9 year old daughter's bedroom
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Comments (49)Thanks for the replies! My wife suggested we talk to a local real estate agent, so i think that is a good idea... just that Im not sure how helpful they are likely to be if we arent selling yet :) As for saving for our dream house, I dont disagree, however if doing this up nicely over the next ~5 years or so while we live here nets us some extra in the eventual sale, then that of course will help us as well. Interesting thing happened today actually. I got a knock on the door and one of the older neighbours asked if he could take some lemons from the tree. I of course said yes. Anyway he was telling me he had lived in the street for 40 years. I asked him if the house had always looked like this, and he said no that ~30 years ago the old old owner did a massive renovation and pulled off the timber and put up the bricks and gutted the inside of the house. Interesting stuff!...See MoreMemories . . . . . . .
Comments (0)Hi , I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this , or whether it's even allowed , but a question here on Houzz today got me thinking about a house my parents built . I spent my childhood living there , so it is probably the most 'special' memory for me . The moderators can delete this if its not suitable , and anyone and everyone can add to it . . . . . . . . . . So it was 1973 in rural New Zealand , my parents were farmers and ambitious , they had bought their first farm about 5 years earlier , and had just bought the neighbouring property . They wanted to take on staff , and it was either build them a new house , or one for 'us' . I was just starting at school , and the old wooden farmhouse was nice -- the old slide up windows , wooden floors , nice verandas -- it was fun . They decided we would get the new house , and unbeknown to me then , they must have been mortgaged up to the eyeballs , but they got an architect , chose a nice slightly sloping spot ( the joys of many hectares to choose from -- or maybe the few facing the road with a view too ! ) , and a plan was put in place haha ! Being a sloping section , it was built on 3 split levels . I think that was fairly common then , but this was slightly different -- the top 3 bedrooms , one bathroom , one toilet , and office , had an 8ft ceiling height . The next 2 bedrooms and another bathroom and toilet , and the garages and storage ( which was basically a wing out the back ) had a 9ft stud . Then down 3 or 4 steps , and the lounge , kitchen , dining , washhouse , and family room had an 11 foot stud ! The lounge had a huge ( for the period ) glass window , from memory 9 ft tall and something like 14 ft wide . One piece of glass . Hopefully strenthened glass -- we never broke it in 20 odd years luckily ! With 4 opening windows down one side . Aluminium framed , like every window in the house . So we are talking 1973 , very high ceiling , large glass window . The entire house was in a weird ( but trendy at the time ) chocolate brown brick , but roughcast on the outside with these charcoal big flecks sticking out half an inch or so . And here was where it got more unusual -- the opposite side of the lounge ( opposite the huge window ) was done as a feature wall , in the same brick , inside ! So this huge 11 foot tall brick wall as a feature wall in the lounge ! Strange ? Well -- about 2ft 6" in front of that was another wall , in the same brick , about 2ft 6 tall -- yes , a planter ! The middle 3 foot or so of this planter had a 'ledge' , and our huge 25" TV ( or whatever was huge at the time ) was on this ledge , almost hiding amongst all the leafy plants , in pots , in this planter box ! I guess iconic 70's , just seems a bit naff now . And one weird thing ( knowing what I know now , it makes sense ) -- a long house on a sloping section , built on 3 split levels , but with a flat ceiling , would look weird wouldn't it ? Even with a large feature window , it'd look quite boring ? Umm , no . I didn't know it at the time , but this must be where architects come into their own . The 'rumpus room' ( it would be called a family room these days ) on the left hand end had a ranch slider , with a terrace out the front , and the ( tiled ) roof came 4 or 5 feet out from the front , to cover this terrace . And this room was maybe 20 foot deep , most of the rest of the house 30-35 feet . So this roofline was a foot or so lower , and 3 foot lower at the peak , than the rest . Then was the dining room , with the kitchen behind it . Set back 5 or 6 feet , so quite a deep terrace , with a 6foot square fixed window and the main entrance door . You could just about hold a conference of 30 people on that terrace , out of the rain haha . The kitchen was at the rear , and had windows on the side wall ( as it was quite a bit deeper than the 'rumpus room' ) and one of those glass things with angled glass on top and sides ( bay window ? ) at the rear . This 'section' , and the lounge ( with laundry and a seperate toilet and a sewing room and a hallway , all behind the brick feature wall ) , all had the same roof profile . Then the whole house 'stepped back' 3 foot , as well as 'stepping up' 2 foot , so it had a whole new roof profile . And then the 'top' part stepped up another foot , but slightly strangely , also forward 1 foot . So outside was 4 completely seperate roof profiles -- inside were 3 split levels , but the ceiling was completely flat ! From memory , it was about 2200 square foot ( which was big back then ) , and another 1000 or so garage and storage . I'm not sure if they were joking or not , but Mum and Dad used to say that the garage was put around the back , because if it had been added on the end , people would think we were rich haha ! I think the house was about 90 foot long , the garage would have added another 40 ! And for anyone wanting modern measurements , work it out yourself haha . Whats your story ?...See MoreHouse plan critique?
Comments (28)windows in master bedroom need to allow views and privacy and much as i would prefer bed on NE this keeps the bed in view towards and from family room so prefer bed on south wests wall and small sliding doors pushed towards north side of room with tall narrow window beside sliding door and highlight window for light with privacy and wall space for chest of drawers...acknowledging theta the pwdr doesn't have a window but my suggested arrangement uses less total space more efficiently and is better for older kids and long stay visiting parents (more people can use the various options at the same time) and a small ventilating skylight will exhaust and brighten the toilet and vanity area ...the wide door into the lounge can be a stacker or stable door so you need to investigate local options (and everything is expensive unless it does what you want...we always use solid core doors that can be ten times the price of a basic hollow core door but love them so we economise elsewhere) and barn door between entry and family would be OK as long as you like them and it doesn't compromise lounge doors but could look ok if both doors are the same style and different widths...and location of dishwasher is personal and if you have already been unhappy with sink in main kitchen then have it in the scullery...main advantage of my suggested kitchen location is that it's closer to the front and the family area and external doors and the pantry uses the central space that can be much better illuminated with another ventilating skylight instead of a tiny external window and noisy exhaust fan...See More
Maureen
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI think I would introduce a third color, which will make decorating easier and turquoise is complimentary and feels youthful. White roman blinds or drapery and then look for turquoise accents - polka dots, stars, layering of the bed and a great piece of art and a striped rug would be fun. You could paint her side table turquoise and maybe leave the rest of the furniture natural. I find that painted furniture in a child's room does chip and wear, so leaving natural on most pieces will save you in the long run...you could add great knobs on the dresser.
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lschonauer
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Denise Marchand
8 years agoLove that you are not trying to make the room too sophisticated for your daughter. I agree with letting her be included, but if she's not interested, don't push it.
Girls need storage: IKEA cubbies for all those little things
Think of painting the furniture a color instead of white. Taupe hi gloss would look good and allow for any bedding. Or a pale robin's egg blue. It will be colorful and edgy. See pics below for inspiration.
Get a large ornate mirror at a yard sale and paint it a darker version of what you paint the furniture. Must have a large mirror!
If you don't want stuff tacked up all over, you have to provide a place to do it. The Container Store, and I think Staples, has a metal stripe with cork for push pins. Line it up and do an entire wall.
Add some removable decals to the striped wall: Butterflies, birds, whatever your daughter likes.
I also like good old fashioned chalkboard and color chalk. In my son's room, many moons ago, I had a 15" high chalkboard and the tack strip under it running the full length of the wall. There was a small rectangular table perpendicular off that wall creating a "desk" with a rolling chair on both sids of the desk. He loved it.
Have fun and don't forget to tell us what you did!
lschonauer thanked Denise Marchandlschonauer
8 years agoYou all have offered some amazing ideas ! I did get a bit ambitious and painted the furniture a slight off white and added new hardware . My dilemma now is 1) what to put on the wall behind her bed 2) what if anything should I do on the wall opposite the window 3) window coverings. I love the suggestion to add floor to ceiling white curtains and the mirror . The idea of painting the furniture a color is fantastic ... But I already painted white - yikes! She wants a chandelier but our area can get VERY warm in the summers so a ceiling fan is a must . I did find some great LED lettered lights in a rustic brown. I painted the "S" gold and am thinking of painting the rest and putting them on her wall behind her bed. Thoughts ? I have it mapped out with paper in the picture .
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I love the way the furniture turned out. It is soo fresh in the room.I found this picture of a little girls bedroom. It has some items you said you wanted to add to your daughters room.
The chandelier. I think you should install one; they are soooo pretty and girlie.
Floor to ceiling curtans in a print with a lot of colors and purple, and a coordinating print on a pillow, or a chair cushion, or a footstool for sitting, or a bench under the window. Also a light colored rug with only shades of purple in it mostly light pattern and color for a bit of contrast.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHey it is all about trial and error, right, but the hunt is the fun part I think! The bedroom is darling for your daughter; just need the finishing touches.
If you sew I found this online from a fabric house at one dollar a yard? Might be a source you might want to pursue and have curtains made? Click on more info
Ladbroke Geranium Purple Lime Green Blue Jacobean Paisley Floral Linen Fabric · More InfoRegarding the Candice bedroom, she ordered a laminate decal and had the design transferred by pressing the plastic sheeting and it left the lettering on the ceiling. I think you can order this type of product online? She surrounded it with, of course, custom plaster ceiling medallion. Go Candice! She once did a girls bedroom with MDF stylized cut outs of a flower and painted the petals, leaves, and hung that on the ceiling and hung a chandelier from it. I think it is archived in her bedroom book? I love Candice and copy freely! She is amazing; I try to find her reruns on hgtv. Ithink they were too cheap to get her show continued in the US. But in my area they do reruns on Monday morning at like 5 AM so I just set her show to record. It works! She is still on in Canada so some of her new stuff is shown and a lot of her old stuff is shown. fyi
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