Christina Doherty is a mother of 2 active boys and owner of Cici Crib. She particularly enjoys foraging for special items for her shop as well as creating lovely interiors for little ones. If you are interested in a design consultation, please click here or email me at info@cicicrib.com.
Drizzle, cloudy and damp. This is what we are expecting for our upcoming trip to the UK. Cozy boys bedrooms in Tudor houses is what I always imagine to be in Britain.
Birth place of punk. You can always expect the funky in decorating. Love these childrens fabrics by Jennie Maizels!
The union jack is always a popular motif in decorating boys bedrooms.
LOVE British Style…
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Christina
A very nice family came to visit the shop in the latter part of June. The little boy was just a complete sparkle of a kid. Having only boys myself, I so appreciate the idiosyncracies of boys. He loves airplanes, trains, big trucks, loud construction equipment, etc.. The family was moving to Westchester from NYC in about 2 weeks time. They needed to have a room ready for their little boy, on moving day. He was leaving his crib behind and needed a big boy bed. New neighborhood, new house, new bed. We needed to work quickly. Ofcourse, we had a holiday weekend in between. Adds a little more stress to the equation.
This is the room when I first saw it. A classic bedroom from a house built in the 1920′s.
The couple really wanted wallpaper. We chose this Ralph Lauren paper..
The company did a quick ship on the artwork..
The window treatments just couldn’t be done in time. Obviously, panels would overwhelm the windows. I really didn’t want to do standard shades or romans. The windows are quite low to the floor. Any kind of cord is an issue. We chose a roller roman shade. It is a new shade, that we are beginning to use. No outside cords. They will be ready by the end of July. The flush mount light fixture is also back ordered, but will be in shortly. Made of glass, it will give off ample light.
The room was ready for the little boy..
I was there to see the excitement on the little boy’s face. Some really good perks of my job!
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Christina
Our forever long winter will never end this year. Will it snow for opening day? Celebrate baseball! So much love that kids will fill their walls with baseball art. Makes a big statement by blowing up these images on 36″ stretched canvases…
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Christina
Just browsing through some of my vintage children’s books, I came across a lovely book, Children and Animals. From the School of Emmy Zweybruck, copy written 1935. It seems this book was originally printed in Austria. These pictures are so stencil like and stylized. You can really decorate a kids bedroom or baby’s nursery nicely with these pictures. How great they would be as art.
I just love them.
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Christina
At the intersection of Main Street and Maple Ave, in Armonk, is an incredible frame shop,Framings. Every work day, I stop at the intersection before turning into the parking lot for Cici Crib. Yesterday, I couldn’t keep my eyes off of a large piece that was in her shop window. Cars behind me honked. So I quickly turned and parked and marched right over to Judy and Carter’s jewel of a shop. Not only are they some of the nicest people I have met, but also some of the most talented.
Judy told me she completed this project for a designer. The designer had saved all her daughter’s shoes and Judy created this long shadowbox. I think it is about 12 feet long. I can imagine it will be hung in a bedroom,playroom, really anywhere..
It is so sweet. It really tells a story from the parent’s excitement of having a baby girl to her first walking shoe, a ballet slipper, a trip to Disney World to a the last shoe, that perhaps the little girl picked out. A black rugged hiking shoe.
I hope the Mom keeps the shadowbox. Fast forward 25 years.. Wouldn’t it be nice to see in her granddaughter’s nursery…..
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Christina
A gutsy pink called Honeysuckle was named 2011 color of the year by Pantone. Ok I am kind of puzzled by the name, honeysuckle, but I will go with it. It is a color that is very familiar at Cici Crib.
A room that I worked on is almost complete. It is for a little girl who loves pink. I believe in creating rooms that grow with the child. The little girl is lucky to have enough storage space in her double closet. I just added a little bit of style to the room. Even the inside of the lamp shades are swathed in pink to create a little glow.
We reupholstered the tufted bench in a faux pink croc..
The window treatments are sheers with touch of sparkle, to keep the room light and airy. The vanity is anchored by the custom bulliten board.
The bulliten board is covered in rasberry linen. An inexpensive starburst mirror serves 2 functions…
The wall opposite is long and framed with fashion prints.
Yes it is a pink room, but not too overwhelming. Just sweet as honeysuckle…
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Christina
As far as children’s rooms go, we are oh so familiar with clouds on the ceiling. Whether they are painted or wallpaper, it seems like we see it quite often. But what if we just chose beautiful wallpaper to line the ceiling. How nice…
Nursery by Rhoney Design. I so love this sweet home for baby…
Girls bedroom by David Cafiero…
Then there is Miles Redd, oh so chic constellation ceiling.Ok maybe this isn’t wall paper, but so inspiring…
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Christina
Mom of 2 tween girls needs to update their bedroom. Everyone loves the aqua, but not in huge doses. The Mom and the girls loved House Inc.’s new collection. House Inc., creator, Annette Tatum, delicately layers fabrics in such a casual way. For a room that could have touches of modern, but is pretty firmly traditional, Annette Tatum is for you. Her combinations are just lovely…
The fabric they chose the bedding…
Now to integrate the aqua with the pink that is scattered throughout the girls’ bedroom.Found great inspiration in House of Turquoise…
Love Toby Fairly’s room as shown in The Neo Tradionalist.
It will all come together…
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Christina
Doing some research on built in beds for kids rooms and came across these gems…
Makes me want to take a Sunday afternoon snooze…
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Christina
How beautiful are Madeline Weinrib’s goods. I see why she is a favorite of design blogs. I was picking up some her fabric samples of the other day at ABC Carpet. Weinrib’s atelier is a bit gallery and a bit workshop.
The ikats are hand dyed and woven in Uzbekistan. The fabric was intended for a chair in a little girl’s bedroom. Because of it’s nature, it must be lined before upholstering. Unfortunately, I think it will be the deal breaker in an already tight budget.
But look how fantastic they could be…
Not sure what else to say about her rugs….
They fit into all different interiors. From traditional to modern to eclectic. This rug below is such a pleasant surprise..
The chair, upholstered in a Werinrib fabric in Gweneth Paltrow’s home.
The photo of this big girl’s bedroom is taken from one of my favorite blogs, Cote de Texas. Just fantastic..
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Christina
