Finding Inspiration For A Kid’s Media Room
When we moved into our current home 2 years ago, we had to set some priorities about which spaces needed to be setup first. Once everyone’s bedrooms were in place at least, we had some decisions to make. The open common areas needed to be done, but in what order? What’s more important, the media room or my office? The kids room or the formal dining room? The patio or the master suite? In the Fall of 2016, I participated in the One Room Challenge for the 1st time& thought I’d decided to work on our Kid’s Media Room. I had it all planned out & everything. And then we went…
Designing a Kids Room
When we moved into our current home last year, we had to set some priorities about which spaces we need to set up when. After everyone has a comfy place to sleep, then comes the hard part. Of course open common areas are easy to prioritize, especially since we like to entertain. Beyond that, what’s more important, the media room or my office? The kids room or the formal dining room? The patio or the master suite? We got the media room & office pretty close to “done”. The formal dining room was easy to get set up, we just decided to hold off on additional decorating in there since…
The Kid Cave – A Kid’s Room Remix
So often I have clients who have a clearly defined room and even have most of items they need in the space. Usually these are the hardest to deal with because they think “the bones are there, I like this and I like that, so why isn’t this working?” It’s at times like this that a Room Remix is in order! And that’s what this post is all about! It’s not a big change but it IS a huge difference. In this case, The Kid Cave Remix, a kid’s room gets an upgrade. Take a look a few of the changes that made all the difference in this room. Before This…
How to Build a Stage
In November 2013, I worked on a volunteer project for a local school revamping their library. One of the many requests was to give them “a stage, you know like the one they have at Barnes & Noble”. Honestly, I didn’t think the stage would make it into the design since both the budget and timeline were very tight. Well, they got that stage! But it’s not “like the one they have at Barnes & Noble”! It came out so good, that I thought I’d share with you how we did it. I know you must be thinking “why would I ever want to build a stage? I mean who…
Change Happens – Part I: The Girly Room
There have been lots of changes in the Green house over the last few years and I have had a hard time keeping up. Our oldest son has been away at university for 2 years, our only daughter turned 10, and our youngest thinks he’s the oldest. Truth…. I have been in denial and didn’t want to keep up. Well life slowed down a little after the holidays and that was the perfect opportunity to make some moves on the home front. Change happens; we (and our surroundings) must evolve with it. As an interior designer, I am constantly challenged to keep up. In the coming months I will bring…
A Children’s Library Brought to Life
The PTO at St. Mary of the Purification Montessori School raised money to “spruce up” the children’s library. Although it was a nice sum, it did not seem to be enough to cover everything they wanted to do. The list of requests wasn’t exceptionally long, but it was (financially) significant and labor intensive. They wanted: New furniture (tables and chairs) Steel shelving Color A stage Neither I nor they thought it could be done; we all thought it would be a phased project wherein we would complete one section of the library at a time. But with my services “donated“, parent and teacher volunteers, and the support and excitement of Fr.…
Unleash your inner child!
This has been a long time coming so here it is… KID SPACE! This room has been everything from storage to an office to a guest room before it found it’s true calling as the little one’s bedroom. Of course it didn’t start out this way; it was previously far more appropriate for a baby. But there are certain things that were intentionally done 4 years ago in anticipation of a growing kid and a decorating mommy who was NOT going to want to redo the ENTIRE room (that would be me)! This room is a great space to be creative and have fun yet is still soothing and relaxing enough…
