In recent years, as the economy has boomed,
one sector of the interior design industry has enjoyed a remarkable
explosion: products for babies and kids to use when decorating children's
rooms. We're here to help you figure out how to wade through all that's
out there when you're decorating kid's rooms to create a place that's just
right for your child or for the child's room of your client.
Every
issue we'll highlight another aspect of decorating for children's rooms. |
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Tips on Decorating Kid's Rooms
Plates for
Children
Some parents are lucky and have kids who are eager
eaters, sitting down at mealtime and polishing off their green beans, with
nary a whimper or a mention of the reward awaiting them in the ice-cream
bowl.
And then there are the regular kids.
| If you have one of these, you may consider brightening up
mealtime with some special plates selected just for Junior. Using
dishware that's particular attractive to kids follows an age-old
principal: when a little child looks forward to seeing the duckies
on the bottom of the bowl, the nutritious soup is more likely to be
slurped down in a hurry. |
Before even
questioning whether your child's dishes will go with or clash with your
own tableware, the first concern, of course, is safety. Dishes made of
melamine are particularly strong and resistant to breakage should Junior
decide the mashed potatoes will really look better on the floor than on
the high chair tray.
 
This Jungle motif mealtime plate from Little
Piggle Wiggle is made of super-strong melamine, and is dishwasher safe as
well. And with an elephant and a couple of giraffes for company, Junior is
sure to enjoy tucking into a big plateful of lima beans. For a little
girl, the floral motif in the Garden 123 set is sure to make mealtime
cheerful and fun.
 Even though Junior may
be prone to breaking plates, not all kids are, and not on all occasions.
For those other special occasions, a personalized ceramic plate —
testifying to Junior's true royal status — may well be in order.
In
fact, anytime you can personalize Junior's things, the better. Kids, who
don't really own anything, get a big boost out of feeling that something
is really theirs. And by using their name to personalize things, you
really show them that the things are theirs, and this in turn may help
them take better care of the things.
One creative way to recognize
a baby's birth, or subsequent birthdays, is with a plate made just for
Baby, with the name and date painted on, and a picture of Baby's favorite
animal.
 
If you're trying to coordinate the look of
Junior's dinner ware with the adults' table settings, think first of
color. Even if the grownups prefer bone china to melamine, you can go a
long way toward making the table look of a piece just by using the same
colors, and setting the places with matching table linens. |
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