histor - kinderkamer kleuren

It's a very quiet week on the blog. I don't feel very well since few days, and I try to limit my present in front of monitor… so here is just quick hallo from me, with some color inspiration. 

Histor is a Dutch company offering a big range of paints for interior. 

This is not a commercial post by the way ;-) I  like to look at this sort of companies for an inspiration, how to use colors in children's rooms. I was trying to convince my 7years old son for more " calm" and monochrome room color palette, but it didn't work out. He loves colors , so I made him happy and paint one of the wall in his room totally orange! ;-)

For more inspiration you can step by at my Pinterest : children-s-room-styling

photo's : 1/2/3/4/5

COMING kids - Dutch furniture for kids

Coming kids is one of the leading companies which produces children furniture in The Netherlands. 

So what is the standard children's furniture looking out here? I will say sturdy and robust. In Dutch language it will be more " landelijk" , which I can simply translate : rustic - plattelands. Not really the minimal and elegant style,  I like the most. The checks pattern in textile in children's deco, is also something very " Dutch" . 

My favorite piece of furniture, from Coming kids collection is  "growing with child" changing room, which you can transform into desk or wardrobe. Very smart system and actually I haven't seen anything like that before. Great idea! 

Decorating a child's bed - part 1

Since the bed is mostly of the time the largest piece of furniture in child's room, I think it's interesting to look for some inspiration how we can decorate it. 

Please tell me, how the bed of your kids looks like during the day.  I would love to know! Are you leaving the sheets on it, or you clean it nicely with pillows and blanket? My boys don't like when I put a blanket on the bed and organize the pillows . They like ( ohh no surprise about that ! ) comfortable mess! but I do like the minimal look of the photo's ;-)  at least I can dream about it ....

via :  1 / 2/  3-4 scan milk magazine no* 4 / 5 

Room make over with Ferm Living

 The Danish brand Ferm Living had a competition with Designermor a couple of weeks ago where you could win a make over of a kids room. The lucky winners were the Höder Family from Copenhagen. Here are the pictures of the result from Raffaela's and Balthasar's room. So fresh and modern. Amazing what you can do with a simple room .... so great result! 

before.....

photo's from Ferm Living Facebook page. 

Black color in children's room

Black can be very cozy and give safe feeling to a room. It might also be very practical color to use! You can use it behind working space or around the bed, or you can just paint one wall which than child can paint on. My son is 6 and he is already saying he would not mind to have a dark wall, which he thinks is very cool and strong. I personally do not like pure black, but always go for very dark gray or graphite. I  like the first photo with the the dark wall together with the dark cupboards . If you think its too much you can always bring some colorful accessories to make add brightness to a room. What about neons ?  They look so great on a dark wall. I wouldn't mind to have it in my sleeping room too….;)

photo's via : 1? / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Children room in Finland

Today I got the book " Finland Children's Rooms " from Paumes, and I'm totally blown away ;) The finish simplicity and love for design is so close to my heart. Many people say the finish interiors are so somber and with not much color, well this book shows just how great the finish can use color in kids room interiors!  This house belong to Marjut and Jussi Rahkola, and their 6 kids - Juhana, Anton Olivier, Aava, Aarni and Kuura. The yellow bed is just adorable. The whole house is so simply organized with many design classic furniture and courage to use strong colors. 

In Netherlands you can get this book here : vanmarieke

Scandinaviandeco with Rafa-kids beds

Few days ago I got a package from Finland. When I saw this beautiful colorful collage with Rafa-kids beds inside Scandinaviandeco I just couldn't stop smiling all day long. We are so happy and honored to be part of it. I scan for you few pages with great teenager's rooms. I really like the round hanger and simplicity of the girl's room. The dark proposal is for boys, but how simple and timeless this room is. I hope you like them as much as I do. 

Thank you very much Ulla Koskinen for a beautiful article. 

photos : Mirva Kakko, Martti Järvi, Paulina Salonen, Sameli Rantanen 
scandinaviandeco 8/12 2012