We have been in our home for almost a year now. We painted both the boy's rooms in a light blue and put up posters. We are now ready to think about themes. The 7yr old thinks he wants to decorate his room with maps. I think it is a clever idea.
His room in our last house was really cool. One wall had a space wallpaper on it and the rest of the room had dinosaurs. The bottom paper had dinosaur skeletons in sand and there was a border of dinosaurs in the jungle. We did it that way because he was little and couldn't make up his mind between dinosaurs and space. We figured if we picked one, he would freak and decide he really wanted the other so we did both.
This time around he is old enough to make a choice. He feels too old to do any kind of character theme which I agree he would change his mind about in a couple of months. He isn't into sports. He loves geography and it is educational. His dad always loved geography and it is still an interest of his so it is a theme that is likely to stay for the duration.
I am thinking of doing one wall as a mural or repeating graph wallpaper. I will then try to find a coordinating border for the rest of the room. I thought I could frame some maps and hang them also.
Does anyone else have any ideas or experience with such a theme? I would love to hear any input.