Martina from My MCM Life's Profile

There are already lots of great suggestions here so Im problem being repetitive. I think a fleshy, orangey pink would look great with gray or navy or brown. A punchy hot pink, maybe a little more towards red would work great with other bold colors like yellow and cobalt blue if that's the kind of pink he likes. Maybe striped curtains or bedding? Peach, faded red and cherry seem more masculine if you want to spin it that way for your husband. My husband likes pink a lot. He has a couple of light, faded pink shirts and one hot pink shirt. I'm curious how he would react if we had a son that wanted a pink room. We just have a daughter now and he really wants her to have a pink room. Someone above mentioned a play tent. That's a great way to add a lot of color with an inexpensive span of fabric (even a sheet, curtain or tablecloth could be turned into a tent with some dowel rods or PVC pipes).

One more thing - are there any colors that are not socially acceptable for girls? I'm curious why girls/women are allowed to wear gray, brown, black, all shades of blue, etc. and no one thinks twice but if a boy/man wears pink or purple he gets raised eyebrows.

I never would have made that association if I hadn't seen the title of this post first. Now, that's all I can see with the air vents near the ceiling and the industrial style light fixture. Poor kid lives in an institution… I seriously love the color, though, especially as a gender neutral choice for a nursery. But now it's ruined for me. ;)

Side note: isn't light green chosen for hospitals, dentist offices, musicians' "green room" back stage, etc. because it's considered a calming color? Sounds like a perfect reason to put it in a home, especially a child's room or a bathroom.

It seems fitting for a girl named Bijou to have a dinosaur tea party. I bet this girl is all kind of fun!

This is really lovely and clever! It still looks like an intimidating amount of sewing and cutting but what a wonderful handmade gift.

Beautiful room! Love the colors and all the thrifted and personalized details. I have to admit the turquoise and orange and the name Ross totally had me thinking this was a boy's room until I read the interview and saw the lower photos. She's a beautiful little girl. :)

Thanks for all the kind words! We've had our first little kiddo with us for 5 days (a little girl about 1.5 years old) and she seems to love it all so far! And we love her! We feel very blessed to have this chance to love her, even if it's just for a short time.

@chana we did have another friend warn us about the guitar being a temptation and little girl has taken an interest in it (though it's too high for her to reach or get to on her own right now.) She seems to love the monkey poster. @prairiegirlindc I used white contact paper. Cheap, easy to clean. Works for me! It's a little opaque but that doesn't bother me.

I really hope they put this show online so I can watch it! (Hulu, HGTV.com, something!) I couldn't get enough of 9 By Design.

This is the room that originally inspired me to do book ledges in our kids room. I love it! The giant dollhouse is amazing and even more special because it was his mom's.

Some friends in our neighborhood live on a busy corner across from a park and have had their newly planted scrubs stolen 3 times! The last time the trunks were all chained together with braided steel cables. The chains were cut! They installed a fake security camera with a motion activated flashing light and waited until a Monday to plant new plants. So far that has helped. It's been extremely frustrating and expensive for them.

We have beautiful landscaping (thanks to my husband, so I can brag!) and a lot of unique plants. I think our best deterrents are that our house is further from the street but close to our neighbors on both sides (who are home a lot). We also have landscape lighting that's on from sundown until 4 or 5 am so our landscaping is very well lit.

Cutting off flowers is not a problem I've heard of around my neighborhood but I can't say I haven't been tempted myself!

Oops, I meant to say Courtney Slemaker not sara.b. … in case you haven't figured that out.

AT, I really wish there was a way to reply to individual comments!