| So when you redesign your home, what exactly | | | | house, taking inspiration from your garden in |
| should you do to it? If youre short on | | | | how to design your home. This means lots of |
| inspiration, here are a few ideas to get you | | | | greens and blues, lots of plants, outdoor |
| started. | | | | fragrances, lots of windows a real outdoor |
| | | | feel indoors. |
| The place where many people like to really go | | | | |
| to town with their design ideas is in babies | | | | Indeed, the best way to design a home |
| and childrens rooms you can paint them | | | | yourself is often to just pick a theme and |
| bright colours, do imaginative pictures of | | | | take it as far as it will go. I know a couple |
| fantasy environments, draw pictures of the | | | | with a space house, complete with portraits |
| childs favourite characters from books and | | | | of rockets and black ceilings with painted |
| TV, and so much more besides. If you do this, | | | | stars it sounds silly, but its really |
| why not let the child join in with the | | | | interesting to look at. Whatever youre |
| painting and show you what they want, with | | | | passionate about, make your house show it. |
| you just being there to help make their | | | | |
| decoration dreams come true. However, one | | | | Dont forget, though, that redecorating doesnt |
| thing to be careful of is to keep | | | | have to be all about tearing things down and |
| redecorating their room as they get older | | | | buying new stuff. You can get a long way with |
| you dont want them to be embarrassed to bring | | | | a few posters, ornaments, or just |
| around friends when theyre a teenager because | | | | reorganising or repainting your furniture. |
| of their babyishly coloured room. | | | | You really dont need to break the bank and |
| | | | hire a handyman to get your ideal home, as a |
| Another idea could be to make an outdoors | | | | little work can go a long way. |