• For a room looking a little blah, spice it up with wall decor.bedroom image by david hughes from Fotolia.com
  
  Bring a bit of class and creative flair to a teen space without a lot of cash. Teenagers enjoy personalizing their rooms and choosing decor that reflects their personalities, but few have the robust budgets for expensive furniture and accessories. Luckily, choosing the right wall coverings and hangings adds character without too much expense.
  
  

Prints and Stripes

• Solid colors are safe choices, but prints and stripes add a bit more personality. Peruse the website DigsDigs to see how stripes can spruce up a teenager's room. To keep the look from getting a little too wild choose one wall for the stripes, and paint the other three in solid colors. Broad stripes in dramatic reds, purples, yellows and greens look bold and clean when paired with bands of classic white. If stripes aren't your thing, hang wallpaper on one wall or wallpaper the bottom half of the room and paint the top. Use white trim to separate the two sections. Get a rich, baroque look with wallpaper in a green and white floral, or try a light and airy pink pattern if you want to go vintage couture, as suggested by the website Wakeupfrankie.com.
  
  

Pictures and Mirrors

• While framed pictures of good times with friends are a must for any teen room, other wall art can add additional personality or help to express a theme. For example, if you're aiming for an Old Hollywood or vintage couture look, the space isn't complete without black and white photographs of favorite starlets like Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn. You can often find old advertisements for beer, clothing and food at thrift stores, garage sales and auction sales relatively cheap. These pieces add color and make perfect conversation starters. Making your own wall art is another possibility. Break out the watercolors or cut up some old magazines to make a collage of favorite sports, hobbies and interests.
  
  Mirrors help a space look larger, and decorating stores sell styles to suit a variety of tastes and budgets. If you have room for a nonfunctional mirror, look for modular mirrors at your local decorating store. These mirrors come as small, individual tiles or shapes that you can arrange to make your own masterpiece.
  
  

Organize and Personalize

• Hang cork boards, magnetic boards, dry erase boards and chalkboards from your walls for quick scribbles and for posting ticket stubs and snapshots. A cork board or magnetic board can change along with interests, while chalkboards and dry erase boards are perfect for impromptu art and keeping organized. Some even come in calendar format. If you're worried about making holes in your wall, chalkboard paint can transform all or part of a wall into a writing surface. You can also buy peel-and-stick chalkboard and dry erase wall decals.