The Best Eco-friendly Dream Home Kids Room Yet!

Not only is the National Home Show in Toronto a great place to get all the info you need to resolve your renovation or design dilemmas, but this year, it's also the host a Dream Home that lives up to its name.

Dream Home Exterior

Eurodale Developments, Richard Librach Architects, CityLine and Toronto Star are all partners in this event.  This Dream Home is focused on being ecologically and economically conscious (yeay!).  Imagine a modular set of 16x16 pods that you could move, buy, sell, add, or subtract from your property as your needs change.  They even suggest alternative exterior panels to change the look of your home as your style preferences change.  These concepts of longevity and flexibility alone are two ideas that can make a big impact in future housing!

For the interior, several designers were chosen to let their skill and imagination converge.  Benjamin Moore's team of stellar design experts, Sharon Grech, Michelle Cook, and Manny Pavao, created a children's area that leave me wanting to be about five years old again. 

The design lead, Sharon Grech, shared her concept with me. "Inspired by the modern, “green” architecture of the building pods themselves and the incredible large viewing windows.  I have imagined a tree-house theme for the project. These days, kids and adults alike have to spend far more time indoors than we might like, so we need to surround ourselves with natural elements, organic textures and the earthy colours of Mother Nature. We designed the spaces with a contemporary feel balanced with true organic elements and naturally playful colours."  For this green-focused project, all paint used is Benjamin Moore's Natura.

The bedroom is themed around a treehouse at night with warm neutrals and pops of color.  The silhouettes of trees and animals opens the room to imagination!  Colors used: Storm AF-700 for walls and Blue Echo AF-505 for the ceiling.

A playroom situated across the hall has hanging swings and open space to explore.  The bright colors in the Vinyl Plank flooring compliment the Grasshopper AF-415 colored walls and Fossil AF-65 ceiling, playing on the theme of a daytime treehouse.

The washroom uses Thunder AF-685 on both walls and ceilings to minimize the narrow feeling of a long space.

The laptop stations in Tropical Orange 2170-20 accommodate two computers. 

Look at the fabulous scale of that pendant forming a halo behind our Design Angels, Sharon and Michelle!  (Photos Courtesy of Sharon Grech)

You see what I mean?  They definitely did not have such fun rooms when I was a kid!  If you're in the Toronto area, see the Eurodale Dream Home for yourself at the National Home Show, until February 28.  After the show closes, the house will be deconstructed and preserved for future use.  Ah...the beauty of pre-fab and modular housing!

Comments

[furniture stores in Indianapolis]

This idea is so amazing! Any children will love this idea for sure! In designing a children's room, consider the color and theme that they want. With that, you can buy furniture and other stuff that would fit to their personality.

[House For Sale Oklahoma]

Since the earth is experiencing unbalanced global warming we need to do our part to eliminate the trapped heat in our atmosphere. There are green procedures and products that we can use to help heal the world. We now have green houses like this, which have solar panels to that transform solar energy into green electricity. My brother just bought one of the Tulsa Oklahoma houses for sale and he now thinks of making it a greener home. The house is so right for him; it has a bachelor’s tone. Thanks to his Bixby Real Estate agent agent!

[DIY Build Your Own Home]

This looks cool for the kids. We're on a house project that's a DIY. "Build your own home," was my dad's advice when my wife and I moved to Philadelphia. We've finished the master bedroom, and now we're planning to get started on the kids'. My two boys love the outside, so we want to make their room to have a feel of the trees. Thanks for this post!

-Marvin Mills

[Realtor Julie]

Great idea to build ecologically and economically focused dream home! Hopefully homes like this will be homes of the future. I like the idea of this modular set, which we could move, buy and sell from our property if we need a change, or the idea of alternative exterior panels to change the look of our home. The interior design of this dream house is great too. It is very inspiring. You can feel the nature vibe from these spaces.

Best regards,
Julie

[Living in Color]

We could be roomies, Kathy! Sharon, Michelle, and Manny did so well, didn't they? Okay, that pendant, you may not believe this, but it's from Ikea. It's called PS Maskros and it's on their site for $89.99 in the US/$99.99 in Canada: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90147465
I'm already trying to figure out where to put it in my own home, too!

[Kathy Barlow]

Hey Sonu,

Okay, can I move into that playroom right now? The swings and the room's color are fantastic!

Plus, I am in love with that pendant fixture framing the designers -- wonder the source of that??

Thanks for sharing!
--Kathy

[Living in Color]

Thanks, Deirdre! Sharon, Michelle, and Manny did a fab job, didn't they?

[condominium philippines]

I love the rooms you posted. They are so beautiful. I think that color is so calming. Thank you so much.

Deirdre G

[Brendan Charters]

Sharon Grech and her team did a great job utilizing the space she was given on the 2nd floor of this modular design. The pictures really don't do it justice! The play room is alive and bright, the cirulation area is clean and clear, the ensuite bathroom is highly functional and organized. In the bedroom, the space is cool and hip - like a New York lounge for kids. The team at Eurodale was super impressed!