Stumped on decorating the walls

Hi Snowcone.
I like Frank's suggestion of the large corkboard above the bed for pictures of friends and all sorts of keepsakes that you will accumulate from school activities. And hanging plants in front of your windows will add life to your room, not only in the pretty greens of the foliage and the color of the blooms, but they will help add a freshness to the air and make you feel better when you are in there.

Your room shows that you are a very neat young lady, every mother's dream. Stew Face 2

Do you plan on buying picture frames that all match or will you go for the more eclectic look using frames of different styles and colors? When you get the pictures in their frames, use the top of your bed to lay them out in a placement that you like, mixing the vertically and horizontally hung frames all together and staggering them so they do not line up. Basically put them on the bed and start playing with them, it will come to you. When you find the look you like then transfer them one at a time to the wall.

Do you want shelves for books? A low, long bookcase might fit under the window next to your bed if there is walking room on that side. Book shelves on the wall need to be attached to the wall studs, those you can't nail up just anywhere.

Shelves along the wall above doorways are good places to show off your favorite items where you can see them and keep them safe.

Don't try to have everything figured out before getting started on decorating your room. There will always be something else that catches your eye that can be added later or replace something that you already have. The fun is making the room reflect who you are and since your likes/dislikes will change as your get older, the room will change too.

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Hi Snow Cone, you have a really nice room and it has alot of great possibilities just waiting to pop out.

I agree with Frank and Toni on the cork board idea, to add more versitility they sell dry erase boards with small magnets that have words on them (love, boy, kiss, dog etc.) at Targets and Walmarts most places. These will keep your pictures notes and stuff hole free when you stick em up. Also the dry erase board comes with markers so you can write notes or messages "Snow Cone's Room" lol. And they come in alot of different colors mine was blue and would have matched your room.
The shelves are great too they make a few different kinds that would do alot for your room, They make corner shelves that only use a very small amount of room (like the window side of your bed in the corner) and go all the way to the ceiling, in case you want to have a place on both sides of the bed for stuff. The top shelves are great for storing things you don't often play with/look at but you still luv to much to get rid of (ex: fav teddy bear).
Another idea is shelves about a foot to 2 foot from the ceiling, this will make access harder but if you want to display pictures it'll also keep them from being knocked down.
Near your computer you might think of putting up cuppies (I don't know what they are called in stores mine was a utinsil rack. I got it twice as a wedding present and turned the extra into a catch all for my keys, sunglasses, pens mail and umbrella etc.) This can be done with thumb tacks to minimize holes I also reccomend thumb tacks for the wall hangers of small pictures as they don't make as big of holes as nails and no hammering or stud finding is required.
As far as the pictures go, I recomend you get different frames in similar shades of different colors like dark red green blue, or all different pastels or all different metal tones, you know? That way if you use other frames later you won't have to worry about not finding the same exact pattern. It's a good idea to avoid straight lines of pictures, try ascending or decending every other picture and leave a lot of space between them, this adds an artistic type of disorder and doesn't require too much work and it keeps peoples attention on the pictures not thinking that they are crooked/eneven. Here are some pictures of my walls in "my room" lol, my home office actually, but it's where I express myself most, I wasn't too concerned about it being pretty since I am usually the only one in here but when people do come in their eyes are immeadiatly drawn to my pictures, zero to conversation in 2 seconds flat lol. Hope this helps. Sorry the pics are blurry my husband's camera isn't the best and neither is my picture taking ability.
Lily

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