Wood is the way to go... Believe it or not your kids as teen agers will still find use for the play equipment...as a place for looking at the moon, to read or as a giggle and talk place with friends. Plastic won't stand up to that. Splinters in wood? Both my grand kids have had wood and no splinters. There is a wonderful huge fantasy castle wooden playground in this town....I know of no splinters. Go with wood....you'll like looking at a lot better than those colored plastic things. Linda c

I had Macadamia in my great room and hallways in a previous home. I think it's a terrific color but would never put it in a little girl's room. Not at all a color that would go with pink or purple. What about a pale green?

Depending upon her age, you could ask your daughter and follow her preference for her room. If the issue for you is the visual of it rather than spacing: With curtains on the window that hide the side window frames, you couldn't tell that wall behind the headboard is not as wide as the headboard. That might help the visual vibe. If you like the no curtain open window look, you could use both sheers and a pair of drape panels for each window and only cover the side window frames, leaving the shears in the middle to "cover" the window itself. Alternately, you could use a double rod and have the sheers on the inner rod and have the option to leave the curtains or drapes open or closed. You might also consider a different option: Change the bed to a metal frame (with wheels) -- without any headboard or foot board -- and use the window to the right of the chest of drawers as a headboard -- leaving the other windows unadorned, use curtains to create a theme at the head of the bed that represents your daughter's current interest.

since she's under 2, I don't think you have to worry about a desk yet. I'd have fun and redo the walls and bring in accessories. Doing the wall by her bed, and/or the opposing wall would be nice. here are some ideas: paint the walls a soft blush/mauve (or whatever color you like), get some flower decals, shelving, little chairs board and batten? some peel and stick wallpaper? a cute swinging chair? some fairy lights? I think this one is pretty. one wall w/the paper, and the other walls coordinating color. bring in some fun play objects like the tent w/the furry rug, little lights, stuffed animals. for that bare wall, I think you could set up a doll house, or toy kitchen, tea set, whatever she likes. maybe a reading area? display the books.