Comments on: New Photos in the Playroom!

By: Elaine @ 1st Babies

Elaine @ 1st Babies — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:37:44 +0000

gorgeous photo, gorgeous room it’s given me idea for my playroom

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:05:01 +0000

Thanks Glasgow – glad you enjoyed it!

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House Cleaners Glasgow — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:28:24 +0000

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By: stephanie

stephanie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:35:00 +0000

Hi Carrie – what a great blog you have! Your girls are adorable.

The color is called Pekoe Tea 7673M. It was a Miller Paint color when we painted the room a couple of years ago – they have since changed their color palette, and this color is no longer in their fan deck.

The color is a Millenium color which means other paint companies besides Miller use the same color/same name/same number. Duron is one company that uses this palette – there are others – follow this link:

http://www.materials-world.com/paint-colors/millennium/millennium-color-14.htm

One thing I will say is that the way color looks is highly dependent on lighting conditions and this color looks bright and fun in our playroom, but a sample of the same color looks drab and depressing in other rooms in our house. So, be sure to look at a sample in the room you’re going to be using the paint in to make sure you like it under your lighting conditions. This color can look really yellow-olive in a room without lots of bright light.

For this room, I chose the curtain fabric first (or rather, my daughter did) and then I matched the paint color to the green in the polka dots. It’s much easier to match a paint color to fabric than it is to find fabric that matches a paint color.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:25:43 +0000

Hi there! I absolutely love this room! I am trying to do something with similar colors in my girls new room – would you mind sharing what color the paint is? I just love that shade and I’m so nervous about picking the wrong one! Thanks!

By: stephanie

stephanie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:45:44 +0000

Thank you Rebecca! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it. The playroom is far from finished, but it’s coming along and the girls (and their friends) love it! Good luck with your daughter’s bedroom – we’d love to see photos when you’re finished!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:11:54 +0000

just stumbled accross your blog today looking for some inspiration on decorating my 4 year old daughters bedroom. great blog….i’m already addicted!! i especially love the playroom, that is where I have spent the majority of my time looking so far, but can’t wait to keep peeking at the rest of it!!

By: stephanie

stephanie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:52:28 +0000

Thank you Santosh. Our thought has always been that kids tire of things so quickly (and break them so easily) that we didn’t want to spend a fortune on the playroom. I’ve really tried to keep costs down as much as possible. The irony is, they enjoy the room so much that they actually take very good care of it.

By: santosh

santosh — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:41:33 +0000

You certainly know how to dress a room with a modest budget.Thanks for the inspiration

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:06:16 +0000

Thank you, Tammi. It’s not quite finished yet, but we’re getting there.

The bookshelves aren’t anything special – they’re just the Expedit bookshelves from IKEA.

The storage chests were a Linens-n-Things bargain. I had a coupon for 20% off any purchase, and saw them on sale for $79 each, so the sale price plus the discount was too good to pass up. They’ve since gone out of business, but I wonder if Bed Bath and Beyond might have something similar? I found them in the bathroom section at LNT.