The living room....
The kids room...
I used a light silver color with a cross-stitch stencil on one wall, soft white sheers in the windows, and to contrast but keep the whole room light and bright, a chalkboard wall opposite the light silver, a nice customizable addition to the room that the kids enjoy writing on. The garlands, eyeball, cross-stitch stencil and fox were all found on etsy. The giraffe rocker came from overstock.com and the iron baby crib and pink crochet blanket were junk store finds. I repainted the iron bed in a minty green, so as to be bright and colorful, but also gender neutral.
The master bedroom....
I painted the walls 'white peony' and then added a bit of texture to them with drywall mud. Floors were painted with an oil-based primer and oil-based white porch and deck paint. Floors were first screened to removed the top lacquer finish. I hired a flooring professional to do the screening and advise on floor paint. Touch-ups are still done monthly, though a word of warning: any time you apply oil-based paint to any surface in your home, allow several days before scheduling another shoot... it's incredibly smelly for several days, even when the room is taped off and an air purifier is used. Newborns should NOT be exposed to it for at least a week.
Basically, I created a "white box" -- where colorful items, beds, pillows, props can be brought in and out to add color/style to each unique shoot. You can think of your white box as a place where light bounces everywhere-- it's preferable to using reflectors and lighting for kids who've just discovered they can crawl, walk, run, because I can just use bounce flash in this room, leaving it open for kids to explore the whole place without finding themselves at the edge of a backdrop or in front of cumbersome lighting equipment.
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