Painting playroom , insperation needed !

[Mouse]

Haha maza , you got me ! I've gone all out ... Even got me some lava lamps and beaded curtains for the doors :-)

And what's wrong with lava lamps?? I've got 2 in the playroom...and a fibre optic lamp!

[hectors house]

And what's wrong with lava lamps?? I've got 2 in the playroom...and a fibre optic lamp!

I gave away 2 lava lamps as I couldn't work out how to put them anywhere safe - the top was glass and not fixed to the bases and I was worried that if I put on a window cill or shelf the children could pull on the cable and smash them.

[lollipop kid]

I gave away 2 lava lamps as I couldn't work out how to put them anywhere safe - the top was glass and not fixed to the bases and I was worried that if I put on a window cill or shelf the children could pull on the cable and smash them.

I've got the same dilemma, so have just put them in my room.

Quick warning though: never put anything glass on a window ledge, as this is how lots of house fires start. I used to have a crystal ball (pretend one, honest!), which I gave to my teenage daughter when she was going through a Monster High dolls' phase. One day, I smelt burning from her room. The sun was streaming through her window and a beam of sunlight coming through the crystal ball had hit her carpet and had started to burn a hole in it.

Needless to say, the ball got moved rapidly.

I've since heard of a house-fire somewhere in South London where something similar happened. The sun came through a Nutella jar on the window ledge and burned the house down.

Finally, I learned from growing up in a wooden house (Chalet-type thing) never to put any mirrors on the walls of the house (opposite windows), just in case the sun came through the windows, hit the mirrors and burned the house down.

Just saying!



L

[Mouse]

I gave away 2 lava lamps as I couldn't work out how to put them anywhere safe - the top was glass and not fixed to the bases and I was worried that if I put on a window cill or shelf the children could pull on the cable and smash them.

One of mine is quite big and very heavy, so I had the same problem. I found space for it on a higher shelf with the wires tucked down the back

I don't know about the children, but I find them very calming

[hectors house]

I've got the same dilemma, so have just put them in my room.

Quick warning though: never put anything glass on a window ledge, as this is how lots of house fires start. I used to have a crystal ball (pretend one, honest!), which I gave to my teenage daughter when she was going through a Monster High dolls' phase. One day, I smelt burning from her room. The sun was streaming through her window and a beam of sunlight coming through the crystal ball had hit her carpet and had started to burn a hole in it.

Needless to say, the ball got moved rapidly.

I've since heard of a house-fire somewhere in South London where something similar happened. The sun came through a Nutella jar on the window ledge and burned the house down.

Finally, I learned from growing up in a wooden house (Chalet-type thing) never to put any mirrors on the walls of the house (opposite windows), just in case the sun came through the windows, hit the mirrors and burned the house down.

Just saying!



L

When I was growing up we had a goldfish in a round glass bowl and the sun came through that and burnt a mark on my mums dresser.