Can newborns and toddlers possibly remember how their parents decorated their rooms, once they have reached adult hood. While I do not think they did, I wish they had. Rooms originally decorated for a baby will make a lasting and memorable impression on a preteen if they are put in that room, I know from experience. Here is what my room looked like when I was twelve … and thirteen … and fourteen … and fifteen. We finally moved a few months before I turned sixteen. Then During the year following 1963.
If your parents were not willing to re-decorate your room it doesn't matter how much you beg, sulk, or though tantrums it will not happen, at least that was the way in my family. Baby Decorations

The room which I had lived in for about fourty-three months was decorated lovingly for a little baby boy who probably was born just right after world war 2 or around that time. The paint on the walls was a pale green similar to the color found in hospitals. Down one wall (probably where the baby’s crib had been I always thought in disgust), was a flaking wall-paper border depicting a faded locomotive motif. The train conductor’s cap had annoying French words on it that I knew by heart. They always popped up in my mind in French class, at school. I put the desk in this corner of the room because of the room layout. (about the size of an average baby crib, that was what my desk was). The wallpaper with the smiling conductor and brown train lasted far beyond my childhood into my young adult life. The uniform he wore was blue and striped and a red kerchief was tied around his throat. Do you imagine that the wee tike that the room was originally decorated for recalls it as vividly as I still do? Once again, I do not think so. Neat Baby Rooms

The frames on the two big windows in the room had a horrible orange-red paint on, which was clashed badly with the already sick green walls. However they managed to match the curtains. I will forever be grateful that those drapes were so worn out and faded that I didn't need to endure them for too long. Holding a stick I don’t know the name of that toy,they were made of a red cotton fabric with a print design of little boy figures all wearing blue sailor suits and knee-high white socks and running behind some kind of wheel. Both the train conductor and the boys were smiling and I hope it was enough to make the infant boy in his crib do the same or at least fall asleep quickly. They made ME want to slap them. Baby Decorating Ideas

Upon arriving at home in the afternoon, I discovered the curtains had been removed. My mother got rid of them. She replaced the curtains with new ones that hadn't been faded or torn. If I remember correctly, they were made of fabric that was striped green and white. I don’t remember them as clearly as the original baby room curtains.

At the time that I had kids of my own years ago, I never decorated their bedrooms. Once they were mature enough to decide on their room decorations, they couldn't agree since their room was shared. But I did listen to them. The six year wanted bright red walls (the colors of his favorite soccer club). Beside his bed was a very bright red wall. A wall full of NBA players and painted orange was at the top of the eleven year olds list. (Utah Jazz, I think). He received an orange-colored wall and poster pictures. The two remaining walls remained in their original color – white. Even though it was the ugliest I've ever seen, the boys loved their room and entertaining their buddies in it.