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Gray Kids Rooms
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graychildwood.jpgLately I've been noticing a lot of grays used in European children's rooms -- a gender-neutral color with a calming effect. This "warm gray" bedroom from Belgian company Childwood gets a lift from bright white accents.

 
 

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This charming girls room in shades of gray and cream from Cute.fr is warm and girly without being too, well, cute.

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And this bedding in shades of gray from Serendipity in Paris, combined with cool blue accents, has a calming look that can last from the nursery to the adolescent's room.

Would you use gray in a child's room?

- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. She can be reached at kristinh @ apartmenttherapy . com

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Comments (16)

Wow... that top one looks miserable! Fun to see something different, though.

posted by jenzoe on July 17th 2008 at 8:39am
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I agree, I like the gray with some pops of color, but the first one is terrible. :(

posted by jennykilbo on July 17th 2008 at 8:52am
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Hey- we (Javis Davis) just put up a new Joel Dewberry fabric collection that would totally go with that.

http://tinyurl.com/javisdavis-joeldewberry

Aren't we trendy!

posted by Mary Peyton on July 17th 2008 at 9:12am
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Did anyone else think of a prison cell when they saw these pics? Yuck.

posted by Aimi on July 17th 2008 at 9:40am
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We used grey in our nursery with orange - the Binth Alphabet poster was our inspiration.

posted by eskkimmo on July 17th 2008 at 9:54am
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It looks like Eastern Germany :(

posted by LillyY on July 17th 2008 at 11:01am
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That first one is not what I would call "calming" unless by "calming" you mean "so dismal that all one's energy evaporates."

posted by hyacinthine on July 17th 2008 at 11:50am
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I think a little gray would be OK, but that first room is just grim. I'd like the second room better if the "cream" was more of a pink. A true pink and grey would be girly with a more sophisticated edge for an older girl. And the last isn't bad, but there's too much gray.

BTW, eskkimmo--I love the Binth alphabet poster. I bet your nursery is wonderful. I'm planning an orange (with yellow and pink) nursery right now, using some of Amy Butler's Midwest Modern fabrics.

posted by Pencils on July 17th 2008 at 11:57am
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The top one is truly horrible.

posted by ADonuts on July 17th 2008 at 12:13pm
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I agree, the top one is horrible! I do like light gray in nurseries, though. I bet the Binth-inspired one with orange is great. We want pics!

posted by RainyDayMomma on July 17th 2008 at 12:21pm
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The top one looks like one of those black & white photos of an orphanage of "olden days"-too dreary without any color. Also kind of reminds me of a kid's jail. Not exactly the look you want for a new baby.

posted by cerise518 on July 18th 2008 at 4:27am
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anyone know where i could get something like the standing clothes hangar that is in the top photo in the far left? i could really use something like that!!!! but i don't mean the giant sized ones that they have for adult clothes storage.

posted by scriptkitten on July 18th 2008 at 7:05am
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Love the chalkboard panels, but the rooms make me sad.

posted by nook on July 18th 2008 at 8:02pm
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I like a soft gray with blue or pink, but the top one looks like Tim Burton designed it!!

posted by CaseyB on July 19th 2008 at 11:53am
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i actually really like the first one. i think once all of the kid's bright toys were in the room it wouldn't seem dismal at all.

posted by mrsbrimhall on July 20th 2008 at 7:19pm
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The first one looks a bit like an old country doctor's office. The second is almost acceptable, but is just too dreary for a little girl. The third looks like a styled up prison cell. Not a fan.

posted by JustinRez on April 17th 2009 at 8:05pm
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