• Go bold with a colorful bedroom for your teen.girly bed image by Kelly Kane from Fotolia.com
  
  Recognize the needs of your teen with proper decoration of her bedroom. Teens are no longer children but not yet adults. The rooms in which they spend the most time should be a reflection of this transition. Consider classic, modern or retro designs in the planning phase of redecorating. Allow your teen the final say in all colors, designs and themes applied to his bedroom.
  
  

A Pink Room for Her

• While your teen daughter is growing up, she is still a girl inside. Trade in the little girl pastel pinks for bold shades of dark pinks or fuchsias. Paint the room doors to match. Choose her favorite contrasting color to paint the ceiling and a third color to trim the ceiling and floor. Match the carpet color to the ceiling or opt for checkerboard tile using all the selected colors. Match rugs to the walls or use patterned rugs in the selected colors. To keep the room feminine, choose large, medium and small fuzzy pillows in all colors to place around the room. Choose pillows in round, square and odd shapes. Find beanbag chairs or small traditional furniture in the third or trim color. Add stuffed animals in the three colors to set off the solid bedding.
  
  

A Sports Room For Him

• Create a Hall of Fame theme for a teen boy's room. Select his favorite sport as a starting place. Use outdoor green carpeting to imitate turf or grass for most sports. If you choose hockey or other ice and snow sports, use white glossy tile; and skating sports require bare concrete. Turn one wall into a written list of game or event statistics. Stencil the team names and dates of championships going as far back as possible. For example, if the teen is a football fan, list all the Super Bowl dates, the teams involved and the winner. Decorate another wall with jerseys from various teams. Begin with the teen's favorite players and add past and current player's jerseys to fill the wall. Fill a third wall with posters and pictures of players, live action shots and special moments in the sport's history. Complete the room with equipment pieces. For example, use balls, bats, gloves, batting helmets, batting gloves and actual triangular bases for a baseball fan.
  
  

A Metallic Room

• Use a metallic theme for your teen's bedroom. Use metallic-based items to fill the room. Find a bed frame constructed of metal tubing. Use flat metallic or silver paint on the walls and cover doors with sheet metal. Ensure that you buff smooth the edges of the metal. Select metal furniture with rounded edges and shapes. For example, a round metal desk and matching chair and a rounded metal pole lamp for a corner. Accentuate the metallic with white bedding and curtains. Use gray or black carpet and silver rugs. Metal accessories complete the look.