Experts guide the renovation of children's room to create a healthy home for children

Renovating Children's Room to Build a Healthy Home for Children

According to statistics, 1.6 million babies will be born nationwide in 2007. I believe that every family, as long as the conditions are met, will pay great attention to creating a free space for your baby. The Beijing Decoration Association once tested indoor air in 398 children's rooms. 95.3% of children's rooms had excessive formaldehyde levels in indoor air, and 24.8% of children had room benzene exceeding the standard. So, how do you choose environmentally friendly building materials and let children grow up healthily? The China Paint Industry Association, the China Indoor Environment Committee, the Capital Institute of Pediatrics and other institutions provide some suggestions and hope to give parents guidance when decorating children's rooms. Careful use of brightly colored paint Many parents prefer to use some brightly colored paints in order to pursue a lively effect in the renovation of children's rooms. People from the China Coatings Industry Association told reporters that due to the relatively high content of heavy metal elements in bright paints and coatings, these substances are easily exposed to children and cause lead and mercury poisoning. The China Indoor Environment Committee reminded parents that developed countries in the world generally have water-based paints for children without heavy metals, but this has not yet been established in China. In the home of surprise (decoration company is not willing to use. For different ages selected wallpapers According to researchers from the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, decoration of children's room walls, in addition to safety, environmental protection and other details, should be based on the characteristics of children of different ages Sexual decoration, using professional children's wallpaper is a good choice, many well-known wallpaper manufacturers have invested in this regard, such as the iconic wallpaper of the playful series and Gelini series is developed for children's special wallpaper.0~3 Year-old is the key period of baby's visual development, baby will be more and more interested in the shape of the complex, colorful, visual depth of the graphics, at this stage should use different colors and patterns to stimulate the baby's visual nerve, promote brain development. The surface decoration should be a large pattern or printed wallpaper material, the color should be bright, but should pay attention to not too complicated, so as not to make the baby produce restless mood.3 ~ 6 years of age is the period of rapid development of the child's brain, At this stage children have a strong cognitive and learning ability in order to satisfy their curiosity The wall decoration can use blue sky, white clouds, green grass and other patterns, or the shape of small animals, you can also use Pinyin, Chinese characters, etc., to develop the baby's learning ability. In addition, the height of children in this age group, the lower the line of sight, adults The waistline of the wall is generally 70~80cm, but the waistline of the children's room wall should be reduced to 40~50cm, in order to avoid making the child feel the space is too high.6~12 years old is the child's self-consciousness and privacy consciousness growing up. The important stage is also an important period of gender differentiation, in which a separate room must be set up for children to cultivate their independence and strengthen their self-awareness. The wall decoration for children's rooms should be differentiated for boys and girls. Natural pine furniture There is a limited number of baby furniture and decorative items that are highly recommended for children aged 0-3 years old, and there are rich varieties of furniture for children over the age of 3. Children's furniture that is better at the moment is made of soft wood, such as pine wood, and special techniques are used. Pine trees are dried with oil from pine knots and painted with water-soluble paint to ensure furniture is free from pollution. For the choice, the best choice is to use furniture made of metal nails instead of adhesives, because ordinary plastics and paints may contain harmful substances and cause harm to children. According to Zhang Xueping, all the furniture used Raw materials are all certified by Europe's most rigorous E1 environmental protection standards. Furniture with sharp corners and handles should be carefully purchased The child's self-protection awareness is weak, so parents need to strengthen their awareness in this regard, on the one hand, can purchase furniture For furniture and interior products, choose furniture with round corners, and on the other hand, you can purchase a special “corner bumper,” which is attached to the corner of the furniture. The child is curious but also dances and even punches his hands in the mirror. When you kick, the mirror may become the child's deadly killer, don't worry about the child's fall, spread the carpet, because the pure wool carpet is prone to parasites such as mites, and the chemical fiber carpet can cause allergic reactions to some children. One of the important things to consider in room safety is to ensure that children’s fingers cannot be inserted. It is best to use a socket cover Socket.