I've been glued to flickr lately, and have found some GORGEOUS inspiration!! We are redoing the kids' room this spring, so I've been doing a lot of planning!!
First and foremost, the room needs repainting. I'm in a pink phase, and lucky for my children, they are female. Therefore it would not be intolerable cruelty for me to paint their room pink. mwahaha. I also need to replace their plastic blinds with the wooden white ones, and make them some pretty curtains.
Now... decor inspiration :D
1. My kids have a kitchen already. Its one my grandfather built me when I was a little girl, that I have since handed down to them (MEMORIES!!)... Still... it could use a new "old" paint job to really make it have that added bit of charm. :) The dressers will get a coordinating coat of paint as well (and will be firmly bolted to the wall for stability)
2. I have a MAJOR love for ric-rac, and would just adore making them matching blankets with ric-rac on it!! Though personally, I think I want to use a lot of THIS fabric!!!
3. I'd do something like this in soft, girly colors....
4. I think I would make these in my own funky adapted way so that they are WAY oversized... almost bean-bag style so that the girls could flop on them and read :)
5. I *love* *love* *love* the birdie mobile! I think I would do something a bit different - maybe hang the birds from the ceiling all throughout the room :)
6. I think I'd like to do a variation of something like this, bigger, to put on the walls as art. i'd cut the bases out of foam board (yay dollar tree!! I have a trunk full right now LOL), and then cover it with quilted pieces. I think embroidery details would be so sweet and soft...
7. Mini Quilts would be such a beautiful, warm, inviting touch to hang on the walls too... :)
8. Not that the kids would keep these on their dresser drawers for more than 5 minutes without ripping them down and using them as baseballs, but a mother can dream...
9. Can we say super-sweet throw pillow?? :D
10. And while we're on the subject of throw pillows.... (2 in "A" with different colored buttons & pink ric-rac around the edges!)
11. I have lofty dreams of one day completing an afghan using this technique. For now, it will be a short-attention-span project that I can add to one circle at a time LOL.
12. Much smaller picture, but this is what I have in mind for their book storage so they can actually get to it. We'd anchor it against the wall too, for safety. :)
13. I have a HUGE fabric stash that needs some attention (and lots of thrifted fabrics that I cant bear to part with but dont think I'll ever use that will be perfect for this)... SO - I want to make a rag rug for the girls room :) Yay for Vintage Chica and her Tutorial :)
14. I love these silhouettes too... I'm thinking these would be a really sweet addition to the room (in some vintage-y distressed frames. :)
15. Finally.... these little flag banners are just adorable. I'd love to drape them across one wall, or perhaps as a valence over the window (pinks/purples/creams/greens)...
I LOVE that book storage idea - I may have to steal that idea from you after we move! Looks fairly simple to build too!
Posted by: greenapples | January 09, 2008 at 12:06 PM
I can't WAIT to see what you do w/ the room, seeing as how you were exactly what my sewing room needed. :D
Posted by: Robyn | January 10, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Love that book storage! I may have to try something like that and rotate books out from time to time. Right now her books are done by color--http://flickr.com/photos/kathrynivy/1428587623--, which is also fun since she can have fun trying to keep them organized.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Alice | January 10, 2008 at 04:54 PM
Kristin... every single thing you pictured is LOVELY. The kitchen from your grandpa is just precious - I don't think I would paint it, though... it is just too nice as it is. Daughter number 2 was a pink girl... and had a thoroughly pink room - it was too much fun!
Posted by: Diane | January 11, 2008 at 04:20 PM
Oh, you've found some beautiful photos. I've been flickring a lot lately myself :)
Posted by: Felicia | January 14, 2008 at 06:52 PM
That will be one cute room! Looking foward to see what you come up with.
Posted by: Sarah | January 15, 2008 at 05:38 PM
I love all the stuff you have up there for inspiration. You're using lovely colors for the crochet blanket. My middle one saw one in the Gooseberry Patch catalog and wants one really bad. I should probably get on that soon.
Posted by: hunnybunny | January 21, 2008 at 09:30 AM
Wonderful inspiration! Thanks for sharing. :)
Posted by: Crystal | January 28, 2008 at 08:38 AM