Child friendly beach house stairs
Eugenie L
6 years ago
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Eugenie L
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Comments (106)Miranda You appear to be making all the right choices in life. I will be a little bit presumptuous by offering some advice on helping you to raise your child in touch with nature in this age full of all the electronic lures that keep the kids indoors. or, when outdoors, glued to a small screen, rather than the glory that surrounds them. I am writing a book about landscape architecture and have a section regarding the importance of embracing nature in the preschool years. - which I would like to forward that section to you. However, my computer skills are limited to email and US Mail. I don't even know how to attach a picture to the text. If you would like to receive this draft from my future book, send me your email or postal address, and I'll get it right off to you. My email is cascio.offsite@gmail.com Good luck with your new challenges and opportunities. Joe Cascio...See MoreNeed a makeover for child care
Comments (7)Hey there, The mural on the wall sounds like a great idea. We have built small running water streams before in childcare centres (obviously they are not more than a few millimetres deep), but thats enough for the children to play with their toys in. A dry creek bed is always good or even a vegetable patch. A car track, or a small kitchenette for play. Obviously a cubby house and something to climb (within fall area reg's) is a must. There is a great book called 'outdoor kids' by Jamie Durie which has wonderful garden ideas. These are all the obvious things but sometimes they are the best. In my experience as a garden designer of numerous child care centres and even children's hospital play areas I have found that children will have fun no matter what. Maybe let the children decide and build it together? If your in Melbourne and need a consult, find us on Facebook or the net and give me a call. David - Mars Landscapes...See MoreWarming up open plan space
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Comments (17)This looks like a pretty good start but keep in mind that you already have a lot of hard surfaces (tiles floor, stone benches etc) that are going to bounce a lot of sound around that space. The big trick with open-plan living is to try to keep the ambient sound levels muffled and soft. Make sure that you put nice soft felt floor protectors on the feet of everything – you don't want to hear each time a chair or stool is dragged across the tiles. Don't even think of adding a glass-topped table to the mix – every time a glass is put down, a plate is shifted or cutlery moved it clinks and bangs (not to mention that they are the very devil to keep spotlessly clean and shiny and if they're not they look horrible). A timber table does not have to look 'woody' or clash with (or match) the floors – timber can be painted or stained and there are some very classy looking laminates out there that are easier to live with than glass. As others have said some rugs defining the zones within this large room will help to soften both the look and the sound, as well as introduce some colour. I also find the spacing of the pendant lights rather clunky – try spacing lights across the island rather than stringing them out across the full width of the ceiling....See Moresiriuskey
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