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Name: Jennifer
Location: Boston
Child: Alexandra, 2 1/2; Madeleine, 13 weeks
Inspiration: Although I love pastels, we wanted Alexandra to have a bright and cheerful room ready for an active toddler. The dominant color choices were taken from two Babar posters that can be seen in the photos. I tried to match the turquoise accent walls to one of the main blue shades in the posters. I love the mix of turquoise and red. To enhance that, I am still planning to put some red ladybug vinyl wall stickers on the turquoise wall behind the bed.
Tip for Using Color: There's a lot of bright, fun, primary color in the accessories of this room, so besides the accent walls, we left the walls white so as not to overwhelm our daughter. We didn't want her to be charged up by color ALL the time--it's hard enough to get a toddler to sleep! A red wall, I think would have been too much here.
Colors Used: Blue walls are Bluebell by Sherwin Williams (found out about their Harmony no VOC paint on the AT site). Quilt is from Pine Cone Hill. Blue dresser and storage furniture are from Ikea. Red chair is from Pottery Barn Kids (a roadside find!)
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this is one of my favorites - a great use of the primary colors!!
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What a fabulous room! I love all the little nooks and crannies, painted furniture, and happy colors :)
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Beautiful. Where did you find the Babar posters?
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can you tell me more about that fabulous bedspread? I want one for my own bed!
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Wow, a tasteful use of primary colors. Usually I wouldn't put those two things together in a sentence. I'm really impressed!! Charming, cheerful, and bright without being overwhelming or garish. Nice.
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very nice. i bet she loves the chair and canopy. i think art or another shelf would look good in the alcove above the bed.
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I love this room! and I am completely with hyzen, it really is pulled together so nicely and so much better than I would have imagined a room based on primary colors could be.
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I really like how this room isn't decorated with over-the-top expensive items but it's still nicely done and cheerful. It's probably my favorite so far.
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This one is beautiful. Nice job!
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Thanks for the lovely comments. I have really been inspired by all the beautiful children's design on Ohdeedoh.
The posters in the room came first. We originally saw them in the Land of Nod catalogue about two years ago, but ended up buying them on Ebay for about $11 each. Then we found the red chair--I mean literally found it on the curb on garbage day--and knew we had to do a room around red accessories.
The quilt was a great find on a trip to the Berkshires in Western Mass. in May. The Pine Cone Hill outlet store in Lenox, MA has loads of colorful quilts at reasonable prices.
And finally, I agree with k8theriver. The alcove behind the bed is not yet finished. We were originally going to put a book rack there, but decided to place it elsewhere instead because a) it would cover up the electrical plug which we need for a lamp, and b) it would encourage climbing into the alcove and taking flying leaps onto the bed. But that is why the shelf is so high. Instead, I am planning to add some red vinyl wall stickers of ladybugs that I bought from etsy. I have not gotten to it yet because I also have a three month old daughter. :)
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