Comments on: before & after: knack nursery

By: linda

linda — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:41:22 +0000

my daughter is having her first baby,a boy. she loves this
theme. the overhead light fixture she really wants. i have looked
and looked but cant find anything like it. is their any information
out that we can find to do this?

By: grace

grace — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:12:38 +0000

msnkrey

it could if the paint is lead, but not all old furniture has lead paint. you can buy a pretty quick and inexpensive lead paint tester at most hardware stores, i’d suggest them if you’re concerned about paint and children at home.

grace

By: MsNkRey

MsNkRey — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:25:58 +0000

Just curious.. couldn’t that chippy old furniture have lead paint? That would be my concern around a baby.
Just wondering.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:17:06 +0000

Where is the crib from? I love it! Did you paint it?
I love the entire room. Maybe a little bit creepy. I just love gray and birds and owls, yada yada yada. I want this room in my house!

By: Barbie

Barbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:59:44 +0000

here’s an example of a black & white baby nursery that proves that minmal color doesn’t equal creepy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesdavid/sets/72157602350800135/

By: Barbie

Barbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:50:19 +0000

I think the obviously angry criticisms about it being a “Wednesday Addams” room are harsh. I find this to be stimulating to the imagination in a way that would let the child express himself or herself, rather than, as I said, assuming a socially-dictated gender color should dominate the child’s surroundings.

But isn’t it always the parent’s vision? If not the parent’s tastes directly, it’s almost always what the parents thinks, hopes or wants their child’s taste to be. I understand if it’s simply not your style, but to equate it to parental self-indulgence is just rude. It’s no different than painting pink for a girl or blue for a boy and filling it with pre-packaged Wal-Mart furnishings — it just happens to be more widely accepted to be unimaginative that way — only this is created with attention to the kind of experience a child will have there. It actually evokes the textures and colors of Where The Wild Things Are. What is more child-friendly than that?