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Creating a school themed bedroom has never been easier!  Especially when you implement some of the nine simple ideas provided in this article.

Find a solid red comforter or a comforter with a small print gingham comforter for your child's bed. Next add primary color throw pillows for comfort, reading and lounging at nap time.

Install a large molding at the chair rail height of her room and add wooden peg hooks. Your child will be able to hang coats, mittens, small bags, purses and other objects on these hooks. Keep the wall below the chair rail very neutral so that the items become the focal point and not the wall itself.

Above the chair rail, install a chalk board wall border. These wall borders can be found at any discount wallpaper store or online store and they have a true chalkboard surface. By supplying chalk, your daughter can be creative and teach her class at any time she likes.

Add a tall armoire that could resemble a locker. Paint the furniture a cheery yellow color which you can use as an accent color with your school house red. Add shelves and bins to your new locker so that your child will have lots of storage.

On the floor create a hopscotch board on a plain sisal rug with rubber backing (non-skid). This can be done easily by creating a rectangle template out of heavy card stock to use as a template. The template should be about 10 inches by 11 ½ inches. Find the center of the rug and trace your rectangles in the form of a hopscotch board. Next place number stencils in the center of each rectangle. Outline the numbers and paint them in with red acrylic paint. Use red bias tape and glue that over the outlines of your rectangles. You have now completed a hopscotch board for your child's playground If you would like, you can glue ribbon or rickrack to the backside edges, allowing it to stick out over the rug to finish off the edges.

Create a learning tree on one wall. This can be done by drawing a simple tree in pencil on a wall. You will need brown magnetic paint from a paint or home improvement store. Paint in your tree trunk with the magnetic paint and add green leaves at the top with regular paints. Next, you will want your child's participation in making all of the alphabet leaves. Collect real leaves from outdoors, use them as patterns and cut them out of colored craft foam. Next, draw or stamp all of the letters of the alphabet onto your leaves.

Lastly, buy some magnetic stripping, cut to size and glue on the back of your magnetic foam letters. Now your child can learn, teach and be creative  by spelling words on their new learning tree.

Make a school bus message board to hang on the wall. Buy a 13 inch by 36 inch piece of cork  Paint the cork yellow and cut the cork to the shape of a bus. This can easily be done by enlarging a photo of a bus and tracing it onto the cork. Next cut out two 4 inch circles for the wheels from black heavy paper or cardboard and adhere them. You will need 6 of 3 ¾ inch cork squares for the bus windows, painted blue. Attach your windows and pin on photos of your child and her friends in each window. Below the windows, add two 21 inch magnetic tapes running horizontally down your bus. Leave about 2 inches vertically between the two magnetic strips. Between the magnetic strips spell SCHOOL BUS with black letter stickers. Your child will be able to hang notes with paper clips on the magnetic strip and this makes a very clever and functioning room décor piece.

Find an old school desk at a flea market, yard sale or antique shop. Also add small wooden painted chairs for more students. Be sure to accessorize with plenty of dolls and stuffed plush animals who can double as students for your childs class.

Add a small table and chairs with puzzles and coloring books. Make a small activity center around the table with stackable bins to hold pens, crayons, glue, paper, coloring books, puzzles and more. If there is room add a desk that your child can grow with.

Any of these nine ideas, or all of them, make quick and inexpensive alternatives when creating a school house themed bedroom decor.

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For most homeowners, the kitchen is an all-purpose gathering room where good food is shared among good friends and loved ones. It may also be the locale where homework gets completed, craft projects are undertaken, and morning daydreams infiltrate the mind. Homeowners who enjoy multipurpose use out of their kitchens are most likely to want that room to be both an inviting and creativity-inspiring one.

With their emphasis on sharing so much free time together, "Family Fun" magazine readers often fall into that homeowner category. It's no wonder then that the publication recently ran an article titled "Nurturing Creativity: Strategies for turning a home into a creative haven." Therein, the article's author covered such creativity-inspiring ideas as creating with your junk, posting an idea list, making the most of your space, showcasing your work, having an ongoing project, joining in the fun, putting up prominent canvases, making room for music and giving art a second life.

Some of the families interviewed for the article came up with ingenious ways to infuse creativity throughout their kitchens. In particular, "the West family of Kissimmee, Fla., painted their kitchen cabinets with chalkboard paint so their kids can draw and play games while Mom and Dad cook." The chalkboard surface "is a place for reminders, quotes and drawings" and it's also a breeze to clean up. "A pail of water and a sponge are all it takes to wipe the [surface] clean and start again."

The sky's the limit when it comes to designing a creative kitchen, but a leading manufacturer of kitchen cabinets can provide you with the best selection of wood door styles, finishes, and decorative cabinet hardware to become artistic master of your domain. Chalkboard finishes are ideal for artsy kids, but adults can have just as much fun in the kitchen if their cabinets reflect their artistic leanings.

Wood kitchen cabinet finishes like honey spice, caramel, toffee, praline, and butter rum and ginger glazes lend that inviting coffee shop or corner bakery appeal to your kitchen, thereby creating the perfect inspirational ambience for the morning coffee drinker or budding baker in the family. Peppercorn, chocolate glaze, cabarnet, and oatmeal and malt glazes are kitchen cabinet finishes that sound good enough to eat. And they look that way too, meaning the amateur chef in the house will draw plenty of cooking inspiration from them.

Art lovers, painters, and color seekers too will enjoy the variety of finishes a leading kitchen cabinet manufacturer will afford them. Onyx, garnet, moss, pewter, kaffe, bisque and ivory are just some of the gorgeous hues they can wake up to every day to encourage their creative sparks.
Young or old, creativity can take place anytime, anywhere. When planning a home makeover, why not start with the kitchen cabinets? They serve as the room's focal point and they afford you the most opportunity to let your personal style shine. After all, who couldn't use a little more inspiration in their life?

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A double sided easel comes in many different styles and types. There are large, professional size double sided easels for business use; individual size double sided easel for an individual's use such as a painter or an illustrator, plus there are large, beautiful double sided easels that professional painters use that could hold up to a 200 pound canvas, and then there are the children's size double sided easel in order to allow their imaginations to soar wherever it will take them, whether that is to the land of purple penguins or green-haired grandmas, there are a lot of uses for double sided easels.

Imaginarium Easel
Colorful, quick flip for children over the age of three. Features magnetic board, dry erase board, chalkboard and painting surface for a 4-in-1 style, perfect for a two child household or preschool or daycare facility. Easel will 'flip' 360 degrees to that the child can draw, paint or simply create something on the other side without moving a step. Big, bright yellow tray on the bottom of the creating surface holds supplies. Easel is constructed out of heavy-duty blue plastic and 4-in-1 board is white with a red thick red boarder giving the entire easel a colorful, child-like look. This will fold flat for easy storage.

Quartet® Ultima Portable Dry Erase Easel
This is a dry erase easel which could be displayed from either side. The dry erase board is 27" x 35" and the entire easel will adjust from a height of 39" to 70" for either tabletop display or stand alone usage. The surface tilts and locks at any angle for comfortable writing and viewing of the Melamine dry erase surface which 'doubles' as a message board with magnetic capabilities. This double sided easel is portable, it collapse for easy storage, transportation and carrying. The Ultima is perfect for meetings, presentations, greeting signs, on-the-spot display advertising or school use.

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This is for the serious artist and available only through the art supply dealers. It is perfect for creating larger pieces of artwork, for students sharing studio space or for the artist who feels doubly creative and likes to multitask. All side of the dual sided easel holds up to a nine foot canvas. Both sides contain a deluxe canvas holder and a 26" wide painting tray. This is a heavy-duty piece of artist equipment with a marine style winch capable of holding a 200 pound canvas. There are four casters so could be moved from one studio to the next or out of doors for a nature painting exercise. This double sided easel offers a variety of positions and settings for a more comfortable working environment. These twofold easels are made of a hand-rubbed, solid oak with an oil finish that will last a lifetime.

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