1, 2, 3 Paint With Me Please

Slightly obsessed lately with paint by numbers, the old school vintage ones. The images that have character, charm, and a nostalgia you just feel by looking at them. 

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This is my inspiration for M's room, I was struggling for a while but once I saw this it hit me like a 2 by 4 between the eyes...it would be SO fun! 

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Here are some other great ways to incorporate the vintage feel to a room...

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Now if I can just find the time, projector, and the right image I would be in great shape. Everything has to start with a concept, and I finally have that for his room so now it is time to roll with it. What are your thoughts? If you love it feel free to come and help me, I supply everything...including wine. Mel xo

My 4 year old client...

This image is a pretty good example of what W, my 4 year old client and son said he want's his new room to look like...

Me: W, what do you want your new room to look like.

W: Candy

Me: Candy? You want a room made of candy?

W: Yes, and a candy bed.

Me: OK, well I will think about it. What about colors?

W: All of them.

Me: Like red, blue, what?

W: All of them, red, and blue, and green, and orange, and yellow, and I don't want M to have any of them, 
I get them all.

Me: OK love, we will have to give M at least one color. I will start working on it.

So where does that leave me, the colorphobe? I am an admitted tanorexic after all. The boys deserve fun spaces where they can be creative and let their imaginations run wild. I needed a starting point, something to guide us. I managed to find a great wallpaper that I am seriously considering for his room, it is just too fun!

His room has an incredible ceiling that reaches 13' tall at the peak, so I know that we can get away with this paper on one wall, possibly the one that will have his bed backing to it.

While looking for lights for the rest of the home I came across this from Curry & Company. I think this would be so fun for his space, and the light would cast some amazing designs on the ceiling as well. When I showed it to the hubs the other night W was on his lap and when he saw it he just started saying 'YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I WANT THAT!!!!' I guess I am on the right track. Just concerned that it is a bit too small.

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Now his bed, I want something inexpensive since I know he will most likely want something very different in the next home. I saw this one below at Ikea and as soon as the Hubs saw it he nixed it. He had visions of him using the bed as a piece of gymnastics equipment, so I will continue to look. Let me know if you see anything fun out there!!

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As far as linens go that will take some time. I think I am going to keep the window seat base cushion and bed linens neutral and play off of the colors with accent pillows, a valance for the window and some other fun items, maybe something like the items below...

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 via Pottery Barn Kids & Ikea

I am pretty happy with the start that we have on his room, but I will admit, I am stuck on M's room. My 2 year old isn't as verbal with interior directions as my 4 year old client. Mel xo

Guest Post: Brooke from Blueprint Bliss...

I am honored today to have you read an amazing and beautiful post from Brooke over at Blueprint Bliss, hope you enjoy and thank you so much Brooke!

 

It's Brooke from Blueprint Bliss. I don't know how many of you are familiar with my blog... but if you aren't I'll give you a quick update. My family and I currently live in Birmingham, Alabama but will be moving home to Mississippi in June. While I've been posting a lot on inspiration for rooms for our new house... I haven't spent any time on the upstairs bedrooms. The two that I have been working on today are the nursery and the room with twin beds. Collins nursery will move from our current house to our new house and stay the same. I love it and hope to enjoy it while he's still a baby (you can see more here):

With that room complete... that brings me to his big boy room (aka: the room with the twin beds). I plan to have it somewhat finished when we move into the new house... though I don't plan on him being out of the nursery anytime soon!

I found these two Jenny Lind twin beds:

That I plan to paint Benjamin Moore's Van Courtland Blue:

Rachel over at  Nest Egg did a great post last week on rooms for boys. Here are some of my favorite images from that post that are inspiring this design:

 Peter Dunham

 

Ashley Putman via Lonny

 Jeffrey Bilhuber

And these last two from Serena & Lily:

I have bookmarked lots of fabric options. I have no clue which direction I will go...  but here are some that I like:

Padna

Tala

Ranch Stripe

Heath by Alexander Henry

While the fabrics that I like aren't 'childish'... some Sugarboo art prints would liven up the room:

That's all I have for now. I'll keep you posted on what I decide to do!

Melissa- thanks so much for having me as a guest blogger. I hope you are having a wonderful time on vacation! xx- Brooke

Window Seats, a must...

Incorporating window seats into our next home was a must. We currently have a large built-in day bed in our home and it is the most used spot besides the kitchen on the main level.  The bottom drawers hold all of the toys and it is my favorite place to sit, especially on a fall evening with a glass of wine.

 Image my own

Pretty much every client that comes through out home before the design process begins wants to incorporate a space similar to ours into their new home. Can you blame them?

Image my own

We are having another day bed built-in in the next great room as well as 2 built-in window seats in 2 of the upper level bedrooms for the children. 

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Besides offering additional storage it is also a great place for them to sit and let their minds wonder, perfect to enhance the creativity that keeps growing each and every day.

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Do you have a favorite spot in your home? If so make sure you get to spend some time there today. Mel xo