Want a cute tea cup chandelier like this one?

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?!?

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.
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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

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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





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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

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!)