True blue

When it comes to boys' rooms, I'm a traditionalist. I love the tried and true theme of red, white and blue. I know it's been done a million times before, but for me, it works! Here are some of my favourite images.

In the picture above, I love the thick quilt, the bunting over the bed and the built in bookshelf - artfully arranged of course!

In the picture below, I've fallen in love with the sweet built in bunk bed, the window seat (a place to dream and read) and the battered leather chair. This looks like a room a boy (or two) could have a lot of fun in - lots of pirate fights and late night ghost stories!

More bunting below, and lovely bead board walls and ceiling for that nautical feeling. Isn't this little boy adorable in his stripey pjs?

Now little Charlie (below) is one lucky little fella, being the proud owner of this jaunty little room. Again, I'm loving the built in bookshelves and the crisp colour theme - oh and those blue and white striped pillows!

Now I'm just loving this inspired room below - it really has style and individuality. I think the red and white stripes are what tips it over the edge for me. I'd love to do this in my son's room, but it is such a small room that I think the stripes would overwhelm it.

How cool would it be, to be a boy with your very own teepee?

As I type, I am listening to the rain pelting down on the roof. I think we are in for a rather wintry evening, so I am so happy to be sitting in my warm living room, with my son at my side (he's reading Enid Blyton's The Enchanted Wood, which fills me with joy to know my son is reading the same books I loved as a kid), with dinner in the oven.

Images 1 Jenni Booth for Sheridan, 2 John Gruen, 3 Chris Everard, 4 Driftwood and chandelier, 5 Andreas von Einsiedel 6 Chris Everard

I hope you all have a wonderful, fun-filled weekend!

Best wishes,

Miracle: boy tidies room

With a little bit of help from me, my son tidied up his room, organised toys and removed the things he's outgrown. He has such a tiny little room, and he needs to make space for the new toys that will no doubt be arriving on December 25.

It hasn't been this tidy in a loooooong time, so I needed pictorial evidence that this room has been clean. Wish I could edit out the ugly brick wall view he has. I've been meaning to grow up climber up it or do something to make it look slightly less of an eyesore.

Being a terribly sentimental mum, I couldn't resist framing my son's first ever pair of shoes....so adorable. I teamed them with his great grandfather's baby spoon. No doubt this framed piece will embarrass him soon and I will have to take it down and hide it somewhere, but for the moment he's happy to have it on display.

The framed shoes get a little lost on this wall so I'd like to move them to another smaller wall and put up a big framed pin up board in its place, but I've yet to find one I like.

I had this bookcase made to my specifications - deep enough to hold baskets for all the items that a boy seems to collect along the way. Usually you can't see the top of this bookcase because it is covered in stuff....school work, lolly wrappers, rocks, you name it!