Wall murals are a very inexpensive way to decorate any room

The trend these days is to discover extremely innovative ways to decorate interiors on a budget. The tips provided below are just a few of the many ways one can inexpensively achieve a truly original look for a room. Wallpaper murals are a very inexpensive way to decorate any room.

The ideas and procedures I have outlined here can be applied using ordinary paint as well as water-based glow in the dark paint. The originality about this is that the mural which is visible by day will turn into a glow-in the dark mural at night.

You could paint certain portions of the mural with ordinary wall paint and paint other parts with glow in the dark paint that is invisible by day. Then, your wall murals will look normal in the day but when the lights are turned off, the glow in the dark portions will light up and you will have a really 'cool' Glow Mural!

Lets say your walls have a couple of mermaids or fairies (for girls' rooms) or UFOs and star ships, Pokemons etc (for boys). You can paint over these shapes with a layer of clear glow paint. After painting, make sure you charge the glow paint with a good strong light source, like a Compact Fluorescent Lamp bulb or even a Black light (tube not bulb, please!); then turn off the lights and darken the room and voila...! You have fairies, mermaids, UFOs, starships etc that Glow in the Dark!

To make the clear glow paint, you have to mix together, one part of glow powder with 3 parts of clear nail polish. If you are using any other clear paint like varnish etc, make sure it is safe to use in kids rooms.

Now here are some more design ideas for kids' bedrooms and playrooms. Remember, all these ideas can be applied to ordinary paint as well as glow in the dark paint. Always be careful with paint materials when around children. Make sure an adult is always supervising these projects if kids are doing them.