Rooms of Wonder

Bucket List

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This is my entry in the Just Ask Bucket List Getaway Giveaway. Just Ask offers a breast and ovarian cancer screening and is encouraging people to share 15 things that I want to enjoy in my lifetime as a reminder to be aware of my health. Want to enter? Head over to TodaysMama.com to get the details.

My Bucket List:

1. Long visit to Portugal (with side trips to see England, France, Italy, and Spain!)

2. Cross-country R.V. road trip to visit all the historic places and sites possible.

3. Finish college.

4. Wear a size 8 again.

5. Live in a foreign country for a few years. (see #1 maybe?)

6. Restore an historic home.

7. Live in a Mid-Century Modern home.

8. Run - or jog - even a mini-marathon

9. Experience a white Christmas in some beautiful mountain cabin with my family.

10. Write and illustrate a book for children.

11. Paint murals for disadvantaged or sick kids or in a place that serves such.

12. Learn to Swing Dance.

13. Take our kids on an Orlando vacation!!!

14. Be in a possition to help others complete an item from their own bucket list.

15. Be in good enough shape to mountain bike - really well!

That was fun!

Birthday Party Fun

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We had 2 birthday parties in a row awhile back -

A Pool party and a PeterPan party!

To add to the fun, I painted these (not sure what they are called :)! I painted them on foam-core and they have surprisingly lasted for over a year and we have used them for several occasions.

I think I would have the most fun painting these (I should just make up a name for them) for every themed party imaginable!

Our poor party guests may get sick of sticking their faces behind them at every party we have, but I won't get sick of snapping their pictures!!!

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Christmas Gifts...

All my parents' grandchildren in their Halloween costumes!

(My Mom is way into Halloween!)

more to come...

Rounds

2009-08-02T23:21:00.000-07:00

One of my little ones used to call circles, "rounds"! Makes me smile every time I think about that. Having kids lets us REALLY participate in the circle of life! Seeing the next generation - the ones that will take our place when our time is dimming - grow and learn and become has to be the most exciting adventure!

This post is for those who love "rounds!"

design mom via Design Sponge. The link to Design Sponge will take you to the post that includes directions on making this upholstered bed! Cheap! Awesome.

I just love fun ceilings! They aren't much fun to paint, but the payoff is HUGE!
HGTV Rate My Space

homedesigning.com

sprout style

Such a pretty room. (I really like pink!) living with lindsay

Another gorgeous ceiling! The sparse dots on the wall are perfect!

Parents.com

HGTV Rate My Space

Some one has a lot of patience when it comes to painting! I imagine those circles took forever to create! HGTV Rate My Space

Circle sticky chalkboards - any kid would love to use these, I'm sure.
simply lovely

living etc.

Circle theme to the extreme - even a round bed!!!
living etc.

Modern Nursery via desire to inspire

Domino

Hagen's Shared Bedroom via Ohdeedoh

One of the rooms in Mylie Cyrus' suite! I could live in it!
via In Style

ohdeedoh

ivillage

project nursery using Stamping Up stamps! Wonderful color combo.

BHG

houzz

home-dzine

Want a cute tea cup chandelier like this one?

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I always have but didn't want to spend the money - they are pricey! Design Dazzle has instructions on how to make one!!! I love creative DYIers and am so grateful when they share their know-how! Click on link for more info.

Black in kids rooms?!?

2009-07-10T23:47:00.002-07:00

Since I just posted about having an all-white nursery/kids room, I thought I would also post some pictures featuring the other half of my favorite color scheme of black and white. Using black in a kids space seems even more unlikely then using white. I always think of kids rooms as being colorful and bright and neither black or white fit that idea. From the pictures I found for my white-room post, and then those for this post, I now seen how lovely either color - or non-color - can be in a child's space. Hope you enjoy these pictures!

I love this bold pattern and bet it is really stimulating for the baby that lives in this room. (Maybe that is not a great thing at bed time?!) HGTV Rate My Space

The painted scroll work is really pretty and I love all the pops of red in this room.
HGTV Rate My Space

Adorable way to "frame" the baby's name!
the suite life

the inspired room

ohdeedoh

houzz

House to Home

(notice the cool ceiling light?)
HGTV Rate My Space

What a great way to have a chandelier in a kids space! I love decals!
HGTV Rate My Space

See more pictures from this cool room at Design Dazzle

HGTV Rate My Space

HGTV Rate My Space

Zimbio

This room is SO cute. I love that striped ceiling. It took guts to paint a yellow striped ceiling over a black wall, but it so works!
project nursery

HGTV

parents.com

ohdeedoh

This is the sweetest black sheep lamp, but I wonder if the child whose room it goes into won't one day wonder if his parents were hinting at something - like his status in the family! :)

netkidswear

I want this space in my own room!

Green Apple Design

ohdeedoh

ivillage

I think this room would give me a headache. To each his own!

houzz

The long shelf in this room is really great! freshome

Another amazing ceiling. Makes sense for a baby's room since they spend so much time looking up at the ceiling!!!

Design Dazzle

Really cool decals like this one can be purchsed from paristic via babyology

All White Rooms of Wonder

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Every once in awhile I come across pictures of homes decorated in all white. These pictures fascinate me - not only because I'm surprise that I find them beautiful (I'm a lover of LOTS of color), but because I can't imagine a world where all-white would work.

In my home, white mutates into grey or beige or splotches of grey or beige way too fast!

Only in a kid/pet/husband/dust free home would all white work, right? But in the text of the magazine article accompanying the beautiful pictures is always this comment, or one very similar to it: "White is actually very family friendly. You can always bleach messes out." Do I sound immature if my reaction to that is "Whateverrrrr!"? I've tried to bleach the heck out of my formerly-white things and they are never the same afterwords - and never really white again either! And what about all those things that bleach won't work on?

Well, I will admit that people seem to manage to keep some rooms pristine and maybe all white decor is possible in guest rooms or formal living rooms, or maybe a master bedroom. But that is it! Certainly no rooms where children go could stay white! Wrong - I've come to learn! There are people brave enough to decorate their kids rooms/nurseries in white!!! The following rooms are decorated in white and I think they are beautiful!

maternityandbabyshoppingmart.com

living etc.

kids love design

homes and garden

living etc.

living etc.

living etc.

living etc.

Living Etc via desire to inspire

desire to inspire

House to Home

tiny decor

A posting on white nurseries with more pictures can be found at ohdeedoh

houzz

Design Dazzle

From tiny Decor

HousetoHome

Make Room for Living

Now I must meet the people who use these rooms and see how they manage it (and to find out if they are even from the same planet as us!)

Modern-style Rooms of Wonder

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I just blogged about vintage-style kids' rooms - and wrote about how that style suits me. Well, I must have a split decorating personality because I also happen to like the clean lines and minimalism often found in modern decor. The following modern-style kids' rooms are beautiful. I have decided that I need 2 homes: One full of vintage, time-worn stuff, and the other home (preferably on the beach - while I'm dreaming, I might as go all the way!!!) done modern! Which do you prefer? Anyone else have decorating mental health issues?

little big

formbabay

shak a doo

The mobile in this room is to die for! Looking at the close-up pic, I think it may be made from glass Christmas balls, painted to look like planets? I think I will have to try to make one.
Better Homes and Gardens

acme factory

koolroomz.com

HGTV

cookie

Layla grayce

Notice what the crib says! Femtalks

Design Dazzle

The blue and brown room has the coolest ceiling! Design Dazzle

Architectural Digest

Project Nursery

RemodelingCenter.com

Houzz

tiny Decor has blogged about Modern Playrooms. See more pictures here.

Ohdeedoh

Design Dazzle via Ohdeedoh

Hagen's Shared Bedroom via Ohdeedoh

Vintage-style Rooms of Wonder

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I love things that have a history and a time-worn patina. I love things from past eras - especially the 1920's thru the early 1960's. I love to shop thrift stores, antique and salvage shops, and estate and garage sales! So naturally, vintage decor is what I'm drawn to. The vintage look is perfect for kids rooms because you don't have to worry much about chipped paint, scuff marks, or scratches - these just add more charm! With a vintage look, kids' stuff doesn't always have to be hidden away or perfectly orderly. Toys, photos, and even clothing can be left out as part of the decor!

I hope you enjoy these beautiful rooms with vintage look!

The curtain over the bed would be pretty easy to replicate and would make any little girl feel like a princess. Design Dazzle

I never thought I would like beige for a baby's room, but this room is really sweet. The chandelier is gorgeous and I love the sheer crib skirt. parents.com

What a fantastic vintage playroom. I'm sure happy times are had there!
House to Home

I like how a block of the bold red paint color is painted above the bed to highlight the artwork. Design Dazzle

Another great beige nursery! Who knew? houzz

I love everything about this girl's room - but I wonder how long the bedspread would stay white at my house? houzz

House to Home via House of Turquoise

Better Homes and Gardens

the baby gardner posted pics of this really cute vintage room.

Using pages from old Golden Books as wallpaper is such a wonderful idea!

I want that turquoise chair!

I keep reading that wallpaper is making a comeback, but I was so traumatized by wallpaper the last time it was "in", it may take me awhile to accept it again. This room is cute - maybe the polka dots are paint?!? BHG

I always wanted a big bed like this one when I was little! I again like how the portraits/art above the bed were highlighted - this time by being surrounded with what looks like an old dresser mirror frame. Design Dazzle

These next rooms are from a site that sells all vintage baby stuff!

Vintage Cowboy

Vintage Cupcake

More Vintage Cowboy

Vintage Grace

The Baby Gardner has an entire category dedicated to Vintage Bedrooms and Nurseries. Check it out to see more wonderful pictures from each of these rooms!

Cookie

Vintage car theme from Green Apple Design

See more pics from this room at retro rooms

Interior Designer Nina Schwinghammer via Country Living

This next room is full of vintage treasures!

Stylemaker Kristi Stratton via Country Living

project nursery

Country Living

New "vintage"!

Pottery Barn

Serena and Lily

Poshtots

Cool vintagy decor like this one can be found at My Retro Baby

Wearable Room Decor!

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Children's clothes are sometimes so precious, it is a pity to always hide them away in a closet. See how cute they are hung on the wall or a peg or even on a rack for all to see!

This room just may be sans a closet, or maybe the mom couldn't bear to put all this cute clothing behind doors! Houzz

The flag garland above is also really great - what if you made one from the clothes your child has grown out of?!! I love that idea - it just came to me, but I'm sure I'm not the first to think of it! I've always wanted to make quilts out of the kid's old clothes, but who am I kidding? Like that will ever happen!!! Cutting out triangle shapes and attaching them to some kind of rope I can handle!

The little dress hung on the wall is obviously too small for the little girl in the room - maybe it is a special memorial of her younger days! houzz

What a fun, crazy room! Houzz

From ittybittybirdy's photostream

In this room hangs vintage clothing (from baby's Grandpa) and newer clothing. I love it! From A Baby Gardner's Baby Bloggie

BHG

I found the pegs used above at the Land of Nod

from Design Dazzle

via The Suite Life blog. See the link for even more pictures of this really sweet/suite room being created for one very lucky little girl.

Serena and Lily

You could also have a faux-hanging dress on your wall!

Drooz Studio

I've always loved the idea of protecting very special gowns in shadow boxes like this one. What a wonderful heirloom to pass on.

House of Turquoise

More cute hangers!

Rosenberry Rooms

Land of Nod

houzz

parents.com

Even Doll clothes work. HGTV

If not for the pretty dresses hung on the screen in this room, I would never have guessed this is a girls room :)
HGTV

Make Room for Living

House to Home

Take a closer look at the light in this room! Are those barbies? LOVE it!
Desire to Inspire

living etc.

house of turquoise

Painted version...

Mural of children's favorite clothes hanging in a laundry room I painted years ago!

Happy Birthday USA!

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Kids spaces done in the good ol' Red, White, and Blue!

BHG

Sheffield School of Interior Design

Historical Mansion Boys' Room via Design Dazzle

houzz

house to home

Dr. Seuss version of Red, White, and Blue from Pottery Barn Kids

If you were really into flags! Country Living

Serena & Lily

overstock

ivillage

HGTV

From Green Apple Design for Kids

BHG

Land of Nod

House to Home

Traditional Home

Rugrat Habitat

Valspar design gallery

HGTV

Greens of Summer

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Watermelon, zuchinni from the garden, and green grass! These are the greens of summer. Green is probably my favorite color. I'm especially into olive and green apple! Does green work in kid's spaces? You bet.

This argyle nursery comes from Design Dazzle, probably the best kids decor blog. (I found it after I had started this one and nearly gave up mine, it is so fabulous!)

Designed by Emily Estes Baillargeon via Design Dazzle

Pottery Barn Kids

Sillouhette mural painted by someone (not me)with great design ability .

from cribfashion.com

This comes from Better Homes and Gardens. It is obviously a grown-up bed, but this headboard would be sweet in a little girl's room. It looks like it is crafted out of plywood covered with a pretty fabric or maybe paper!

The after from "Before and After of Devins Room" from Design Sponge

Check out the awesome ceiling in this room! From HGTV Rate My Space

A Little Sussy

BHG

from BHG

from rondoroom.com

This site sells 3-6 wall stickers that are cool.

This modern green room comes from Home-Designing.com. I like how clean and serene it feels. Do you think it always looks so? Maybe there are a few kids out there that can keep rooms this neat!

Designers' Portfolia via HGTV. The designer of this room is Lauren Jacobsen

my home ideas

Kid's rooms and stripes go great together. This sweet green and pink room is from Better Homes and Gardens Beautiful Baby Rooms

Limeade from BHG

cool mom picks

modecokids

Design Sprout

Great Green Accessories:

Rosenberry Rooms

romp

The Frog and the Princess

blinkdecore.com

Flying Peas

Moffly Media

Pottery Barn Teen

Mobiles have come a long way, baby!

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Mobiles aren't just for the crib anymore - they have become works of art that are beautiful to display for children of all ages (even grown-up aged!) So hang a mobile in your child's room and I guarantee he or she will think it is quite wonderful!

There are so many gorgeous mobiles that I'd like to show here, but I better stick with just a few of my favorites.

Cookie Magazine has an article about mobiles, HERE, and showcases 6 really cute ones. My favorite is this tree branch mobile (I'm loving all things "tree branch" right now, can't say for sure why!)

From HERE.

From HERE

From Penelope Mobiles I like this one because the characters are cute from eye-level and then underneath there are the black and white patterns for baby to enjoy.

From here.

Great modern mobile from koolroomz.net

From Beebeemod.com

How about some hand-crafted mobiles!

Oh Happy Day

This mobile, with instructions on how to make it comes from dandeedesigns.blogspot

A Martha Stewart craft

From re-nest The "crystals" on these mobiles/decorations are actually rock candy! Just don't tell the kids or the mobile would somehow disappear :)

For sale at etsy.com from leptitpapillon
There are lots of really cute mobiles (and so much more) at etsy. If you haven't checked it out, do so now!

This adorable mobile idea comes from nienie dialogues blog via cookie

Addition: I just saw that imprintables, a fabulous blog, had a recent posting about mobiles!

via tangled and true

These lanterns make a cute "mobile" (they are pretty hung over a crib/bed, so that counts!) I LOVE using lanterns and just for the record, I think they are wonderful for all occasions and in any room!

via party perfect

BHG

Also from BHG

A few more glorious mobile ideas I've had saved for awhile. I apologize for not crediting where they come from.

From TotStnob - made from recycled magazines!!! Beautiful

This is the mobile I just made for my baby, Cali. (It cost all of $2.00 to make!) You will see in the picture that I currently have to live with white walls. The horror! We recently moved from our big, beautiful, colorful, and inexpensive home in Arizona to a tiny, dumpy rental house in California - where I'm not allowed to paint on the walls! I will just have to be content to paint for other people until we are able to buy me some walls to paint!

I have to include this picture - it is a picture of the mobile that hung over my own crib, 30-something years ago. I guess it can be considered a "vintage" piece! I LOVE that my ever-sentimental Mom saved the mobile for me. I used in my baby's nursery (2 different kids) before it was too fragile to hang safely. (It is now it storage for one of my daughters to have when she is a Mom.)

Awesome Awnings

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I love awnings! They are pretty prevalent in my neighborhood of 50's era homes, especially cute metal striped awnings in pastel colors. Most of those I see are pretty worn and I'm so tempted to ask home owners if they will let me rescue them. What would I do with them? I would love to place them on the outside of my home (even if it is a rental - they would move with me of coarse!) I think they would even be really great in a child's space. They could turn a room into a Parisian cafe or a retro bungalow. I keep hoping to see some discarded awnings on the side of the road waiting for me to discover them, but haven't gotten lucky yet. Maybe those fortunate awning-windowed-homeowners love them too!

Here are some pics of awnings in interior spaces!

From Better Homes and Gardens.

Bella Seven The decorative paint treatment above the bed (not painted by me) looks like an awning!

Instructions for construction of this awning come from HGTV

This little playhouse is just about the cutest thing. I can imagine expanding on the idea and turning an entire room into a little pastry shoppe. You would have to include the awning - over the closet, or window, or Door! If you happen to live in the Twin Cities area, you could be lucky enough to hire the wonderfully talented team at Morgan Evan-Thorne who painted this mural.

From Kara's Party Ideas via Party Wishes
This awning is just a painted piece of core board hung with fishing line! Clever!

From Full House. I'm hoping to get instructions on how this awning was crafted. I think it is so fun. It looks like it is in a kitchen. I want to make one for my patio.

Recognize this lady from HGTV? This awning isn't made from the loveliest of fabrics, but the design is good, and instructions on how to make it can be found HERE.

This is a professionally made window awning done by Palmetto Window Designs

This cafe awning mural is actually a "Wallies" mural (stick-ups or wallpaper murals) that are mass- produced. They can be purchased at many places, like Wall Decor Shop

The bookcases along side the window makes the construction of this awning seem pretty easy. What a great way to add some coziness to the window seat. From BHG

This fabulous room was created by a blogger at Design Dazzle. A contractor built this awning for her from her own design. The awning is the crowning touch to this room, I think!

Pottery Barn

Obviously, this isn't a kid's room (maybe in their dreams!), but this awning is super cute and I had to add it here!

Better Homes and Gardens

the inspired room

The Circus is in Town!

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For years I have longed for a circus-loving client to come along and pay me to transform their child's room into a big circus tent full of clowns, animals, and balloons! What fun that would be! All I have painted that is circus-y is this canvas that I donated for an auction to benefit my child's school PTA.

Until the day when that elusive client shows up, I will have to be content looking at fun pictures like these:

Creative Baby Nursery Rooms

houzz

habitually chic

BHG

These vintage prints have such lovely colors and characters. They could be great inspiration for a mural!

This magazine cover is being sold on Etsy by ryder.

This print is from a french board game, being sold at Etsy by inkpainter.

Bedding:

From Pottery Barn Kids

Rosenberry Rooms

via BHG

Cool Accessories:

Everything Furniture

Pottery Barn Kids

Home Decorators collection

This dot fat wouldn't be going too far, would it? From ababy.com

AWESOME lights from Urban Outfitters.

csn stores

How about a garland to add some circus fun to a room? Perfect!

This garland, from the sweet nursery of Abbey Goes Design Scouting, looks like it is painted on the wall. Love it.

Garlands are pretty easy to make...

Instructions on how to make this garland comes from KIDDLEY.com. They made it for a Christmas Tree, but I think the colors are perfect for a circus room too!

Or, you could purchase some really cute ones at Etsy, like these:

from bnute

from anastasiajaminhome

(Have I mentioned my LOVE for garlands?) They are probably what drives my love for a circus theme!

A Truly Wonderful Idea...

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I was looking thru the great blog, Tangle and True, and saw this! I must have one! Just imagining all the stuffed animal clutter in my girls' room being contained in such a manner gets me all excited! Someone is a genius (and probably a Mom!)

You stuff all of the kids' stuffed animals (that they will NOT depart with) into the bag. The animals can still be kept/seen to satisfy the kidlets, but they are contained to satisfy the parents. Plus, you get a cute little chair out of the deal! These wonderful bags can be purchased at All Modern Baby. Thanks Tangled and True, you made my night!

Trees

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Tree murals are a common request for muralists. I've done lots (most of my pics were lost when my computer crashed years ago. Too tragic to talk about!) and my favorite was a grand purple tree I painted in an alphabet nursery.

Here are some great tree ideas for your room of wonder.

via the wonderful blog, designsponge.

These trees used for holiday decorations could be tweeked to become great decor for a child's room.

I can imagine a tree silhouette like this one out of paper - or paint - in a child's space. How cute would it be to then "hang" silhouettes of family members and/or pets on the tree?!!
From BHG

This tree, used as a Christmas Tree here, would be awesome in a room any time of year. It would be so cute to hang bright animals, toys, shapes on the tree. It could become a huge mobile for baby, probably wouldn't work for a destructive toddler, but it could be something fun for an older child to decorate themselves.

I can imagine a ceiling full of these branches for a jungle or forest room.

via partyperfect

Create a 3-D tree like this one from here.

Another pretty silhouette

This really sweet Cherry Blossom Tree comes from the lovely blog, Centsational Girl. There is even a tutorial on how she painted/fabricated this really cute tree. I love the 3-D flowers.

These trees are from BHG Decorating Gallery.

home-dzine

The trees in this room are amazing!

This 3-D tree is really fun! The branches seem to be crafted from silk ivy, but I can't guess how they made the tree trunk. What a great view this baby gets when he/she wakes up in the morning! From HGTV Rate My Space

(none of the above murals are mine)

My Very First Mural

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This is the mural that started my love affair with painting. I'm not sure where I even got the idea to paint a mural. I hadn't paid much attention to them before I started designing my first child's nursery - didn't even know that there was such a thing as a "mural artist". All I know is that I had purchased a really cute Noah's Ark scrapbook paper and I wanted her room to look like that paper! I had no clue what I was doing when I started, and only had a few art classes under my belt, but I just went for it and started painting away and had the time of my life! I like to think I've learned a lot about mural painting since that day over 10 years ago and that I have improved my skill, but this room will always be my favorite! It was a special room for a very special little girl- the baby we had waited 6 years for!

Painted Paintings

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Three years ago I purchased one of my favorite magazines, Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Kid's Rooms etc and inside I discovered one of the cutest murals I've ever seen.

The mural was painted by an artist named Gillian Bradshaw-Smith from Dallas. She painted paintings on the walls to match a darling children's book.

I was in the middle of painting my daughter's princess room and was inspired by Gillian's mural so I painted paintings of my own.

Years later I had the chance to paint a really fun playroom mural that was done to look like a cartoon room. The client wanted "paintings" of some of the places they like to vacation and a few others to match their children's interests.

These wonderful murals come from Art Effects. Check out their website and be amazed.

Look how fancy painted paintings can be. This one comes from williamthe.artist's photostream.

This is just one section of a really great mural that can be found at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum. I love the way the "painting" of the skull sits on the "shelf". I don't know the artists name, but will have to look the next time I visit the museum.

This awesome wallpaper can be purchased at Design Public. With it, you can easily create many painted paintings!

Ceiling Space - Parasols

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Why waste that unused space above your head when you can fill it with something as wonderful as...a pretty parasol ,and what girl, of any age, doesn't love herself a parasol?

Country Home.com

These hang at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel.

Check out Oh the cuteness blog. - it includes directions for how to attach a parasol over a ceiling light fixture. Lovely!

Designer Jill Dupre via desire to inspire

Urban Outfitters sells these beautiful parasol shades.

amy watts

faetea

bugeaters

This photo comes from one of my favorite blogs, Party Perfect.

Another absolutely FABULOUS blog, DesignDazzle has this picture.

lalalovelythings via sfgirlbybay via Simply Grove

ABC's

2009-06-17T14:22:00.000-07:00

Words on Walls...how I love them so. They are especially great in a baby's room: use your favorite phrase or the baby's name. After spending months laboring over what your little cherub's name will be, it is wonderful to see that name every time you enter the nursery.

I love this picture! Go ahead and just write on that wall. Craft stores sell paint markers that I use in my murals all the time. If you don't like how it turns out or if you get sick of it after a while, that's OK: Its just paint and a can of primer can erase these words!

Ruby Press Blog

desire to inspire

A mural is always best (my opinion:)) But you can have words on your walls without a paintbrush ever coming near them!

Customized name plaques can be found at many online children's decor stores like Posh Tots. Go ahead and spend some time looking at all the art work there- lots of fun!

these letters are great - look how cute and intricately they are painted. I would REALLY love them if they were 4x the size for a bigger impact (and that is why I painted my daughters name in a huge font directly on the wall. But, sadly we moved right after I painted them and I couldn't take her name with us) So, there is a definite benefit of these wall letters!

You can always have a craft day and paint your own. These wooden letters can be found here.

Or run to Michael's (with a 40% off coupon in tow, of coarse) and buy some canvas and paint your child's name - all on one large canvas or with each letter on it's own.

ohdeedoh

project nursery

Fantastic! project nursery

A really cool way to add ABC's to your walls, without paint, is with vinyl lettering. Here you can purchase custom words for your rooms using any font, color, and size you like. Best of all the vinyl is easy to put on and easy to remove.

More cool vinyl: This gorgeous green room comes from Harmonie interieure. Check out the website for lots of great ways to add words to your walls.

More Treehouse Room Ideas

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I love outdoor lighting in interiors. This one from Home Depot would be really cute in a tree house.

This light is pretty great too. It can be purchased at Rosenberry Rooms.

Great wall art found here.

How cute is this bear? Found here.

Instructions for this awesome storage unit can be found in the book Kids Rooms Projects by Better Homes & Gardens which can be purchased here.

I LOVE things that hang from the ceiling - mobiles, kites, boats (yes boats!). These pennants are really cool. You could make your own or purchase one from Pottery Barn.
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You don't have to have a mural painted (although I'm always available if you want one :)) to surround a room with sky and woods. Check out these cool wallpapers.
Sky:
and woods found at Candy Colored Buddha:

Puting up this type of paneling would be an easy way to create a tree house room. This cool bedding can be found at Rosenberry Rooms too.

Indoor Tree Fort

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This room has everything a little boy could ask for...Pirate Treasure Map, Bugs, Baseball, and the Great Outdoors! Sleeping in this room is like sleeping outside in the trees, but without mosquito's and the fear of bear attack!