The bedroom in the image is a dream. Even though I am in my thirties, I would kill for a bedroom like that. Some teenagers, more girls than boys, would too I suspect.
Teenagers are funny creatures, often complaining that no-one understands them. Well, they have good cause to do so because most of us don’t. When I was a teen, surely I couldn’t have been so grumpy and surly, could I? Perhaps music is to blame, after all, I can remember my mother and father passing comments on me as a teen and I’m sure their parents said the same about them. The main change throughout the generations is music. From rock and roll to glam rock; garage (whatever that may be) to indy (?), music develops and, since it affects emotions, is a likely culprit for the generation divide.
So you want to banish your teen to his or her bedroom voluntarily so that you can find peace in the rest of your home? Here’s how to tempt them.
Decor
Selecting the colour for the walls in the bedroom is easy; the darker the better, even black. The beauty of dark colours from your perspective is that it may only take one coat of paint to cover the wall. The dark shade will create a great background for the posters that will undoubtedly find their way onto the walls. There is nothing wrong with that though.
Furniture
Your teen would love their own sofa to eat and drink on, and there is a great solution for this. Buy slipcovered furniture so that the covers can be washed or changed whenever it is needed. Laminated chipboard furniture is available in black too so the sombre mood of the room can be maintained.
Technology
The teen in question will need to communicate with other teens of the species. Internet access is a privilege that can be used as leverage to get their chores done in a timely fashion. Good computers can be bought for under three hundred pounds these days, and they are adequate for surfing the internet and college work. Your teen may be obsessed with online games, however, so be prepared to fork out over five hundred pounds.
The cost of a new television seems to have dropped dramatically over the last couple of years so a decent sized one is more affordable, as you will be reminded.
A blu-ray DVD player can be found for less that fifty pounds and is an essential piece of equipment.
Give your teen a landline in the room so that, when their mobile credit has run out, they can triple your phone bill in just one week.
Ventilation
Adequate ventilation must be provided in the bedroom. It’s no joke. The teen has been known to go several weeks without taking a bath in the time before they discover the opposite sex. The atmosphere in the bedroom can quickly turn sour. Often, an opening window may be all that is required. Often, however, suitable extraction facilities will need to be installed.
So, once you have completed the above project, you will be able to separate the teen in your family for the couple of years that is needed for them to once again become human. The real secret is; give them what they want, when they want it. It’s as easy as that. Good luck.
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