WINNIPEG, Manitoba - While we've been setting up our new house, I've found myself obsessed with design magazines and TV shows. As I try to develop a taste of my own, I love flipping through pages of beautiful, glossy homes that seem completely void of food splotches on the floors or toys recklessly thrown about. I've read that some of the top designers are using "mixing" and "layering" of styles and vintages - nobody wants one trend, style or effect. Layering and mixing I get. Some days there are layers upon layers of clothes on my floor. Other days it's a mix of food, boxes and toys. So in the spirit of having kids in the house while trying to re-create some of those shiny homes, I've started putting my kids' artwork around the home. Hopefully you like the effect too.
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| My four-year-old daughter's pink and purple painting decorates our main floor bath. I took one painting and cut it into three and put the pieces in gallery frames from Wal-Mart. |
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| In our family room, 20-month-old Zeebos' canvas painting is displayed on the mantel beside a huge wedding picture my husband, Rich, gave me for Christmas. I bought the canvas at Cre8tive Art Supplies. |
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| Beside the kitchen table and kids' table, I hung three magnetic blackboards you can write on with white marker. It's a great place to show off the latest paintings (like these scary Tangled pages) or for them to paint on directly. Windex cleans them right up. |
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| My little Michaelangelos working hard on the deck. |
