Ideas for a Rock Star Princess Room

Color Palette

• Princess rooms generally incorporate soft pastels, most notably in shades of pink and purple. Rock star rooms tend to go heavy on black and white, usually mixed with bolder colors like red. For a dynamic drama, combine the color schemes when decorating your rock star princess room. Paint cotton candy pink walls with lavender trim, and pair it with sleek black furnishings and black and white fabrics. Mix up the accent colors by using a fire-engine red with pink and lavender.

Texture

• The juxtaposition of sweet and dainty princess with bold and brash rock stars can further be pitted together in the choices of fabrics and textures in your room. For example, pair a smooth, black enamel lamp with a lacy, frilly pink and white lampshade. Mix satin bedding with a faux furry zebra print throw and fuzzy pink pillows. Lay pink-and-black checkered tiles on the floor and spread out a white shag rug.

Special Areas

• The aspiring rock star needs a place to shine. Give your child a stage. Pick a corner of the room to add a low, painted wood platform and hang curtains across to set the stage scene. Track lighting or floor lamps with adjustable goose neck lights can give your girl the spotlight she desires.

  Rock star or princess, she'll also need a place to fix herself up in style. Provide her with a luxurious vanity where she can brush her hair and do her nails.

Finishing Touches

• Sprinkle the room liberally with signs that a rock star princess lives there. Hang a rack with pegs or hooks on the wall and drape it with feathered and furry boas. Nail CDs or old vinyl records to the walls. Alternately, use cut-outs or vinyl decals of guitars, music notes or make a trail of stars across the wall. Put up a shelf for a collection of tiaras. If you have a jig saw, cut and paint a custom designed headboard in the shape of a castle and give her an ornate, thrown-like lounging chair fit for a princess for when she wants to sit back and relax.