First things first - room for books and millions of little art projects she brings home from daycare. This is the adult version that I love. The different colours frames are really tugging at my heart strings :)
The KID version.
I found these Ikea frames on sale, two for $2.49. And bought at least 16 of them. Ooopps... At least now we'll never want for colourful tiny frames. Also, I find that the Ikea LACK bookshelves are always a great investment. They are inexpensive, relatively well made and super versatile (and I already have colourful baskets that will go there perfectly).
Next, colourful rug in a white room. Adult version.
Kid version.
Rug, Ikea again. Good price. Now that we'll have hardwood (at some point everywhere), we need to make sure that her bum is warm :) I'm torn on whether this will be WAY too much with the flowers on the wall, but we'll see. I will be toning the flowers down, and I do want to layer around them. And I can always return this rug and look for something else.What do you guys think? What is your philosophy on kids rooms? And especially rooms for girls??
Source: HERE
Great ideas! It's funny that you posted that "adult" version the gallery wall you want to do in Baby C's room today! B and I are sitting on the couch at his parents talking about things we'd like to pick up at Target while we are here. I was thinking of doing ALL white frames for the gallery wall in our living room, but that wall of black, white and natural wood is FANTASTIC and we already have a natural wood RIBBA frame with a picture of Halle in it that we want to use. Thank you for the PERFECT inspiration at the PERFECT moment! :)
ReplyDeleteYou've seen what I've done for my girl's room :)Colours, yes. Storage, yes. Non commercial theme, yes. Can grow and adapt easily with her, yes. Girly? Maybe?
ReplyDeleteI like your choices. What colours of the frames did you get?
@ Kerry: oh, happy to inspire :) I LOVE combination of different coloured frames.
ReplyDelete@ Guilia: I got pink, red, turquoise and green. I love your daughter's room. The painted dresser you added this year is really great :)
I love that rug, especially because it doesn't scream "kid's room" at all. Can't wait to see it all come together :)
ReplyDeleteMy philosophy on girls' rooms is basically think twice before doing anything pink and princess-y. So of course I LOVE where you're going with BabyC's room. Looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat magical place do you live in where Ikea has kilim rugs? I am very jealous: our Ikea in Texas just has the regular cheese you see on the Ikea USA site (too harsh maybe, my heart is set on a kilim and everything else looks awful right now). FWIW, we went with an uber-cheap green cotton woven rug which turned out to be the right choice when she went through her scribbling phase. The nice thing about flat-weave rugs is that you can turn them over and they can be marker-free side up... ;-)
ReplyDeleteactually up until today, our Ikea didn't carry anything super interesting. Today is an awesome day in Ottawa, the largest in Canada Ikea opened in our fair city :) and it is a 3 min drive from my house! :)
ReplyDeleteI saw many really great kilim rugs on the Canadian Ikea website. I cannot believe we might have something US doesn't :P usually it is the other way around with us ordering things from south of the border.
thanks for stopping by! :) hope to see you around the blog again soon.