THE HOMEOWNERS
The Mascarinas
BEFORE
With little time to prepare for the arrival of their daughter, Stella, the Mascarinas scrambled to get a nursery together. And to make things more challenging, the space they are using for the baby's room needs to double as a guest bedroom when friends or family come to visit. Goodbye, pink decals and mobiles! A traditional baby theme is not a design option.
Minute Makeover guru Bob Richter takes on the two-part challenge with ease. First, he divides the room into distinct areas -- key for pulling off the desired functions.
He chose a queen bed with a soft floral duvet and then brought in multi-use furniture to provide storage. The nightstand and cabinet compliment the white finish of the crib and changing table, which can later be used later to display toys and schoolbooks.
By combining functional items like reading lamps and sophisticated bedding with more personal touches like stuffed animals and wall art, this room is equally comfortable for baby Stella and out-of-town guests.
AFTER
The Mascarinas have a feminine yet sophisticated nursery for their daughter. The room can also accommodate any guests that might visit and has the ability to suit Stella as she grows.
THE GOODS
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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)
The room is going to be primarily used as a baby's room! Why not enjoy the moment and keep it as a baby's room. Children grow up too fast. Any guest should understand they are displacing the child from their room. As a guest they should also appreciate the availability of sleeping quarters. Maybe this is the start of letting the child know that they are only a temporary occupant of that room and the parents lives. As a custodial parent after my wife decided she no longer wanted to be a mother, I have strived to allow my children their space but also provide a warm room they could call their own. The children would double up in one room if we had guests but they also were proud that they could share their room with others.
ReplyOh my sides! First off, I knew quite a few gals who had cultivated this look ( circa 1979 ) when they got knocked up at age 15 and living with Moms & Dads all accross this country! Next, why would you use your own baby's room as a guest room? ( And who would be sorry enough to impose on the wee one and agree to sleep in her room?! Or his, if it's a boy!) Also, if you aren't willing to buy a sleeper sofa then why would you have overnight company to begin with?! Too many scenarios to post here but the bottom line is... this baby-must-bunk-in-a-guest-room can be described in two words; EPIC FAILURE! Give up your own bedroom before placing visitors in with your child! Jiminy crickets!!!
ReplyI think they will end up sleeping in this room with the baby & the guest will take their room. If it's just a twin bed (not sure), hubby can sleep on the couch.
When my children was born and was just a baby I had the baby bed in my room so you can say my was a 2 part room as well I had the part where the baby sleep with baby items and pics that would be used in a nursery. Over my bed I had other pics I also had a wall that had butterflys and flowers on it this way I had a room for over night guest that might not like being in a room with a crying baby every 2 hours.
ReplySo if you just wanted a room for a guest to appriciate then you could have moved the baby in your room as I did and this worked
I agree! WHOSE room is this anyway? The guest's room or the baby's room??
ReplyThe baby will sleep there EVERY DAY, the guests are there only a few days at a time! Why make the baby have to sleep in the "Guest" room instead of the guests sleeping in the baby's room??
They definitely should have gotten a sofa bed in the living room. Who wants lots of different people sleeping and breathing in their tiny baby's room at night, even if they are family? Where is the sweet, love filled room for this little darling? I only see someone wanting to impress "guests".
It says "Minute Makeover" guru Bob Richter...well, it was named that because he only took a minute to think about this "design."
Sorry, this is not a baby's room.
Agreed, completely ridiculous!
ReplyA nursery is for an infant! Guests can sleep on a sofa or air mattress in a family room, or in a nice bed in a hotel. I am actually disgusted that they get the blessing of an infant, and can't even give their new child their own room. You should be ecstatic and embracing this time, and filling up the nursery with a nice glider, toys, a rug for tummy time and learning to crawl, mobiles, colorful murals, ect.
Please! Why does this room need that large of a bed anyway. We had A TON of company when our daughter came along. It was my daughters room everyday, we decorated the room for HER & tied the twin / trundle bed into match the color theme. The bed was on one wall just in case we needed it for guests or if she was sick, we could stay bedside with her. That way you save space when its not in use. This sounds like the room is more for (the then) parentless mom and dad's sake rather than the peaceful comfort of a new baby, then growing toddler. I guess like all parents, they'll live and learn & make changes accordingly
ReplyMother of two grown kids here......and I love babies and kids.....but....
ReplyWhy.....in the world....would you think.....a *guest* would want to share a room with an infant that wasn't theirs?
Why....do you expect that your baby needs to share his or her room, with *guests*????
No way, would I do that, share a room with an infant.... I'd rather get a hotel...I like my sleep...
I've done the new mommy thing, and it was great, but now, almost 30 years later....I'm in a different mind set....the only way I'd share a room with an infant, was IF the infant were my grandchild....then, I'd love it.
Buy sofa bed....let the guest stay there.....
This is NOT a guest room doubling as a nursery! This should be a NURSERY, doubling as a guest bedroom, and anyone who stayed overnight there shouldn't be staying with the baby in the first place.
ReplyWhat are these "parents" thinking? Is their child that unimportant to them that she doesn't deserve her own room? Are their guests that egocentric that they can't sleep one night in a nursery?
What a crock of diaper ca-ca!
Who thought these 2 would make good parents!? If a baby is such an inconvienience that you have to "carve out space" & are more concerned about your guests, maybe you don't need a baby! If this poor little girl has to share her room with anyone but grandma, it's just wrong on so many levels. She'll be in her room every night. How often will guests be there? Will she have to share her room with "guests" when she's 15? And are you saying they have no intention of ever redecorating & giving her any input into how her room looks as she grows up?
Simply put a bed in the baby's room for guests, or a sleeper sofa in the den. Baby first, guests second.
In defense of the Mom, I have to say that we were at that point once! In a town house, there was but 2 bedrooms and not enough storage space for the Queen bed/dresser we used in the 'guest room'. While making the nursery up, we bought new quilts to match my sons nursery theme (in color) and, since it was a huge room, one side was his and the other was 'guest'. This also provided for us when he was fussy and one wanted to sleep in the room with him = )
ReplyAlthough the room was totally baby...safari curtains and pictures...and the big dresser had all of his baby pictures on it. We now live in a 4 bedroom house and there is plenty of room for him and guests!
Dont be so hard on people...we do with what we have!
This couple has the right idea - put your guests up with the baby, then they won't stay long!!! Sorry, give the baby her room, the guests can always stay in a hotel. Or at the very least, put a futon in their for the guests to use, but it looks like the guests are more important than the baby in this room design.
ReplyThis whole idea is just stupid. Is it a baby's room or a guest room. It can't be both. Aunt Blabby may love the baby, but she doesn't want to sleep with it !! And Baby Boo doesn't want his dad's golfing friend to sleep in his room unless he can get up and give him a bottle and diaper him at 3 AM. How silly this whole idea is !! For Pete's sake, give the new baby his/her OWN room. Put Aunt Fannie on the sofa. The end.
ReplyDangerous to put the crib by a window. As baby gets older they climb. Also the window shade with hanging strings to operate is a great danger. Little ones love to climb and twist things around their necks........strangulation before you know it!! DISASTER!!!
Reply"We didn't want it to look like a baby room." There are lots of ways to decorate the room "without cluttering it up with baby stuff." Oh gee, is your new baby imposing on your style sensibilities? Well I have to say, the charming crib and changer crammed into the corner with minimal white bedding and gray block letters on the wall just screams "I'm so excited to have a new baby daughter!" And what little girl isn't going to just love that sophisticated cream and gray palette as she grows up? The complete lack of enthusiasm for making a special room for their adopted daughter is unbelievable to me--I get that they were moving quickly (although given the fact that as prospective adoptive parents, they must have anticipated needing a nursury at some point AND they hired a designer) but I just don't get why you would put the "occasional guest" ahead of your child.
Replyfantastic style for room for baby and guest but it seems little crowded. If I am guest, I do not want to sleep near baby.
Replyi thought a guest room if your lucky enough to even have one was an" extra" bedroom not giving up your childs space at any age!and even if you let your guests stay in your childs room i think they wouldnt object to the decor.. i mean how often does one have guests over that they would even consider this weird idea of sharing there kids space.
ReplyWhy don't my comments ever show up - this is annoying!
ReplyWhy are you censoring comments - all of my comments critical of this design won't go through.
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