Playroom Fabric Choices

Which fabric should I use in my playroom as a table skirt and a shower curtain?

I declared that it was time to bump up our play room from 'room I'd like to avoid' to comfortable living area. Sometimes we refer to it as our romper room. We don't keep toys in the play room, it's more of an area for the kids to run around, wrestle and watch the occasional movie.
Here's a BEFORE shot:

I dismantled the jungle gym and am putting it back outside. The kids don't play on it enough to take up half the room. I brought in an old white kitchen table that has been outside over the winter and actually gained a little character. I'm planning on adding a skirt around the base of the table to create a fun fort. I'd like to add curtains to the window, and a curtain to the shower room in the attached bathroom. My husband is also working on creating a loft in the walk in closet. (I think we're living out our own childhood dreams with this one).

This room can be seen from our family room.   The curtains I choose will need to be solid print as the family room curtains are pretty funky.

I'm thinking a fun aqua blue and perhaps I'll attach tabs at the top with the same fabric I choose for the bathroom shower curtain and table skirt.

The only art I have in this room was made for my room by my mother.  I might update them with a fresh coat of glossy paint on their frames.

Here's the question:

Do I go with a fun gender neutral blue and green tree and bird print?  I love this print and I love blue and green.  I could even hand paint a giant tree on the wall that matches the print.

or......  Perhaps I should have something with more color.  Do you think this floral print is too girly in a house with two boys and one girl?  I could still paint the fun tree from the other print.  (Definitely wouldn't paint flowers all over the walls but that would be cute for all girls wouldn't it?)

Please take the poll and I'd appreciate any comments you have for me.

I Found My Perfect Curtain Rod!

My three kids and I drove up to South Lake Tahoe on Friday to visit with my Brother's family.  My husband was off at a bachelor party in Austin, Texas for three nights, but no worries, I had plenty of fun at the bachelorette party.  Saturday felt like the first day of summer.  It's been such a cold spring that we all jumped at the idea of a little hike in the sunshine through their property to a creek.  In the back of my mind (I can't start any more projects till I finish my shutter wall), I've been thinking about adding curtains to my bedroom, and love the look of using branches as curtain rods.  One wall, however would need a super long branch and living in the high desert, we don't come across such treasures very easily.  My brother (who envisioned my upside down lamps in my kitchen), carried this beauty from our hike on his property and tied it to my car.  It's part of an aspen tree, gnawed down by a beaver.  

Now I just have to decide on curtains!

My duvet is the Ogee from Pottery Barn.

I'm considering the Aina curtains from Ikea in light green.  Tabbed curtains would work better with the branch so I'd probably have to sew some on using a different fabric.  In fact I've had my eye on these for years but every time I go IKEA (2.5 hour drive) I've forgotten the printed bag my duvet came in so I could test the colors.  At 50 bucks for two they're not expensive but they're not IKEA cheap either.  Next time I WILL REMEMBER.  

What do you think?  I'd love to hear comments!

Creative Curtains

Try using creative ways to bring more soft touches to your home. Old table clothes and bed linens can be transformed into curtains and room dividers with a few simple tools. Tension rods and curtain clips might be all you need to turn an infrequently used linen into a bit of personality in your room.

A white matelasse coverlet is used with curtain clips through a metal shower tension rod as a room divider between the bathroom and bedroom hallway.

This is table cloth folded almost in half over a white tension rod in a bathroom window.