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Fruit trees can pose some interesting design problems All A. - Fruit trees are difficult in a garden because they can be messy. require a lot of attention, and can interfere with other elements in the design. (Ever had a perennial bed 'bombed' into oblivion by a neigh- boring pear tree?) However, your tree provides an attractive screen from the street, so I'd consider care- fully before removing it. I'm sure the blossoms are lovely in spring and perhaps they offer some com- pensation for the fallen fruit. (Feel " guilt about jam - throw the fruit into your compost.) I! You could design a small accent bed around the tree, with other flowering shrubs and perennials that will complement the plum blossoms and look beautiful all summer. This will give you a succession of bloom from April through October that you could appreciate from your front porch. If the tree must go. I'd certainly replace it with some other small tree, perhaps an ornamental crab or other fruitless tree. Choose one that stays small since you have so many large shade trees surround- ing your home already. Decorating a child's room can be fun By HANK VOLLMER Special to the Beaver My years in the home decorating business have given me the opportuni- ty to watch countless families decorate their homes. Over this time. I've developed the opinion that when dec- orating a child's room, most parents are really just big kids; they just want to have fun. Young parents will almost always decorate the mom chosen as the nurs- ery for a newborn or one on the way. When moving into a new home, or redecorating their current home, par- ents usually decorate their children's bedrooms first. In other words, parents generally spend the decorating time and budget on their kids before they decorate the rest of the house. As different as people are, they tc tend to follow certain convention: mum As different tend to follow when it come kids' rooms. ' ideas out there, when it comes to decorating kids' rooms. There are some ideas out there, though. While wallpaper and wall; borders have been the traditional (rating medium of choice. the recent trend has been tou ards finishes such as sponge painting. finishes have been rediscovere: lfecome fashionable in the las years. They are quite popular for rooms when used on their own often they are used in combir with wallpaper and borders. . Another current decorating trend for children's rooms is self-adhesive decal kits. The most popular have been cartoons, Disney, and Sesame Street characters. The kits contain large, bright, and colorful peel and stick decals. They deliver a lot of dec- orating impact for a modest price. Paint colors for walls haven't changed much over the years with pink and blue the perennial favorites. On woodwork and furniture, the most popular paint colors are the primary colors for kids up to about ten, or so. When they get into the teenage years, the color most often asked for is black - for both walls and accents. The most dramatic effects are achieved with wallpaper and borders. There's an incredible selection to choose from with literally every child's theme, character, movie, and interest represented. mt Without question, the most popular coordinating paper found in just about every wallpaper book for kids has to be stripes. Stripes of every type, description, and color can be found. Many parents have told me that their kids take pride in their newly decorated room, particularly if they have chosen the wallpaper or at least think they have. This pride seems to translate into a state of temporary rea- sonableness - at least from an adulu point of view - and the kids keep theii rooms a little more tidy; too bad i! wears off. I guess decorating our children's moms brings back fond memories of our own childhood and is a nonverbal our own cmlanooaz way of expressing c It's, also, a heck of a Hank Vollmer writes for S taint and paw people. 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