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Anne Pearson is a die-hard modernist. But since fate moved her family to a decidedly old-world character home, the owner of chic decor shop Vancouver Special made do by whitewashing daughter Ellie's walls and then decking out the room with sleek furniture from her shop and pre-baby life. Luckily, she says, the modernist esthetic is incredibly kid-friendly. Pearson purchased the orange original Eames rocker over a decade ago, musing, "This will be great when I have a baby." Expensive, sure, but highly functional and an example of Pearson's attitude toward decorating: "Don't spend money on anything that isn't going to be a statement." ■ 8. Go for felted items Pearson included a gumball-bright rug and teal stool – a felted update of the leather pouf. Felted furniture is not only "head proof," she says, but natural lanolin repels moisture, making splashes of blueberry yogurt easy to remove. Felted rug, stool, Vancouver Special 9. Repurpose These blocks weren't stacked by Ellie, but by Douglas Coupland. Pearson and husband, Jeremy Stone, received this sculpture as a wedding gift. Since the original stack formed an expletive, Pearson took the sculpture apart and gave it a G-rated shuffle before installing in the nursery. Modernists get away with crazy stuff like that: they just call it reinvention. Sculpture, Monte Clark Gallery 28 | BC HOME & garden April 2013 p24-31_Nurseries.indd 28 13-03-14 10:01 AM