• How do you create a gender neutral room?
• Who is providing a unique decor for children’s rooms?
• How mature is too mature for a teenager?
• Where can you purchase artwork for a kid’s room?

 Your child’s room should express the same level of creativity you want to encourage. I absolutely love the energy that Little Crown Interiors brings into a child’s room.   They make each room stylish and practical but with a hint of whimsy.  This shared boy’s room is an excellent example of the work done by Little Crown Interiors. It is amazing what a little pattern can do.  Use a stencil or a modello to make a custom pattern on a rug, pillow or comforter.

Another great resource for your child’s room is Design Sponge.  Sneak Peak: Best of kid’s rooms 2010 is a wonderful collection of fun spaces for children.  I pretty much want to live in every kid’s room on this site! This room was created by Emily Henson, a prop stylist and interior decorator from Los Angeles.  It is OK to model a whole room around one item. Emily reused the birdhouses, which were originally displayed in an Anthropologie window display, as the theme for this room.  She hand painted the tree to be a home for the birdhouses and used a vintage sheet to tie the colors together.

This little girl’s room was designed by Joy Thigpen,  talented photographer & creative director/stylist for shoots and events. If your child can’t select a color, take a note out of Joy’s book. Purchase paint samples, some glaze and create a vivid rainbow.  The rainbow is art enough for this room! For more images of Joy’s beautiful home click here.

Two of my favorite rooms that O’Neill Studios designed are this little girls bathroom and this little boy’s bedroom. This wonderfully girlie room was accomplished with just a sharpie and pink paint. The boy’s room used color blocking, the combination of two different colors that support and compliment each other, and some wonderful free hand painting to create this fun composition.

 If you are not interested in designing  or revamping an entire room you can always opt for some custom artwork. My new LolliPOP Series can be used as decor for your walls or as a table top.  Either way it adds a bit of flare to brighten a child’s room.

 I am a native and so I’m a bit biased but DC really is a such beautiful city and to be on a roof top when it is gorgoues out AND painting, is so fun for me. The cherry blossom themed event was a perfect fit as they are one of my favorite things to paint. Naturally this was super fun for me and I LOVE that they raffled off the painting to one of the lucky guests.  

 Perhaps I am stuck in a Willy Wonka daydream but colorful candy makes me euphorically happy.  I also happen to LOVE pop art so it was only natural to make some candy flavored art! Why not make it larger than life and put it on your Walls!

The first LolliPOP I created was a tabletop for my wedding.  Bright, bold, and colorful, it suited my wedding to a tee.  Now that LolliPOP hangs on the bedroom wall of my very special junior bridesmaid who carried a lollipop in lieu of flowers!  LolliPOPs can be used in a variety of ways. 

 A LolliPOP offers a room an unconventional sense of playful color and texture as they are as shiny and slick as a real lollipop. You can hang them in a row or stack them down a long wall, use them as a table top or serving platter, each LolliPOP is special!

To see more images click here.

To see more in progress images of Lincoln Restaurant click here.

One of my favorite features of Lincoln Restaurant are the mirrors that line the hallway. Maybe it is the political science major in me but Lincoln’s famous quotes are not only inspiring and poignant but powerful enough to be art themselves.

To read more about the creation of the mirrors click here!  

In honor of Lincoln Restaurant’s one year anniversary we took the same graphics and made them much more portable and affordable   These pieces are printed and hand embellished graphics on painted and embellished wood surface.  Perfect for the politico in your family!  Also perfect for anyone who loves a great quote to be inspired by everyday.

 To see more available images click here.

If you didn’t get a chance to come by, we still have some pieces from the week available.  Until Friday April 20th a portion of the proceeds of any purchase or private commission will be donated to Research Down Syndrome in loving memory of Flynn Fry.

Catch a glimpse of the evening and see the “think-tank team” hard at work during Salon Week.  Available artwork below.

Saturday, March 24th 2012

7:00 pm-12:00 am

Event House 1147

1147 20th Street NW

Washington DC 20036

$75.00 per person purchased only in advance at

http://oneillstudios2012salonparty.eventbrite.com/

Benefiting Research Down Syndrome

www.researchds.org

Attire: Artistically glamorous

Fore more information contact us at:

info@oneillstudois.com or 301-585-1777

Featured Artists: Rodger Schultz, Maggie O’Neill, Chris Cooley, Tina Palmer, Karen Suderman, Dominique Fierro & Brittany Sims

Saturday, March 24th 2012

7:00 pm-12:00 am

Event House 1147

1147 20th Street NW

Washington DC 20036

$75.00 per person purchased only in advance at

http://oneillstudios2012salonparty.eventbrite.com/

Benefiting Research Down Syndrome

www.researchds.org

Attire: Artistically glamorous

Fore more information contact us at:

info@oneillstudois.com or 301-585-1777

Featured Artists: Rodger Schultz, Maggie O’Neill, Chris Cooley, Tina Palmer, Karen Suderman, Dominique Fierro & Brittany Sims

Be sure to LIKE Maggie O’Neill Fine Art on facebook to see my latest paintings!

Due to the success of the first round of prints, we are increasing the price of the five editions to $800.00 for canvas and $225.00 for paper. After the next 25 of each image have sold we will be increasing the price again. Get your limited edition print NOW!