My Favourite Book for Designing Children's Rooms
I've owned this book since I was pregnant with my first child -- 2003 -- and this is still my go-to book for inspiration in putting together a kid's room. I've loaned it out a number of times to friends expecting babies, and the reviews have always been great. I found it so inspiring in fact, that I became slightly obsessed with tracking down the carved Indian beds on page 71, and am now the proud owner of an identical custom-carved pair!
I have to seriously dispute the claims that this book features shots found on design blogs... First of all, this book is the source of only the 2 or 3 shots that have made it onto design blogs. Most of these rooms haven't made it onto the blogs and magazines, and still remain fresh today (and I know; I check out all the main blogs and magazines on a regular basis).
The designs in this book are stylish and quirky, showing examples of how to incorporate a child's passions into their space without creating a stilted obviously over-designed space respecting primarily adult tastes. What is particularly charming about the styling in this book is that it has a very natural, realistic feel; for the most part, the rooms seem to have been put together organically, as the result of serendipity, but when you examine them more carefully, you realize that they are the result of wise and very canny planning. I always get ideas about how to store and display things in my childrens' rooms -- even now, after 7 years.
As for those who complain there are no baby rooms, there are a few, but Debi Treloar has also put out the book called "Babies' Rooms From Zero to Three" which may be more what they were hoping to find in this volume.
I love this book, and highly recommend it!
OK
nothing you can't find online for free on any design blog. only worth buying if you are buying second hand.
Spartan, uninspired kids rooms
I was very disappointed in this book. There were very few pages dealing with baby's rooms, regardless of the title. This author (a photography stylist...NOT an interior designer) has an apparent fear of color and visual interest. If your tastes run to the highly modern and institutional, you may find some inspiration, but if your interested in anything other than cold, white, spartan surroundings for your child, I'd steer clear of this book. Granted, the photography of these sterile rooms is lovely...but I was not interested in how to stylishly photograph unadorned spaces...I was looking for inspiration to create an imaginative, innovative nursery for my son. I also purchased her other book focused more exclusively on babies...and was even more surprised at her take on the ideal surroundings for babies. They looked like elegant snapshots of an underfunded orphanage. At least I purchased the book used. Keep looking!
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