Children's rooms represent a fun challenge for décor. You typically get to use a lot more color and whimsy when you decorate their rooms than you would for your own or for a guest's room. At the heart of the décor is the bedding set.

You have many choices in premade bedding kits. However, custom bedding sets afford you the chance to customize the bedding to your children's preferences. Below are some tips to help you make decisions about custom bedding.

Look Into Popular Children's Themes

One place to start is with themes that are popular with children, especially if you plan to redecorate a whole room. What are your children into? Many young kids love princesses, ballerinas, and unicorns. Others favor sports and adventure themes. Space, nature, and camping themes are fun ways to integrate your child's interests into their décor.

You could start with a general theme and choose comforters and pillows that adhere to the theme. One option is to choose fabric with pictures, such as horses for a horse-loving kid. Conversely, you can choose fabric that will work in the wider theme, such as zebra or tiger stripes for a jungle theme.

Focus on Their Favorite Colors

Children's interests change rapidly. If you're not sure how long they'll love that campground inspired bedding, consider going more neutral. People often have favorite colors that start in childhood. So, you could focus on bedding in your children's favored hues.

Look into patterns for this idea. For instance, choose a blue check for the comforter and blue stripes or chevrons for the pillow covers. In this way, you can avoid a monochromatic effect. What's more, patterns hide stains better, which might be a factor for a child's room.

Make Sure Fabrics Are Durable

Anything that goes into children's rooms needs to be durable. Kids' bedrooms are their havens, places that usually provide their prime playing location. You may tell your children not to jump on the bed, but it's bound to happen at some point.

So, as you're looking at fabrics, make sure you're looking at durable examples. Muslin and linen may seem like good choices for some themes, but they might not stand up to your kids' play time. You're better of focusing on fabrics that are strong and easy to wash, such as cotton.

Involve Your Children in the Process

The key to choosing bedding your children will love is to involve them in the project. Depending on their ages, they can be involved at various levels in every step of the process. You might show them pictures of decorated bedrooms that focus on the bed and ask which they like.

If feasible, take them to the custom bedding store. In that way, they can also help choose the fabrics and style. A benefit here is they can touch the fabrics and, therefore, choose ones they will find comfortable. This benefit is another reason to consider custom bedding.

Choose Comfortable Fabrics

In that vein, remember that children spend a lot of their lives sleeping. So they'll be in that bed for many hours at a time. Look for fabrics that will feel comfortable to them. For instance, whether you're ordering custom sheets or not, let your children feel examples of the target fabric on their faces. Consider percale weave, which features a high thread count and soft surface.

This advice applies to the comforter and throw pillows, too. Children sleep in all manner of ways, and they may well want to plop on top of the bed for a nap. So, even though a focus is durability, softness should be a quality in the fabric, too. To that end, some children like micro fleece while others don't enjoy the feel of the fabric. Combed cotton is a good fabric that's both durable and soft.

Make over your children's room with new custom bedding. Consult with the bedding experts at Genie's Drapery Service for more advice.