| Creating a stylish train bedroom theme that your child | | | | solid throw pillows at your local discount store and then |
| will adore is as simple as counting from one to seven | | | | accenting them with homemade designs. Simply visit |
| when you follow the easy ideas outlined in this article. | | | | your local fabric shop and purchase a yard or two of |
| 1. Use a train mural as a focal point. | | | | decorative train theme fabric. Cut out the trains and |
| Train wall murals can be found online and are easy to | | | | sew the accents onto your throw pillows. Place your |
| apply to smooth surface walls. One of the most | | | | pillows onto the bed to help balance your theme. |
| popular train mural designs for children would be the | | | | 5. Use posters as cost effective wall accents. |
| Thomas the Train Wall Mural in primary colors of red, | | | | A simple way to bring the theme to your room would |
| blue and yellow. | | | | be adding posters or signs to the walls around your |
| 2. Select a companion wall border. | | | | room and above the dresser. You can add your own |
| There are several Thomas the Tank Engine wall | | | | frames to match if you use posters. If you find train |
| borders that coordinate with the wall mural that was | | | | signs, you can add some of your own touches with |
| mentioned above. To help bring the theme to life, try | | | | paint to make them fit your son's train theme. |
| adding a train wall border around the perimeter of your | | | | 6. Make your own artwork. |
| room at the ceiling level. | | | | Try using some of the leftover decorative fabric that |
| 3. Use inexpensive wooden furniture. | | | | you have purchased and frame it with inexpensive |
| You can find inexpensive wood furniture pieces at | | | | frames that you have painted to match your train |
| garage sales, local discount furniture stores and thrift | | | | theme. |
| stores for next to nothing. Bring new life to these | | | | 7. Finish the room with decorative accessories. |
| pieces by giving them a coat of fresh paint and using | | | | This is the point where you can get very creative. Add |
| the primary colors as accents on the furniture knobs. | | | | pieces to the room from your son's childhood; add |
| Look for smaller pieces that can serve as a nightstand | | | | Lego trains, toy trains, engineer caps, conductor teddy |
| or dresser and armoire pieces. | | | | bears, train tracks, and train puzzles to complete your |
| 4. Purchase a solid blue or blue striped comforter. | | | | theme. Let your child help you by adding his favorite |
| A simple blue or blue striped comforter will set the | | | | train pieces to the room. |
| stage for your design theme. You can accent the | | | | Any of these seven ideas, or all of them, make it very |
| bedding with decorative throw pillows that include a | | | | easy and affordable to transform your child's bedroom |
| train theme. This is easy to do by finding throw pillows | | | | into a land of traveling adventure. |
| that already include a train design or by purchasing | | | | |