The bed is a good starting point because many autistic children suffer from sleep disorders and can’t sleep through the night. Parents worry about their autistic children getting out of their bedrooms and hurting themselves on late night walks around the house. Soft, upholstered beds are a good idea, as they often come with removable covers for easy washing and the bases can be padded for added security. You can even get an upholstered bed with space saving options so you can store distracting clutter out of sight.

Noah's Bed

For a more personal solution, however, you might want to try a bed that has been specifically designed for children with autism. Matt Volk’s has an autistic son, Noah, and after a fruitless search for a bed that would cater to Noah’s special needs, Volk took matters into his own hands and, with the help of carpenter Chris Stupp, designed Noah’s bed. The cloth bed looks more like a fort than a traditional bed, which is bound to appeal to children. With a solid wooden base, soft yet supportive mattress and a protective mesh-like safety, parents of autistic kids are assured that their children will be safe at night.

Safe and Secure in Noah's Bed

Autistic children can be very colour-sensitive, so you should decorate the bedroom walls in colours that you know your child likes. In general, pinks, purples and greys work well, but if your child has a favourite coloured blanket or favours toys of a certain colour be sure to include it in the colour scheme. Find a balance between colourful and too much colour. Bombarding your child with colour is likely to result in overstimulation, which is the exact opposite of what the bedroom is trying to achieve.

It’s important that autistic children have a place of safety within their bedrooms, this is a space to which they can retreat when the world gets too much, or they need to calm down after acting out. Experts suggest creating a little nook in a corner with some pillows or a bean bag and soft toys. It is also important, however, that autistic children receive proper stimulation in their bedrooms, so it’s necessary to create a little activity corner with an exercise ball or mini trampoline or even a little swing to cater to sensory and movement needs. To install routine, you can designate a table and chairs for homework.

In terms of safety, remember to use safety plugs in all sockets, keep all sharp edges padded, ensure that all furniture is firmly secured in place and can’t be pulled over if it should be climbed and purchase a safety gate if your child is prone to wander unattended.

When it comes to curvilinear design, you don’t have to remodel the whole room, but can instead use curved paneling to create a curved effect. You also don’t have to invest in heavy duty soundproofing materials but can use double glazed window panes, sound absorbent backing in your ceiling and carpet the passage outside the bedroom to muffle footsteps.

The most important considerations to bear in mind when it comes to creating a bedroom for an autistic child are safety and comfort. Keep your child involved as much as possible and you’ll soon have a little oasis of calm that can also, if necessary, enable tantrums to be thrown without the risk of injury.

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Granted, Betty Boop probably won’t add to the elegance of your Contemporary bed, but you might be able to get away with Bridgette Bardot in a classic black and white pose (not the Bond bikini scene), alternatively you could try bed linen in a rustic country theme if your bedroom is decorated in the Provincial French style.

Betty Boop Novelty Bed Linen

If personalisation is your thing you can always adorn your Retro contemporary bed with customised bed linen. Bags of Love is a UK-based company that specialises in personalised bed linen, more specifically, duvet covers and pillow cases. All you have to do is send them a photograph, cartoon or drawing and they’ll make a unique bed set for any size Chrome contemporary bed, from single all the way up to super king. They can even make a photo montage if you can’t decide on a single favourite.

Because novelty sheets and bed linen are typically associated with children, they are usually made to fit children’s beds. This means that even if adults take a shine to them, they won’t be able to use them as anything other than a comforter when watching television. What Bags of Love does, is enable adults to indulge their inner child with images from Batman Begins or the Dark Knight or Star Wars or Shrek or anything else that could potentially be considered geeky but which is actually very cool.

If going the custom novelty sheets route seems like too much work, there are online stores that manufacture bed linen aimed at the adult market. While considerably more risqué than floral duvet covers and bed linen in conservative pastel colours, these bedding options take cardboard cuts a step further by letting your head complete nearly nude bodies, or reproduce the rose scene from American Beauty. You can also choose to decorate your entire room in a Playboy Bunny theme; from bed linen to curtains you can create your very own Playboy mansion.

Playboy Novelty Bed Linen

American Beauty Novelty Bed Linen

Themed bed linen is one way to spice up your bedroom and stamp it with your unique style, but it’s not the only option. You can mix and match bed linen, for instance you can buy bright purple sheets, a yellow duvet cover and blue pillow cases to create your own contemporary bed set. Novelty sheets and duvet covers don’t end with Twister dots and music notes, with a little creativity you can indulge your senses and create bed linen sets that are unmistakably you.

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Girl jumping on hotel bed: posted at jump.com

If your child is really dedicated to bed jumping, you might find yourself having to replace the bedroom furniture every 5 years or locking your bedroom door so they don’t start punching holes in your antique French bed. Yet, there is one solution for this: a ‘jumper-proof’ bed.

The bullet-proof bed, called Quantum sleeper was patented four years ago

bullet-proof bed

and was designed with some national disaster starring Brue Willis in mind, so it will definitely outlive an evil bed-jumping child. The bed is made from polycarbonate plastic and is water tight to protect you from flooding and comes with a ventilation system and back-up power system. It can take a bullet so it should be able to handle a succession of exuberant bed jumps.

If you’re looking for something more mainstream you may want to consider investing in an iron or metal bed frame. These last far longer than wooden-framed beds especially if they’re constantly being put to the test. Double bed frames also come with six legs for better balance and durability and so will withstand battering better than a single bed.

However, if you’re an average parent, you’re not going to have a huge budget with which to support your child’s bed jumping addictions, so there is only one real solution available to you and it is really quite simple: buy good quality children’s beds, start clamping down on the discipline and encourage your kids to jump in bed not on the bed. If your children jump on their beds, deny them TV rights for a week, because less face it, TV is a more popular form of entertainment than bed jumping among children and adults alike.

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