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4 Friday, August 26, 2016 brooklintowncrier.com Our Brooklin Kids By Leanne Brown Bye, bye baby room My daughter has outgrown her baby bedroom with the jungle theme. It's a small room and she needs more space so we're moving her to the larger room with an ensuite in preparation for her tween and teen years. The news was greeted with, "Awesome! Can I paint it any colour I want? I want hot pink and neon green." "Yikes!," I thought when I considered the colour explosion every time I walked into her room. I sighed as I admired her tastefully decorated baby room with the smiling animals. Think growing room… When it comes to decorating kids' rooms, trying to balance a theme or colour they like with a design you can live with can be difficult. You'll want to choose a look your child will like and will also last through the teen years with minimal changes. This is where you need to get the child's input. What is your kid really in to? Sports? Fashion? Arts? Video games? Dance? Remember, kids' tastes change so a general rather than a very specific theme will grow with them. Think a sports theme over just hockey or a glamour theme over Frozen. Working with colour preferences What colours do they love? You want to use their favorite colour, but you don't have to go to those neon extremes. The secret is diluting the loud colour by surrounding it with more subtle tones. Take your child to the paint store to look at colours. Tell them to choose up to three that go together. Now look at the paint chip strip and the ones surrounding it. There is usually something in the same tone but more toned down. Use coordinating colors with warm neutrals like cream to tone it down and make it stand the test of time. Add their favourite bright hues in a way that doesn't overwhelm the room. Agree to an accent wall or use it as an accent throughout the room. Keep the hot colors (red, yellow, pink) as accents since they'll just naturally grab more attention. Choose things you both love My daughter loves the idea of buying things that give personality to her space. But since she likes lots of things, we created an inspiration board to collect all our favourite ideas. She wants a chandelier so we included a picture of one she loves. Her room design has started to come together but we won't add all her ideas at once. We're leaving "room to grow", so to speak. Instead, vacation trips, birthdays, and such will offer chances to add things to create a place that reflects her interests and dreams. Keep some of the old Keeping some familiar items that reflect their history and personality is comforting and saves dollars. The animal prints are going but we're adding new pictures to the existing frames. An old table will be painted in the accent colour, soon to become a "new" nightstand. And we're turning a beloved fancy dress she loves but has outgrown into fun throw pillows. This project will likely take several months, given our schedules. We're tackling it slowly. Now we're off to the Benjamin Moore store in the village to find some non-neon paint colours that we can both live with. Locally owned and operated, The Brooklin Town Crier is a publication of Appletree Graphic Design Inc. and is intended for the residents & businesses of Brooklin and Ashburn, Ontario. We accept advertising in good faith but do not endorse advertisers or advertisements. All submitted editorial material is subject to editing. For Advertising Information Contact: 905-442-9828 • mulcahy42@rogers.com "Proud to be a Brooklinite" 35 Dopp Crescent, Brooklin, ON L1M 2E5 Founded in 2000 and published 24 times per year. Editor, Richard Bercuson 613-769-8629 • editorofbtc@gmail.com Circulation 8000 Delivered via Canada Post to every mailbox and to local businesses counter tops. The paper is paid for by the advertisers. Please support them generously. To pick up an extra copy visit a local business. 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Sunday Services at 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Care www.brooklinunited.ca 905-655-4141 Come catch the Spirit! Renaissance Baptist Church of Brooklin 40 Vipond Road (Just West Of Library) Sunday Worship & Kids Program 10:30 a.m. 905 655 4554 www.brooklinrbc.ca We're here for Brooklin!