Short on ideas for decorating your kid's room? Take inspiration from our design schemes, case studies and and unbiased product reviews to help create your dream family home.
By Diana Stroh,
Competition-winner Emily had a very unusual request when it came to the make-over of her bedroom…Vultures! Along with another essential requirement for ‘rainbows’, children’s interior design specialist Diana Stroh set about trying to incorporate both, in a way that Emily and her Mum would approve. A few weeks later and the make-over is almost complete!…
By Diana Stroh,
OK…so we’re unlikely to get a white Christmas any time soon but that’s not stopped kid’s room designer, Diana, coming up with a scheme using creamy winter whites and rich textures for a rustic cabin style, set for snowy adventures. Weathered, white-washed wood or milky vintage metalics work well for furniture pieces. Nothing too precious…
By Diana Stroh,
As the last of your little Halloween ghouls have been scrubbed clean of their monster make-up…and the Haribo sugar rush has slowed to a bedtime tantrum, what better way to keep the season alive with a spooky kid’s room make-over… Yes, we love a feature wallpaper at Dreams and Wishes, and why not when it’s…
By Diana Stroh,
Pastel accents and pineapple motifs were never going to impress young Joshua when his mum suggested they re-decorate his bedroom with a ‘tropical’ theme. So Diana went for an iconic wallpaper depicting over-sized banana leaves on a feature wall, and suggested painting the rest of the room, including the ceiling, in a forest green, taken…
By Diana Stroh,
Parents everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief this week as the school holidays draw to a close, but homework looms large, and now’s a great time for setting up a study space to help family life run smoothly well into the new academic year. Seek your kid’s opinion…do they want to study with the…
By Diana Stroh,
There’s nothing twee about this seafaring scheme…with deep, dark colours of navy and grey and a brooding anticipation of something dramatic about to happen…like that feeling you get with the first few notes of the Jaws theme-tune…! Stormy skies and choppy waters of grey and blue provide the colour-scheme, with simple nautical stripes on rugs…
By Ian Lipman,
Little Robyn’s mum and dad had a great deal of decorating waiting for them when they moved into their new seaside home. So much so that it took several weeks to add the finishing touches to her new nursery. Robyn’s parents were the lucky winners of a ‘Dream Nursery Makeover’ competition held at the Suffolk…
By Ian Lipman,
Is it easier to design the layout of a tiny bedroom with limited options, or a large room with too many choices? That was the dilemma facing Dreams and Wishes designer, Diana, when confronted with five-year-old Lily’s teeny-tiny bedroom recently. Having taken dimensions Diana discovered the room was barely big enough to house a single…
By Ian Lipman,
The days of Beatrix Potter style nurseries may well be numbered, with ever-increasing bunny-inspired design ideas out on the High Street…and beyond! Now, I’m not advocating the demise of Peter Rabbit and his friends…just suggesting you might end up with a longer-lasting nursery design using these three simple steps… To stop the scheme dating too…
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