How to Choose the Best Teen Bedroom Sets

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A teen girl’s bedroom furniture and accessories are what make the difference between a run of the mill uninspired space and a funky, interesting and fun place to entertain and impress her friends. There are many fashionable designs out there and rather than make your bedroom makeover easier; the large selection might actually make your job more complicated. For instance, your tween might adore the Swedish modern dresser and then fall in love with a feminine canopy bed complete with carved cupids or angels flying across the headboard.

Before you set a date to take your daughter shopping for her stylish bedroom furniture, it would be advisable to pick up some teen magazines and see how her favorite teen celebrity’s bedroom is decorated. Maybe you can get some decorating ideas from the photographs regarding themes and color schemes.

BEDS FOR TEENS

The bed may be where you start this adventure into finding the perfect furniture for your teen girl. What you will be looking at is whether the funky headboard or the wild bedding set that's the standout and you should point this out to your child. When she screams and shouts that a particular bed is cute and to die for, you should ask exactly which part of the bed is tickling her fancy. Has the actual headboard and footboard caught her eye or is the bedding set?

SIZE


Take an inventory of the actual square footage and size of your teen girl’s bedroom. If you are decorating a small twelve by twelve bedroom with standard eight foot ceilings, that gorgeous set of bedroom furniture with a king size bed, an armoire, double dresser and two matching night stands that looked fantastic in the store may be disappointing once you get it home. Wall to wall bedroom furniture is only going to make your child’s room look tiny and cramped.
A better option would be a twin or double bed with one night stand and a tall chest of drawers to free up some floor space and give the visual impression that the room is bigger than it is.


STORAGE

Teenage girls love stuff. Stuffed animals, pompoms and photographs will clutter her bedroom to no end if not controlled. The top of the bureau may not have enough room to house all of her friends framed photographs and the teddy bears and bunny rabbits left over from her childhood, so while you’re shopping for your teenage girl’s bedroom furniture pick out some wall shelves that match to catch the overflow.

If lack of floor space isn’t an issue, you might want to add a table and chairs for a conversation area or a desk with a lamp so that your kitchen table will stay free of books and the contents of her backpack.

THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MOTHER AND HER TEENAGE GIRLS

Keep your daughter in the loop. Bounce your favorite teen bedroom decorating ideas off each other and be open to what’s popular with the kids even if it sets your teeth on edge.

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New colors for the Tuono

Aprilia has updated their website and to my surprise the tuono has 2 colors never seen before! They are silver and orange. The white was already seen at the EICMA. Aprilia is going the right way I think, no more busy checkerboard graphics and big lions. This looks much more sophisticated.

Podium for the new Aprilia MXV 450

Aprilia released the new 2009 model of the Aprilia MXV450 at 5th race of the Italian Motocross championship.

The new MXV is very different from the old one. Here are some of the changes:

- New design plastics
- New exhaust system (2kg's lighter)
- 4kg's less weight overall (excluding the exhaust)
- More rigid and lighter frame
- Better weight centralization
- Tank under the seat more to the center of the bike
- Smaller radiators

At the 5th race of the Italian championship the Aprilia riders did very well. Chico Chiodi has moved to TM and is no longer in the Aprilia Off-Road team. Cedric Melotte is still in the team next to Fabien Iziord.

Melotte did very well in the first heat finishing 2nd behind world champion Cairoli! Melotte failed to finish the 2nd heat because of a crash and damage to his front brake. Iziord finished 11th in both of the heats.

MAKE YOUR TEEN GIRLS BEDROOM WALL POP!

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I was about to come to the conclusion that if I wanted to decorate the walls in big, bold dots I would have to paint the polka dots on the walls myself. There are pros and cons with this process. The upside would be that you could paint the dots to fit the size of the room which is good in small bedrooms. You could use bright, funky colors but scale them down so they wouldn't overpower the space. The downside is that if you are renting an apartment or implementing your decorating ideas for a girl's dorm room painting is pretty permanent.

The answer to this decorating problem would be to use wall stickers! Reusable and temporary wall decorations have their place in this commitment phobic, mobile world that we live in and I'm crazy for them! Decorate the bedroom walls and if your teen decides she wants to give the furniture arrangment a makeover, so what? Simply peel and stick your decals where they will look the best!

Aprilia of the week

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It has been a couple of weeks again. But there just are not enough submissions! Send in your own Aprilia and become world famous! Send in your bike here. This weeks Aprilia of the Week is from Vlado from Bulgaria.

• Please introduce yourself first. Who are you and where are you from?

My name is Vlado Nikolov. I live in Bulgaria, in the city of Varna.

• Which Aprilia model do you own?

I own an RSVR Factory 2005

• Did you add any mods to your bike?

I have had a lot of mods done but sorry there secret.

• Why did you buy an Aprilia and what do you like so much about it?

Yes. I did. Some of them: Fully repainted to this state, Leo Vince Gen2 High mounts, EVO Air box mod + filter, Map2, Rizoma grips and bar ends, CRG levers, Zero Gravity Light smoke windscreen, Flapper disabled, Clear taillight and more.. and I will be putting more and more on this beauty!

• Why did you buy an Aprilia and what do you like so much about it?
  

My previous bike was an aprilia RSV Mille 2002, and I just fell in love and I had to buy the next model. I like the vibrations, the brutalism of the sound, the way it take the curves...

• And what don’t you like about your bike?

It could be lighter.

• If you could ask Aprilia to design a new model what would it be?
  

The new V4, they are making it already.. I can't wait to see it.

• And finally do you have any motorcycling tips for the readers of Aprilia News?
  

Yes. Just ride carefully. Thats it.

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results Grand Prix of Qatar

250cc


The 2008 season officially started also for the 250cc class with the GP of Qatar. Despite the first three riders of the previous season having left this class, the 250 bikes proved to be extremely fast, with riders performing amazing overtakings. Mattia Pasini wins on his RSA of the Polaris World team, over Hector Barbera, on his RSA of the Toth team and Mika Kallio, on his KTM.

Alex Debon is fourth. He performed a good race and fought for the podium till the last corner. Bautista is sixth, followed by Abraham on his LE of the AB Cardion team, who proved to be steadily improving since last year. Espargaro is ninth followed by his country yellow man Faubel, while Luthi finishes in the fifteenth position, after having faced a ride-through penalty. To mention Baldolini’s and Toth’s withdrawals and Laverty’s, Hernandez’s and Pesek’s falls.

125cc

The 125cc race proved to be exciting as ever, always uncertain till the last lap. Sergio Gadea wins on his RSA of the Bancaja Aspar, beating Olive, on his Derbi and Stefan Bradl, also on a RSA of the Grizzly Gas team.

The race was extremely fast and hard-fought. Smith started well from the pole, followed by Talmasci and Di Meglio. Eight riders managed to gain some lead over the others in the second lap. But Smith lost ground at the end of the lap, because of a technical problem, and ended up in the sixteenth position. Talmacsi started to impose his pace, with Gadea, Olive, De Rosa, Di Meglio, Webb and Redding following his slipstreaming. This led to a series of duels between riders overtaking one another and alternatively taking the lead. Talmacsi was forced to slow down three laps to the finishing line, because of an engine problem, and ended up in the twelfth position. Gadea managed to take the lead and gain ground over his pursuers. His task was made easier by De Rosa who, in his attempt to get the second place, hit Olive and caused him a fall. The group was then dissolved and the Valencian rider got first to the finishing line for the second time in his career. He gained this victory despite suffering from a luxation to his shoulder, after falling during the winter tests. Olive conquered the second step of the podium 0”932 behind him, while Bradl got the third position, after having overtaken Di Meglio and Redding in the final stretch.

Chocolate Brown and Aqua Blue Comforter Sets, Window Valances and Bedding Accessories

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Chocolate and aqua window treatments and bedding sets would have been out of the question earlier in your teenage girl's years. While the modern decorating and color scheme rules have been relaxed by miles, dark browns and shades of blue in the not so distant past were classic ways to decorate a boy's bedroom (read: territory).

The door has opened for the sophisticated teen girl to enjoy this cute color combination. The only question is whether she would prefer her chocolate brown and aqua teenage bed in a bag comforter sets and decorative bedding accessories to have a fabric design of circles, squares or forego the geometric patterns completely in favor of solid colors or crisp, even stripes.

Overweight the bedroom design with cool shades of aqua or deep, dark brown colors depending on the natural lighting of the girl's bedroom. For instance, if there is a northern exposure, valances would be my choice of window treatment over full length curtains or draperies to make the most use of sunlight. Another decorating tip for a poorly lit room would be to use light colored (flokati or funky shag?) area rugs or floor coverings rather than dark rugs that would soak up all the light.

Return to Tween and Teenage Bedding and Bedroom Designs for Girls to see many more unique teen bedroom styles and examples of modern decor.

Aprilia Experience 2008 at Spa Franchorchamps

On the 19th of may Aprilia is organising the Aprilia Experience for the 2nd time. Last years Aprilia Experience at the Spa franchorchamps circuit was a great success. This year you will be able to ride your own Aprilia on Spa franchorchamps circuit, do a demo ride on one of the new Aprilia models, watch spectacular demos and enjoy all the bikes your fellow Aprilia riders will bring to the circuit.

Circuit riding

Driving on the Spa track is the central goal of the Aprilia Experience at the 19th of may. But track riding is for Aprilia's only. Offcourse riders have several different kinds of experience in track riding so the riders will be divided in 3 groups. No experience, experienced and expert. Last year hundreds of Aprilia riders drove their bikes on the track and it was a huge success. The great popularity of this experience means that everybody that wants to drive their Aprilia at the track needs to sign in fast at www.bikersdays.com. The costs of a whole day of free riding on the track is €160.

Bikers School

The special Bikers school developed for Aprilia is also present again. This exclusive driving training offers Aprilia-riders to develop their riding - and cornering techniques on the world famous track of Spa Franchorchamps. The costs for this limited file training of Aprilia are €255 for the whole day including a lunch. If you are interested sign in fast because places are limited and they will sell out fast.

Special demo's

At an event like the Aprilia Experience the real Aprilia 'addicts' need to see something new. And there will be! Aprilia Importer Moto Tricolore B.V. will do everything to present spectacular new releases on this special day. Next to a number of new Aprilia models they will present the new 2008 Aprilia clothing line. Also the WK 125 cc De Graaf/Exact Aprilia Racing Team and the new Supermoto-driver Peter van der Berk, member of the Aprilia Benelux Team will provide some spectacular demos with his ‘Thierry van den Bosch SXV 4.5’ limited edition.

Demo riding

Like last year a lot of Aprilia riders from the Benelux will go the the Spa Franchorchamps track at the 19th of may. For a couple of laps around the track or to check out the new models and spectacular demo's. But also riders who don't own an Aprilia are more than welcome! Those riders will be able to drive all the new bikes like the Aprilia’s RXV en SXV enduro- en supermotard bikes to the agile Shiver 750, de supersporty Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory and the just released Aprilia 850 Mana.

For those riders that want to ride those demo bikes the Aprilia Experience has a free entrance and no signing in up front is necessary.

Official Lotus Aprilia revealed

No more red fortuna colors for the official Aprilia 250cc team. The 2008 RSA 250 is black and sponsored by Lotus Watches. Alex Debon (former factory test driver) will be riding the 2008 machine which was developed by himself in the last 2 years. He knows the bike inside out and I think he will be a big new contender in the 250cc class.

Alex Hoffman on the RSV4

I found this small movie of Alex Hoffman doing a braketest on the RSV4 in RSVR disquise.

Check it out here

Succesful 250cc test at night in Qatar

Mattia Pasini (1st)

Hector Barbera (4th)

Today was the second day of nocturnal tests on the circuit of Losail. The track was in better conditions than yesterday, because of the higher temperature and the nearly total wind absence all the pilots improved their times from yesterday. In the 250cc class Mattia Pasini, on the official 250 RSA of the Polaris World team , set an impressive time of 1' 59"761, in front the other official RSA's of Alex Debon and Alvaro Bautista. Behind them we find Hector Barbera and the two KTM's of Kallio and Aoyama. Seventh position for Thomas Luthi, thirteenth Faubel, while Alex Baldolini closes in nineteenth place.

Times 250cc

TEMPI 250 CC
1. Mattia Pasini (Aprilia) 1.59.761
2. Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia) 2.00.516
3. Alex Debon (Aprilia) 2.00.550
4. Hector Barbera (Aprilia) 2.00.719
5. Mika Kallio (KTM) 2.00.878

FURRY, FUNKY UPHOLSTERED HEADBOARDS

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The queston of how to make your own upholstered headboards came in some time ago. We were fortunate enough to be able to locate a wonderful DIY video with instructions on how to upholster with any number of cool fabrics that would be helpful in creating the funky teen decor of your fantasies.

There are many ways to guarantee that upholstery will be comfortable. You can do a tufting technique and over stuff it like a big stationery pillow, but the materials that you choose for your custom designed upholstered headboards plays a big part in the cozy factor of your girl's room. If the fabric is tough and hard as nails, no amount of filler or stuffing will compensate for the harsh texture.

Headboards are an excellent place to go wild and make a decorative statement. There are so many styles that are trendy and fashionable from mirrors to message boards. They can reach from the floor to the ceiling and be just as wide as your walls will allow. Don't restrain yourself; go crazy! There are few decorating rules and regularions for tweens, teens and pre teens bedrooms. These years are the most free spirited times in a girl's life and pink, faux fur covered headboards will be just as much at home in a stylish, Bohemian bedroom as it is with a sweet, polka dot bedding set and a gauzy white canopy designed in an ultra-feminine style.