Design by Tobi Tobin, Photograph by Patrick Cline for Lonny Mag

Sometimes I have very strong opinions about things I probably have no business having an opinion about.  Like how I firmly believe in my children sharing a room… when I grew up having a room to myself all my life.  (Yay for being the only girl!)

It started in the condo as a necessity - 2 babies, 2 grown-ups, 2 bedrooms.  You do the math.  

The nursery in our old condo.

But since we’ve moved into our temporary abode (affectionately known as “The Pink House”), and as we plan our farmhouse, there are at least three bedrooms - yet we still keep the kids together in one room.

Am I a sucker for punishment?  Sometimes… namely nap time.  (Though sometimes Little M naps in our bed so that they don’t spend the first hour of nap time laughing, reading, singing, and eventually crying together.)  But I really do enjoy it.  There’s something about having all my babies together.  And they really enjoy being together.  Some nights we’ve even found that Little M has climbed into Little L’s crib to sleep.  Part of it is my “it’s good for kids to learn to share” mentality, and part of it is some idyllic notion I have of a Peter Pan-style nursery with all the kids sharing a room, their beds in a row.

And not to mention, once we get them a set of matching twin beds it’ll be so wonderfully symmetrical. ;)

So here are a few more shared bedrooms that I love…

Design by Sarah Richardson, photograph by Stacey Brandford for House and Home

Photograph from Restoration Hardware Baby & Child 2012

Design by Cobi Ladner, photograph by Andrew Waller for House & Home

(Design by Abby Manchesky of M. Interiors, via A Delightful Design)

Design by Kristen Buckingham via House & Home Blog

Did you grow up sharing a bedroom?  What was your experience like?  Any tips or advice?

my windows glow

with winter light

washing everything

with refracted illumination

so white

bright

pure

A cool and elegant light

So very different than the golden rays of autumn

It is quiet - almost stoic.

And so very precious.

Winter is so dark 

Daylight hours short

But the light,

brief and fleeting,

Is so beautiful.

So a while ago I posted about how to search for an image’s original source through Google images.  I realized I could plug in some pictures from my own blog, and because I’m curious (and a little narcissistic) I thought I would give it a whirl and see if any blogs had featured anything from me. 

And I found this:

You see that big picture on the left of the sweet little nursery?  Ahem.  That was our nursery.  And it is featured on the main page of a Toronto retail store.  Sorry… what?  No one ever contacted me about this, nor is any credit given.

So I need some serious reader feedback.  What should I do?  What would you do?  I know I’ve got pictures on this ole’ blog that are uncredited from long ago.  And whenever someone contacts me about giving credit, I’m grateful. But in my case this is a retail store, not a no-profit blog.  Should I ask them to remove it? Credit it? Pay me?  (Yes… they should pay me… one million dollars…) ;)

Well, I’m off to Google image search more of my pictures now.

Home of Julia Okun (via Design*Sponge)

Home of Chris and Dave Plantan, photograph by Vickey Weiss (via Design*Sponge)

Home of Chris and Dave Plantan, photograph by Vickey Weiss (via Design*Sponge)

Home of Chris and Dave Plantan, photograph by Vickey Weiss (via Design*Sponge)

Home of Chris and Dave Plantan, photograph by Vickey Weiss (via Design*Sponge)

Home of Chris and Dave Plantan, photograph by Vickey Weiss (via Design*Sponge)

Home of Chris and Dave Plantan, photograph by Vickey Weiss (via Design*Sponge)

Home of Chris and Dave Plantan, photograph by Vickey Weiss (via Design*Sponge)

I love the leather on that sofa.

Home of Chris and Dave Plantan, photograph by Vickey Weiss (via Design*Sponge)

Photographer: Per Kristiansen (via House & Home)