Shared Room Themes for a Boy and Girl

Under the Sea

• An under the sea theme is gender neutral and a colorful decorating choice for a children’s bedroom design. Blue and green walls create an ocean background for vividly colored tropical fish. Include decorative ocean plant life, seashells and mysterious caves on the walls for the fish habitat. Add aquariums or fish bowls to the room for the children to care for in their bedroom. Continue the ocean theme with tropical blue bedding.

Jungle Bedroom

• Use natural earth tones to decorate a children’s bedroom with a jungle theme. Decorate the walls with jungle animals such as monkeys, tigers, zebras and elephants for a lively theme suitable for a boy and a girl. Wicker furnishings in a natural shade coordinate well with a children’s jungle theme bedroom. Devote an entire wall to a mural featuring a dense tropical jungle to add to the natural atmosphere in the room.

Animals

• Animals are an entertaining theme for a children’s unisex bedroom that can include images of cartoon or real creatures for the walls and bedding. Cats and dogs murals on the walls, doghouse beds and plenty of stuffed animals in the room create an animal loving bedroom for a boy and girl. Allow each child to select a favorite animal for the bedding.

Camelot

• The fairy tale bedroom can decorate a girl’s room with princesses and castles or a boy’s room with knights and swords. Combine elements of both to create a fairy tale bedroom that is suitable for both. Use paint to create the look of stone on the walls to design the appearance of interior castle walls. Hang a coat of armor and swords on the walls for a medieval look.