Youngsters Room Concepts From The Cutest Bookstore Ever

Once we had been visiting the Bowers this weekend, we shared some fleeting pictures of a brilliant lovable youngsters bookstore on Instagram tales. Then we received a barrage of messages and feedback to the tune of: PLEASE DO A POST ABOUT THIS STORE SO IT WON’T BE GONE IN 24 HOURS! So right here we’re, with these pictures (and a few extra we didn’t share on IG) for anybody who’s searching for some enjoyable youngsters room concepts. Or grownup room concepts. All of us LOVED this place a lot. It’s in Monroe, Georgia and it’s referred to as The Story Store – and it’s the cutest bookstore we’ve ever seen. You assume I’m exaggerating with that description however within the phrases of Hamilton: simply you wait.

See that grand bookcase, library ladder, and globe assortment? It’s like all the parts of a cool outdated library executed in a contemporary and playful method. And we cherished that pleased aqua accent wall (strive Benjamin Moore’s Misty Teal for the same look – simply on one wall, a door, or a bit of furnishings to keep away from overwhelming a room). However my favourite a part of this retailer’s entry was that little outdated TV beneath the pink aspect desk. Written on it in white had been the phrases “learn as an alternative.”

The opposite factor that caught my eye straight away was this wallpaper which is Wild by Chasing Paper (sure, I requested one million questions whereas strolling round with my mouth open). It’s peel & stick, so it’s detachable and so they stated it was very easy to hold. It’d be so cute in a youngsters room on the wall behind the mattress. I additionally cherished these colourful animal heads (this one and this one) that they painted in shiny colours after which added humorous issues (glasses! a crown! a mustache!). And naturally the handmade signal with literary locales was simply one in every of many intelligent e book references all through the shop.

Talking of magical e book references, have a look at this armoire, er, wardrobe that LEADS TO A HIDDEN ROOM! Youngsters may climb proper by means of it and it was SUCH A HIT. Let the file state that grown ups had been doing it too. Enjoyable for the entire household. Additionally – we’ve really seen an armoire like this in a grown up bed room house that led to a secret closet and it was equally mesmerizing. Only a actually enjoyable and surprising thought for a house or a store.

I understand this begs the query: what’s behind the wardrobe? It wasn’t lions or witches, however there was a whale concerned. It led to their storytelling room, which was ridiculously enjoyable. And it was actually good of them to fill the massive house with two an identical rugs (I tracked down the precise rugs they used) slightly than to must splurge on (or maneuver) one large rug for the room.

Talking of secret areas, there was additionally somewhat spherical Hobbit gap door that led to a tiny play house for teenagers to hang around in. I bear in mind a kids’s clothes retailer rising up that had somewhat gap for teenagers to enter by means of as an alternative of the principle door and I LOVED GOING (and I hated each different clothes retailer by comparability). We really featured a house in our second e book with a secret “mousehole” passageway between two youngsters’ rooms that I’m nonetheless enthusiastic about three years after we shot it (it’s on web page 302, btw).

Right here’s one other shot of that hobbit gap in use, and you may as well see another enjoyable touches, like that superior brick wall they swarmed with butterflies (one thing we additionally did in our playroom!) and the felt garland they strung from a bit of driftwood (I feel that is the garland they used, however Etsy has tons of different choices). Oh and see Peter Pan’s shadow? They didn’t miss a single alternative so as to add in little storybook nods wherever they might.

Our children (there have been 6 of ’em between us and the Bowers!) instantly discovered their solution to the swing that the shop (bravely) hung in a single nook. Everybody managed to take turns, principally peacefully, and nobody knocked over the unimaginable peaked bookcase village that displayed tales from everywhere in the world – so I’d name {that a} win. You might simply DIY somewhat “cityscape” of bookcases like this, or buy pre-made ones like this and this to recreate it on a smaller scale.

Additionally… hanging books. Do you see them suspended from the ceiling by strings? That they had bent their pages like origami so that they stayed fanned open, sort of like these. They had been a lot enjoyable to have a look at from under (and so they gave me flashbacks to the newest season of Orange Is The New Black, which was so good you guys). Additionally these books within the foreground stole my coronary heart. Particularly this one about Frida Kahlo and this one about Maya Angelou.

They offered just a few little toys, costumes, and t-shirts, so that you’d determine they’d have hanging racks or rods or one thing for the clothes. NOPE. Colourful chairs hung from the wall. With Humpty Dumpty balancing on one in every of them. As a result of that’s how they roll.

Additionally, again to the massive bookcase from the primary image. The entire artwork within the retailer had some type of literary reference in it (together with these Child Lit prints they offered) which added to the entire “studying is enjoyable” vibe of the place. And who seen the rose within the cloche on the bookcase with the ladder? BELLE, proper?! I’m telling you, there have been so many cute hidden gems like that in right here. Additionally, see the Cheshire Cat disappearing into that chair within the nook? They only ironed a mouth proper onto the chair. These folks couldn’t have put extra thought into this house. I do know I’m gushing, however they deserve each final gush.

Right here’s an in depth up of the rainbow books on the shelf. This little lineup of hardcover basic books by Puffin made my coronary heart ache for a group of my very personal. Additionally, the Penguin ones under them. I would even let the youngsters learn them too 😉

THEY EVEN FRIGGIN’ MADE GIANT PAPER FLOWERS just like the queen’s roses that had been painted in Alice In Wonderland. I imply. At this level I might need been hyperventilating.

Oh and see that room off to the appropriate within the photograph above? That’s the occasion room. Youngsters (and grown ups!) can have events right here and let me inform you, THEY DO NOT PHONE IT IN. The one they had been prepping for was Peter Pan themed, and the desk was stuffed with candy references, like thimbles in a bowl labeled “Kisses From Wendy” and a ticking clock just like the one a sure crocodile swallowed. Additionally they do Alice In Wonderland and different themes. I’m a 35-year-old lady and I need a occasion there now. “I need a feast! I need a bean feast!” (identify that film… primarily based on a e book, in fact).

I additionally cherished all the twinkle lights they hung overhead (who says you’ll be able to’t try this in a youngsters room – or your individual room?!). These plus the “grass” on the wall and the string lights made this complete room really feel like an out of doors courtyard. Or maybe a tea occasion with a sure mad host.

Additionally, THIS CHAIR. I can’t. I simply can’t.

No wait, THIS CHAIR. Nothing makes my coronary heart go pitter patter like a hand-carved bunny (let the file state that ten minutes earlier than seeing this chair I by no means knew that was my factor).

Even the again of the shop was witty and charming. Have you ever ever seen a extra intelligent solution to preserve clients out of the employees-only space?

Bonus footage: I did my finest Belle impression whereas Katie stole an opportunity to relaxation her ft. I understand how to behave in public, I swear. “No denying she’s a humorous lady that Bellllllle.”

So when you’re ever passing by means of Monroe, Georgia or when you stay close by I hope you may have an opportunity to see The Story Store for your self. Even when you don’t stay very shut, this place is completely road-trip worthy! And once we shared some pics on Instagram we really heard from the designer, whose identify is Stephanie Cannon, and get this – she reads our weblog and listens to our podcast (!!!!!). She was so candy and really noticed us once we had been in Monroe, so it was actually humorous as a result of she thought she was fangirling us, however you guys, I AM TOTALLY FANGIRLING HER.

PS: John right here, and now for a minor public service announcement to finish this bookish put up – please assist your native impartial bookstores. They is probably not as low cost or simple to buy at as Amazon or B&N, however we’ve all seen a sure documentary referred to as You’ve Bought Mail, proper? All kidding apart, we attempt to make it a behavior of buying from nice shops like these in order that there can proceed to be nice shops like these. Okay, off my soapbox!

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