Comments on: house vs. home

By: Jaina

Jaina — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:50:45 +0000

Okay. It’s decided. When I have my own house, you are so going to be my shopping consultant. (and can I hide in your luggage if you go to Paris after school today?)

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:23:29 +0000

Ditto what Janet said. Check out the Laura Ashley pinks before you paint. The pinks are kind of chalky looking and much more sophisticated than other swatches that I’ve seen.

By: ~M

~M — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:36:30 +0000

We, too, didn’t do a typical nursery for X and won’t for babygirl either. We did grass-green bookshelves and dressers (one doubles as a changing table) from IKEA with silver turtle drawer pulls and vibrant patchwork quilts with some turtle art from our honeymoon in Hawaii and various printed crib sheets for his plain white crib (he’s now in a dark wood daybed that used to live in our living room). Babygirl’s getting more of the same colors with mod flowers, dots and stripes that coordinate with our stuff as she’ll be bunking with us for a while. Our walls and X’s walls are straw yellow and it goes with a lot!

What about a lovely pale pea-green for Pea’s room? Kind of like the background of your site? Would look lovely with the pink!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:46:25 +0000

Truly, you have a gift for decorating. Come design Bear’s room…..pleeeeeeease?!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:35:34 +0000

Great stuff! And what fun that they get to be part of their redecoration! We struggled with art when we re-did our little one’s room so we decided to let her make it herself! She did a bunch of paintings and then I cut them up and framed the pieces in small white frames from Ikea. That way they can be rearranged and manipulated for whatever look she decides she wants. We also hung bright pink paper parasols in the corners so it’s kind of an ecelectic look.

Good luck getting everything together for your girls. I’m sure the finished product will be simply smashing!

By: Sammi “chavaneth”

Sammi “chavaneth” — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:28:56 +0000

I can not wait to see the finished products!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:44:22 +0000

Wonderful picks Melissa. Sounds like the rooms will look beautiful. Good choice in Carousel by Dwell Studios. I bought that pattern in March for my Bean’s room. I love it. I also picked out some soft blues & greens to go with it & bird artwork for the walls. I didn’t want to have to redo her room several times, so I did the same thing & opted for items she could grow into. The basics could stay, but she would be able to change the accenting pieces as she grows & changes in taste. Have fun!

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:33:05 +0000

Great choice. I’d love to see a photo of the room once it’s all done.

When we redid my daughter’s room, she wanted pink. As much as I refused, I finally gave in. I figured, she’ll only be this small once and her dream of being a princess living in a pink castle, well, I don’t think it’ll last into her teens. So we chose a beautiful shade of pink from Laura Ashley and a shabby chic bedding to go with it and both mommy and daughter are happy.

We also didn’t do typical nurseries for our kids. I believe functional and practical is the way to go and nurseries are beautiful and adorable, just not for me.