Bringing the outside inside and the architecture to the yard

I sent these links to family and friends who are either with small children or expecting. The links offer a couple of fun ideas for decorating a child's room, and building the archetypal childhood fortress. Both links are from Lifehacker.

Build the Ultimate Tree House
I don’t know if this is the ultimate tree house, but it's a good starting point for anyone with a tree. And if you don't have a tree, it's not too late – operators are standing by.

Large Format Printing as Wallpaper
How cool would this have been growing up? If colors summon specific emotions, imagine what a photo could do. I’m keeping this one in the mental archive. My kids will have a picture of the vast and empty desert. If they don’t go fast to sleep, the gypsies might come out of the wall and take them back where they came from.