| Ladies, we spend a lot of time in the morning getting | | | | personal touches for your kid's rooms, they will feel like |
| ready for the day. We take showers, put on makeup, | | | | they are special, and they may even clean the room a |
| blow dry our hair and put on just the right outfit we | | | | little more often. For example, your baby's bedding |
| feel good in. Then we top it off with the hot colors of | | | | could look cute and cuddly, the colors and patterns for |
| accessories from sunglasses to sandals - the details | | | | kids can be bright, fun and whimsical. It doesn't matter |
| of what we wear matters in how we look and feel. | | | | what size of mattress you or your kids have, the |
| Maybe it shouldn't be that way, but it is. You can think | | | | mattresses must all afford comfort. The goal of every |
| of your bedding as fashion for the bedroom because | | | | bedroom is to have linens that are beautiful, easy to |
| you dress your bed just as clothing and accessories | | | | take care of, and mattresses that are comfortable to |
| dress your body. The little details we put in our | | | | sleep on. If the room is dressed right, you will feel good |
| bedrooms such as vintage rag rugs, beaded | | | | while you are in it. You might consider just adding a |
| lampshades, hand crocheted pillowcases or satin | | | | duvet cover for a quick change over the tired |
| sheets will make all the difference of how we feel as | | | | comforter. I have taken old fitted sheets that were |
| we spend time in our bedrooms. | | | | worn and placed them on the windows for an instant |
| A bedroom is a place to feel safe, comfortable and | | | | dramatic valance. Be creative when it comes to your |
| cocooned as we sleep at night. I like the bedroom to | | | | personal style and get the kids involved. You don't |
| be an expression of who I am as well as that of my | | | | have to be extremely crafty to just get some fabric |
| husband. I don't want it to be all cabbage rose, salmon | | | | paint and let them design their own sheets. Isn't it kind |
| pink and lace because that doesn't make my husband | | | | of boring to always buy what is shown to you in |
| feel too comfortable. He isn't exactly the cabbage | | | | catalogs or retail stores? Place a table you had in the |
| rose type. However, it also doesn't have to be golfing, | | | | living room at your bedside and put a family quilt on it. |
| fishing and rustic log furniture either. We can | | | | Use solid velvet throw pillows that you haven't had out |
| compromise on a majestic leaf pattern with just a | | | | in a while and add a few baubles to them or stitch a |
| small floral touch. I use deeper colors of blue and green | | | | lace handkerchief to the top. |
| mixed with a sophisticated plaid and stripe for the bed | | | | Take what you already own and just put it |
| linen. I love to mix all the patterns together and it turns | | | | somewhere else in a new way. Divide all of your little |
| out great. If you have never done that before you | | | | collectibles into piles by color. Never prejudge |
| might find it a little tricky, but you will be okay if you | | | | something that you think is strictly for the kitchen, or |
| stick to the same hue in the same color families. We | | | | just for a bathroom. If you look at the small |
| live in the north woods so our colors are stronger, | | | | knickknacks with fresh eyes you might be surprised at |
| rustic and outdoors. There is a nice blend and flow | | | | how warm a room can be just by using the play of |
| throughout the home. Doesn't it make sense to begin | | | | color. I love using things in an unexpected way. Don't |
| with colors inside that reflect the great outdoors, | | | | limit these ideas to the bedroom. Your whole house |
| striking a balance between the two? I am surrounded | | | | can be spruced up with a quick change by just moving |
| by pine trees and a beautiful lake. I feel serene and | | | | around the pieces you already own. Another trick is to |
| happy when I take those same colors and make a | | | | keep the small items all together in one spot. Don't try |
| beautiful room to spend my private time. | | | | to spread the small things out to cover space. You will |
| Take a cue from the great outdoors If you are | | | | make much more of a statement if you keep them |
| confused about where to begin when it comes to | | | | together because there is strength in numbers. Know |
| decorating the bedroom or other parts of the house, | | | | your priorities before you buy Do you prefer your |
| take a cue from the outdoors. Stand at one of the | | | | bedding to be 450 thread count Egyptian cotton, or an |
| windows from inside a room and look out. What do | | | | easy no fuss fiber blend? Do the mattresses need to |
| you see happening in your backyard? Do you have a | | | | have a thick 100% cotton mattress pad? Are you |
| blue swimming pool or is your garden filled with yellow | | | | looking for the most high tech mattress on the |
| marigolds? Does your lawn look like green velvet or do | | | | market? Do you want the baby's bedding to be the |
| you have earthy shades from rocks and stone? Do | | | | softest available or is the cute factor more important? |
| you love the cold strength of black wrought iron patio | | | | Do you want to be surrounded by fancy luxury or |
| furniture or do you prefer bold awning stripes? You | | | | casual chic? Have a good idea of what you are |
| can begin to get the idea of how the inside can reflect | | | | looking for before you start making buying decisions. |
| the outdoors or vise versa. | | | | You are dressing your bedrooms in fashion just as |
| You want your whole family to feel as comfortable in | | | | you would your body. Don't be afraid to experiment a |
| their bedrooms as you do. If you pay attention to | | | | little, and use the things you already own for a fresh |
| details of bed linens, color, furnishings and small | | | | look. |