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Design the perfect bedroom for your child

Your child's room is his or her sanctuary. Allow your kid to be the master of her domain by tailoring the decor to her taste.

With some foresight, you can design a dream room for your little one that will carry her through her teenage years and beyond.

That's what Cumberland County resident Lynn Morehouse did when planning her daughter's whimsical bedroom. Juliana, 11, is the oldest of Lynn and Brent Morehouse's four children.

When designing their dream home about three years ago, Lynn Morehouse said, everyone in the family had a say in what they wanted. Juliana picked a room fit for a princess with a chandelier hanging over a canopy bed. A pink and mint-green color scheme ties the room together, and limited-edition vintage Barbie prints add a classic touch.

"She really did like frilly, finer things but yet, she wanted to be like a teenager," Morehouse said. "I think for all my children, I want them to have nice things in their rooms but fun things, too."

Walking into Juliana's room is like stepping into a fairy tale. Pink drapes resembling ball gowns frame the windows. Pale green antique dressers, which serve as nightstands, flank the white canopy bed accented with pink trim. A pink upholstered love seat in front of the bed and a mint-green zebra print ottoman give Juliana a perfect place to do homework, watch TV or hang out with friends.

"I'm very comfortable in it," Juliana said. "I just knew I wanted pink definitely, and then we just kind of worked around that."

The family worked with Fayetteville designer Ann Marie Locklear to create an enduring space in Juliana's room. They wanted a room Juliana could return to and enjoy, even after coming home from college. "It still is mature enough, but has elements of whimsy," Morehouse said.

The key in creating such a room is to pair timeless pieces with interchangeable accents, said Locklear, owner of The Plantation House on Hay Street. "Pick a style that is transitional, where it can go from a smaller child's room to a teenager's room to even a guest room," Locklear said. "So there's not a lot of changing it and expense."

Locklear has designed several children's rooms, from princess-style suites such as Juliana's to sports-themed rooms for teenage boys. Not long ago, she designed a coed playroom for the children of Dr. Yvette and Stephen Stokes, a Fayetteville dentist and lawyer.

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The quote, “a picture is worth a thousand words” is true for many, many situations. This famous quote even applies to home decorating. Many people draw their inspiration for their decorating projects from home decorating pictures. It’s difficult to visualize a room decorated using the various design themes. You many think the French Country style is perfect for your kitchen but when you actually see this style used in home decorating pictures, you may change your mind. Contemporary style is hot nowadays with its trendy accessories, fabric and furniture but is it for your home? Browsing home decorating pictures of contemporary design will help you decides whether it’s for your home or not. Tuscan design sounds beautiful when you read about it in magazines and books but until you see those home decorating pictures using tuscan design, you can’t be sure if it would work in your home.

Home decorating pictures are very beneficial when making plans to decorate both the interior and exterior of your home. Pictures either confirm your visions or provide a totally different reality. Home decorating pictures offer you an opportunity to browse and pick a design that best suits you and your home. There are so many designs to choose from, some you’ve probably never heard of. Current home decorating pictures offer you a chance to view all of the latest trends in home decorating for each and every room in your home.

Home decorating pictures portray homes and spaces that often seem out of the realm of possibility for you and your home. Because these spaces are so elegantly decorated and look so perfect and professional, you may assume it cannot be achieved in your space. This is not true. Home decorating pictures give you the finished product, the end result of much planning and work. Home decorating is a process and you too can work through this process to create rooms similar to those in the home decorating pictures. With the thousands of resources available to homeowners today, there is no reason you cannot have an elegant dining room just like the one you saw in home decorating pictures.

There are so many magazines, catalogues, books and websites related to interior home decorating. These resources provide many useful tools and offer great advice for decorating your home. When you begin your planning, you can’t imagine your space will resemble those in the home decorating pictures. The great news is – it certainly can. Using home decorating pictures as guides for your planning, you can choose colors, furnishings and accessories to improve your space and make it picture perfect. In home decorating, almost anything is achievable if you are willing to be open-minded and accept advice. Many home decorating pictures display rooms in bold colors that you just can’t imagine using in your home. This is when you have to relax and go out on a limb. In order to get that picture perfect room, you may need to compromise your normal methods of decorating. However if you definitely want the bathroom in the home decorating pictures, you’ll need to put away those normal habits and adopt brand new ones.

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