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Lucky girl with such a beautiful room!! Can't get over how amazing that chalkboard wall is.

Everything about this family is incredible. Much love to them :)

This house looks both lovely and lived-in.. something you don't see all that often on AT.
And of course, I always love seeing a Philly home :)

Oh my gosh, this is for sure my favorite birthday party re-cap and the only one I've felt to compelled to comment on! So adorable and funny!

Emilyryz hit the nail on the head on this one.

I also don't understand people losing their s#!+ over painted brick. It's dried mud, people. Rectangles of reddish-brown dried mud. There's nothing "special" or "charming" or "unique" about brick and as many people appreciate painted brick as those who hate it. It also tends to make rooms look *very* dated, especially in this instance when combined with wood paneled walls. Personally, there's a little too much paint in this room for my taste, such dark paint at that.. but I get that its a home theater so dark paint was necessary. Overall, they did a great job with execution.. it looks very neat.

Maybe if they bring in some "earthy" elements through furnishing to warm it up? Like a raw-slab coffee table paired with warm textiles and pattern? Or whatever suits *them*, since it is THEIR home and all.. :)

I don't know.. the elephant's eyeballs on the sides of the kids' face is sorta creeping me out.

I totally agree with @jess13 re: the dangerous baseboard heater/floor-length curtain combo.

Very cute room, though!

I used MyPublisher for my daughters and it turned out better than expected. Plus, I got my second copy for free!

Love this room but I love your son more! What a ham!!
And 1stDibs is amazing.. I wish I could afford to buy, well.. anything from there :)

I just wanted to say that I found so many of these comments very helpful. I'm due with our second child in about 7 weeks and my daughter will be only be 22 months-old at that time. I've been struggling with ideas on how to introduce her to the concept of bringing home another baby and haven't been able to come up with much since she's still so young. She knows that "baby" = my growing belly, but that's about it.
We did get the book 'You're Getting A Baby Brother" by Sheila Sweeny Higginson which is very catchy and cute but, still, not sure she's making the connection so I'm sure she's going to be blind-sided when the event actually takes place.

I was wondering when to move her into a big girl bed, though, and figured we'd do it at some point later down the road after the baby's born since he will be inheriting her crib. It wasn't obvious to me that it would or could upset her, but I can totally see that now. Guess we'll be making a trip to IKEA this weekend!

Thanks again for the advice