Styling: Trine Frølich
Photographer: Katrine Rohrberg
This journal is sponsored by Once Upon.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Ellie and Cornelia's shared room is designed with care for colours, materials and with the intention to keep the room soft, warm and playful.
Calm pastels like soft pinks, muted greens, and creamy whites create a soothing setting, while wooden toys and vintage wooden furniture throughout the room emphasize quality over quantity. Small hand embroidered pieces of art by Ellie and Cornelia's great-grandmother add a personal touch, with each girl's name and birthday stitched by hand.
Explore this wonderful room where things with a story and high quality matter most.
The girls sleep in vintage wooden beds, each with its own canopy and little dolls that create a sense of safety and personal space.
Seen here: A blue, knitted whale, beige indoor shoes, and a bunny piggy bank.
The old cupboard is another great vintage find, and where the girls keep their clothes. On it hangs a liberty pouch, and the animal garland.
Beautiful memories from when the girls were smaller, all captured in a Once Upon book created by Cecilie.
On the other side of the room, a wooden play kitchen and accessories allow for imaginative pretend play. Find a similar wooden kitchen and accessories here. On the bed lies a knitted whale.
"My best advice for decorating a kid's room? Think as a child. And keep things within reach."
– Cecilie, Ellie and Cornelia's mom
Shop Ellie & Cornelia's room
Four Puzzles in a Box Pigga
€23,95
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Picnic Basket
€26,95
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Bunny Piggy Bank
€11,95
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Animal Garland
€26,95
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Soft Doll Yellow
€65,95
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Pretend Play Food Fruit
€40,95
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Wooden Play Kitchen Stove
€227,95
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Knitted Whale
€80,95
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Celebration Ring
€26,95
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Decorative Figure Goose
€6,95
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Decorative Figure Half Moon
€6,95
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Ellie's first year in printed format by Once Upon - a book to keep forever.
Also on the bed: A little soft bunny and a pillow with hand embroidery.
A soft yellow doll 'sleeps' in a small, wooden crib beside the girls' beds. A corner of an extra small raffia basket in pink is seen by the kitchen.
The one-of-a-kind knitted whale and a baby pink pacifier lie next to cute images of Ellie and Cornelia in the Once Upon photo book.
Opposite the beds sits a vintage wooden table and chair set. This is where the girls are creative. A pastel-coloured tower of Stapelsteins are placed behind the chair, and a picnic basket is seen on the table.
A berry-coloured Pimpel doll sits on top of a set of suitcases in the window.
The girls love to play with their large Maileg doll house.
Two picture books filled with memories – a wonderful way to keep all those images alive. There is a book for each of the girls with images from their first year.
On top, a section of the celebration ring and three decorative figures.
One of four wooden puzzles in a box lie on the floor next to Ellie's wool indoor shoes.
