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If your last round of holiday or summer guests was a little unorganized and you have room for a bunkroom…..now is the time to get started because I guarantee—they’ll be back! And if you want to keep them coming back, nothing is more exciting than a really unique bunkroom for kids to call home during [...]
The next color in our kids’ room color scheme series is “lovely lavender”. (Can’t resist using a little alliteration now and then.) Color influences us physiologically as well as emotionally. Color can influence our moods as well as provoke reactions—just ask marketing gurus why they use specific colors in specific places! Lavender is known for [...]
What is the most frequent request by little girls when designing their dream bedroom? A canopy bed. Not all rooms are large enough for a full canopy, so when the room is too small, a lovely bed crown canopy is the solution. Crown canopies can be made several ways: Entirely from wood—painted, jeweled, or otherwise [...]
Color can be used to make large rooms feel cozy or small rooms feel more open. Since kids’ rooms are generally smaller, a soft teal color scheme is a fabulous way to make small feel big. A monochromatic color scheme enlarges space by using just one color, but in varying intensities from light to dark. [...]
Navy is the darkest shade of blue and is popular in kids’ room color schemes, especially boys’ rooms. Do you know when navy blue was first used as a color name? 1840. It was first called “marine blue” (from naval officers’ uniform color), but later changed to navy blue. When combined with other colors, navy [...]
The rainbow or color spectrum is created as light refracts through a prism, with each color blending into the next. Color science as a field of study is fascinating…..but in kids’ rooms, a basic understanding of color schemes and how they work is all you need when your daughter says she wants a sunny yellow [...]
Convertible sleeping options are actually quite simple when kids are holiday guests. Why? Pint sized bodies easily fit in nooks, crannies, and seldom-used corners which we covered in Part-1 about ways to convert built-in spaces. Now in Part-2, we cover another easy way to provide places to sleep without using built-ins…….dual-purpose furniture. Furniture with more [...]
Sleeping arrangements are an important part of any overnight visit but the comfort level doesn’t have to depend on how many guests rooms you have or the size of your home, especially when kids are holiday guests. With a little planning, you can easily have convertible sleeping options for kids (and that doesn’t include the [...]
No headboard? No problem. When all you have is a mattress and frame, create your own artsy painted headboard…..on the wall like this giant poppy and blades of grass. Sure to give your kids something to stir their imaginations. Painting a headboard on the wall is a quick way to add a focal point or [...]
Historically, the main purpose of a headboard was to keep drafts from flowing over the sleeper’s head, sending cold air to the floor instead. Not the main purpose today. Thanks to better insulated rooms, headboards are aesthetic additions to a room…..but who says they have to be boring! Artistically painted tween headboards are a superb [...]