have a plan.There are lots of great themes for boys’ rooms that cover all age ranges.

The main thing that you will want to keep in mind is that your little one will be growing and will change faster than you realize and might even pop up one day with an opinion. So, you can either go full throttle in to a theme that is something you both will love at this point, or you try to figure out something that is a happy medium between a full throttle theme and what they may like 5 years from now. Keep in mind, many people enjoy redoing their children’s rooms so if you fall in to that category, then have fun and go all out for a great theme that will make him love to dream, entertain and sleep in his favorite room in the house.

At Pippin McGee, we really believe that children need their own room where they can retreat to when the need, can imagine and build dreams out of train tracks and books and find the perfect place to spend a little bit of time by themselves to think, or have a mess of friends over to play. That room is very important to them. Here are a few ideas.

Sailing the high seas. Great nautical colors that can include deep reds, great navy blues and you can always bring in a touch of cream and even a touch of green

1. use sailboats on the walls
2. an antique map of the world makes a great statement over their bed
3. rich, cherry finish furniture always looks good with a nautical theme
4. you can also pull in some color in the furniture if you desire by using Stanley Young America My Haven collection. Try the chili pepper red nightstand or chest for just an added touch of color that really brings out the theme.
5. Change the knobs on the furniture pieces by adding either a nautical style handle or adding a fun, sailboat pull.

Farm Animals for a young child is always fun and playful. How many times have we sat in a chair singing Old MacDonald had a farm. Children love animals and you can do some fun colors.

1. Peel and stick wall animals are great for this age and when they want to change to a different theme, you just unpeel them from the wall and they leave the room like they were never there
2. Stuffed animals add to the décor
3. White or Pine furniture works great with this theme
4. Cute and fun wall art of farm animals are typically easy to find and bring wonderful color to the walls

Jungle Theme can take on any direction you like. You can lean towards the giraffe and monkeys, or take on the entire jungle.

1. A wall mural of a tree or forest with either monkeys or giraffe’s eating leaves are fun
2. A 6 foot stuffed giraffe or elephant makes a great corner accessory and can be pulled out for play time
3. Wall painting options are unlimited with this theme, try green, mustard or tan with either black accents or dark brown like the trunk of a tree.

Stripes and Stars are always in style and are easy to work with. You can choose different colors to emphasize but generally the colors trend toward Navy, Cream or Taupe, Red.

1. Walls are easy and simple because you can use anything he likes.
2. Add in wall maps, or choose big tin stars in varying colors, or bring in trains or planes
3. Wall color can be a great taupe which will let the duvet or comforter stand out, and add extra patterns or colors in the drapes
4. Consider adding in a red computer desk in the corner mixed with his pine colored bed and dresser for just a splash of color.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles has always been a classic collection to work with and offers a variety of colors which are adaptable to all rooms

1. If he loves Thomas the trains, let the room revolve around Trains with art and maybe a special Thomas Train pillow.
2. A great train table against a wall with under drawer storage is great for keeping all of their trains and cars and tracks neatly stowed away.
3. Choose from Navy, Red and Greens, or add a mix of Black, Red and Taupe for a different touch and use more vintage style trains that any boy would love.

Sports has been a favorite of everyone for its ability to adapt to any age and any sport. Sports themed bedrooms offer great versatility and can easily transition from toddler to teen with minor changes.

1. Choose from Baseball, Basketball, Football or Soccer. There are wonderful hand painted canvases available that are reasonably priced and offer great colored frame options to add a bit of spunk to the walls.
2. Customize his wall art with his name with Renditions by Reesa art while you can also use this great art to help pull the colors of the room together.

A new option lately has become a huge wall picture that is blown up that can be of your child playing a sport or of their favorite athlete but can be hung on his wall as an entire wall display making his bedroom anything but ordinary. A fabulous new twist to this classic.