*LOVE* this.

I really like it, it's light and fresh and not overdone like most of the nurseries you can find on this site ( I know, this is a kid's room). But, um, where are the toys? In the closet?

Sweet room - and if you have not thought of this - please write a children's book and title it "Oscar and Boots"

I'm annoyed that Wendy's favorite element is the I heart NY signed print by milton glaser. To me it's the least interesting element and a puzzling addition to an otherwise stunningly beautifully designed room. I know I'm being nitpicky, but what do two young kids know about NY to love it? It's as if it was included for the parents to say on Apartmenttherapy "my favorite element is i heart new york signed print by milton glaser". It just feels so snobby! Like Boots or Oscar ever notice it. I'm sure they never say, "Goodnight giraffe". "Goodnight Darth Vader." "Good night i love ny print signed by milton glaser." Please. This is an adult's indulgence.

I don't understand the negative comments--there appear to be plenty of toys out, and the NY poster is suitable for kids, being bold and graphic and so forth. I *was* wondering where all the clothes are, but then think I saw a closet in one of the shots. Living in an old house with no closets, I forget sometimes that others are blessed with these luxuries. :) Looks like a cheerful, functional small room for two kids--very nice.

I think it's cheerful, functional and adorable. Honestly, kids don't really care about art of any sort (I've never heard a 2-year-old beg for a poster), so why not just hang what looks good?

I find it odd that you consider a 150-square foot bedroom notably tiny; that's about how big the bedrooms are in most of the houses in my community.

who gives a damn the "art is adult-oriented". it's not as if it were "adult-oriented" as in "porn", is it? How do you know whether the kids love it or not, and how can you be so bitterly disappointed in the esthetic choices of people you don't know? Better they grow up with a real appreciation for art than yet another Sponge Bob poster or a bland generic watercolor of a daisy on their walls.

I'm always floored by people who think that culture is pretentious. Envious much? For some of us, it's a way of life. Better spend our money on that than a ginormous flat screen TV. Now excuse me while I'm going to be pretentious reading a book.

@HYZEN and @DEARMISHA - I have absolutely no beef with the poster itself or hanging it in a child's room. I was annoyed this was Wendy's favorite element in her children's room, when I thought it was one of the least possible element to be enjoyed by her children.

I am dying to know if Boots is a nickname or given name.

@Jenny, ya, it was *her* (the mother's) favorite element, that's what the question was.

hi all. a couple of replies... my husband and i met in new york; a city that is near and dear to our heart. the toys are tucked away in their respective nooks throughout the house and garden. of course, our house was neat and tidy for the AT photoshoot. we were back to theme chaos within seconds from the shoot wrapping. thanks for the comments!

Yes please clarify -Boots a nickname, yes? please.

hiya! boots is his given name and it suits him perfectly...

@HIPPIESHEEP - what do you mean? There are plenty of toys on display. Sheesh - how many toys do you think a child needs?!?!

I love this room, and I think it's nice to hang 'non-kid' artwork in a child's room.

What about the beautiful floor rug/carpet tiles? Where'd those come from? Love 'em!

My favorite element is the rug, its colorful and cheerful without being too babyish. Where is it from? The custom bunk bed turned out beautifully.

The tiles come from FLOR -- we have them for our son's playroom and they are really awesome and wonderful but ALAS they have stopped carrying them.

@HINMELB No, I don't think that there are plenty of toys to see. My kids have a moderate and carefully selected amount of toys, but it's still more than I could see in these pics. And their rooms are about the same size as the one shown, they just have more shelves in them.

I love this room. Not over-styled, not under-styled, just right. And what is an adult supposed to say when asked their favorite element in a child's room, all the totally cool toys?

I like the choice of art above the bookcase, the effect is eclectic and warm without trying too hard. Also love that you hung a piece for the viewing pleasure of the occupant of the top bunk. Where did you find the awesome skeleton?

EGADS AT'ers, reel it in a little!! I don't think I've seen a cattier comment chain in months! If you were having a photoshoot done of your child's room, would you leave every toy out to prove they exist? Probably not. You'd probably put them where they belong, which for Wendy's household is in a cabinet or on a shelf. Maybe it's because this is a kids' room tour and the topic of children and child-rearing historically seems to bring out the nastiness in people, but let's not be so darn judgmental!

That being said I think the room looks colorful and bright, while also looking like someplace two boys could really grow into, which is awesome and something to be proud of. Thanks for sharing.

Goodness, it was just a simple question from someone who's living with children in a rather small space as well, ok? No nastiness was intended from my side. Christ.

Love it! It would be great if you include more pictures of the bathroom in the tour though.

I love the room and think it's very suitable for kids. The custom bunk bed is great. I also love the table and little chairs nicely tucked into the table (was that custom as well?). Kids need floor space to be able play and use their imaginations, so I think they did a great job. The pops of color especially in the rug (looks like a Jonathon Adler rug and I love anything from Jonathon Adler) and the artwork is fine. I'm an artist and have a 4 year old daughter. I kept her room simple (a bed, dresser, small table and chairs). She has floor space to play with her toys and on her walls my graphic word play paintings with positive words. She may not appreciate it now but she loves the bright colors of the artwork and loves that mommy made it for her. It's pratical for kids to have a room they can grow into and itsn't too babyish.

@Hippiesheep, Now that does make sense, and I apologize for misunderstanding your intent. Maybe I'm beginning to expect the worst from the comment section, which isn't really fair of me. Context can be everything, and I didn't get the context. Sorry!

"Meanwhile, as the adults argue about toy quantity and art choices, Oscar and Boots played happily in their lovely, fantastic and colorful room...."

"and lived happily ever after".
Great room.

BTW...the artwork is magnificent.
I adore the two animal watercolor paintings hung by painters tape!

What a lovely bedroom! As the mother of a boy and girl who will share a room, I particularly loved that Oscar & Boots' room has so much personality without being gender specific. I also feel that it's important for a room to appeal to both adults and children, given that parents spend so much time in there. What's wrong with encouraging children to appreciate a broader world than Dora and Thomas the Tank?

I'm finding it odd why someone would have such a harsh reaction to a classic piece of modern art. It's like getting mad at your local bodega for bagging your groceries in bags that have a smiley face and read "Have a nice day."

That being said, this is was an incredible family and loving home. That above anything else is MOST important.

Can't wait to share the whole home... :)

Love the NY poster, it is such a personal touch considering the boys parents met there and perhaps owe their existence to the city:) I also find it very inspiring that the whole family is living in a 2 bdroom 1 bath home!

I love this room! It surprised me a few times, which was cool. I've never met anyone named Boots before. I like it a lot. I suspect many of our personal tastes are influenced in some way by the homes we grew up in. I hope your sons inherit your creativity and style.

wendy + gavin, i personally enjoy your kid's room and their names! my favourites are: the bunk bed, table and chairs, the skeleton and the rug. we have moved our sons to a new room and reason being, so they can enjoy some of the artworks we've inherited from family. some of these were painted by their beloved grandfather. BTW your kids have more toys than mine.

Wow, you need to have thick skin to post on this site...I was thinking of submitting the room I put together with love for my son, but I'm not sure I'm ready to deal with nasty comments. Wendy, the room is neither pretentious nor sad nor too-grown up. It's a lovely little room. My favorite parts are the cool ladder and the fact that you incorporated pink (like the bean bag chair) into a boys' room. It's my son's favorite color (he especially likes pink sparkley shoes) and it's nice to see a less masculine but boy-friendly room.

oooh. i love, love, love it.
as a mother of twins, i am envious of that custom bunk and the room layout that creates so much floor space while still having tons of storage for books and toys.
and, if i'm wrong for agreeing with the mom about the signed milton glaser print, i don't want to be right.
my chickens also have artwork that doesn't fit the typical child mold, but each piece has meaning and i hope they grow to love and appreciate the spirit of love and individuality i am trying to cultivate in their environment.
thanks for sharing.

The posters and art are colorful, and of course very tasteful (relative to the typical kids room). But it does seem somehow lifeless or lacking in personality. I think the above posters are pointing out that there is an absence of the silly prized possessions that a child would want to include but parents would consider tasteless. This absence makes the room empty, more like a store display for high end bedroom furniture or a guest room that happens to include some kid's furniture but is mostly used to display the homeowner's prized possessions.

your kiddos' names are adorable & original, love them! this room looks like kid heaven to me. i love that you & your sweetie met in NYC, such a romantic city. i also find it sweet that your boys share a bedroom, and that bed really does the trick! this room is boy cool with just the right amount of whimsy. thank you for sharing. oxo

Egad! Can't people just agree to believe that different kids have different interests? I see no reason to assume every child wants 'kid-friendly' art or 'silly, tasteless things' to collect.

I distinctly recall my favourite 'toy' at age 4 being a blue glass paperweight --- it would have certainly escaped notice as a 'toy' in my dad's study, which doubled as my playroom. I was also fascinated by his typewriter, his oversized screwdriver (nearly half my own size, and no, I wasn't allowed to 'play' with it... yet!) and the calender with a sailing ship on it. My most used toy was a pen and a pad of lined yellow paper. (All this over dolls, toy robots, stuffed animals, doll's house, kitchen, cars, mermaids...) I guess the playroom/study looked 'studious' more than 'cute childlike space' --- but it sure didn't stop me from having a rollicking good time.

Let's leave the kids alone to have their fun and grow up happy! And let's praise their mom and dad for doing a darn good job of looking after and providing for them, instead of looking for bugbears of deprivation and abuse in non-existent closets. I for one envy Oscar and Boots their sunny little home --- and would love to see the rest of their parents' place, if they wouldn't mind. Pretty please?

I love the bunk bed and table and stools. I also see personal touches like a framed child's artwork. I love that there is plenty of floor space too, and the kids are only 2 and 4 years old so why would they have tons of toys yet, or be interested in taking part in decorating their room? And like Wendy said, there are toys in other spots of the home, and obviously they neatened up everything before taking the photos.

What I don't understand though, is how is 150 sqft room tiny for two small kids? Our 3 year old doesn't even have her own room, her toys are in the living room (and I'm still able to clean up the place nicely and hide some of the stuff behind doors).

Adorable! I loved this tour! My favourite part was the line of dinosaurs in the bathroom...

I've also got to ask why 150 sq ft is considered tiny, though - lol. We sold our two bedroom, one bath house to get larger rooms for the kid we're expecting, and her bedroom is still only 80 sq ft! 150 sounds like paradise.

I would like direct the naysayers to the SKELETON on the corner!!! It needs more OH GAWD.
And about being "adult oriented": would you rather let the kids choose? Most of photos would be spongebob yellow or barbie pink. Adult guided I would say.

I love this room; it is wonderful, and perfect. Very real, and yet well designed and fun.

The bunk bed is AMAZING, so much nicer than any other bunk beds I have seen elsewhere!!!

This room works -- it has all sorts of nooks and crannies to put a treasured toy or work of art.

...And about that much maligned work of art: when I was 4, I fell in love with NY, and would have given anything for that framed print. It's perfectly appropriate for a kids' room.

I love the fact that it is a shared room, because kids love to hang together. We have an 8 and 5 year old (girl and boy respectively), and even though each has their own room, they have moved into the guest room to sleep, where they have taken over a pair of single beds. They love to take the flashlight and read stories to each other under the covers just before they fall asleep. Go figure.

I think this room is beautiful and functional and personal and warm. How much space people are used to is so relative, but the parents did a great job of working around the potentially challenging placement of the windows, bathroom door, and french doors. I like seeing where the crib used to be - thanks for including that shot.
I also really enjoyed getting a peek into the bathroom - I love seeing how creative people manage to make family bathrooms kid friendly and accessible. Well done!

@DLU - I'd love to see your son's room and his pink sparkly shoes! Don't be discouraged by all the negativity here - they're just working out their own issues. :)

Love this room, you did a beautiful job!!! Being a native New Yorker you just gave me a great idea for my great niece and nephew's room.....I Love NY poster!! I want them to grow up with the same love and appreciation of my city that I did and this is a great simple piece of artwork for children. Well done!!

@SURFJACK...Ditto...I happen to think the room is great and I'm sure the kids love it.

First of all, on a site that can be filled with less-than-encouraging comments, let me say that this room is gorgeous, I love it.
But second of all I have to say that it is filled with expensive, beautiful things which makes it pretty easy to have a gorgeous outcome.

Beautiful room! The bunks are amazing! And guess what, my 3 year old LOVES New York too...where all of his family live, he loves to visit, and yes, talks about it all the time! In fact just this morning, he asked to check a book out on NY at the library. And moms and dads are allowed to put what they like in a child's room too...we all have to live there together, afterall. My kids usually like a lot of the stuff my husband and I like anyway. Fantastic space! Thanks for sharing!

Has the person who said that no two-year-olds are interested in art ever met a two-year-old? Or never met an interesting one who's encouraged to explore and think? Most two-year-olds are very visual creatures and might not be crazy about, say, realistic oils of nature scenes, but they love to look at and talk about things that are colorful and interesting.

Some of you really need to step back and get some perspective. Don't be haters because you grew up in a bedroom with Barney and Hannah Montana posters or whatever other generic child art...and especially do not attack a mother and father (who you don't even know) for their choice in children's names. It's not their fault that your parents weren't more creative.

PS I think Wendy and Gavin have done an incredible job. The room looks delightful, happy, healthy and full of love and originality to boot. (no pun intended.)

I want that rug....are those floor tiles?

I really LOVE this kids' room, especially the creative display of art and toys (which are charming too) and the bunk bed! The taped pictures are adorable and I think displaying the "adult" art that might have been handed down through the years from other family members is really rich and gives this room a lot of sophistication and yet it's totally kid friendly too. I love the abundance of toys and how they are neatly stored yet not "staged". BRAVO! I'd like to hire you to do my "adult" room :)

Are the kids named after Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close?

great room! love that bunk bed. and i am wondering what "kid artwork" is? other than artwork children make themselves. . . the artwork seems perfectly fine to me and why not celebrate the place where the parents met? without NY, these kids might not exist, so it definitely deserves a place in the room, according to my humble opinion. thanks for sharing with us.

What I really like about this room is that, if you didn't know, you couldn't guess if it's for a boy or girl or one of each.

This is really a comforting and well designed room. I think too many people over look the need for unbroken sight lines and uncluttered walls, especially in sleeping areas. And I think this was balance well with the need for a play space.

Sigh... always the negativity. There is NOTHING pretentious about this room. If your kid likes ships why not put up a print of a ship? My daughter's favorite picture when she was 4 was a Maxfield Parrish nude that was in my room. Who knows why. Kids like things besides cartoons. My son would love an "I love NY" poster. It would be very personal to him. The room is great - fun, colorful, and inspiring. Why do people bother getting "annoyed" at someone else's design choices? Life is too short.

@Wendy and Gavin, where did you get your skeleton, and is it holding up to toddler/prek (ab)use?

WHOLE tour PLEASE!!!

wow, thank you for all the incredibly nice comments!
we found the skeleton at a local flea market. he's strong, so he can pretty much hold his own when the play gets rough.
and yes, the tiles are from FLOR.
thank you again for the comments.
wendy

Some of you are utter morons... I won't waste any more time pointing out why, others have done that already, and thanks.

First of all, I love, love, love the name Boots = adorable! Love the Vader 'bust' and I think I spy a Bobba Fett bobble head?! My husband and I are Star Wars junkies and our boys' rooms are adorned with various pieces too. Wendy - I was wondering where you got that giant clothespin on the shelf? What a great way to display a rotating variety of artwork the boys bring home. Thanks again for sharing!

I just wanted to say something about the art. When I was a child I used to spend the night at my grandparents house. In their guest bedroom hanging beside the bed were two portraits. One was the Footprints In The Sand with the poem next to it. The other was a winter forest scene. I used to stare at it all the time while drifting off to sleep and imagine all sorts of things. Sometimes I'd wind up dreaming about it. If I ever saw it again somewhere I'd buy it and hang it now.

So ya never know what might stand out to kids or what they'll wind up liking. They might stare at it at night thinking about how they'll grow up, go to New York and meet the person they'll marry just like their parents.

Wow, though I've just officially joined I've been cruising this site for years and I have to ask, when did it become such a judgmental mean girls and boys fest?