in this posting i am going to expose "my dirty little secret". that is, a room in my house that i avoid showing to the public. it's most likely going to have 'cottage living' all but quit emailing me about shooting my house, but i can promise you, no other design blog has done this one. also, according to the tenets of blogging, you need headlines that 'grab!' people's attention. (can't wait for the icky guy who google's 'dirty little secret' and ends up here!) so i figured why not? i think there's way too much gilding of the lily going on around here sometimes.
ok...so... ready? here we go. deep breathe (and hold your nose, it smells like mouse cage up here)
this is my 6 year old's bedroom. this is about as clean as it gets. and this is every interior designer's nightmare:
a child who, by god, will NOT let you art direct her room and then, as if thumbing her nose at my need for order and beauty was not enough, she has the hygiene of an absolute, frat-boy of the john belushi variety. dirty clothes on the floor, stickers on the walls,
clothes left hanging from the dresser. ARRRRGHHH!!! makes me INSANE.
in the begining there was an effort to make this into a sweet little loft. nice vintage iron bed, bedding by house, vintage finds of different varities. but bit by bit, hello kitty entered the room, followed by american girl dolls, followed by millions of tiny pieces of 'stuff' and try as i might to organize, every day looks like a toy bomb went off in the room. so i avoid it.
and to a six year old, the only thing that matters is 'fun'! and apparently it's way more fun to be a piglet than a mini-me.
in this posting i am going to expose "my dirty little secret". that is, a room in my house that i avoid showing to the public. it's most likely going to have 'cottage living' all but quit emailing me about shooting my house, but i can promise you, no other design blog has done this one. also, according to the tenets of blogging, you need headlines that 'grab!' people's attention. (can't wait for the icky guy who google's 'dirty little secret' and ends up here!) so i figured why not? i think there's way too much gilding of the lily going on around here sometimes.
ok...so... ready? here we go. deep breathe (and hold your nose, it smells like mouse cage up here)
this is my 6 year old's bedroom. this is about as clean as it gets. and this is every interior designer's nightmare:
a child who, by god, will NOT let you art direct her room and then, as if thumbing her nose at my need for order and beauty was not enough, she has the hygiene of an absolute, frat-boy of the john belushi variety. dirty clothes on the floor, stickers on the walls,
clothes left hanging from the dresser. ARRRRGHHH!!! makes me INSANE.
in the begining there was an effort to make this into a sweet little loft. nice vintage iron bed, bedding by house, vintage finds of different varities. but bit by bit, hello kitty entered the room, followed by american girl dolls, followed by millions of tiny pieces of 'stuff' and try as i might to organize, every day looks like a toy bomb went off in the room. so i avoid it.
and to a six year old, the only thing that matters is 'fun'! and apparently it's way more fun to be a piglet than a mini-me.
Comments
You should see my 9-year-old's room ...
Leah
sorry for the english but I'm italian :-))
stefania
anyway, i feel your pain!
btw - when I did my two oldest boys room I had a vision of English country house - pine furniture, lots of Cowtan & Tout red & white stripes, RL plaid. I wish I'd had a vision of sports posters and Star Wars toys, because the mass of that is all you can see.
KC-even though this holds major cringe factor for me, may it help others! i feel altruistic in my blogging suddenly....thank you :)