Little Boys Bedroom Ideas

It is time to redecorate one of our bedrooms for my son. He is a year old now and it seems only fair that I now create a room fitting a little boy. He has been sleeping in a room with floral window treatments for too long now. I have been hesitant to design a room for him because I wanted my two girls to share a room with twin beds but it looks like they each need to have their own rooms for now. I want to decorate a room that he can grow into, not a nursery that will need to be updated in a year.

Architectual Digest

Typically, I like traditional decor with a bit of mid century or some funky bohemian flair but for his room I am thinking English Country House. Maybe I am drawn to that because I think that I can keep the floral window treatments?? But really, for little boys you can't go wrong with preppy and plaid.

photo from inspireddecorating.blogspot.com

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brenda antin store Los Angeles, cococozy.com

 

 

I have a mahogany sleigh bed that my girls have slept in while transitioning from the crib to their big girl beds. I push it up against the wall and put the mattress on it but not the box spring so they are closer to the ground. I never thought that I would be able to use it for a boys room but the last photo from www.cococozy.com shows a great way to add some masculine touches to, what I had considered, a feminine bed.  

 

 

Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice

 

 

Last weekend friends and I hosted a baby shower for our dear friend who is having her first baby in a few weeks. The baby is a girl so we themed the party Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice. We took lots of inspiration from Pinterest and put together a lunch for twelve lovely ladies.

The best place to fit a long table was in my living room. It worked out perfectly because the french doors made it feel like we were outside, despite the chilly temperatures on Saturday. The room has soft silk floral window treatments that coordinated perfectly with our girly tablescape.

My co-hostess Summer designed a centerpiece that could beat any professionals. She used a large silver candelabra and ombre roses with some greens to create a gorgeous showpiece for the center of our table.

For party favors, guests helped themselves to a pink and white themed sugar buffet including pink popcorn, rock candy, white and pink chocolate dipped marshmallow lollipops, and salt water taffy. 

Guests were each asked to decorate a hairband for the baby girl using ribbon, flowers, sparkle, feathers and headbands. This baby girl is going to be fancy!

 

 

(Photos taken by Mandy)