Decorating Cents in Kid Spaces: Use $500 to Create Fantastic Nurseries, Kids Bedrooms, and Play Spaces

by Steffend, Joan

• ISBN13: 9780743200868
• ISBN10: 0743200861
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

From transforming a stark home office into delightful little nursery (complete with a ceiling of dreamy clouds) to turning a bedroom into a junior "apartment" for a sophisticated teen, Decorating Cents in Kids' Spaces shows do-it-yourself decorators how to achieve professional-looking results on an amateur's budget.

There are tips on how to shop, where to find great bargains, and how to use what you have in exciting new ways. Before-and-after pictures and detailed instructions give parents everything they need for fifteen kid-pleasing projects, including:
-- Designing an "OK Corral" by painting walls to look like leather and adding motifs that bring the Old West to life
-- Recreating the romantic look with such simple, inexpensive additions as floral fabrics, a hand-painted wall border, and a few family "heirlooms"
-- Making a boring basement into a playroom with ample room for activities and storage -- and a bedroom closet into a secret garden for quiet times