Redoing a teen's bedroom can be tough. A teen's room is like their home base. They retreat there after a long day, where they can recover, socialize, do homework, and just wind down. For some, they grew up their whole lives with the same bedroom. When it's time to tear down those Mickey Mouse pictures, it can be unexpectedly tough. Redoing a teen's bedroom without fighting can be easy, so long as you follow a few and simple steps.
Before you even begin the whole process of remodeling the room, you need to have some rules set before you approach your teen with the change. You need to establish that you have the final say on everything when it comes to the remodel; and setting up some rules in stone will help that. You need to decide the budget you're going to work with, and since it is your house, you get the final say on which pieces of furniture make it, and which don't. Finally, the teen has to come along while shopping for the furniture. Perhaps the single best tip I can give you to avoid fighting is to include the teen, and make his or her voice heard, and they'll respect you for it. If done right, the remodel could even provide some valuable bonding time.
Another thing you'll have to accept is that this change does affect the teen a lot more than you. While it may be your house, it's his/her room, and as such you will have to compromise. You may want a more practical, organized room, but that probably won't appeal to your teen. Don't force them into anything they hate; compromise. If you compromise with them, they'll be more likely to compromise with you.
One of the most critical parts of preventing fighting during the whole process is to make your teen feel like their voice is hear. If you try to level the playing field, they'll respect you more. Try to come to consensus when it comes to picking out colors and furniture. You'll both be much happier.
When all's said and done though, you need to make sure you both are happy. If need be, you can pre select a catalog and color scheme, and allow your teen to pick from that. That way, you'll be satisfied with the choices, and they'll feel like their voice was heard. Give them the budget, and let them go wild with picking out and circling everything that interests them. From there you can both sit down and discuss it, then once you've reached a verdict, go out and buy everything.
It really is that simple. Redecorating a room is hard, but should be rewarding. Keeping the peace is well worth it; you'll be happier, and so will the teenager. You shouldn't dread redoing a room just because of potential fighting; no, if you follow the above steps, you may even look forward to it.