Kids Rooms: A Hands-On Decorating Guide - Softcover

Kasabian, Anna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564969711 ISBN 13: 9781564969712

Publisher: Quarry Books, 2003

Synopsis

Here are rooms that kids love—and the creative know-how for making these designs your own, whether your rooms are large or small, your kids tiny or twelve. Each chapter is packed with full-color photos of fresh ideas for designing children's bedrooms, bathrooms, playrooms, and studies. Information on fabrics, wallpapers, curtains, furniture, and rugs helps you navigate the vast array of choices available. Interviews from design experts, parents, and kids help you create decorative style that's real, that's fun, and that's just for kids.

About this title

About the Author:

Anna Kasabian is a writer and editor whose byline frequently appears in Design Times magazine and the Boston Globe, where she writes about interior design, garden design, and travel. The author of East Coast Rooms and Designing with Tile (both from Rockport Publishers), she lives in New York State.

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Making Rooms: Infants

The best way to develop a design plan for an infant's room is to think through the big picture of your family life. Is this room likely to be used by the same child for several years, or will it always be the new baby's room?

If your family is growing and this is the first of several children you plan to have, consider designating it the infant's room. This way, you need to decorate and furnish it only once for at least a few years. For flexibility, choose yellow as a main color, and keep decorations themed to accommodate both boys and girls.

You will spend a lot of time in your baby's room, so in planning it, take into account your activities, style of organization, and the everyday needs of babies. Infants use bedrooms mainly for sleeping and having diapers and outfits changed. You'll be going in and out of here a lot, tending to these tasks, so storage, lighting, and flooring must be carefully considered.

If possible, choose a room that is not too far from your bedroom so that late-night feedings and diaper changes can be attended to quickly without disrupting the rest of the family. Also, you'll be glad not to run down a long hail or climb stairs when you've just woken up.

In addition, if you've got the luxury of space, choose a room away from where your toddlers sleep. A new baby's fussing can be disruptive.

This chapter on infants' rooms will help you think through design options and offer tips on choosing a theme and accessorizing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quarry Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1564969711
• ISBN 13: 9781564969712
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144