Many parents often worry about the scrapes their kids can get into. Usually this worry revolves around what goes on outside the home, but in some cases, the worry is caused by being in the home itself.

Your child may be bruised and bumped from running into things, door edges, low shelves and stairs, you’re definitely going to worry about how careful they can be. But if you’re a parent who has cause to worry about these things, we’ve got some good news for you: you can prepare and decorate your home with your child’s safety in mind. Here are some easy ways to get started. 

Place Wall Decor Higher Than You Usually Would

You don’t have to place it all the way up the wall where no one can see it, but think about placing it around two to three inches higher than you usually would. This can help to ensure your kids can’t pull things down, even when they’re standing on the sofa or a stool to reach them. 

After all, even when a shelf is just a couple of inches higher, it’ll be totally out of reach. And if you maintain this same height boundary throughout the whole property, it won’t look out of place in any one of your rooms. 

Reinforce the Staircase

This is where you can think about your staircase railing and how safe it is when kids run up and down the stairs. Even when you tell the kids to take their time, they’re likely to still rush around and be unsafe on the stairs. But adding a stairgate, and replacing the railing will minimise accidents here. 

Indeed, using a material like laminated glass will not only give your staircase a more sheen and stylish look, but the material is a lot more resistant to being bumped into, slid down, and being scraped by all kinds of toys that could get knocked against it. All of these things are quite likely to happen when there are kids in the house.

Keep the Floor Clear

There’s a reason only museums and art galleries have big, breakable vases in the middle of rooms… If you tried to do the same thing in your own house, it wouldn’t take five minutes for something to get knocked over, smashed, and stepped on. 

Keep this in mind when you’re trying to come up with a suitable, child friendly layout for your rooms. You don’t want them running into things and getting hurt, or when your children are roughhousing together, for someone to get knocked into something sharp and start crying. 

And yes, even the edge of the coffee table counts here! The same goes for any shelving units and side tables too! 

Decorating your home with your kids’ safety in mind is totally possible. You just need to have a little forethought over what your kids are likely to get up to and how you can decorate around that. 

This is a collaborative post.