Kids-play with Scale
Posted by Miriam | Filed under Musings
So awkwardly enough, I’ve had ‘Scale’ in my to-write-about file for over a month now and as I indicated in this post earlier this week, one of my favorite ways to play with scale is to include a very large sized print in a small space. Low and behold, this fantastic space has been all over the shelter blogs recently. The large scale animal wall paper is whimsical on its own, but taken to an even larger extreme, the wall paper becomes a statement.
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While playing with scale sometimes means literally taking something and messing with its natural proportions, it can also refer to the symmetry of all of the items in a space together. For instance, in the vignette below, every piece is generally on the same scale, and when paired with the wainscoting which serves to draw the eye downward, the scale of the pieces together as a whole create a more cozy nook.
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But check it out again when we pan out to see the whole room…
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Turns out that table isn’t a dresser, it’s a night stand! And the chair is a kids chair!! But because within the context of the original photo everything was the same scale, our eyes and minds fooled us into thinking they were larger pieces.
This space (and correct me if I’m wrong..but are those some FLOR tiles I spy?) is a beautiful example of how consistent scale in a room can truly create harmony. Everything from the crib, to the leggy chair, stool and dresser combine to fill the space with symmetry in a cheery, cohesive way.
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Of course, scale can literally be represented in designing spaces intentionally for children. This reading nook uses two slender bookcases that offset the junior-sized chair beautifully.
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Perhaps the most functional purpose of scale in children’s design can be credited to the Montessori method where there is a heavy suggestion of scaling everything a child will use to their size…from the bed to the bookcases to the desk and mirror. This space from SewLiberated is the quintessential study in scale for children’s rooms.
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Lastly, before we leave the subject of scale, I have these two examples of home organization areas. Both are designed with kids in mind, one on a grand scale…
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…the other on a smaller scale.
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Both are functional. Both are whimsical. Both make a statement. Both are beautiful. Which just goes to prove that you can do anything with scale so long as your form and function are balanced.
Tags: baby room, design with kids in mind, FLOR tiles, kids designs, kids room, nursery design, scale
We’ve been FLOR’d
Posted by Miriam | Filed under Design Tips, Favorite Posts, FLOR Stories, Musings, Solutions
We are soooooo almost done with my son’s big boy bedroom and I can’t wait to show you the big reveal…unfortunately, you’re just going to have to hold on a bit longer. You see, the final piece that will go in there is a train table that he is inheriting from his cousin…but my mom can’t bring it up from PA until we call to tell her the baby is on the way. So that means early November. Sorry all…you’ll just have to be patient!
In the meantime, his new FLOR tiles arrived the other day and I took some time to put them together.
If you’ll recall from my original mood board, I had designed something with different shades of gray and pops of orange.
Here’s a better view of the screenshot of what I originally proposed by utilizing the FLOR builder.
I liked it…but it wasn’t exactly screaming awesome to me. I wanted to keep the orange pieces towards the middle of the rug, but couldn’t figure out exactly how to do it without having any of them touch…so I kept designing until I came up with this plan:
This was composed of Toy Poodle squares in Cloud, Titanium, Sterling and Fog with pops of Rake Me Over in Clementine. If you’ll recall from this post, I planned on having each square represented in the picture below actually be a quarter square. Even though I have lots of experience with trimming FLOR tiles, and even though it is really easy, I decided to give my ultra-preggo self a break and had FLOR custom cut them for me for a nominal fee. TOTALLY worth it in my humble opinion!
The tiles arrived on Friday around 2:00pm and by 2:45 this was the scene in his bedroom:
The kid is IN. LOVE. with his new FLOR tiles. Every day he gets out of bed and immediately lies down on the rug with his head on one of the orange squares and insists that we join him…a proposition that is none too easy for me at this point in my pregnancy. But how can you resist that face?
We’re so excited that the design worked out and totally tickled that our son loves it as much as we do.
Have you designed your FLOR lately?
Tags: big boy room, designing kids room, FLOR builder, FLOR tiles, kids room, rake me over, Toy poodle
