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Name: Bowie
Age: 3
Location: Brooklyn, New York

Color Inspiration: A few things really, one we live in a railroad apartment where every room can be seen at once, so to unify all the rooms I painted the entire apt the same warm neutral with a blue ceiling and have used vintage wallpaper...

Name: Joleen
Age: 3 months
Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Color Inspiration: Our inspiration for Joleen's room was a mixture of mommy's and daddy's tastes. I love modern, but I am a shabby chic kind of girl at heart. Joleen's daddy loves ultra modern furniture and clean lines and clean wall colors....

Michelle sent in these wonderful photos from the twins 5th birthday party. She writes: My twins love camping and on their 5th birthday they wanted a camping party. It would have been difficult to arrange a real camp out that all their friends could attend...so we had a little camping party in the park! We set up a little tent and camping chairs...

Name: Kendal
Birthday: First
Greeting: A year already? Geez, guess time really does fly when you're having fun! You've given us a run for our money and we couldn't imagine it any other way. From the moment you started walking at 7 months we knew you'd be out little daredevil. Keep hiding behind the couch and letting out your little laugh and we'll keep finding you. Our lives wouldn't be complete without you! We love you so much pooh bear!!

Names: Joshua & Finn
Ages: 2 & 3
Location: Glen Iris, Australia

Color Inspiration: Slightly industrial... Slightly Retro.. All within a rental space where the grey walls and floor coverings could not be changed. we've made up for that through using bright, zingy and stimulating colours - typically 50's inspired reds, greens and oranges.

Names: Savannah & Isaiah
Ages: 2 and 5 months
Location: Beaverton, Oregon

Color Inspiration: My two kids share a small room. Because I have a girl and a boy, I wanted the room to be gender neutral. And we live in northern Oregon, where the sky is overcast and gray most of the year, so I tried to make the room as sunny and bright as possible though the use of warm, bold colors.

Name: Tommaso & Lorenzo
Age: 4 & 5
Location: Milano, Italy

Color Inspiration: Well, we live in a very, very grey city, so we have a lot of color in our house to compensate for that. For the new boys’ room wanted a color that was bright and fun, but not too traditional...

Name:Francesca (Frankie) Rose
Birthday: One
Greeting: Francesca (Frankie) Rose is turned one on October 19th. She is a source of constant amusement in our house. She loves nothing more than her dog Obie and vice versa. Frankie, you are dreamy. We love you so very much!

Name: Kayla Beatrix & Ayra Sofia
Age: 13
Location: Los Angeles, California

Color Inspiration: My kids are aspiring musicians.They love black, they love music, they love rock bands, they dress really funky and their fashion sense inspired me to create this room.

For their first collection of rugs for children, The Rug Company went to Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby of British design duo Barber Osgerby. The designers — who already have a wonderfully colorful collection of rugs — combined bright colors with animal prints in 4 designs.

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Name: Luca, Gia & Baby Cashew
Age: 4, 2 and "due any day now"
Location: Champaign, Illinois

Color Inspiration: We follow the "find what we can, use what we have and make what we don't" philosophy. This is not only easy on the budget and environmentally responsible, but I love the mix of eclectic found objects and handmade new creations. Search your storage closets, attics and basements ...

Name: Carter
Age: 4
Location: Oak Harbor, Washington

Color Inspiration: We are a military family that lives in base housing. The walls in our house are white, white, and more WHITE! So, I love finding fun accesories to add a punch of color to our home. The inspiration for our daughter Carter's room was actually the painting.

Name: Jasper Morey
Birthday: Second
Greeting: You are an amazing boy, and we love your sense of humor. We're glad you're not a penguin... or a camel... or a frog. You're such a sweet little dancing, singing sensation. You and your sister are such great kids! We can't wait to go pumpkin picking with you and your friends to celebrate your birthday!

Name: Charlie
Age: 4
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Color Inspiration: Charlie loves cars and trucks so the Dwell transportation bedding is perfect. He once told us that he wants to be a robot when he grows up - this was right after his 6-year old sister said that she wants to be president like Obama - so the robot decals and prints are a perfect nod to his future aspirations.