Room of the Week

Kids Rooms, and Small Spaces

Perhaps it's because we welcomed a new baby into our family this week, but fabulous (small) kids rooms have been on my mind lately. We are putting our two girls into one room now and giving the baby a room of his own so I'm on the hunt for inspiration. What I love about this image (from Domino magazine) is it's very classic yet fresh, youthful yet elegant and most of all FUN. It tells me, and may it be a lesson to us all, that you don't need a lot of space to create an impactful look, which is good because many of us don't have much -- or there's always that one small bedroom that's hard to figure out. Here, the matching single beds with custom zebra headboards are clever, and work well with gramma-chic quilts, exotic rugs and hits of pink. And look at those drapes! When selling a home, play up a small space and have fun with it. Fill walls with big bold artwork, or a fabulous piece of furniture, play up a bright window with amazing drapery -- show those buyers that sure it may be small, but good things do come in small packages. Later!