My husband and I has been planning to renovate our guest room and turn it into our baby room. Baby Clarisse has been sleeping with mommy and daddy since the day she’s born. Now at 8 months old, she’s starting to crawl and we have yet to start put a finger on it. It’s high time baby Clarisse gets to have a room of her own.

Initially I had simple plans for the baby room. Keeping it simple enough so that we could maybe do it ourselves. That is probably a bad idea to start with because we could hardly find the time. After some consideration, we decided to hire interior designers and walk them through what we want. For me, children safety is definitely the first on the list. Off the top of my head, I’m thinking padded floors and walls (up to 2 feet). No sharp or pointy edged furniture …

Actually my inspiration and advice for renovating the baby room comes from my aunty who came back from the US for a 2-month holiday. She had recently converted a room to a baby room and judging from the photographs I’ve seen, it’s really really nice and well thought of. A professional house makeover team was hired to do the interior decoration, striking an impressive balance of design, function, safety and practicality. Furniture and stuff are sourced directly from directbuy.