Kids’ love bright colors in their rooms, but let’s face it……parents don’t. Seeing neon green, hot pink, and other in-your-face color each time you open the bedroom door can be hard to take. But they want it. So, just how do you use chroma and intensity in in kids’ room color schemes and make both [...]
Bugs and insects are not on my top 10 favorites list for girls’ room accessories—but then there’s the butterfly. Colorful little creatures that “please the eye and gladden the heart”….and just perfect for using for little girls’ bedroom decor. From paper to paint to patterned fabric, the butterfly symbolizes so many wonderful things like freedom [...]
Springtime has rolled around again and baseball (#5 on our top 25 most popular posts) is on my mind. If spring fever means baseball season opening day to your son, we have awesome boy’s room ideas for your avid fan to help kick off the season. A little goes a long way in showcasing a [...]
Decorating with letters. Some love it. Some hate it. Some think it passé or trite. Maybe it is for adult spaces but kids are all about letters and using letters for kids’ room bookends can add a unique touch to their rooms. I’m one who wonders why we need giant letters adorning walls but letter [...]
New uses….old ladders. There are a zillion ways to repurpose a rickety ladder, some very clever, but as a kids’ room accessory ladders are pretty unique. Using ladders in kids’ rooms is a little more challenging than other rooms. Kids think all ladders are for climbing….and it doesn’t matter what it reaches or where it [...]
Remember when you were a kid how some things were bigger-than-life? One of my boys missed playing on the “big hills” when we moved to a new city. During a visit a few years later, he asked where the big hills had gone. I laughed. We were standing next to them….he had just [...]
How exciting would it be to have your own Christmas card design become a sculptural icon, a postage stamp, and be remembered almost 50 years later? That’s what happened to the iconic “LOVE” design by American artist Robert Indiana. LOVE letters are popping up now as trendy teen room accessories. The original design consisted of [...]
Sometime during baby’s first year, books morph from chew toys to visual nourishment. But you don’t have to wait for this change to add unique bookends to baby’s nursery décor. Before books become shared reading pleasure for parent and child, they are ideal accessories. Bookends’ function is to keep everything neat and tidy. Bookend benefits [...]
Velvet pillows. Round ones with uniquely folded and stitched sides and a gathered face secured by fabric-covered buttons centered on both sides of the pillow. What childhood memories these velvet masterpieces trigger for me……and the smocked pillows are making a trendy return to girls’ rooms! This specific type of smocking, called “lattice” smocking, gathers fabric [...]
Using a theme makes decorating any kid’s room easier because if provides plenty of novel ideas for accessories. If your kids’ love the beach (or you want a place to steal away when they’re at school), use accessories to create a beach themed kid’s room. Accessories alone can pull a beach theme together. It’s even [...]