What are some things I can do to make my house more 'teenager friendly'?

@pdworkin i’m hiding all that! she’s a kid! hehehehe

Be well stocked with snackies.

Let her go shopping with you.
Edit: Let her help you decide how to decorate the house. Not all teenagers have the same taste.

My teenager loves those super soft blankets and is always on the couch with one.

Also bean bag chairs are making a comeback. They have ones now that are double sized which the kids and I would love to have. (But we have a dog that would eviscerate it.)

My 12 year olds love bean-bag chairs.

I second soft blankets, and also big pillows for the floor. They usually end up in piles when watching movies—both kids and pillows. Bean bags would be great. I save old bed pillows and cover them in fabric that coordinate with the furniture in the room. Those end up all over the place.

Kids like space that affords some privacy. You may want to let her decorate her own room.

I would say candles or those smelly oil stick candle thingies (technical term) wouldn’t be a bad idea

Lovesac furniture. Particularly the sacs themselves – it’s like sitting on a cloud.

Why not go shopping with her, and together you can pick out things she will like. That’s furniture-wise. Food-wise, I would pick out lots of good snack food (dried fruits, fresh fruits, good crackers and cheeses) that she will both like and are good for her. A teenager doesn’t need lots of fats and sugars, even though she and her friends might like them.

If she’s going to have her own room, why don’t you hold off on furnishing until she comes and let her have a big hand in choosing what she wants to have. Let her create her own “nest” where she feels completely comfortable. Shopping together could be a great bonding activity for the two of you. If you decide to do this, I would definitely set a budget and let her make choices within that budget. If you can’t refurnish her room completely, let her pick out wallpaper and paint at least.

@janbb Wallpaper?!

@rangerr Why not wallpaper? Doesn’t it exist any more?

@janbb I haven’t seen wallpaper in a house other than my grandparents since I was little. Especially a teenagers room.

@rangerr Guess it’s not too common. My son had picked out wallpaper for his room when we moved in to a new house when he was ten. It had a border with donkeys and rabbits in cowboy clothes. I think it started embarrassing him when he was about 15 and he painted the room over when he was in his 20s. In any case, you get my general drift – let the teen express him/herself. (Maybe she wants to channel Grandma and Granddad?)

Let me just say: beanbag chairs are fun until they pop. And they do. (Think about an excited teen jumping into one.) Now they are filled with nasty, stinky, chemical stuff, too. Watch out!

An Ipod friendly music player would be cool.
And don’t forget to put away all those perscriptions.

First of all
You must blast today’s music on subwoofer speakers. This will make them feel welcome in an unknown habitat.
Secondly
You must must must stock up sugary carbonated beverages (Sprite, Mountain Dew, Sunkist, etc) and snacks such as potato chips and cookies. For this is their main diet.
Now, the entertainment part…
Leave the TV on channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Disney, etc or leave a video game system near the TV.
Thank you and good night.

Plenty of crackers, cheese, Juicy Juice, and frozen meals. So much so, that you never run out.

Make sure she has her own space in the house, not just the bedroom, but also a placce that she can hang out with her friends when they come over – like a rumpus room… Its not so much the furniture, but more a space that she can call her own!