Tips for Decorating a Shared Kids’ Room With Vintage Flair

Start with a loose theme that can be conveyed with vintage and second-hand pieces. It’s helpful to see what you already have to work with and which of those items your child/children are drawn to. In this case, the theme is collegiate sports, which speaks to both family history and the boys’ current interests.

Kids' rooms are always in need of a little more storage for tucking away toys and treasures. Instead of purchasing a table-style nightstand without any storage, use a small cabinet or chest of drawers. These pieces can typically be picked up at yard sales and flea markets for $50 or less.

Decorating a kid’s room can be a delicate give-and-take between the parent’s will and the child’s. Kids won’t love their latest character infatuation for very long, and parents wants to steer their kid toward choices with more longevity. Stuffed animals and decorative toys are a great place to let the kids get involved to showcase their current loves with items that are easily swapped out as their interests shift.

Old baseballs, retired from use, can be put in a basket or glass jar and used as decor instead of being thrown away. What else can be recycled as decor? Favorite T-shirts that have been outgrown, wooden toys that are no longer played with, dance shoes that are too small, etc.