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Smaller Cooler 2009: Neha's Dream Room

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Name/Age: Neha, 7
Location: Mumbai, India
Family: Neha, her mom Shanti, and her dad
Room Size:120 square feet
Division: International

Tip for Living Small with Kids: Listen to your child, she has great ideas for her room! You then develop it to ensure the functionality and safety is built in and stand back and watch the delight on her face!!

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What was one of the biggest challenges you faced in putting together this room? To ensure that my child's safety receives the right importance in a whimsical room that also provides for all the functionality she will need from age 3 to her pre teens. The other challenge was to follow a theme and to ensure all functional aspects of a bed, study, secret hideout, play area, storage for all her stuff and wardrobe are all taken care of and still leaving space for her to share with her friends.


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I weep at the site of that much pink and princess crap. but oh my word to be a little girl that must be the most magical place in the entire world! my niece would lose it over this space!

posted by BuddhaBellysMum on May 15th 2009 at 1:32pm
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Wow! What a room! The woodworking looks beautiful.

I'm curious though, how the family envisioned how the room would grow with their daughter. I'm in the process of redoing my 2.5 year old son's room and want the core peices in the room to last until he's a teen, at least.

posted by farleece on May 15th 2009 at 1:41pm
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That girl seems to love it, therefore I love it.

posted by stickyricemama on May 15th 2009 at 2:10pm
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my daughters would love to have a bedroom like this!

posted by Iara on May 15th 2009 at 3:05pm
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OMG! I was an ABSOLUTE "I Dream of Jeannie" fanatic as a little girl - I would've loved to have this room!!!! Very lucky little girl - it's adorable.

posted by loveoldstuff on May 15th 2009 at 3:17pm
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my girls would LOVE this room. i'm not a fan of the pink and purple but i think it is a fun idea.

posted by k8theriver on May 15th 2009 at 3:27pm
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I'm sure that room will last her for quite a few years (and also make her THE friends house to visit)! And when she outgrows the princess theme... I'm sure her creative parents will find a way to transform this room into something that she'll love then too!

posted by Keri Kolumbus on May 15th 2009 at 3:39pm
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Wow, I'm awe. I would never have let my child pick that room, but I'm sure she LOVES it and will always remember her awesome room. Kudos to the parents.

posted by inkstainedwriter on May 15th 2009 at 4:19pm
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I agree that this is something she will always remember. That brown wood grain is throwing me off though. Maybe if it was painted white with the pink and purple it would make it brighter. However it looks extremely well made and if I had the means to do something like for my 3 year old I would totally go for it!

posted by JESROD82 on May 15th 2009 at 11:23pm
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The room and the girls are sooooo cute!! I love that the parents went with Neha's idea. She is an adorable child!!

posted by allyn on May 16th 2009 at 5:45pm
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this is beautiful!

posted by hundredsofseabirds on May 18th 2009 at 5:55am
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If the bed was a wee bit bigger I would say that the room could "grow" into teenage years easily just by removing overly castly trim and repainting it with more adult colors. Maybe the bed isn't actually as small as it looks.

posted by Kaete on May 18th 2009 at 9:41pm
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What a beatutiful room realy Ilove this idea. my small girl likes that dora kitchen toya very nice. very good kept up!

posted by KANCHANA on May 18th 2009 at 10:00pm
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Too late for me to get to vote....but you sure would've gotten mine. This is an incredible room for your lovely daughter.

posted by baileyb on May 19th 2009 at 5:26pm
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Thank you for all your lovely comments about Neha's room! Neha was ecstatic that she got such good comments about her room.

Neha's dad.

posted by ivmani on May 28th 2009 at 12:09am
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What a lucky little girl to have her dream room! Oh I bet her friends are so very jealous! Now Neha has set a precedent on fancy princess rooms, all of her friends parents must hate you (in a good way of course!)
Congratulations Neha!

posted by amy-in-sf on May 28th 2009 at 1:03pm
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Neha's room is truly what a young girl would dream of. What is also amazing the fact the entire room seems to be custom made and not just a collection of beautiful items put together. Its looks aesthetic and functional at the same time.
Hats of to her parents to have thought of it and converting her fantasy to reality.
congratulations !

posted by amritamadan on May 29th 2009 at 12:04am
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To all those who liked Neha's room, please vote for her once more at http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/smaller-cooler-2009/smaller-cooler-2009-the-semifinals-vote-now-085825
and make her win!

posted by ivmani on May 29th 2009 at 3:04am
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Yaa for Bombay!

posted by Storm on June 3rd 2009 at 3:21pm
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Cool room that all little girls would dare to dream.

posted by frogdiva on June 3rd 2009 at 6:53pm
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