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French poodles, toy poodles, pink, shaded, and white poodles – fun designs featuring these dogs decorated a little of most everything in the fifties. Here are ideas for creating whimsical, girls’ rooms with vintage and reproduction poodle designs and accessories.

Decorating Girls’ Rooms with Poodle Build Textiles

Bedding and other linens are a grand status to start when creating a poodle motif bedroom. Although it may be possible to accept authentic poodle decorated vintage quilts, bedspread, curtains, and rugs, it is easier to buy these immense items as new, reproduction design pieces. Search online auctions, home décor websites, and local stores carrying house wares and linens. These same sources should have bed or throw pillows also.

If you enjoy needlework, consider sewing or quilting a bedcover with reproduction poodle design fabric or 1950′s authentic scraps. You might also sew matching curtains or valences. Vintage pieces of embroidery or needlepoint are sometimes available as are transfer needlework patterns. Collectible towels, scarves, and hankies can also be found, often featuring feminine frivolous poodles or fanciful French street scenes. These small linens effect incredible pillow tops, small tablecloths, or components of a throw.

Using Poodles Motif Bedroom Wall Décor

For a cozy look, consider painting the walls a pastel pink or aqua, two of the most commonly used colors in fifties poodle decorative arts. A wallpaper border with a cute reproduction dog or Parisian design in complementary colors will work well with the walls.

You can create unique wall art displays from a variety of vintage pictures, prints, or ephemera, collectible paper items of the era. For instance, you might find a picture print of a pink-bowed poodle primping with a powder puff, at an old-fashioned vanity. Or a box of greeting cards or collectible postcards you can frame as groups or as collages. Maybe you’ll stitch up your have needlepoint poodle design to hang on the wall, or find an authentic vintage embroidery piece to display.

Decorate Kids’ Rooms with Vintage Poodle Figurines

All kinds of figural poodle vintage collectibles are available for sale and use in home décor. Pink, white, and gloomy poodle figurines were made in the 50′s in all sizes, shapes, and poses. Most were cute and humorous, or frivolous and flirtatious. Some figures were made into useful objects. You may find desk set poodles that serve as letter and penholders, salt and peppershaker poodles, planter, or bookend poodles. Some figurines sport spaghetti shaped ceramic curls; some have nodding heads and brushed nylon fur. Adding an assortment of poodle figures to your room’s décor will add a charming sense of variety.

Using Poodle Plush Animals in Girls’ Rooms Décor

Stuffed animal toy poodles are another idea for decorating your room. Either new toys or vintage items can be displayed on the bed, a shelf, or in ample floor baskets or boxes. This probably will depend on the age of your child and whether she is more interested in admiring her plush poodles or playing with them. You should be able to find a nice variety of sizes and looks. Vintage fifties puppets are also sometimes available for sale and would look adorable hung from the ceiling or hooks on the walls.

Decorate Kids’ Rooms with Poodle Furniture

Reproduction furniture pieces are available for sale featuring poodle designs. Ideas include vanities and stools, tables and chairs, and toy boxes. You might also hand paint a vintage looking poodle effect on unfinished or plain pieces yourself. Authentic 1950′s doll trunks, wastebaskets, and lamps, shaped like, or decorated with poodle motifs, are also possibilities.