Ohdeedoh Kids' Color ContestEntry #43: Oren's Light and Fun Room

Ohdeedoh Kids' Color Contest
Entry #43: Oren's Light and Fun Room

Name: Shauna
Location: Richmond, CA
Child: Oren, 10 Months

Inspiration: My husband, certainly not the decorator in our family, stumbled upon the ‘Links’ rug by Not Neutral and fell in love....

Inspiration continued: It became our inspiration for the room. We live in a rental with ‘navajo white’ walls, so we needed to bring in color in other ways. We made swatch portraits for over the crib, framed frog pictures from a calendar (easily changeable as his interests develop), made curtains, and hung an embroidered ABC picture from my childhood. We also painted a dresser from craigslist in orange and white, and added green bubble glass knobs from Anthropologie. A crazy quilt from my aunt completed the look.

Tip for Using Color: Find one great piece, no matter how large or small, to use as your inspiration and go from there. Also, don't worry if you must have white walls - you can bring in color in lots of other ways.

Colors Used: "Links" rug by Not Neutral in Sable / Ozone / Lotus / Persimmon, "Retro Bubbles" fabric in blue for curtains, Kelly Moore navajo white paint

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Comments (5)

I like the idea of the embroidery hoops with various print fabrics on the wall... That's a great way to use fabric remnants (and man do I have plenty of those) and be able to easily switch them out as tastes change - may have to try that in a non-kid's room as well.

posted by cerise518 on November 7th 2008 at 9:38am
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I like the hoops too but they (and the frog pictures) seem realy high on the wall.

I really like how the curtains relate to the rug...fun patterns.

posted by Enamorada on November 7th 2008 at 9:52am
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really*

posted by Enamorada on November 7th 2008 at 9:52am
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I did the same exact thing to an old dresser in our nursery. Orange base with white drawers! We love it.

posted by AndreaU on November 7th 2008 at 10:02am
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i think the embroidery hoops with fabric are the new bunting, or maybe they're the new wall decals? i think this year's contest will be filled with them.

posted by saltyc on November 7th 2008 at 11:12am
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