Nancy (Sunshine 98) I am truely thankful for being one of your chosen winners. I can't thank you and everyone else, who are contributing seeds, enough for such a generous offer!! I can't wait to tell Jack on Christmas Eve (my family has him join all of us for Holidays) that I will be sowing, sowing and sowing these seeds which will help make it possible to create flower beds/spots for more of his neighbors and friends. Oh, I just called my sister that helped me this past summer with the gardens, to tell her the good news. She said she is ready and raring to help me again this coming spring/summer to plant. She and I can hardly wait!!!! She is upping our count of gardens too - whew it will be fun!! I will send you an email with my mailing address. Please let me know what else I need to supply. THANKS again to you all! Wishing many blossoms for many years to come to everyone here on the GardenWeb! Sandy Sandysgardens.

Light grays really work well. I used this in our last house when my 2 boys shared a room. They were 6 and 4 at the time. It was an east facing room so it got tons of morning light. It's so neutral you can basically use any colors in there, although I preferred to use navy, red and kelly greens as the main accent colors. Mostly because I had space themed quilts with these colors. I don't have a color name, I mixed my own gray. I'd had a very dark gray oops paint I picked up for $5 and mixed it with white until I got a shade I could live with. Like you, the room was previously occuppied by a girl. It was a nursery and it was painted Winnie the Pooh Honey Pot Yellow. I don't know your space, but Austere and Escape read very green to me. Is that the undertone you're looking for? Personally, I tend to go for the lighter, warmer grays or barely there. I really like Agreeable Gray SW 7029. A new color for 2011 (I think) that's not in my deck is SW 0055 Light French Gray, it looks pretty online, not so sure about in person. Maybe take a look at Restoration Hardware's Pale Silver. Some of my favorite bloggers from younghouselove.com just did their family room in a very pale gray. They used BM Moonshine 2140-60 mixed in Olympic No-VOC paint. Google gray bedrooms or just rooms and there's a lot that comes up. The thing I love about SW, is they do the large sample pots vs BM's itty bitty ones (off the rack, they'll mix bigger ones). I like that even though a color doesn't work out in one room, you have enough in the nearly quart sized can to check it out in other rooms. Try painting big foam core boards with your colors. Don't forget to write the color on the back. That way you can move it around the room to see how the light affects the colors throughout the day. Also, you can re-use the boards for another room or pass them on to friends/family when they admire your awesome room! Good luck!

Joanna, I'd suggest completely redoing the closet with double hanging bar and wire shelving - right now, it's not a very efficient use of the space. The systems from Rubbermaid and ClosetMaid are both good. You can draw it up and then get the shelves cut to desired length at Home Depot or Lowes. There are also kits, but those tend to not to result in as an efficient use of the space as something you design yourself, IMHO. The systems are very easy to install - basically fasten the top bar from which all the uprights hang to your studs, install the uprights and then shelf supports (which are all moveable) and the shelves. You might be able to get rid of at least one of the dressers with a better use of the closet space.

Bright colors with lots of contrast are very good for developing eye coordination. Helping babies to focus etcetera. Primary colors are always good. Maybe paint the walls a cheerful yellow with bright red curtains and blue Linens Etc. I do know one young mother who painted her baby's room white with all black accessories. Her logic was that that was the highest contrast a person can get LOL.