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Lily's Favorite Floral
Small Kids, Big Color Entry # 18


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Name: Lily
Age: 4
Location: Sherman Oaks, California

Color Inspiration: We started by having our designer choose three fabric options, then let Lily choose the one she liked. Everything else was based on the colors and style of the floral fabric.

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Tip For Using Color: Using a neural on the walls and the color on the ceiling makes the design last from toddler through young adult. This eliminates having to redo the room as she gets older.

Colors Used: Fabric: Kravet, paint: Dunn Edwards (custom mixed, amoire: Duc Duc New York, rug: Flor.

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Comments (40)

love the fabric, love the pink ceiling, super crazy love the chandelier.

posted by doubledutch on November 2nd 2009 at 4:54pm
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i feel like saying it's too much... but it's so neat that i just can't! awesome room!

posted by BuddhaBellysMum on November 2nd 2009 at 5:01pm
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Fun, Fabulous, and inspiring. Tara, may I ask who your designer is? We're considering moving to Sherman Oaks soon and would love to have something along these lines for my daughter. Thanks!

posted by tiffbirch on November 2nd 2009 at 5:13pm
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LOVE the fabrics. Do you happen to know the name of the fabrics by Kravet?

posted by Michele McIntire on November 2nd 2009 at 5:26pm
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wow it's really beautiful, it does look rather expensive to put together, clearly not a DIY job. i love everything in the room, though!!!

posted by drey on November 2nd 2009 at 5:52pm
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Incredible. Hands down my favorite nursery ever shown on Ohdeedoh.

posted by racheloncegentry on November 2nd 2009 at 6:23pm
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www.kurtlangenhahn.com is the designer

posted by KurtL on November 2nd 2009 at 6:51pm
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Lily has great taste!

posted by stigity on November 2nd 2009 at 7:14pm
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!

posted by ameliabluebelle on November 2nd 2009 at 7:15pm
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Amazing.

posted by jennyology on November 2nd 2009 at 8:08pm
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The room puts a smile on your face!!!

posted by Leni on November 2nd 2009 at 8:08pm
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This looks like the dream of almost any little girl.

posted by centralequipment on November 2nd 2009 at 8:14pm
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Gorgeous! How wonderful to wake up and be surrounded by that beauty every day. Well done!

posted by chasergreen on November 2nd 2009 at 8:25pm
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What an amazing use of color, fabric, and creativity! This room is one of a kind and I think Lily is as well.

posted by Shane13 on November 2nd 2009 at 9:13pm
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Wow this is definately the best one!

posted by Shane13 on November 2nd 2009 at 9:34pm
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fantastic room! love that stripe and the way it is pulled through the room.

posted by Lady J on November 2nd 2009 at 9:36pm
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simply lovely

posted by sevenmegan on November 3rd 2009 at 12:12am
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AWESOME! A stunner. Best in contest for sure. Not DIY but there are so many easy to copy ideas in here--colorful ceiling, repeating patterns in different areas. Bravo!

posted by TheLittlestChicken on November 3rd 2009 at 12:30am
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I'm sorry, I don't like this one (which may mean that I have horrible taste).

Beige and pink, floral pattern from the 70's... not my cup of tea. The room feels cluttered and smaller than it is. The colors seem to me a bit too present for a child's room.

But I can't deny how bold the color choices were...

posted by Loora on November 3rd 2009 at 6:35am
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I do like it, but it looks a little too "designed" for my taste. Doesn't look like an actual child lives here. More like a catalogue page (but a nice one!).

posted by LuaBear on November 3rd 2009 at 9:46am
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gorgeous room!! definitely the best!!

posted by rae1982 on November 3rd 2009 at 1:35pm
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Such an AWESOME room! So bright and fun - great job Tara, Lily & Kurt!

posted by jenwilsonphoto on November 3rd 2009 at 3:11pm
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seems v mature for a 4 year old - that said I think it rocks - just not age appropriate.

posted by heathers on November 3rd 2009 at 5:24pm
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Very pretty but also very obviously high end professionally decorated. That's not an insult, it just looks like the room a celebrity child. I gave it a thumbs up but I'm not sure it's fair play.

posted by burnttoast on November 3rd 2009 at 6:06pm
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hands down the best. i'd give it TWO thumbs up if i could!!

posted by avongoetz on November 3rd 2009 at 9:22pm
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I agree with some of the other comments. While the color palette in this room is truly delightful (I gave it a thumbs up - how could you not?), it does seem overly sophisticated. This room would be divine for a 16-year old, but for a 4-year-old? I completely get designing a room that can grow with your child but this is a bit much. Also, I much prefer a DIY-angle, and this screams expensive designer showroom. I would be terrified of markers and juice coming within yards of this space.

posted by velouria on November 4th 2009 at 11:13am
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i love that this room is not a prissy "girlie" room but still very much a girl's room! Lily picking out these fabrics demonstrates a very good eye for color. . .she's an artist in the making!

posted by janetnielsen on November 4th 2009 at 11:58am
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This is lovely. However, this isn't a contest for people who hired designers, is it? I thought the contest was for people who designed the rooms themselves.

Might as well have a contest for professional designers.

posted by standupstapler on November 4th 2009 at 2:51pm
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Standupstapler-- The rules state that rooms can be designed by a professional, weekend hobbyist or design enthusiast. Doesn't seem fair, but the voters usually go with the DIY-ers anyway:)

posted by SQ on November 4th 2009 at 3:12pm
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Adorable. Tried to give it the thumbs up but says the vote is closed. Too bad, this deserves to win.

posted by lorijo12 on November 4th 2009 at 6:08pm
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gorgeous!

posted by erinpearce on November 5th 2009 at 12:40am
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I agree with others...a 4 year old?? really? seems very grown up. where are all the toys?

posted by Charis on November 5th 2009 at 7:17pm
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Lovely! I want one for ME!

posted by csc76 on November 6th 2009 at 2:21am
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The toys are in the playroom, duh. This is a bedroom.

posted by KurtL on November 6th 2009 at 1:51pm
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um, kurt, pointing out that they have a separate bedroom and playroom is not really helping out the undercurrent of class warfare here. for those of us who can't hire designers to prettify our toddler's bedrooms, I think it would be fair to say that many of us also don't have the pleasure of having a separate playroom. I can barely squeeze a bedroom of my own out of our tiny pad let alone a playroom. So duh right back atcha.

posted by tanyalynnpalmer on November 10th 2009 at 5:20pm
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When people work like dogs and are ubber talented at what they do, and are paid accordingly, they deserve to live well and have a house with as many rooms as they like. It's not at all a put down of people with smaller spaces. Picking on the rich is the same as picking on anyone else. This house has a playroom, a reading room and a staff. And it's still beautifully designed and deserves accolades for that on a design site that welcomes all. How did a simple design contest turn into class warefare? Good design is good design and the submission meets all the requirements. Anyone who would not acknowledge the work and talent that went into this space based on higher budget just doesn't get what this is all about.

posted by KurtL on November 10th 2009 at 5:40pm
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look kurt, i'm not calling into question this room's right to be in the contest -- it's striking and well put together and while not to my taste entirely, it's gotten lots of votes, so who cares what I think. I gather from the exchanges that you are the designer, so kudos. I don't really want to get into an argument about what people 'deserve' or the assumed equation between hard work and high pay -- i haven't noticed much correlation between those two things in my life or anyone around me, or in the world as a whole, but if the whole capitalist dream is working out for you god bless.

posted by tanyalynnpalmer on November 10th 2009 at 8:28pm
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Well said tanyalynn.

posted by lovatotomato on November 17th 2009 at 12:59pm
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Love this pink/orange hued bedroom. As a designer who used lots of color for fun, sophistication, longevity and personality, I appreciate the multi colors in the is girl's room.

posted by charmgirl on November 18th 2009 at 12:44pm
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A Saarinen womb chair for a 4 year old? Really? But I have to say this room is gorgeous. I am in love with that floral fabric. Love the floor cushions as well. Lily is a very lucky little girl. It's a great room that will grow with her.

posted by saraha on November 18th 2009 at 1:09pm
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