Babyproofing and Beyond - Kid-Friendly Decorative Pillows Add Style to Busy Family Rooms

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Babyproofing and Beyond - Kid-Friendly Decorative Pillows Add Style to Busy Family Rooms

Babyproofing & Beyond - Kid-Friendly Decorative Pillows Add Style to Busy Family Rooms
Large or small, colorful or subtle, decorative throw pillows create a comfortable and inviting atmosphere in any room. Since pillows are one of the easiest, quickest and least expensive home decorating solutions, they're a particularly easy way for parents to add a dash of style to busy family rooms without worry -- that is, if the pillows are chosen with kids in mind.
Choose Streamlined, Easy-to-Clean Pillows for Lasting Style
Who can resist the lure of stacks of pillows? Certainly not kids! And that can mean trouble for more delicate, highly embellished decorative pillows. But there are plenty of great looking designs and fabrics that will stand up to even the busiest crew.
Parents looking to add a pop of color or texture to a busy family room should seek easy-cleaning fabrics with minimal embellishment, such as hard-wearing chenille, cotton duck, denim, microfiber and ultra suede. Decorative details that can withstand busy kids include piping, self-ruffles, cording and well-secured tassels.
Better yet, look for pillows with removable covers to make thorough cleaning a breeze. A few styles available in stores are made to be laundered, but most pillow covers in decorative fabrics recommend dry cleaning. Happily, home dry cleaning products like Dryel work well for many dry clean-only decorative fabrics.
Create a Personal Touch with Paint
Painted pillow covers are a craft project even the most creatively challenged can do to add a decorative touch for minimal cost. Simply create stripes, swirls, dots or country-plaid patterns using fabric paints on basic cotton pillow covers. For the creatively inclined, stencils, stamps and sponges offer limitless design possibilities. And best of all, the final look is washable, long-wearing and family-friendly.
Krista Fabregas founded KidSmartLiving.com in 1999 to help parents combine safety, livability and style in a home that's welcoming to family members of all ages. Find more KidSmart child safety, home decorating and living ideas at KidSmartLiving.com and on the KidSmartLiving@Home Blog

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