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I Made A Fairytale-Themed Room For My Daughter To Encourage Her To Read
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I Made A Fairytale-Themed Room For My Daughter To Encourage Her To Read

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A few month back I was lying in bed with the idea of a book themed bedroom in my head. I hardly slept that night because of all the ideas I had. I drew the pictures up the next day and tried finding more and more ideas. I had the idea of it all in my head but my brother Daniel Wright helped to put it all into perspective for me and helped to figure out how to link all my images into one big image. So I owe Daniel a massive thank you.

My daughter is 2 years old and the loveliest little girl ever but of course I’m going to say that I am her mum. But she really is. She loves thinking she can read books. She sits there with a book upside down and babbles to herself. We can’t understand a word she says but in Chloe’s head it makes sense to her and that’s all that matters.

My brother now paints people rooms as a business. They are always lovely but the problem is the children soon get bored and want something else and quite often he has been called back a few years later to redo it. I didn’t want this. I wanted something that was timeless, something that will help mould her into the amazing little girl that I already know she is, something to send her imagination into overdrive and something that will encourage her to want to pick up a book and read. I believe together we have achieved this and it has turned out so much better than I imagined it in my head.

A few month back I was lying in bed with the idea of a book themed bedroom in my head

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I wanted to create a timeless room for my daughter, who is now 2-years-old

She loves thinking she can read books. She is having a few learning difficulties and has only just started walking. There is no denying she is a very clever girl but just struggling in different areas

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It does not worry me as I know she is her own little person and is just going at her own pace

So this is where I got the idea for her toy box. I absolutely love the quote, it sums Chloe up all in one

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I decided to paint the door in the style of a book. I wanted the idea that the door is the book cover and as you open the door you are opening the book to the amazing stories that unfold inside the room

There are over 90 books on the wall and there is space for more for when Chloe gets older and chooses her favorite books that I can then paint on top

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I want Chloe to be able to point characters out to me and ask me who they are. I will then be able to get out the book and read it to her

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I don’t have all the books yet but every time I see one that is on her wall I add it to the colection

I have acquired a lot in charity shops as everything I have done in this room is on a budget from the furniture to the bed sheets

I also made a patchwork quilt using lots of pieces of Dr Seuss material. This took many hours, but is something I’m hoping she can pass down to her children as well as the Roald Dahl cushions

This room has already helped my daughter as she points to characters and does the animal noises

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The room is not just for children but for adults as well

“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild to pick up a book and read to a child”- Dr. Seuss

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Kerry Wright

Kerry Wright

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Im a mother of 1 amazing little girl and currently work from home trying to set up my own business sculpting and other art related projects. I used to work in films making props for pinewood studios but moved back to my home town mansfield while I was pregnant. I loved my job but I love my family more but work and family are not so close. But hopefully I can now still work from home doing the things I love surounded by the people that I love

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Kerry Wright

Kerry Wright

Author, Community member

Im a mother of 1 amazing little girl and currently work from home trying to set up my own business sculpting and other art related projects. I used to work in films making props for pinewood studios but moved back to my home town mansfield while I was pregnant. I loved my job but I love my family more but work and family are not so close. But hopefully I can now still work from home doing the things I love surounded by the people that I love

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SallyVogel
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a wonderful mom you are! You did a great job and your daughter should have so much fun in all those fantasy worlds. She will love reading for her entire life.

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thankyou very much. That is the plan. Maybe she will become a successful author when she gets older you never know. But what ever she becomes I hope this room can help inspire her along the way

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chachkimooch
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is just the most awesome thing ever! The furniture is great!!!

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thankyou. You will be suprised how easy it was for the furniture but so effective. Once the sides had been painted it litterally took 10 minutes with a Sharpie pen. You don't even have to be artistic. The best thing about the style of dr seuss Is if you make a mistake or the lines are a little wobbly it doesn't matter just because dr seuss lines are not perfect.

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AlexisHobbs
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi Kerry! It's Alexis from Woman's Day magazine. We LOVE what you did to your daughter's room and we'd be ecstatic to feature your work on our website. If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please email me at ahobbs@hearst.com. Thanks so much!

MargotHuysman
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi Kerry, I work for Metro in the UK. We'd love to do a feature on the room. Would you be able to email me at margot.huysman@metro.co.uk Thanks

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thankyou I'm glad i can inspire you. Let's hope these pictures will help people to try and encourage their children to read more or even try and take things from my daughters room to inspire other parents

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riley_howard
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that is so cool and I like the idea about turning it into a type of fairy tale land. I may be a teen but I love fairy tales and Dr. Seuss. So awesome job!

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It all depends on what she is into. But hopefully she will be just as creative as me and cone up with her own ideas and she will be able to help me. But I'm expecting to kept te room like this for quite a few years. I am now in the middle of making her a hansel and gretal wendy house in the garden so that's my next project

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AmandaTintin
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is amazing!you are really a wonderful mother and u've got a really great brother too!i found this Heart warming...its a little happy thing to read Books and i am pretty sure your daughter wud have a great adventure,reading and Discovering there is Beauty in the world..My Best wishes.

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thankyou and yes my brother was a great help as it would of been too much of a job for me to tackle by myself. If it wasn't for the help of my brother I will still be doing it now lol.

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KatherineDanielWright
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The man behind this fabulous painting is Daniel wright from wright design. To look at more designs created by wright design or for a quote please take a look at our page Facebook.com/wrightdesignsfantasticwallmurals. Or email wright-designs@hotmail.co.uk.

KatherineDanielWright
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The man behind this fabulous painting is Daniel wright from wright design. To look at more designs created by wright design or for a quote please take a look at our page Facebook.com/wrightdesignsfantasticwallmurals. Or email wright-designs@hotmail.co.uk.

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If anyone is interested in having their walls done my brother does this for a living. Look on his page and you can also view more photos of the room from start to finish including previous work he has done

Olwen
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is AMAZING. You are a genius, and a very talented one.

atulbhats
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! Creative mother! Your daughter is lucky to have you. :)

Rina
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's beautiful!! I had done my daughter's room with Disney princesses. Are you an artist by profession or an art teacher?

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

thankyou. I am neither. my brother does it for a living but I used to make film props for box office films. but now im a full time mum. I did the drawings and then I helped my brother to paint. we have a very artistic family but im hoping to start up a business with my artwork

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CathleenNadine
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely love it! I wouldn't mind living in this room myself :)

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is very easy to sit there for hours without even realising. just thinking of childhood memories as most books are inspired from my favourite childrens book. There are a lot of roald dahl and Quentin blake image as these are by far the best childrens books but that's just my opinion. While drawing it on the wall I had to keep telling my self to stop sitting g there staring and get on with it. It's not just for children it takes adults back to their childhood as well

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Zitronella
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A horrible room! Poor little girl...She can´t calm down to sleep, to play, to live...to many colours, to many pictures, only figures from television or films. How your daughter should imagine by her own?

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry you think like this ut of course I'm sure you are only saying thus to get a reaction. If you saw the room up close you will see there are loads more that are not from films. The best stories have all been made into films. Hiw can you say she can't imagine by her own when it is encouraging her to read. It's a shame you can not see the potential this can help a child's imagination. Or woukd you rather u stuck her I fort of a tv all day?

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HeatherOgden
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

such talent, great job! I wish you had close ups of the Ronald Dahl cushions!

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry about this but it was edited and a few photos were not shown. The photos do not show haf as much as you can see up close

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BolanlePacheco
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow!!! I'm blown away at the time, effort and creativity that went into your baby girls room. You are an AWESOME mom. I'm inspired

HoneyThistle
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is perfect! I remember reading the most as a kid in my bed, and I would have loved to have all these characters (or really, old friends) around me :)

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even as an adult reading to her at bedtime is so lovely. Especially when we can find the book somewhere on the wall

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SallyVogel
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a wonderful mom you are! You did a great job and your daughter should have so much fun in all those fantasy worlds. She will love reading for her entire life.

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thankyou very much. That is the plan. Maybe she will become a successful author when she gets older you never know. But what ever she becomes I hope this room can help inspire her along the way

Load More Replies...
chachkimooch
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is just the most awesome thing ever! The furniture is great!!!

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thankyou. You will be suprised how easy it was for the furniture but so effective. Once the sides had been painted it litterally took 10 minutes with a Sharpie pen. You don't even have to be artistic. The best thing about the style of dr seuss Is if you make a mistake or the lines are a little wobbly it doesn't matter just because dr seuss lines are not perfect.

Load More Replies...
AlexisHobbs
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi Kerry! It's Alexis from Woman's Day magazine. We LOVE what you did to your daughter's room and we'd be ecstatic to feature your work on our website. If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please email me at ahobbs@hearst.com. Thanks so much!

MargotHuysman
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi Kerry, I work for Metro in the UK. We'd love to do a feature on the room. Would you be able to email me at margot.huysman@metro.co.uk Thanks

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thankyou I'm glad i can inspire you. Let's hope these pictures will help people to try and encourage their children to read more or even try and take things from my daughters room to inspire other parents

Load More Replies...
riley_howard
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that is so cool and I like the idea about turning it into a type of fairy tale land. I may be a teen but I love fairy tales and Dr. Seuss. So awesome job!

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It all depends on what she is into. But hopefully she will be just as creative as me and cone up with her own ideas and she will be able to help me. But I'm expecting to kept te room like this for quite a few years. I am now in the middle of making her a hansel and gretal wendy house in the garden so that's my next project

Load More Replies...
AmandaTintin
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is amazing!you are really a wonderful mother and u've got a really great brother too!i found this Heart warming...its a little happy thing to read Books and i am pretty sure your daughter wud have a great adventure,reading and Discovering there is Beauty in the world..My Best wishes.

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thankyou and yes my brother was a great help as it would of been too much of a job for me to tackle by myself. If it wasn't for the help of my brother I will still be doing it now lol.

Load More Replies...
KatherineDanielWright
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The man behind this fabulous painting is Daniel wright from wright design. To look at more designs created by wright design or for a quote please take a look at our page Facebook.com/wrightdesignsfantasticwallmurals. Or email wright-designs@hotmail.co.uk.

KatherineDanielWright
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The man behind this fabulous painting is Daniel wright from wright design. To look at more designs created by wright design or for a quote please take a look at our page Facebook.com/wrightdesignsfantasticwallmurals. Or email wright-designs@hotmail.co.uk.

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If anyone is interested in having their walls done my brother does this for a living. Look on his page and you can also view more photos of the room from start to finish including previous work he has done

Olwen
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is AMAZING. You are a genius, and a very talented one.

atulbhats
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! Creative mother! Your daughter is lucky to have you. :)

Rina
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's beautiful!! I had done my daughter's room with Disney princesses. Are you an artist by profession or an art teacher?

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

thankyou. I am neither. my brother does it for a living but I used to make film props for box office films. but now im a full time mum. I did the drawings and then I helped my brother to paint. we have a very artistic family but im hoping to start up a business with my artwork

Load More Replies...
CathleenNadine
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely love it! I wouldn't mind living in this room myself :)

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is very easy to sit there for hours without even realising. just thinking of childhood memories as most books are inspired from my favourite childrens book. There are a lot of roald dahl and Quentin blake image as these are by far the best childrens books but that's just my opinion. While drawing it on the wall I had to keep telling my self to stop sitting g there staring and get on with it. It's not just for children it takes adults back to their childhood as well

Load More Replies...
Zitronella
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A horrible room! Poor little girl...She can´t calm down to sleep, to play, to live...to many colours, to many pictures, only figures from television or films. How your daughter should imagine by her own?

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry you think like this ut of course I'm sure you are only saying thus to get a reaction. If you saw the room up close you will see there are loads more that are not from films. The best stories have all been made into films. Hiw can you say she can't imagine by her own when it is encouraging her to read. It's a shame you can not see the potential this can help a child's imagination. Or woukd you rather u stuck her I fort of a tv all day?

Load More Replies...
HeatherOgden
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

such talent, great job! I wish you had close ups of the Ronald Dahl cushions!

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry about this but it was edited and a few photos were not shown. The photos do not show haf as much as you can see up close

Load More Replies...
BolanlePacheco
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow!!! I'm blown away at the time, effort and creativity that went into your baby girls room. You are an AWESOME mom. I'm inspired

HoneyThistle
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is perfect! I remember reading the most as a kid in my bed, and I would have loved to have all these characters (or really, old friends) around me :)

Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even as an adult reading to her at bedtime is so lovely. Especially when we can find the book somewhere on the wall

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