An updated version of a backlist best-seller, The New Smart Approach to® Kids' Rooms offers sensible advice to parents who need help decorating and furnishing their children's rooms. The book presents hundreds of ideas for solving the issues of working with space and color, developing a budget, and selecting age-appropriate design themes. It provides sensible advice for buying a mattress, selecting furniture, and choosing window treatments and flooring. In addition, there are lots of ideas for organizing storage, play, work, and sleep areas, as well as how to create a room that will be shared by two. Individual, age-specific chapters focus on the needs of newborns, toddlers, young school-age children, and teenagers. 336 lavish color photographs accompany lots of "Smart Steps" and "Smart Tips" throughout the book.
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An updated version of a backlist best-seller, The New Smart Approach to® Kids' Rooms offers sensible advice to parents who need help decorating and furnishing their children's rooms. The book presents hundreds of ideas for solving the issues of working with space and color, developing a budget, and selecting age-appropriate design themes. It provides sensible advice for buying a mattress, selecting furniture, and choosing window treatments and flooring. In addition, there are many ideas for organizing play, work, sleep, and storage areas, as well as how to create a room that will be shared by two. Individual, age-specific chapters focus on the needs of newborns, toddlers, young school-age children, and teenagers. 336 lavish color photographs accompany lots of "Smart Steps" and "Smart Tips" throughout the book.
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The New Smart Approach to Kids’ Rooms An updated best-seller, The New Smart Approach to Kids’ Rooms is an unrivaled resource of design information and inspiration. Solve the problem of space, find fabulous ideas for using color, and learn other easy decorating tricks. Over 300 color photographs reveal an array of kid- and parent-pleasing rooms from today’s top interior designers. Expert advice and Smart Tips help you create a room your child’s friends will envy.
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Very Helpful with Basic Advice,
By Marie Tachau (SOBE, Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The New Smart Approach to Kids' Rooms (Paperback)
Wonderful advice with clear illustrations. The sample budget listed in the book is financially on target-unless, the reader is looking for something really posh. (www.poshtots.com for most beautiful furniture). Excellent resource guide is listed in the back chapters. Economical but good unpainted furniture similar to what is illustrated, can be found at (www.woodyou.com). City Furniture at www.cityfurniture.com has excellent choices for beds.
For the "murals" shown in the book, the reader can probably use wallpaper or partial "stick on" to create a smilar look, in order to keep cost down. Items can be found at local Art/Craft Store (Pearl or Michels). More than a coffee table book
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Packed with color photos and many different ideas and options,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The New Smart Approach to Kids' Rooms (Paperback)
Megan Connelly's The New Smart Approach To Kids' Rooms updates a best-selling book on designing spaces for children, from using color to producing rooms both parents and kids will enjoy. From comfortable, easily-cleaned flooring kids will play on without worry to room plans which work with furniture choices, New Smart Approach To Kids' Rooms comes packed with color photos and many different ideas and options.
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This is a magnificent idea source for decorating a child's room. Everything is in color and what colors they are, too! There are one to three pictures per page. All ages of children's rooms are represented and they even have a small section on children's bathrooms. I first saw a library copy, but fell in love with the book so much that I decided to buy one for me. I'm a librarian and this is the nicest book I've ever seen on the topic. Happy reading and looking.
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