"The words 'kid-friendly,' 'childproof,' 'storage solutions,' and 'safe' are quite possibly the least sexy words to hear as a designer," Emily says. "It's hard, really hard, to make a space indestructible to a baby, full of things that won't destroy a baby, and still have it look beautiful, stylish, and grown up." But in this room, created for Joy Cho of Oh Joy!, mom to toddler Ruby, Emily managed to accomplish it.
Easy fixes included replacing a sharp-cornered coffee table with two large leather poufs, creating a chic DIY slipcover for a white couch using a piece of vintage batik fabric, and replacing breakable accessories with kid-friendly cardboard, wood, and plastic items.
