ABC’s of Fine Design

The other day a friend of mine asked me what she could do to give her daughter the room she wanted for Christmas without going bankrupt. My friend works in retail and makes nothing so I understood what she meant.

I took a look at the picture and it was a princess bedroom. Complete with jewels and a crown bed. This is an easy theme and very inexpensive to do. You may splurge on a few things, like the comforter and pillows. but other then that most items in a princess bedroom can be made by hand. Use old costume jewelry to make jeweled picture frames and lampshades. Paint is always your best friend when you want to do a redesign with little cash. Use paint to paint a castle on the wall and trees around her bed. There are many stencils you can buy if your not very artistic.

Remember though not every girl likes pink. Have her pick the colors she wants everything to be. She may like purple, yellow or even blue. You could also have her pick a story to use as a theme in her room, like Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty. Even Tinkerbell is a huge deal right now and you could use her and Neverland as inspiration.

The one thing you must remember about children’s rooms is that they need to be designed so that they can change, don’t add a built in castle bed and desk unless you want to do the work removing it. The will be teenagers eventually and trust me, they won’t want a room that looks like a 4 year old lives there.

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Some of the best things you can buy for your home are for you. They are things that are fun, make you feel good or just plain look great in your home. Buying something you like not only makes you happy when you buy it, but can make you happy later on too.

Bedroom furniture is one of these things. If you get good sleep you are happier, right? A nice comfortable bed sounds good to most people. Of course you can always make it fun depending on the type of bed you buy. Children love bunk beds, even if there is just one child, get them a bed with a desk under it, or at least some sort of play space. They can use it as a cave or a castle. My niece loves her bunk bed because she can put all of her Barbie stuff under it.

Another thing to buy to add some fun to your home is Bar Furniture, this is mostly for the adults, but children love it too. Remember they can’t get into a real bar so to them having a bar at home is really cool. Make it like an ice cream shop and they will love you even more.

The last area that is always fun to buy stuff for in the dinning area, this time of year
Dining Room Furniture is a big seller, mostly because family’s grow and with the holidays here many people don’t have enough room for there family. Buying a new table and decorations to go on it is always fun for me.

What kind of home items do you like to buy?

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