Boys Room Murals: You Don’t Need to Be an Artist for Great Results

Painted murals can turn a boy’s room into much more than a place to sleep. With imaginative use of paint it can become a fun place for a boy to express himself and his personality.

Depending on your budget and available time, there are various ways to give a boy’s room a mural makeover. You can use murals to create the illusion of another environment or you can add accents and fun touches that will give the room a completely different feel. Novelty paints are one way to achieve unusual effects that all children will love.

The Full Makeover

Paint and faux painting techniques can transform a room into a completely different world. Bear in mind that kid’s tastes and passions can be short-lived, so make certain that the theme has enduring interest, unless you want to end up painting over your careful handiwork in a few months time. Among popular themes for boy’s rooms are:

* The outdoors. That could be a room painted with Wild West landscapes and motifs or so that it resembles being in a tree house in the forest. For animal lovers, consider a jungle look replete with exotic creatures.

* Underwater worlds. You could turn the room into a ship or submarine cabin, with glimpses of ocean life through the portholes.

* Outdoor environments. With clever use of murals and faux painting techniques, you can turn a boy’s room into a tree house or a room from the Wild West. Jungle murals with bright birds and fabulous animals are fun for young animal lovers.

* Futuristic rooms. For the young sci-fi fan, a spaceship with a window giving views of the cosmos and planets could be a dream room.

Any surface in a room can be the raw material for a paint treatment. Don’t forget to consider what you can do with floors, ceilings and doors.

Themes for Boy’s Rooms

Whatever a boy is interested in will provide inspiration for a theme. You can find ideas everywhere. A favorite film could inspire a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ look or a room populated by much-loved cartoon characters. From baseball to pinball, sports and hobbies can be a springboard for ideas. A sport’s team’s colors and mascots can provide you with a basic color scheme.

Specialist Paints

For most mural paintings acrylic and latex paints are effective and easy to use. Novelty paints, of which there is a variety on the market, can add a fun finishing touch to a boy’s room. To cater to a boy’s creativity, a wall of green chalkboard paint will allow your son to express himself on the walls without getting into trouble!

You can provide a boy with endless hours of wonder with fluorescent paints that glow in the dark after lights out. As well as being ideal for creating starry skies on ceilings, fluorescent paints can be fun on walls and in murals. Invisible by day, they are available in a range of different colors. Importantly, today’s products are also non-toxic.

Painted murals offer all sorts of possibilities for decorating boy’s rooms, whether you want to add a few fun touches or create a whole new environment.

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