Furnishing & Decorating
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Seeking Someone to Paint My Kids Room
Asked by C.H. from Dallas
on March 1, 2009
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I am looking for someone to come and paint my kids room to look like an undersea room. My son and daughter share a room, and I thought this would be perfect for the tw...
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- I just worked with Grethel, who was recommended to me thru this site and I am very happy. We did the top half of the room above water and the bottom half under water a...
- Check out Mama-owned, Just For Me Murals. She does beautiful work and will work with you to get just the look you want. The painter is LoraBeth Davis. Her number is ##...
- Hello, i just met a girl in high school at chuck e cheese and she was just messing around and drawing and it was so cute and amazing. i gave her my number and asked ...
Sleeping in New "Big Girl" Room
Asked by T.S. from Portland
on March 1, 2010
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We recently made a big girl room for my daughter who turned 2 on Jan 2nd. She LOVES her new room......it's all "hot pink" as she says =) I have another one due on Ap...
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- I would not keep moving her back and forth if you really want her to start sleeping in the new room. She needs to know that this is the room she needs to sleep in. I...
- Westerners are far too quick to separate a single child into a room of their own. First children have many fears that second and third children don't have. I kept my...
- We started doing naps in the new room first with no decorations in the room. After she was comfortable napping, then we added night sleeping still without any decor. J...
How to Transition 2 Yr Old to Sleep in Her Own Room?
Asked by E.P. from Los Angeles
on November 21, 2009
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My daughter went from co-sleeping to sleeping in her own toddler bed and we would like to now transition her to sleep in her own room by herself. Baby is now co-sleep...
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- Hi E., it is going to take time and patience, because you created a habit for this child that she had no control over and now your doing the same thing to the new baby...
- Hi E., What worked for us was to let our daughter pick out a few things to decorate her new room with like a new lamp shade, sheets and blankets, a poster or two fo...
- If you keep in mind... that 2 years old is an age of MANY developmental changes, including still having "separation anxiety"... and at this age, they can start to deve...
Cost Effective Ways to Decorate Toddler's Room
Asked by S.S. from Los Angeles
on December 1, 2010
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My 18 month old son's room is rather barren. I've been meaning to decorate but am wary of the prices of cute items.. Any good websites, stores that sell decorative st...
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- i cut out pieces of childrens fabric and framed them in and hung them in my childs room. you can paint things on the walls - murals - those are cheap if you do them yo...
- I second Ikea if you eventually want to change decor as he gets older. For my daughters' rooms, paint does play a lot in our decor. As far as affordable things, I...
- I decorated my son's room with removable wall decals. They are all over the internet, and there are many themes you can find. I looked and looked until I found a great...
Change Toddler Room Before or After Baby Comes?
Asked by G.S. from San Diego
on September 6, 2011
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I have a four year old daughter and in about 2 months, we are excited to say that we will have a new baby.
Here is the question: They will share a room. Should ...
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- I would start now. If you haven't already, take your daughter with you to pick out crib sheets, a mobile, etc. I would have her talk to your belly and tell the baby ...
- We suggest throw her a big sister party to celebrate her new status in the world, invite a few friends to a small party and give her gifts to put up in her room. This...
- DO IT NOW! You want to mentally prepare your 4 year old, and get her excited about the new baby :)
Reupholstering Dining Room Chairs HELP!
Asked by M.G. from Dallas
on March 3, 2008
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I am in the process of purchasing my very first home! Yeah me! I would like to save some money by keeping a couple pieces of my current furniture. Would any of you mot...
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- I don't know what kind of chairs you have but most the seat is separate. Turn the chair over and unscrew the seat from the frame. The old cover may be stapled to the...
- A couple of comments -- first, the pleather is a great idea if you want to "wipe off" because for a first time upholsterer it will be tricky to get decent-looking corn...
- Keeton Supply (www.keetonsupply.com) in Fort Worth was very helpful when I recovered my dining chairs. They told me how much foam, batting, fabric, etc. I needed, and ...
Should We Have Our 2 Yr Old Girl and Newborn Share a Room?
Asked by J.K. from Washington DC
on March 31, 2009
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We have time to figure this out as I am only 5 months pregnant, but I wanted to get some opinions. Our daughter will be 2 years and 3 months when our baby boy is born...
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- interesting question I'm thinking about the same thing, only I have a 15month daughter and the one on the way is a girl. I think it would be nice to share and turn th...
- Here is what we did - and it works great. Our girls are 2 years 2 months apart. They have their own rooms but the older one has two twin beds and the younger has a d...
- My daughter was 2 1/2 when my son was born. I can not imagine having them share a room. They would have keep each other awake all night. We also lost the guest room...
Decor Question
Asked by W.M. from Nashville
on January 3, 2011
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I need some help decorating. We have this big wall in our foyer that leads into the living area. It is probably 9 ft long and about 10ft tall. Right now we have a r...
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- I'm loving the new wall decals! They have EVERYTHING out there. From fabulous quotes on life and family to a picture or scene of anything you could ever want! I'm e...
- an artificial red plant in brown baskets on both sides. hang the baskets and get theshape that would blend well withyour mirror or plugin wall lamps. I have a wooden ...
- Candle sconces would probably be the wrong size scale to flank the mirror anyway. You need to keep the proportions in mind. If you have a really large mirror, small li...
Halloween Decor ,Do You Do It
Asked by B. from Augusta
on October 3, 2011
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Ok so I love holidays. And i love Halloween we all dress up , etc , BUT I've never gone beyond pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns .
Do any of you do lights etc. ?
What is ...
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- My Halloween indoor decor last year. http://littlelovables.blogspot.com/2010/10/homefront-sparkly-halloween-mantel.html I don't do much scary, but I do like to ha...
- I do it..mines up already (did it saturday). I have 1 set of orange lights that wrap my kitchen window looking out while I wash pans, I have a flying bat that hits my ...
- The majority of my decorations are "fall" items that can be kept out until Thanksgiving. Orange lights on the porch, pumpkins, scarecrows, wreaths. But I do add a fe...
What Is a Fair Curfew for an 18-Year Old Daughter Living at Home?
Asked by R.G. from San Francisco
on April 4, 2009
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Hello there. My husband and I have a single daughter who will be turning 18 in June and has been commenting that she shouldn't have a curfew once she is 18. She will...
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- I think you are being more than fair. I am not sure what business any 17 or 18 year old has being out until 1 anyway.
- Hi R., I think you are fair. I used to hear all that complaining too. We did make acceptions. If they were at a friends house and we knew where they were, or maybe ...
- 1 am is fair. What is an 18 year old doing til 1am? I would ask her why she wants her curfew to be later and have her tell you what she is doing til 1 am and why it ne...
