How to Decorate a Teen Girl's Room With Wooden Letters

Cover a large wall space with a meaningful and inspirational poem about inner beauty. Use 5- or 6-inch letters to spell it out, paint them black and display on the wall using peel and stick hook and loop tape.

Spell out a girl’s name or a positive affirmation with painted, wood letters and apply to the upper portion of a mirror. Paint the letters a bright and cheerful color or pattern and attach with hook and loop tape.

Create an interesting border around a wall mirror or doorframe with wood letters. Paint the letters a color that contrasts with the wall paint, then spell out words that describe all the wonderful characteristics the teen girl embodies. Space the words out evenly around the perimeter using 4-inch wood letters.

Select the teen girl’s initials in an extra large wood letters and paint in a whimsical way. Pastel colors topped with polka dots, curly-Qs and doodle-like waves make the wood letter look festive and cheery. Hang over the teen girl’s headboard or on her bedroom door.

Hot glue small wood letters onto drawer pulls. Spell out a word or use the teen’s initials to customize. For example, a five-drawer dresser will neatly hold the letters for the name "Diane."

Spray paint wood letters with a metallic paint color and spell out a name or a significant word like "Smile," or "Love." Make a ribbon-hanger for each letter by cutting a length of ribbon 6 inches long and hot-gluing both ends to the letter to form a loop. Hang each letter by it's ribbon to display the word.

Apply photographs of your teen’s friends to large wood letters using a decoupage technique. Select wood letters that spell out “friends” and then apply a photographic collage of the teen’s friends onto the letters. Hang around a bulletin board or over a desk.

Spell out an inspiring word in wooden letters of different sizes and font styles. Words like "Dream," "Reach for the Stars," or "Friendship," are some words to consider. Paint each letter a different coordinating color and hang over the headboard.