You mentioned room is working to an elementary age. By then, it could be you wanting an update or your child by 6-7 may want a new look. You could get another year, if letters can be incorporated into a fun, cool room.

Fun design!!! Thank you!

Can we see your space and BTW kids usually know the alphabet before they go to school and at about 4 they start having strong preference for color I usually paint the bedroom a nice neutral then use the color of the year (yes it will change yearly) for bedding ,accessories all of which can be changed easily . I like a huge cork board for the art they produce and again easy to change along the way. Sorry but the room above is IMO way too busy to be a bedroom kids still need to have a bedroom that does not over stimulate before sleep.I think the above look for a play room would be awesome.

haha! child def knows alphabet :) it's less for education at this juncture -- more about just liking the artwork. Agree on having a soothing palette for bedroom. Makes total sense. I can try to post pictures later.

My bedroom example doesn't have to be that stimulating, it was just to show that your alphabet art can be used for a few more years with slight updates. I believe that was your aim and perhaps seeing a picture of your art would help with more helpful advice, for style and color recommendations. Again, can’t see your child wanting past 6-7. A good time to update from a nursery is when you are removing a rocker, changing table, and adding a bed.

Age 5-6 or so is about right to change, earlier if the kid thinks it is babyish. To keep the artwork if you think the kid will want it in 30 years or so, pack it carefully in an archival box, then put it away.

Good for you that your alphabet is still working. I would agree the next change could wait until the child in question petitions a change. I would do my best to find a compromise that will carry for many years, and can be updated easily as the child grows.

No rule, follow your gut/ child's need. Don't shy from color in a child's room. It's dark when they sleep and their eyes are shut. They'll thank you for some interest and vibrancy in their life.

I don’t know much about decorating for ages, but I do remember my mother announcing that my younger sister and I would no longer be allowed to bathe together. It seemed arbitrary and capricious at the time and I was quite indignant, so her timing was apparently right.

Even by early elementary children will voice, if permitted, how they want their bedroom decorated. Paint the room a neutral color and buy plain furniture that will last through their ever changing decor. There choices will change yearly as their favorite cartoon character, superhero, princess, etc will fade into a new interest. Children want their rooms to be a reflection of themselves, to be theirs. They don't care if the room is worthy of some decorating magazines. Just don't go overboard. They don't need evey surface to reflect their new interest. A new quilt, wall clings or pictures in their current interest that aren't expensive and can be disposed of quilt free will suffice. Walmart/Amazon are good for kids current interests.

As far as the alphabet pictures pack them away or sell them. They hold only sentimental value to you and probably will not hold the same value to your grown children. If I knew then what I know now as a grandparent my attic would of been a whole lot cleaner and not piled with boxes of sentiment.

Well there was the client who decided it was about time to replace the teddy bear wallpaper in her 14 year old sons' bedroom........

If your childs name permits you could hang up initials of the art you like to spell out " JAMES' or "RUTH" but not "BRANDON' or "Emma'

yes! I had considered that. It could also be a vocabulary game of the number of different words you can spell without repeating letters :)