your space or mine

<br /><div class="p1">As I mentioned on my <span class="s1"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/2013-goals.html" target="_blank">2013 goal list</a>,</span> redoing the girls’ room is on the agenda this year. So naturally Pinterest and I have kid rooms on the brain.</div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="p1">Amelia (5) and I have had many talks about not decorating around ‘phases’. That although you may be really into Dora right now, you don’t want to decorate your entire room around Dora because when that phase passes, you’ll have a lot of changing to do. Not only a good lesson and true, but also gets me out of saying “hell no, I’m not doing a whole room around Dora”. Sorry Nick Jr.</div><div class="p2"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0z-dRJZELcmG97cGa-onU4vwGEdjskCo1t3yeekutrzy5QbknJxWM7istw1bMHJhTcxne7gltHvXNae8CDlWfIgQ-leJhb2SjdVEKywkVOWWJyzK50LMb36IENHToKvVvSXBxaPl-DVE/s1600/kids-bedroom.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0z-dRJZELcmG97cGa-onU4vwGEdjskCo1t3yeekutrzy5QbknJxWM7istw1bMHJhTcxne7gltHvXNae8CDlWfIgQ-leJhb2SjdVEKywkVOWWJyzK50LMb36IENHToKvVvSXBxaPl-DVE/s640/kids-bedroom.jpeg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sarahrichardsondesign.com/portfolio/project/west-coast-classic/kids-bedroom" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQP3j6zO1H9MVDIM_Dw0YO7e9UKdtqIF4XwEO7TAW0G8Tebwg4Y4Ubr-u_OAvyxRHfClJKTsmB7JaVy0k6huzYrfeY-aZXSjN8hvLuk7silyK-vbImZ017Le6gCLtGdrwY10nnBwA2CYd/s1600/small-spaces-shared-childrens-spaces.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQP3j6zO1H9MVDIM_Dw0YO7e9UKdtqIF4XwEO7TAW0G8Tebwg4Y4Ubr-u_OAvyxRHfClJKTsmB7JaVy0k6huzYrfeY-aZXSjN8hvLuk7silyK-vbImZ017Le6gCLtGdrwY10nnBwA2CYd/s640/small-spaces-shared-childrens-spaces.jpeg" width="604" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thehandmadehome.net/2012/02/small-spaces-shared-childrens-spaces/" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1">Whenever you hear designers talk about rooms for children they always talk about not getting too ‘themey’. Design a room that will, let’s say it all together now, <i>grow with your child</i>. And while I completely agree with that I worry that sometimes it can give crazy moms like me a free ticket out of including the kids' in the room at all. </div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1">Of course my idea of a wonderful room is light years away from what the girls would pick. I'm loving a big layered bed with lots of pattern and Amelia wants Tinkerbell sheets. I'd love some really colorful abstract art on the wall and Eve wants pictures of Hello Kitty. And a light up Barbie is not my idea of killer lighting.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN8rUtZjFtj9JslvgCq_g-9yPUJq75NsJ69Fc1RRIJrILW5g_A1wEaWT5D69_U_3-fa16bZMEa4pN7lzQk-86oGjodA2JUuULeEl3-nYMp-l5n76pI1Hkr6mJrsqbpGEWXD5mlO4SfvJF/s1600/4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN8rUtZjFtj9JslvgCq_g-9yPUJq75NsJ69Fc1RRIJrILW5g_A1wEaWT5D69_U_3-fa16bZMEa4pN7lzQk-86oGjodA2JUuULeEl3-nYMp-l5n76pI1Hkr6mJrsqbpGEWXD5mlO4SfvJF/s640/4.jpeg" width="466" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/photo-gallery-international-homes?page=43" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Qbdz3K6ff66tK4MhgRa3wacaASGIbxwCWSI9fYKrzGQ_qt8-zRrfpZt62WJ6PImbxB62TGF4Moap6mSNqemiX1_mgr9CPcDXkazuqnxFmf3bN1F0e3vgR4eRWwaULy-4t7mYtR3jolAz/s1600/bunk+beds.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Qbdz3K6ff66tK4MhgRa3wacaASGIbxwCWSI9fYKrzGQ_qt8-zRrfpZt62WJ6PImbxB62TGF4Moap6mSNqemiX1_mgr9CPcDXkazuqnxFmf3bN1F0e3vgR4eRWwaULy-4t7mYtR3jolAz/s640/bunk+beds.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205649484352/" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1">But I do want the girls' to feel like it is indeed their room. I want them to want to be in there. I want them to feel comfortable with and proud of their space, just as I would want for any adult that I work with. So I might have to bend in some areas and pick my battles. Which is true in every aspect of parenting, isn't it? And after all, we adults go through phases as well. We just call them trends. </div><div class="p1"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AIIjySiOWWKCBz9aN1rMoQSUhT7nc7s64hMkAq38Ew45ElTHMUAP7hEu8kRQBNvh8PoYPg-mV1FAdTuRT4v49D9KBk1_NTlRyIEyISNizwzwjl1mucCyk5DXFvRhAocP-1bax352qRGY/s1600/Trenna-Design-682x10232.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AIIjySiOWWKCBz9aN1rMoQSUhT7nc7s64hMkAq38Ew45ElTHMUAP7hEu8kRQBNvh8PoYPg-mV1FAdTuRT4v49D9KBk1_NTlRyIEyISNizwzwjl1mucCyk5DXFvRhAocP-1bax352qRGY/s640/Trenna-Design-682x10232.jpeg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/trennatravis" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1JmvrHsfijEFH0NVPuMjpdQm36YG3m10cv1zfoYmfthyphenhypheng0ZwctuhRv11GTZ3hcMsouXQaQUoMoju7i3nuc-HCr2FwnWtircpriazJ8tT6mWcMFWz35CRdjJNHKY204APZvBW3DwHQx8d/s1600/photo-gallery-international-homes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1JmvrHsfijEFH0NVPuMjpdQm36YG3m10cv1zfoYmfthyphenhypheng0ZwctuhRv11GTZ3hcMsouXQaQUoMoju7i3nuc-HCr2FwnWtircpriazJ8tT6mWcMFWz35CRdjJNHKY204APZvBW3DwHQx8d/s640/photo-gallery-international-homes.jpeg" width="510" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/photo-gallery-international-homes?page=43" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjz1TNR-7NeYYZH8bFZO3VA_yAPPwa2S4hUCjitJcv1nSzHASnr0yry9znnPNo-s3QhyihJ_wpqmLPt_CQ6Qpe9bHgoFDLufHgJw645QwcsAZk2QyLBYSwSmy045imJn3TngLDPTXFP86/s1600/zebra-rug-for-sale.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjz1TNR-7NeYYZH8bFZO3VA_yAPPwa2S4hUCjitJcv1nSzHASnr0yry9znnPNo-s3QhyihJ_wpqmLPt_CQ6Qpe9bHgoFDLufHgJw645QwcsAZk2QyLBYSwSmy045imJn3TngLDPTXFP86/s640/zebra-rug-for-sale.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.chiccheapnursery.com/2012/design-advice/design-inspirations-pinterest-monday-13012/" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1">Do you think it's possible to achieve a room that is well designed but also represents the kid(s) who lives there? Do you go with ‘last until they’re a teenager’ school of thought? Or are you more of a ‘we’ll refresh it in a few years’ person?  </div>

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