Turquoise Bear
Would you allow your child to pick a colour scheme for their room that you hated?
I am about to start work on my daughter's bedroom, the only problem is that she really wants a horrible turquoise colour. Really in your face and garish. I did tell her she could chose the colours but this is so horrible I don't think I can bear it! Should I just do it anyway because I promised or try to steer her towards something less offensive. She's 8 by the way.
My first experience decorating my own room consisted of my mum throwing a few rolls of wood chip and some beige emulsion at me. I did my best and learned how to hang wallpaper, I spent the next 2 yrs sleeping in a room that looked like it had peanut butter walls. I was 14 though, not 8.
Turn it into a whole decorating project. Suggest ideas about one wall being the dark color, the rest being lighter, where she wants her bed, and talk about the whole thing, That way you can try to introduce new ideas, but if she doesn't go for them, then she doesn't go for them. As an 8 year old, she would probably find discussing and planning the whole thing with you exciting and fun! Talk about colors, what she thinks goes together, the color wheel, and things like that - don't get too complex, but it's a good chance to teach her about contrasting colors, how colors are made and how they made you feel. Show her how the same color looks different in sunlight, the light from her light fixture, and in the shade. Show her photos of other rooms - go online and do a search for turquoise room or something and see if there are any she likes. Talk about what will be put on the walls, and get her really excited about the whole thing! When it's over, she'll be proud of her room (and hopefully want to keep it clean!) and have a great memory of you and her working on it together.
As a side note : If you go with the dark color - try to get everything else in a lighter color - as in bedding. Invest in a good duvet, but get a simple cover - so that you can always change that up without having to change the whole comforter.
Good luck!
Oh and to directly answer your question - yes, I would. Then again, I like to paint a lot haha - I wouldn't be painting it every 2 months, but still, I'm fine with painting rooms. I'll be painting my son's rooms two shades of blue next week actually! If he ever wants it black, we'll I'll do that too - but he'll have to help paint it out when he's tired of it. To be honest, the only color I'd be loathe to paint is a hot pink, simply because I'm NOT a pink kinda girl. But I'd deal with it haha