Loft Beds

Dave's idea for a loft bed for Lincoln and Child #2.

Curtians for L's Room

We're transitioning from ideas to actual projects which is fairly exciting.  And scary.  

Our boy has a circus room.  I realized that sounds super creepy, but it's going to be great- vintage circus posters, a steamer trunk, lots of blues and reds.  Good things.  And we are in need of curtains for his room.  Curtains that will look circus-y, but not "HEY LOOK!  A CIRCUS!" 

Our pick: 



The relaxed Roman shade.  Preferably in this fabric:



Now we just need to figure out how to make them...

Some tutorials:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4759430_make-relaxed-roman-shades.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_6518593_sew-relaxed-roman-shade.html

I found this image from a nursery and I love it- a little photo wall of the people they come from, the people who love them.  I love the idea of my child sleeping under a little montage of where they come from.

Simple but cool toy box.  Find a crate, add some wheels, viola.  This would also be pretty cool as a hamper or lost sock bin.

This is something I will most likely never find again, nor feel comfortable dropping more than $75 bucks for, but I just wanted proof that it exists.  This would be so unbelievably awesome in the vintage circus nursery.

More bed nooks. 


But I also love the hinges is this room.  Nice touch.

It's my little cubby-hole-for-a-bed idea, but for rich people.  Actually, it had the points I would want:
-curtains for privacy
-a light for bed time reading
-storage under the bed

And then add interior nooks/shelves for books and secret stashes.

This would be stronger with less pictures, maybe 4x2 instead.  Cute idea for a kid's room.

Totally simple quilt that is gorgeous.

I'm loving this built-in. I think our bookcase would look great painted black on the inside with white details and a bold punch of color on the sides. If we did red we could put it in L's room for his toys and books like this family has done.

Another good example of the recessed beds for a shared kid's bedroom. I love the curtains on a rod, the inside bookshelf and reading light, and the cubbies on the outside. It's like camp, but classier and at home.
Also, that's a pretty sweet door in the background.

Brooke and John got me thinking about these in their Brooklyn apartment. So perfect for storage- in a teenagers room or a utility room, even in a bathroom where you could get that spa/locker room feel going.

So we have the vintage circus theme going on the The Boy's room and I love this giraffe on the wall. Seems like a pretty easy project...

I would have loved one of these as a kid. I think every child should have a little secret place to play and think.

Hospital beds are also on the approved list for kids. How awesome are these? And each kid could have their own little medicine cabinet on the wall by their bed.

Another sweet mobile made from ribbons and paper.

I had previously denounced the cribs that I think look like orphanage cribs, but I love this little orphanage bed. For some reason it's much cuter for an older kid. Maybe because it's black.
Someday when we're rich I want all of our windows to be this kind. Maybe with these shades, even though I can never make them work.

I love this mobile. The person who made it used some bird ornaments from Anthropologie. I think it is gorgeous. But do mobiles just entertain kids instead of helping them sleep?

Kids Bed ...

So I really like this bed. I think if our kids have a shared room, something like this can give them a real sense of space (if we can't get them into a dormer bed). I like the beadboard ceiling, the light, the trim in the corners, the stairs and shelving, although I might move the stairs to the side. I would probably add a curtain track all the way around the interior.

How awesome are these little gondolas strung across the ceiling? My Swiss Miss heritage is gushing. Also, it's just plain cool.