sunny disposition
When her son was just one and a half, Emily Riddle felt his play space was in dire need of a face-lift—so she used the One Room Challenge as a catalyst. Riddle owns The Amsden—a Parisian-style cafe in an 1890 building in Versailles, Kentucky—and is a designer and lifestyle blogger at her website, Gathered Living. She had one main goal for this room in their 1915 farmhouse, which previously had white walls, white trim, and a hodgepodge of decor: “I really wanted to go all out,” she says. “He was little but getting to the point where he needed a dedicated space for all his stuff—a spot that would contain all his toys but also be safe for him where he could play in there without us having to monitor everything!”
