Beautiful! Spectacular results despite simple methods and a small space.

This is the most comfortable fort, ever.

I want to snuggle up on that seat with a good book. Well done!

Love. It kinda reminds me of my room in my on-campus apartment my senior year of college. My bed was raised so that I could have storage underneath it and the bed was right at the window like that. I loved being able to have lazy Saturdays in bed, with the window open, a drink on my windowsill next to me, and a book in my lap.

Are those curtains made from canvas drop cloths?

so dreamy! I love it.

Oh my goodness, I love this. If I'd had something similar, I'm sure I would have spent so many hours in there as a young girl.

WANT.

As a design, it is adorable, but I'd not recommend on a toddler room, as the designer has. The lid could pinch fingers, and the window presents a risk of falling.

Very very sweet! I want to relax there too! Can the bookcases/bench support an adult's weight. Love. Yes is there a worry about the windows and little ones?

The lanterns were a stroke of genius! So magical!

Gorgeous! Well done.

What kind of fabric are the curtains? Very pretty!

I think its adorable,but I would like to see different curtains.As for all those posts concerning safety,it makes me wonder how as a young boy of 5,my father dared to build us a treehouse about 10 ft off the ground in an old elm?!? It was accesible by slats nailed to the tree,and all the neighborhood kids spent many happy hours in it for YEARS,and yes,we all fell out at one point or another! Oh,the horror!

I've added this to my inspiration file on my desktop. It looks like a perfect sanctuary. Awesome job!

Love how natural you made it. Nice.

@JOHNCB, I laughed out loud at your comment, above. Good one.

Or if you have a exceptionally tall toddler with a really small head. She could start jumping up and down on the mattress, get her head stuck in one of the lanterns, panic, run around the room, crash into a wall and well you can imagine the rest of that scenario. . .

LOL ceejay1. I can see my 21 year old doing that . . there's no hope.

Dear lord! I could cut the condescension with a knife!

It's as if this project could be the first time in history that a child survived to adulthood with the looming deathrap that is a window seat in their bedroom! Not to mention the curtains- didn't this woman know that the moment you find out you're pregnant you have to rip all the curtains out of your house?? And geez- who puts a LID on a toy storage box? It's like giving your toddler a guillotine... too bad no one has invented any sort of safety latch that could be affixed to doors and windows to keep children safe.

I also think it's also safe to say that (despite one poster's preternatural sense of interior design) a toddler isn't going to critique the decor for not being tailored enough ;)

Sarcasm aside, this is a super cute project, love the dreamy paper lamps. The only suggestion I'd make would be to play around with trim on the other edges of the box to help it blend in to the the other woodwork better.

Thank goodness there are still so many Pebbles As tripping Hazards people around. Without them & their constant warnings about falling skies we would have all died at child birth (incredible that so many of us survived into adulthood by not strangling ourselves to death on our own umbilical cords! Not to mention drowning in our own amniotic fluid!!! LOL!!!) Cute space. Much better than before. If I were a little kid I'd want to curl up with my parent & have a book read to me before falling asleep for an afternoon nap.

ceejay1, talby, & johncb- yes! You guys get it!!!

It looks like the windows don't slide open very far - but that seemed a risk before as much as after if it wasn't addressed (given the piling up of books and such). I'm not sure how a child would open the heavy lid of the toy box in the first place, but maybe they would barely open it, then pinch under the weight?

I wish that AT editors asked about two things - safety issues in children's rooms and why someone chose to paint wood/not restore a piece of wood furniture. Asking those two things would save a lot of discussion about whether or not people had considered the ramifications of their new decor.

That being said, I love the little bird and I want a whole flock. I also want that vibrant quilt!

Someone asked about the curtain - they're muslin, not canvas dropcloth. They're lighter and sheerer, which I think helps.

I wonder what the lanterns look like when lit?

For those that don't remember or never been around toddlers as a caring adult, they can go from sitting nicely quiet to venturing into danger zone in a split second. If there is a place that should be child proof - the toddler bedroom should be it. That nook, no matter how adorable had several dangers for small kids.
As a inexperienced mom, I took the advice of others, but we still had our share of close calls. Learning by experience is important, but should you put at risk your child's life?
As a design site, AT should not be promoting unsafe things for children rooms, like that storage bench.

AT isn't "promoting unsafe things". They are simply featuring, for free, different ideas from different people. There is nothing on this site that says "You MUST do what this person does!" People, adults, have CHOICES! Parents choose things for their kids all the time- for as far back as their have been children & parents. I would wager that many parents who look at this nook & say "Oh! So dangerous!" are probably letting their kids play with the plastic toys in their Happy Meals box. They are also letting their kids sit for hours playing video games & watching mind numbing television programs. Later, to shut up their whining, those same parents give in & buy their kids that sugar laden chocolate bar at the check out line in the grocery store. No parent is perfect. And what works for one family may not work for another. Again, AT is not "promoting unsafe things for children". And neither is the parent who designed this nook. Heck, no matter HOW safe & protective you believe you are, your kid could still choke to death on the gumball you bought him from that machine in the entrance to the store. Unless you hermetically seal your kids in a safe house for 18 years NOTHING you do will protect them from everything!

Lighten up folks! The nook is lovely. I could see my boys (5 and 6) sitting there reading or looking out the window for hours, now and when they were toddlers. In fact, we had a similar, albeit not as nice, set-up in our old house.

I really wish people would stop making big-death-trap assumptions about this and other spaces on AT. Why not assume that the parent has a safety latch on the window? Or maybe the window is old and a bitch to open for an adult, much less a toddler. The curtain cord looks tied into place - seems ok to me. As for the curtains being a strangulation hazard, in your definition so would bed sheets and scarves lying about the house.

Toddlers are more resilient and have more self-preservation skills than you give them credit for. Yes, we've had our share of accidents but one thing I've learned is the best way to keep your kids safe is to <I>educate</I> them, not have them live in a bubble.

@ tia66m- If this site had a "Thumbs Up!" or "Like" button I would press it several times for your comment! Yes, the "Pebbles As Tripping Hazards" (PATH) folks NEED to lighten up before they drown in their own fears.

Yea!!!! So adorable!
;-)

it never fails to amaze me how a lovely room / nook like this can result in so many negative comments.

(and rude ones, too - @Elle Urker, if you ever get around to showing your home, i hope people are going to respond the way you do - bah, nasty! that is bad manners, not honesty, my dear.)

i love that nook, and would adopt it immediatey :-)

I love it! Want a cozy little nook like this for myself. However don't like all the lanterns on the ceiling..but besides that...great!

Two thoughts - where is it mentioned that the child is a toddler? And where does it say that the box has a hinged lid? It just looks like a shelf sort of thing to me. Yes, there may be some hazards present here, but why not assume that the parents have addressed them?

Nicely done! I wish I had such a cozy nook for reading or daydreaming when I was a kid.

jeannemarie, if you delve into the designsponge and blog article, it does say that her little one is just under 2 years old, and there's photos where it's clear there's a hinged lid under the mattress.

It's important as all get out to keep kids safe. It's also good to keep a sense of perspective ... boy did I love jumping off the porch roof into snowy drifts as a kid, with my dad right there. Just a couple of latches and simple safety products deserve mention (rather than vitriolic commentary), and beyond that it is a positively dreamy little space. I want one.

Hey! Adorable! Also, I'm one of the people trying to bite my tongue regarding the negative comments above. Wow, folks. I DO understand wanting to protect children but this is getting out of hand. I agree that the world is a dangerous place but, um... If we could all collectively take on a "cause", I'd rather it not be "window seats". I'm just really impressed by the beauty and creativity of this project. Sure, the whole "shabby chic" thing may not be my style, but I'm totally won over by the unusual use of the lanterns. Even MORE won over by the effort that went into it all! Well done!! Really lovely. Your daughter is a lucky girl.

Aww. AT Commenters have a way of ruining projects sometimes. :/ You people can really bum me out sometimes, and other times I love reading the comments. I like the comments that add something USEFUL to the post, toss an idea out that could be incorporated or added in sme way to change up/improve the space somehow... you know creative ideas. These posts about kids stuff always seems to take the same turn someone cries Danger!! and there is a huge debate/fight for the rest of the comments. My parents have the EXACT same set up in their house (You MUST have a Cape Cod!!) and honestly I would love to see something like this in their home. If i ever buy a cape cod I would totally do this! I adore it and she will too for many many years. Because she's going to survive into adulthood enjoying her wonderful little window nook. Grow up AT readers. Grow up already and let it go, this is hardly child abuse. sheesh. Well done and super clever addition of hidden storage. Love it all the way!! Plus as she ages you can switch up fabric and pillows and oh so much fun!!

Fit for a princess :)