Purge the Old

It is not always easy to purge the old and bring in the new when designing a room. Rather than looking at your child’s room and feeling overwhelmed by having to start over, simply take three of your favorite items and build around those items. A picture, a comforter, a rug. Then slowly purge those things that will not travel into each season with your child.  Purge those things that do not match or make sense.  Stand in the doorway of your room and ask yourself what are the first few items you love and want to build on.

I am the worst at this kind of process. I am a designer, for me you might think it’s easy, but I am emotionally attached to many things in each of my kid’s rooms, so I implement this same process and slowly work around those things I love, my kids love and create rooms that make sense, they love, and can grow from one season to the next.  Enjoy yourself when you Purge the Old!

Designing With Crazy

Designing With Crazy, really only means that it’s crazy how many patterns, prints, and accents are gathered in my office and coming together.  My office is not a fancy office.  It has to be functional for many levels of working. 

Several years ago, I had what I called my “cheater” office.  One that was fancifully designed and arranged for clients, neat as a pin, and one that gave an impression of “oohs & ahs.”  Then, I had a second office on the back wing of my home which was where the piles, papers, prints, patterns, paints, and fabrics were located.  It was a crazy, mad science kind of workspace.  That is what my office is like today. There are no “cheater” offices today.  Too many kids, and every room is used as a sleeping space for my children.

As I spread out the fabrics and get the cutting started, I realize how much fun this is. I hope that you will check back often to follow our Designing with Crazy.

Pink, Always A Favorite

Pink will always be a favorite… when it comes to girls.  Why?  Perhaps that rebellion we all had as our mothers had to wrestle us into those pink dresses and hair bands.  We revolted to think that we would ride our bikes with pink tassels, and  many of us pulled the hair band out the minute we turned a corner.  Then one day, those pink little toes, pink little squishy faces and that pink little newborn body we hold for the first time redefines pink.

Our hues go up on the walls, the bedding chosen, and the glass dish that  contains  hair bows with pink accents. Our own little girls now sporting the fashions we once wore and they too rebel against what we choose to dress them in. They will grow up and over the generations pink will still win out.

My youngest clients, little girls from around the age of four on up would always choose the pink rooms.  Mom might cringe, daddy would smile, and together they would say, “we told her she could choose”.  Pink now fills the places and spaces of many little girls. My little girl is all grown. I too allowed her to choose her own room.  She wanted pink.  She was the little girl I had to wrestle with on those days when I wanted her to look pristine.  As we work on building our website and developing rooms that your children will love, we will take time this next month to share some of those rooms of the past.

Here is my daughter’s room.  She chose every single piece.  I was not so fond of the furniture, but she loved it.  Together this was her favorite place.  In the next day or two I will find her room not so pristine, but for now here is a peak from yesterdays past.

1995  First Big Girl Room

Keep in mind that digital cameras were not even thought of when this   picture was taken.  An example of some of our custom work, note the window treatment. We will be offering this valance custom to match  your child’s place or space, in prints and fabrics for both boys and girls.  We’d love to feature some of your pinkest rooms.  Email us some of your favorites and we may feature you on our “Customer Favorites” Page.

Hung Out To Buy

Why Hung Out To Buy? You have a buyer and a designer of fine children’s bedroom fashions.  They have a day of asking the questions most are asking.  How do we provide an amazing service to our customer’s who are now trying to hold back that design project due to the expense of a designer and then the expense of products?  You are going to have to spend your hard earned money no matter how you put your child’s space or place together.  Hung Out To Buy helps you make confident and cost effective decisions about your purchase.  No more having to try to chase down the right mix and match.  Together the buyer and the designer work to bring to you exactly a look that is sure to make a kid smile.  Hung Out To Buy, is really like hanging out our sign for business. We want you to hang out on our sight and buy what is going to bring Kids Fine Bedroom Fashion to your child’s special space or place.

Check back when we launch in January 2012

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