tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post7007040640640191..comments2024-03-19T06:19:41.768+00:00Comments on Paint and Style: Tough negotiations...Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-46296728227410390592014-04-24T20:44:07.516+01:002014-04-24T20:44:07.516+01:00I hope so! Thank you.I hope so! Thank you.Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-79096489348856484622014-04-24T18:11:14.785+01:002014-04-24T18:11:14.785+01:00Mom of the year for SURE!!! She'll thank you l...Mom of the year for SURE!!! She'll thank you later.Miri bohemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755374131525086067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-26600595619293688792014-04-22T18:15:13.191+01:002014-04-22T18:15:13.191+01:00Ah, tell her Union Jacks are a bit last year! I ca...Ah, tell her Union Jacks are a bit last year! I can see it would be exactly the same with my daughter! She's very fickle with her tastes. Also, if you don't want to re decorate every year you have to think of something that they can grow into. Like a school uniform two sizes too big. So if we go all sophisticated paleness, surely that will last til she's 25? xxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-79119907132856409232014-04-22T17:32:21.051+01:002014-04-22T17:32:21.051+01:00I feel for you - I let my daughter have hot pink a...I feel for you - I let my daughter have hot pink and glitter by the following year she hated it as much as I did and wanted silver and turquiose it took 4 coats of silver whisper (I think it was called) to cover it. It's now pale grey including the bedside table, wardrobe and drawers with lots of mirrors and (as she also loved turquoise) turquoise and silver bunting made from handmade paper various bits including a turquoise mirrored photo frame to give her the colour she wanted without actually painting the walls etc. Obviously a year later she now wants a vintage Union Jack style room ....Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402703967636964187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-82316911172424765882014-04-22T08:46:09.362+01:002014-04-22T08:46:09.362+01:00Oh I am most definitely a control freak! I'm o...Oh I am most definitely a control freak! I'm out and proud! <br />I just can't help wondering if there's some middle ground we can both be happy with... We'll get there. (Without the diamantes though!)Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-30591911048889341382014-04-21T20:54:43.146+01:002014-04-21T20:54:43.146+01:00If I see a house in a magazine where the child'...If I see a house in a magazine where the child's room is in exactly the same grown-up style as the parents, I tend to wonder if the parent is, dare I say it, a control freak. I do feel sorry for the child. To be honest, barbie pink little girls rooms make me want to heave; I would want to scream whilst painting my child's room that colour (if I had a child) but hey, that's what you get when you have children, along with sleepless nights, lego, nappies, dragon shaped cakes and vile coloured cartoon character duvet covers. Children develop taste when they get older; let the poor kid have a purple/pink/diamante monstrosity and she'll love you all the more! If I lived nearby, I'd bring you a bottle of gin and a pair of sunglasses to get you thrugh it! Best wishes.Attilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15916442932314835859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-29203399225711584882014-04-21T15:55:20.979+01:002014-04-21T15:55:20.979+01:00I do want to add colour! It's just got to be t...I do want to add colour! It's just got to be the right colour and the right dose of it. Your mum sounds lovely. <br />I'm not quite magazine ready but you are so I think you'll be well before me! It's very flattering isn't it? xxxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-33085631368293587782014-04-21T11:38:24.049+01:002014-04-21T11:38:24.049+01:00I know sod all about parenting but I say give the ...I know sod all about parenting but I say give the poor girl some colour. <br />My Mum liked fine antiques and William Morris prints but my childhood bedroom had psychedelic wallpaper and Victorian furniture she'd stripped and repainted in hot pink gloss to please me.<br />Wouldn't it be ironic if we ended up in the same issue of the magazine? xxx<br />Vixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-31605646242262550382014-04-21T08:37:06.080+01:002014-04-21T08:37:06.080+01:00A little guided input perhaps is what I should be ...A little guided input perhaps is what I should be aiming for then. I'm glad it's not just me!Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-25938760064537400912014-04-21T08:35:53.476+01:002014-04-21T08:35:53.476+01:00She saw the picture I posted above and now dislike...She saw the picture I posted above and now dislikes yellow! Result! I think I need to find the WORST examples of what she wants to change her mind! Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-68095692126967158352014-04-21T08:33:59.488+01:002014-04-21T08:33:59.488+01:00She would LOVE that! My problem is A. Doesn't ...She would LOVE that! My problem is A. Doesn't go with the bed. B. We don't live in the Carribean. But yes, I see what you're saying. And they also come in white! xxxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-8125362931007673962014-04-20T21:28:00.219+01:002014-04-20T21:28:00.219+01:00I left home to get married at the age of 19. Until...I left home to get married at the age of 19. Until I decorated the bedroom in the house hubby and I had bought, I had never had any input into how my bedroom should be decorated. Heck, for a lot of my childhood I lived in army quarters, so my parents didn't have a say in how things should be decorated let alone me as a child! <br />I agree with you about how transient children's tastes can be regarding colours etc, which is one of the reasons why I didn't give my children carte blanche about their rooms. Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-17700654995428998152014-04-20T21:12:49.115+01:002014-04-20T21:12:49.115+01:00How about if you buy her something like this, fix ...How about if you buy her something like this, fix it to the ceiling temporarily, and remove it for the photoshoot? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Purple-Princess-Bed-Canopy-Mosquito-Net-Fits-Single-to-Double-Beds-/160982163073 Much easier to change when she gets bored too :) xxxHook, Line and Sink Herhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15468955562891105625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-25093953161984408902014-04-20T21:05:18.738+01:002014-04-20T21:05:18.738+01:00You have made me laugh, I am with you though we li...You have made me laugh, I am with you though we live in a tactically White House, I redecorated my daughters room a few months ago and insisted it all stayed white but I did allow one wall in pink, I chose it carefully to match the Cath Kidston fabric I bought to make her blinds and I introduced the splashes of oink colour with crochet and fabric cushions, maybe you could make yellow cushions for her bed?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114108714775156372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-24076001213846743842014-04-20T19:21:36.759+01:002014-04-20T19:21:36.759+01:00Yes but a lot of her tastes are very fleeting! If ...Yes but a lot of her tastes are very fleeting! If I do what she wants I will be painting it all out every 6 months. We WILL find common ground, I'm sure. It's just going to take time. And at seven she doesn't really have vision for how it will work with what we've got. Just random ideas. I'm not buying her an antique bed with a half tester over it! <br />I think boys may be easier!!! xxxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-59601004993200895172014-04-20T19:16:56.950+01:002014-04-20T19:16:56.950+01:00She's not really interested in decorating doll...She's not really interested in decorating dolls houses. Nice idea though!Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-63353696162249571842014-04-20T17:07:19.049+01:002014-04-20T17:07:19.049+01:00TV show (congrats!) or magazine, or not, I think i...TV show (congrats!) or magazine, or not, I think it would do justice to your substantial creative talents if you helped your daughter decorate her room in a way that suits her personality and tastes, not yours. That's where the real challenge comes in! And you'll be helping her to foster her own creative vision too. :)<br /><br />My nephew wanted his room painted BLACK. Understandingly, my sister was appalled. She compromised with a dark blue, and all sorts of cool stars and planets on the walls. He loved it.<br /><br />Meanwhile, my twin sis and I grew up in a Pepto Bismol pink room (our choice). Pink bedspreads, pink walls. Mom must have cringed every time she came in the room, but we loved it.<br />Xoxo<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-58304030918611630972014-04-20T13:40:32.935+01:002014-04-20T13:40:32.935+01:00Has she got a dolls house to decorate? I was crazy...Has she got a dolls house to decorate? I was crazy about my dolls houses and spent hours decorating them and moving the furniture about ( sign of things to come) I saw some good make your own dolls houses out of cabinets on pinterest... all I need is a little girl now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330730759503585904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-43636006348068605442014-04-20T13:09:23.186+01:002014-04-20T13:09:23.186+01:00Haha! The magazine thing isn't a red herring! ...Haha! The magazine thing isn't a red herring! And I was approached last week to go on telly with my house! Imagine the shame I'd feel if it was yellow! Anyway, I'm not doing it (yet). <br />But I might be a control freak. <br />I might send C off to live with Vix. Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-26220159798623382432014-04-20T12:29:48.822+01:002014-04-20T12:29:48.822+01:00I'm in the let her have some colour camp, Emma...I'm in the let her have some colour camp, Emma Kate. It's her room, you don't have to like it, or any time in there, and you have your say over the rest of the house. Now the magazine photo shoot thing is just a red herring, be honest! You don't want anything but white anywhere, before or after those photos are taken! Some things we take charge of, as parents, because we have to, we have a perspective and an awareness of consequences that kids cannot have. But colours on walls or bed linen or light fittings? There's no need to assert Mummy Knows Best about these things. They (I am scared to write this, you might hate me, so I am whispering) don't much matter. There, said it! You can unfollow me now, I will understand... xxxxCurtisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362184504889147455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-36701864505863207152014-04-20T11:51:47.442+01:002014-04-20T11:51:47.442+01:00Oh dear. With grey, I'd have suggested lilac t...Oh dear. With grey, I'd have suggested lilac too. You have to have grey? Because white goes with everything. And as an added bonus it's white! <br />I think the mistake may be in asking their opinion in the first place. In my day the furniture was inherited, the grey carpet and lino where the carpet was too small was re used. My dad made the bunk beds and no one would have dreamt of asking for my input or indeed changing anything. But that's a lame excuse really as decorating is what I do. <br />Definitely gah! Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-60711997326047590982014-04-20T11:46:05.679+01:002014-04-20T11:46:05.679+01:00Well, it kind of does have to start out white real...Well, it kind of does have to start out white really so you can see what's going to work. So that's happening anyway. Good idea to stall it all. I think that will happen quite naturally as I need to do the kitchen as a matter of urgency for my product launch. Thanks Jane.<br />Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-79157619147109508892014-04-20T11:42:42.250+01:002014-04-20T11:42:42.250+01:00Yeah, so did I. (sniff) I've just remembered t...Yeah, so did I. (sniff) I've just remembered the upstairs lighting all needs re wiring so the chandelier installation will be delayed a bit. Honest!Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-16264729773670406592014-04-20T11:40:57.760+01:002014-04-20T11:40:57.760+01:00A woman who understands me! A woman who understands me! Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-32351722053925814842014-04-20T11:39:58.712+01:002014-04-20T11:39:58.712+01:00Your childhood sounds quite idyllic to me. Well, t...Your childhood sounds quite idyllic to me. Well, the part about wandering around a derelict hospital! Gosh, you've had some mad bedrooms. <br />My daughter doesn't play in her bedroom at all. We have all the toys stored in the living room and she likes to be around us. It's just for sleeping.<br />Hmm, perhaps a madly coloured throw? Or a small cushion? I am one big meanie. Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.com