mod, baby!

Love, love, love this room! I'm really into graphics with those fat little partridge-type birds now. I want to find a place in my house to incorporate the tree wallpaper, and I like how it is used on a small wall in this photo. [The pattern is called Cavern by designer Carly Margolis and can be found @ design public.] The mod crib is by ducduc, the ultra-chic furniture designers for children.
Unfortunately for me, by the time I could afford such luxury nursery furniture, my kids will be well beyond infancy! Time for baby number 3, perhaps? ;)



This leads me to digress a little...
My interest in design was first piqued when I was a kid. I remember driving around town at night with my parents, and asking them to slow down when we passed by houses with interior lights on, and the curtains opened. I was fascinated to have a glimpse of what other people's homes looked like, and I guess I never outgrew that. A perfect indulgence for this curiosity is a group on the photo sharing site, Flickr, that is comprised of real people posting their photos of kids' rooms. I love it! And yes, I've looked at all 1100+ photos! What great inspiration for ideas and innovative ways for toy storage you can find there (toy storage = a parent's greatest quandary).