Playhouse wallpaper border ????
Gang, Input please. Your mother wants to decorate the playhouse portion for little girls. She originally wanted THIS BORDER which I th0ught would scare away any boys from playing in there. We compromised and right now it stands at THIS BORDER (which I still think is too "babyish") Of course, if it were left up to me I'd get something like THIS ONE or THIS ONE. but I'm sure that's not too girl friendly. I do think something like THIS ONE is better all around.
What I'm worried about is getting something too boy/girl oriented and getting something to "childish" that would make it so 10 year olds (so grown up you know) wouldn't want to play in it. Give us your thoughts. If you could put any kind of wallpaper border in there which would it be? (Doesn't have to be one of the above). Remember this just goes in the lower "house" portion of the playhouse and not in the "fort" portion.
What I'm worried about is getting something too boy/girl oriented and getting something to "childish" that would make it so 10 year olds (so grown up you know) wouldn't want to play in it. Give us your thoughts. If you could put any kind of wallpaper border in there which would it be? (Doesn't have to be one of the above). Remember this just goes in the lower "house" portion of the playhouse and not in the "fort" portion.
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Also, may I remind you, that the wallpaper boarder stuff is only going to cost $10.00 for the whole little house! I Can replace it in 10 years with something else!
New vote needed!
Do a neutral color thing. I think the boys will be climbing up the outside rather than going through, but it'll end up being the jail for some game of tag. Maybe we should get cold, gray stone wallpaper and make it look like a jail cell!
No, just do it neutral, no characters. My re-vote is that.
I like the colorful paint idea. Maybe even let them do hand-prints in paint on one wall... That would be fun!
As for the ABC blanket, I think we wanted it because we knew that everyone else wanted it... It had the feeling of "we know we're so much older than this ABC design blanket that it's laughable, and therefore acceptable. -- besides that, everyone else wants it, and therefore so do I."
I don't think that the wallpaper should be done.
Hand-prints of the kids in paint. Colorful. With their names. Amen.
I agree with Brett on the reason we liked the ABC blanket (by the way-- I own it now and had a picnic on it 2 days ago).
I agree with Christa that kids like to pretend to be grown ups and that is why they would prefer it look like an actual miniature house. The solid color paint idea works, but I'd have to say I disagree on the handprint idea because grown-up houses don't have them. I remember loving the curtains in our playhouse because it made it seem like a real house.
OK, so here is the verdict. Wallpaper with characters is out. We like the idea of chalkboard paint, but we are going to put that in the fort, not the playhouse. I also like the idea of hand prints. We could have our grand kids, and well everyone, put their hand print on a wall dedicated to that purpose and sign it...and then do it again every 5 years. That would personalize it!
And I am also liking Katie's idea (just so you are not too traumatized Katie) of 2 walls with bold colors. We could do the hand prints over the top of one of them.
Remember the pale orange, green, and yellow strip that was in the hall bathroom before I replaced it? I still have the rugs and shower curtain. I could put them out there (made into drapes of course). Sounds like I would be tremendously out-voted to put a kid print on the windows! I could also just go buy new stuff and make drapes. I am nearly afraid to ask, but do you have feedback, people?