Apr 162013
 
Drawing Art on Kids' Room Walls

Do your kids like to draw “art” on the wall? Some of mine did but not too often (thank goodness!) and it was mostly light, easy to clean stuff. When I found the photos in this post, it turned my thoughts to “what if drawing on the wall was really art instead of just scribbles?” [...]

Feb 122013
 
Teen Room LOVE Letter Accessories

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 [...]

Oct 162012
 
Ways to Use Vintage Frames on Kids' Room Walls

Want to add a touch of vintage to your kid’s room without surrounding them with old stuff? It’s really easy to add just a touch if you use vintage frames on kids’ room walls. Time worn accessories mix well with modern pieces and still achieve a warm, nostalgic feel so dig around in your parents’ [...]

Use Room Decor to Teach Math

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Aug 312012
 
Use Room Decor to Teach Math

Several months ago I found a website called Math Is Fun, full of online games, puzzles, and activities to help kids learn math. The site is for all ages and includes numbers, measurements, money, and even algebra and geometry. The games really are fun. Just see how hooked you (….oops, I mean your kids) get [...]

Aug 172012
 
News: We've Opened Our KidSpace Interiors eStore!

  KidSpace Interiors eStore Now Open!   Interior designers love to shop and are always picking up items for projects. Because of that, we always have some inventory in storage. Of course, I love to shop for “kidstuff” (actually prefer that over shopping for myself!) so my inventory is for kids’ rooms. Now it’s all [...]

Aug 132012
 
KidSpace Welcomes You to Historic Nauvoo

“Joyful Moment” in the Monument to Women Garden   KidSpace Interiors welcomes you to our new hometown…..Historic Nauvoo, Illinois. Our journey from Florida to Illinois was uneventful except for one bridge in St. Louis that had us white knuckled and losing a key when we needed to unpack. Now here, we are unpacking and trying [...]

Wallpaper to Draw On

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Jul 302012
 
Wallpaper to Draw On

According to Wikipedia, a doodle is “an unfocused drawing made while a person’s attention is otherwise occupied”. Do you have a tween or teen schooled in the art of absentminded scribbling? I bet they were also the same toddlers who liked to draw on the walls. Now it’s OK for them to do both at [...]

Jul 262012
 
Old Material, New Use: Vinyl on Walls

Whimsical wallpaper has been a primary source of character for kids’ rooms for decades. With numerous color, pattern, and design options available, covering the wall with vinyl coated paper or cloth backed vinyl was the trend…..and somewhat permanent until wall coverings became “strippable.” There’s a new trend for vinyl on walls giving an old material [...]

Jul 122012
 
Artistically Stenciled Kids' Room Walls

When imagining creatively painted walls, most people first think of murals, but there is another method trending on the market……stenciling. Thanks to fresher, more modern patterns, popularity of artistically stenciled walls has increased and is now more desirable than wallpaper for kids’ rooms. A stenciled room oozes with charm. Stenciling can highlight and embellish architectural [...]