Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Interior Design and Space Planning for Kids

The Canvas Corp Team is focused on educating everyone on the basics of interior design and space planning and we're excited about these websites we found that do just that.

www.myscene.com offers a game for girls called Room Makeover. This game inspired by the My Scene™ dolls, allows you to design the perfect bedroom. This site does not require the purchase to participate and provides the girls various colors, design styles, furniture pieces and decorative accents to find just the right mix. All rooms, furniture and accessories are designed with the perfect options for girls that range from 4 to 15. Rooms cannot be saved, but they can be printed. When the room is completed travel over to the Shopping Spree or Beauty Studio.

The Webkinz™ craze is also a great introduction to space planning and interior design for kids. With the purchase of each Webkinz™, you get a virtual room or one can be purchased and then furnished with a wide variety room styles, furniture and accessories that are designed for both boys and girls. After purchasing a Webkinz™ you visit www.webkinz.com to begin the process. Rooms are maintained and additional items can be added, removed and moved around. The Webkinz™ are then interactive in the space, helping the room to come to life. Not only are they exposed to interior design and space planning, but they maintain their Webkinz™ home inside and out and the pets that live there.

Focus on a little more contemporary living, www.tygirlz.com features rooms that combine living and sleeping and introduce loft living. With the purchase of a Ty Girlz™ doll you gain access to this site and have virtual dollars that allow you to purchase furniture and accessories. There are games provided where additional dollars can be earned to buy additional items for the loft, as well as, the clothes for the dolls. The rooms can be decorated with a variety of furniture and style choices with an updated look. Like Webkinz™, the rooms remain on the site and are accessed with a log in name and password.

These sites are interactive, educational and a great introduction into the art of interior design. For a hands on approach purchase a Canvas Home Basics Room Spacing Kit and space plan the furniture, choose fabric and furniture samples and create a design board just like a professional interior designers. Visit your local interior fabric store and choose samples of fabric and trims, scan magazines for favorite styles and the web for images of furniture to add to the board, helping to visually show the design plan. Create the perfect children's room or work together to design the perfect family room.

Work with your children to get a feel for their design sense and you will learn something new about them.

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Interior Design and Space Planning for Kids
posted by CanvasCorp LLC on 9:14 AM