Ali Landry Reveals Estela's Ethereal Playroom

When it came to creating a playroom for her 2-year-old daughter Estela Ines (with husband Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, 32, a film director), Ali Landry reached back to her small-town roots in Breaux Bridge, La. “Traditional — that’s my thing,” says the former Miss USA, who hosts Spotlight to Nightlight, a weekly parenting show on Yahoo.com. That means old-fashioned toys such as wooden blocks, and framed original Mattel Barbie sketches and dresses worn by Estela and Ali on the walls. “My mom saved them all,” she says.

The actress took additional inspiration from Estela’s Los Angeles preschool. “We have an art center with an easel and paper and stickers,” says Ali, 36, who plans to also put in an ant farm. So does that mean Estela is a tomboy? “She goes to the playground and gets dirty,” says Ali, “but yeah: She’s in a dress!”

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Comments

Layla on September 2nd, 2009

Awuh! I love it very feminine, classy, and chic!
Estella is so sweet!

Jessica on September 2nd, 2009

Beautiful! It’s so great that the days of Mario Lopez and broken engagements are so far behind her.

UggaMugga.com on September 2nd, 2009

I wish that were MY room!

girlJordan on September 2nd, 2009

I love this little girl. She’s breathtaking.

Bren on September 2nd, 2009

Very beautiful! I love classic looks!

amandamay on September 2nd, 2009

an absolutely gorgeous room! BUT… for my kids i’d rather they have a playroom that looks like you can actually play there – make messes, create, not be worried about markers and paint getting on the furniture/rug etc. this looks a bit to museum-like to me. perfect for an adult room, though

Emily on September 2nd, 2009

LOVE IT! My daughter wears massively huge bows on the side of her head just like that. I love all the feminine and girly stuff! Just like I love all the great boy stuff too for my son.

mememememe on September 2nd, 2009

Somehow this room makes me so hope Estella grows up to be a lesbian punk-thrash rocker!

hello on September 2nd, 2009

She has the most beautiful daughter and that playroom is so charming! I saw cribs online from alis previous house and I was so impressed. She has exquisite style and pays so much attention to detail. Its not just about having the money to do it, its having the eye which she most definitely does.Her dining room had swept curtains when you entered which I have copied at my own house with my own budget- huge compliment to Ali.

Stephany on September 2nd, 2009

I love this room! It’s so incredibly feminine. I love the her name on the wall. I kinda want it for my room!

But I do agree with amandamay, it does look sort of museum-like. I’m not sure I like it for a two-year-old. I work with this age and it’s such a big discovery age that I would want something more comfortable and playful.

Still, it’s cute!

L on September 2nd, 2009

That’s a very strange comment memememe…Ali looks so beautiful and Estela is gorgeous! I love the barbie sketches!

Taffy on September 2nd, 2009

Very pretty room, but I don’t understand… See the wall with the framed barbie sketches and the dresses hanging? In one of the pictures, there is a sofa against the wall with the dresses, and in the next picture the sofa is gone and there is a pink bookcase instead? Did they move furniture around for the photo shoot or what am I not getting?

Alice on September 2nd, 2009

Taffy, yes I believe they move stuff around to do a photoshoot of the room… so they get every “piee of interest” in the same space…

I love that room it’s so gorgeous!! maybe not ideal to run around and get dirty but aw it looks amazing. I love Ali’s style with Estela, ribbons and bows and wooden toys included.

Stéph on September 2nd, 2009

Yeah Taffy, that is exactly what I saw. I don’t understand how it is made or their are 2 walls witht the same dresses and pictures or they moved the furniture or something.

Estela is a gorgeous little girl.

Liliana on September 2nd, 2009

Although not my style, it’s a lovely room. That said, my own children would probably trash it within minutes lol.

The last picture is stunning.

brannon on September 2nd, 2009

beautiful! why would you want a room that could be trashed or furniture that your children could paint? i get letting children play but my son still knows better than to use markers on the wall. that said, extremely strange comment mememmme?

Kat on September 2nd, 2009

Cute room, but way too pink and frilly for my liking, it looks like a museum.
Just because she’s a girl doesn’t mean that everything has to be pink.

B.J. on September 2nd, 2009

Not a room I would design and definitely not one I would have wanted as a little girl (way too uber-feminine for my tastes!), but Estela is a georgeous child!

mom to boys on September 2nd, 2009

what a beautiful mom/daughter. I know this is odd, but Ali’s foot sticking out is HORRENDOUS. It looks like she has size 22 feet. The photog should have known better. It’s sweet how the barbie sketches were part of the mom’s and now daughters.
And for one of the questions above, yes. Photogs rearrange so everything looks ‘picture perfect’.

JM on September 2nd, 2009

memememememe that is very funny. i kind of agree.
that is a bit over the top for a kids room. not necessary if you ask me. one of my daughters is really quite girly and the other one completely isn’t. so i would never push either idea on either of them. we decorate our kids rooms more to their taste. my younger daughter loves dinosaurs so she has a lot of dinosaur stuff in her room. who cares that it is traditionally more of a boy thing. she loves them. just like her twin brother loves this baby doll he has. there’s nothing wrong with that as long as they’re happy.

m-dot on September 2nd, 2009

love the theme! ali and her daughter are so pretty. love it!

Anna on September 2nd, 2009

It’s cute but more for mam than for baby.

sinclair on September 2nd, 2009

brannon and L, mememememe’s comment was not so strange. i would find it interesting if estela grows up and is nothing like the frilly/girly-girl stuff that her mom is heaping upon her. (not that she does not like it, but it’s too much already. Beautiful dresses and decorations, but you have a real child, not a doll.)

And Ali, we get it, she’s a GIRL.

rach15 on September 2nd, 2009

I agree with memememememe…. what would ali do if she turned out like that…haha. the room is beautiful… but id say more for preteen who was into that theme… and choses it. I also believe its up to the parents to pick, and who really cares what we think, but I would never have that for my daughters room. But I really see where mememememe is coming from… I think Ali is too much into the whole traditional thing… she may have a wake up call when her daughter doesnt turn out how she aspects, or maybe it wont be that at all and she’ll be very excepting to whoever her daughter turns out to be. Thats the thing… we base all these judgments on people we dont even know.

urbanadventurertales on September 2nd, 2009

I think it’s fine that it’s so girly!! She has one child right now- a GIRL, so she can keep up with her! I’m very happy for Ali. I think after what happened with her and Marion Lopez, she deserves all the happiness in the world.

holden on September 2nd, 2009

It’s certainly a beautiful room, but I wouldn’t ever choose it for my daughter either! She would walk in with muddy clothes and make the room filthy in minutes. Estela is probably a really girly girl who isn’t really into getting dirty and likes all her playthings neat and clean – nothing wrong with that.
I do feel that maybe the theme would be more appropriate for an actual bedroom than a playroom. If a child has both a playroom and a bedroom, then the bedroom should be the tidy and pretty one since the girl/boy will only be sleeping there after all. But a playroom is colorful and messy!

Tara on September 2nd, 2009

Have to say, I’d like to see Ali’s face with Estela mid-tantrum. They’re a beautiful pair, but I don’t like how every picture represents “perfection.” I know a lot of people think it’s cute, and I agree – little girls with big bows and dresses are classic and adorable – but Ali seems to take it to the extreme. Personal perception.

Bieta on September 2nd, 2009

Tara I tend to agree with you. Its cutesy cutesy but for me its kinda like overload.

bubbs on September 2nd, 2009

i’m with you memememmeeme.

lucky estella – after the riotous fun of building a tower with her pastel wooden blocks she can plump the odd pillow and ensure all her bows are straight.

Me on September 2nd, 2009

Oh, I just LOVE this room!! It’s so girly! I’m sorry, but I would love to have this as my daughter’s room. Yeah, so she may grow up to be a tomboy or a lesbian… who cares?? I’m all for traditional decorations (maybe because I’m born and raised in the South??). Even if Estela is a lesbian, who’s to say that she won’t be feminine? Just because you’re gay doesn’t mean you have to conform to every stereotype out there (my baby sister is gay, BTW). I don’t see anything wrong with having a feminine room.. just like I wouldn’t see anything wrong with having a masculine room for a little boy. I think it’s gorgeous! So what if a mother has a certain taste for decorations.. soon Estela will be old enough to make these kinds of decisions for herself – why not have fun with it while you can? I think this room is beautifully decorated, and I agree with some of the other posters – just because it’s a playroom doesn’t give the child the freedom to draw and paint on everything in the room. My daughter is allowed to play with crayons, as long as she is at the table and supervised. Just because she’s a toddler doesn’t give her the freedom to draw on anything she wants to. Ali has more of a traditional kind of style – there’s nothing wrong with that! I would love to have this kind of room for my daughter. It’s beautiful and classy.

brannon on September 2nd, 2009

Thank you “me”.- I think that’s what bothered me about memeeme comment. One thing to be a tomboy but quite another to be a lesbian. I have lesbian friends whose style/dress for their daughter makes estela look gender neutral! Didn’t mean to start anything, just sensitive to stereotypes I guess carry on…

lilly on September 3rd, 2009

i think its great when you choose what your child likes and not what looks best. my kids rooms are suited for them, and they like it. My little girl loves the color blue, and she loves the ocean, and animals. And my son loves the color yellow and he likes like clowns and circus stuff, so he kind of like masks and dolls and stuff too. I dont read much into it cause he is only 5, and it makes him happy so it makes me happy. I would never do a room and pink and girly because i know its not what she wants, and if she did then i would do it, but until then she will stick with the blue.

Karm on September 3rd, 2009

Pretty. . . but very over the top.

Sadie on September 3rd, 2009

I agree with Amanda. Oh, how I would love to see this “play room” once it has been played in by a couple of racuous toddlers, LOL!
If you let my son loose in there, he would be up on that chair and trying to rip those dresses off the wall within 20 seconds. Not because he is badly behaved, but because he is a 2 year old who is desperate to explore the world and everything in it.
I don’t know, there’s something about this that seems like it is more Ali’s dream room than Estela’s. I just hope she is really allowed to play in there, as opposed to being constantly told, “don’t touch that”.

Erika on September 3rd, 2009

mememememe: That’s an awful thing to say! Why would you wish that on this adorable, innocent little girl? Or her mother? I just don’t understand some people…

Anyway, this girl is adorable and I LOVE that room. While it does look like it’s always kept clean, we must remember that rooms are often cleaner and more well put for interviews. While the room is beautiful anyway, these things are often arranged just so. It may not look like that after Estela has played in there. Remember all of those nursery photoshoots, where the baby’s crib was full of stuffed animals, decorative pillows and blankets, when in reality the celebrity’s baby didn’t sleep with any of that stuff that could smother them? It’s all for decoration.

Twins-on-The-Way on September 3rd, 2009

This is very much the same way I’ve gone for, when I designed the play room for my twin boys. I’ve done blue and white candy stripes, very much like a classical French patisserie which works great with the hardwood floors and large shag rug.

I am very much traditionally set in my ways, and although I am only 20 years old, I feel it’s very important to remember family traditions. So, just as my grandmother was raised, I’ve filled the room with plush toys, blocks, rocking horses and classic books which I grew up on. I’ve requested that no electric toys be brought for my boys, instead, there are painting sets and drawing boards, as well as fresh flowers.

I look forward to many hours learning and growing more in love with my boys in this room, just as Estela will with hers.

Mariasha on September 3rd, 2009

Seriously, if that had been my room as a kid, I would have hated it. Too much like a doll museum and stuff. I was by no means a tomb boy but for me that would have been way over the top. But if she, and more importantly her daughter likes it that way…good for her.

CelebBabyLover on September 3rd, 2009

Uh, Estela obviously DOES play in there. Alli said that the room was partily inspired by Estela’s pre-school in that “We have an art center with an easel and paper and stickers,”.

jessica on September 3rd, 2009

I’d love to see what she’d do for a boys room with that sort of style.. i would think it more of a challenge…
Not my personal style for nurseries/rooms but thats why its not MINE! still a very pretty room for a very gorgeous little girl.

amandamay on September 3rd, 2009

i wasn’t saying that you should let kids go wild with no rules and draw on the furniture. what i meant was that i want a playroom where i don’t have to worry if a mess is made or if ACCIDENTALLY marker or paint gets on the rug/furniture.

merry on September 3rd, 2009

I like what mememememe said, its just fun, nothing more. Dont take it so seriously. I totally agree that the room is nice but definitely not a -playroom- for kids. All those dresses, ribbons and laces, dont tell me that this little girl lives like this all day long. I dont believe it.

Kristin on September 3rd, 2009

memememmeeme, I agree with you……people need to lighten up!! Too funny!

pelin on September 3rd, 2009

it exactly reminds me Bree Van dekamp’s style from desperate housewives.lol!I like the room,I really but I dont think its for a 2 year old and not like playroom.But there’s no problem unless it’s estela’s choice not Ali’s.

Mary on September 3rd, 2009

I love this room and I don’t think it’s too museum-like, it’s so pretty and girly. I wish I had the time and money to do this to my daughter’s room.

Cheryl on September 3rd, 2009

Oh,I love it!I have two girls aged 2 and 3 and I furnished their room the same style when the first baby was born.There’re a lot of sketchers hung on the walls and everything.My kids don’t mess at all,they prefer playing at tea parties with dolls to drawing on the furniture.Almost all the stuff in their room is from http://www.poshtots.com/Baby-Furniture/18/PoshCategory.aspx
They have those beautiful cribs and cradles.
Oh,Estela is such a charming little girl I’m so in love with the ribbon in her hair.

Daisy.. on September 3rd, 2009

I don’t think this room is too OTT at all. To me it is very classic and girly in a subtle way. Too much would be all pinks and frills, but I don’t think there is too much of that going on. I would love a nursery like this for my daughter.

And for all the people bashing memememe’s comment, what would be so wrong with being a lesbian punk-thrash rocker? Estela can be whoever she wants to be.

Mommyof3 on September 3rd, 2009

This is such a beautiful room to play in. If it were made for my kids I would have them play outside…lol. This is “too over the top” for play-dough, paint, markers, etc etc.

JM on September 3rd, 2009

erika, i think what you said about memememe’s comment is actually more shocking. what would be so bad if estella did turn out to be a lesbian? you made it sound like memememe had suggested she become a mass muderer. i don’t understand this…..

jessie on September 3rd, 2009

i love that room and estela is adorable

girlJordan on September 3rd, 2009

I agree JM. I was takenaback by Erika’s comment.

Erika on September 3rd, 2009

JM- I’m sorry I didn’t mean it like that. I wasn’t referring to the lesbian part, but the punk-thrash rocker. I know it’s not always true, but whenever I think of that I think of rebelling and also drug involvement. Why would you wish that on somebody? I’m not trying to offend with this, I know not all punk rock people are into that, but that’s what I think of. Sorry if I offended, I really didn’t even look into the lesbian part until later, and I wouldn’t say that as a bad thing, even though it is an odd comment to make on a 2 year old. Sorry to those who I offended, I hope I cleared this up.

April on September 3rd, 2009

Gorgeous photos! Estela is such a doll.

Carrie on September 3rd, 2009

A beautiful room that would inspire any child (or adult) to enjoy themselves & create gorgeous art! Ali, thank you for giving us such a classy, enduring style to admire in a sea of trendy celeb stuff!

I have the roughest 6-year-old twin boys you’ve ever met, but they’ve known since they were 2 not to write on the walls or rip things down. Their 2-year-old sister follows their lead & her room looks like precious Estela’s. Sure, all 3 kids bring in mud & the usual kid’s stuff, but we clean it up together.

I want more fabulous Ali & Estela pictures!

Shannon on September 3rd, 2009

I think it is an absolutely beautiful room. Perfect for a little girl. I know that at 2 years old, most kids dont really care what you do. At least none that I know do. They don’t like one thing long enough to do a theme they choose, or else we’d all be changing the rooms every 2 weeks. This is a beautiful, classic example of a little girl’s room. I love that Ali is so traditional, you don’t see a whole lot of little girls these days who wear bows and dresses. And believe me if 2 year old Estela didn’t like her bows, she would have no problem taking them out of her hair herself!!!

Also, for people saying they would be worried about mud, I have to wonder, how on earth does your child manage to get all the way to their room covered in enough mud to trash it? Not to be offensive, but I know my kids don’t make it past the front door without taking off their muddy shoes and clothes! I have a mud loving 2 year old boy, and even he knows better that that!

Cheryl on September 3rd, 2009

oh,btw if someone wonders where to buy those letters suspended on the wall: http://www.poshtots.com/Decor/Wall-Art-by-Theme/Wall-Letters/Hand-Painted-Hanging-Letters/23/1450/1345/2057/PoshProductDetail.aspx I think they’re the ones in Estela’s room.I myself bought these for my girls a few months ago and they look very cute.

Laurie on September 3rd, 2009

The bluebird blanket draped over the back of the chair is available here: http://www.thebabygardner.com/productpages/essentials/birdblanket.html

JM on September 3rd, 2009

erika, fair enough. i appreciate that you didn’t mean it in that way and thanks for the apology. some people offend people here and don’t bother to go back and clear things up so thanks for that and i understand that you weren’t referring to the lesbian comment. i was just taken aback at first because some close friends of mine are gay and all too often gay is used as an insult and it really shouldn’t be.

having said that, although i understand that you have your own associations, it isn’t fair to say that just because someone is a punk rocker that they are into drugs and all that stuff. it’s a different lifestyle, maybe one you wouldn’t choose but these people still deserve our respect and to be free from generalisations as long as they are law abiding, good people.

but anyway, thanks for clearing things up.

Lily on September 3rd, 2009

Estela looks like her daddy, she’s a beautiful child. Ali looks great, she’s gorgeous. Motherhood suits her well. The playroom is nice, but honestly, not my style at all. The hanging dresses–this room looks like an upscale baby boutique. On a more postive note, Ali looks like a doting mother, total mommy material. BTW, I went to school with Mario Lopez and don’t believe everything you read in the tabloids. He’s a sweetheart, nicest guy you could ever know. He’s friendly, down-to earth and always has been since junior high and high school. If he and Ali broke up (like a lot of couples do), it’s not because he cheated on her. There were other factors. Knowing Mario, I’m sure he wishes her the best and is happy for her.

Stella Bella on September 3rd, 2009

bubbs Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:48 pm

“i’m with you memememmeeme.

lucky estella – after the riotous fun of building a tower with her pastel wooden blocks she can plump the odd pillow and ensure all her bows are straight.”

Lol, bubbs. I’m with you guys. It’s an absolutely gorgeous room, don’t get me wrong. But I can’t imagine trying to be the girl that fits that room, especially as a toddler. It would have been square peg meets round hole!

Crystal on September 3rd, 2009

I ♥ that room. It is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I would looove to have a room like that for my little girl. I’m really girly and it is my dream to have a girly girl of my own to put in dresses and bows just like Ali. That being said I would accept my daughther no matter what as I’m sure Ali would too. YEA!!!

Whitney Sterk on September 3rd, 2009

ahh – the life of a celeb – or shall I say the doritos girl – I just had a room – first it had a crib, then it had bunk beds for my sister and I and now just a bed – I moved into my own room. I never had a nursery or a playroom…..

mslewis on September 3rd, 2009

Ali seems determined that her little girl will be feminine and girly, whether Estela likes it or not!!! That room looks like a display at a kids’ furniture store or something from a catalog. It doesn’t look like any kid plays there. It’s cold and sterile. Good for photo shoots and nothing else. I hope poor Estela likes pink because there doesn’t seem to be any other choice!!

Kim on September 3rd, 2009

I personally can’t stand it when parents put big obnoxious bows on their little girls heads. I can see once in a while for a picture but all the time is just too much. I know someone that does that to her little girl and every time we see her she has a big obnoxious bow on her head and it just looks silly and the mom thinks it looks so cute. Also there is a girl at my daughter’s school who comes to school with big bows on her head every day and some of the boys (and girls) make fun of her for it. I don’t condone making fun of her but kids can be so mean sometimes.

AHHH on September 3rd, 2009

OMG people get a life…. I enjoy looking at the pics in my spare time as I sit at my desk at work during down time, but this is one of the first times ive read any of the blogs. WOW we dont even know these people! Seriously get a life!

katie on September 3rd, 2009

well kim if you dont like what we write, then dont read it. this is somewhere for ppl to express and write what they feel.

millefleur on September 3rd, 2009

Interesting how so many of the comments on CBB are about the child’s and the mother’s looks, as if being gorgeous and beautiful is all that matters about a person, or as if that is the most important thing you can say about someone is how great they look.

Then again, what else do we really know about any of these celebs and their babies besides how they look? ;o)

Brianne on September 3rd, 2009

Beautiful room. I don’t see anything “cold and sterile” about it. It’s girly and frilly (of course she may outgrow that) and full of vintage charm. May not be your style, but it certainly doesn’t look “cold and sterile” to me. And I personally would rather see a bow in a child’s hair than a dye job.

mamaof3boys on September 3rd, 2009

Well, I for one am not into pink either or super duper girly things and I love that I have all boys BUT, I will say this. I have a friend who isn’t girly at all, not into pink and had a little girl. By the time that girl was 1½ she was all about the bows and pink frilly things….Her mother didn’t buy them for her, but it’s what she gravitated to when they went shopping. By the time she was 4yrs old, she wanted to be a ballerina, she wanted to wear her tutu everywhere, and she was coordinating her own outfits, all dressy all her taste. It really blew me away how strong her personality was and things she wanted, especially knowing her mother all my life. So I say this to say, you don’t know if it’s always the parent, or actually the child, who is into these types of things. Some of you are kinda bashing Ali and for all you know, her daughter loves this stuff and has it just the way she wants it. Oh and by the way..just as some girls, not all, but some are prone to the frilly things…you couldn’t get more dirty, destructive, loud and all around boyish cliched than my boys..and it’s certainly not mines or their fathers influence. It’s just who they are.

Lioness on September 3rd, 2009

I like the room, I think it’s very pretty- but I agree, it kind of seems a little too nice for Estela to mess up. The furniture, anyway… but I guess Ali can afford to replace it, right??

LOL at memememe, btw.

And I actually despise those stupid big bows that Ali puts in Estela’s hair, I think they’re grotesque. They draw the eye away from Estela’s beautiful face. Once or twice, sure, but why oh why make it Estela’s signature?

amandamay on September 3rd, 2009

ok, enough with the “well, MY kids know better than to draw on the walls. They are well behaved” snottiness. that’s not what those of us who are saying it’s “museum-like” and not a place for “messes” are saying. we don’t let our kids run wild, drawing on the walls, getting mud on the carpets. what i meant was that this room does not look conducive to creating “mess” – not finger painting the walls and destroying the furniture, just kid-fun-mess. it also looks like the kind of room you’d be paranoid about accidentally dropping a marker on the floor etc. this doesn’t mean i let my kids run around like crazy people, destroying their rooms! i think it’s great that this works for ali’s family, it just TO ME seems a bit uptight and restrictive. i prefer a more low-key house and lifestyle, and want my kids to feel that they can be whoever they are without me imposing my identity/style/what-i-wish-they-would-be-like, on them.

rb on September 3rd, 2009

Ali has said that Estela only wears dresses and bows. Every day. I like to let a kid be a kid and not a human doll. I don’t think Estela has ever seen dirt.

Shan on September 3rd, 2009

I am so totally in love with this room, but I would be so stressed from worrying if they messed it up, I taught my kids never to draw on walls and stuff, yet they still did it, my house is covered in gauges from bikes and cars being driven on the wall and little names written everywhere. I wish I could go back in time and never painted anything until they moved out, ha!
I would need a maid to keep this room clean, but it is the most wonderful, beautiful room I have ever seen.

Minka on September 3rd, 2009

She’s a beautiful child and always looks very well-kept, but I just can’t understand why a lot of these D-list celebrities constantly choose to overexpose their children with photoshooot after photoshoot, with set-up photographed public events, and posing for the paparazzi, etc.

I can sort of understand a megastar releasing the odd photoshoot every now and then to diffuse the situation a little, since they and their children do get harassed on sometimes a daily basis.

However, these lesser known celebrities seem to to do it to keep the attention on them, and promote themselves and their career. I really don’t understand it at all. Especially with people who would hardly, if ever, be stalked by the paparazzi, why fuel it? Why not enjoy the relative anonymity your family has in between your projects?

And regarding the topic, the room is nice to look at, but I’m not sure if it serves its purpose.

Erika on September 3rd, 2009

JM- I’m glad that took away the offensiveness.

I also know that a lot of punk people don’t necessarily do drugs, however, the way the comment was said almost seemed to imply it. Like the way she tried to make it sound like she was hoping Estela would be the ultimate rebel or something.

Bieta on September 3rd, 2009

We should also consider it was for a shoot as well. So they may have replaced the carpet or bought a new chair or something.

Lisa on September 3rd, 2009

She is just as beautiful as her mother. I love that Ali has her in dresses all the time. She and Suri ought to go shopping together when they are older! They can shop for dresses!

CelebBabyLover on September 4th, 2009

rb- Didn’t you read the article? Towards the end, Ali said, “She goes to the playground and gets dirty,” So obviously, Estela IS allowed to get dirty!

CelebBabyLover on September 4th, 2009

Oh, and rb….How do you know it isn’t ESTELA’s choice to wear dresses and bows? She could very well be like Suri Cruise who, according to Tom, loves wearing dresses and (at least as of last year. She HAS been seen in pants more often lately!) refuses to wear pants.

Katie- And that’s exactly what AHHH (I’m pretty sure your reply was meant for her, not for kim) was doing: Expressing and writing how she feels!

Shannon- I couldn’t agree more! If Estela didn’t like those big bows, then she would have no problem ripping them out! For example, when Zahara Jolie-Pitt was Estela’s age, Angelina said that they would try to style her hair and put clips in it and such…and she’d have it all taken out in about five seconds flat! Similarily, Suri Cruise doesn’t appear to be too fond of stuff in her hair, either, as we rarely see her with clips, headbands, or other hair accesories.

Speaking of all that, I have to chuckle, because this seems to be another case of people not being happy no matter what a celeb does. People complain about Estela having bows in her hair and about her and Suri being so dressed up all the time….Yet they also complain about Shiloh Jolie-Pitt being dressed “boyish” all the time, and about her and Zahara’s hair hardly ever being styled!

Can’t have it both ways, people!

Lola on September 4th, 2009

I think this room does seem like it’s what Ali likes, and maybe that’s what Estela likes, too, but there was an article on here a while ago where Ali said she likes Estela to look like a girl and only has her wear dress. Those comments make it seem to me that is is the type of room Ali would have put together for her daughter. It’s a beautiful room, but not the type of room it looks like a child plays in everyday.
I also agree with the poster who said something about all the D-list celebs posting pictures. I, too, understand why a big star would do something like that, but it seems like all Ali really does is photoshoots.

Brianne on September 4th, 2009

Bieta – yep, you’re right. We are only seeing one corner of the room – if you take a closer look you can see that the switched out the bookcase with the daybed for the shoot. Still pretty, imo – but I want to see the whole thing now! lol

SH on September 4th, 2009

is it me, or do her bows get BIGGER every time we see a picture of her?!?! those are HUGE! i mean, i’m all for things in little girls hair…but dang…

also, i really hope ali doesn’t have a boy someday. she won’t know what to do with him…espcially a REAL boy who are nothing but walking messes! she’d go off the deep end for sure…

juliana on September 5th, 2009

pretty room but clearly they changed it around for the photo shoot. One minute there’s a couch in that corner and the next a pretty chair, wish we could see more of the room and what it really looks likes

SofieBee on September 5th, 2009

One of my daughters couldn’t stand to get dirt on her and always gravitated toward dresses (even at 2 years old!) The other daughter was a rough-and-tumble, let’s get dirty, no-wearing dresses kind of girl (at 2 years old.) I decorated their rooms as I saw fit when they were young and let them gravitate toward their own styles and likes as they grew and matured. Today, both are very girly girls with exquisite taste…they are frequently complimented on their taste in everything from clothing to decorating. I decorated much the same way Ali does and then let the girls decide as we went from transition to transition as they grew. Personally, I adore Ali’s style and exquisite taste. And, interestingly, my rough-and-tumble daughter was more increasingly drawn to the traditional and girly as she grew, while the girly one ended up with a flair for the very modern but still girly. You just never know what their styles will be…and if and when those styles will change. But, the bashing of someone’s taste is, well, tasteless.

Brittany on September 5th, 2009

I guess I’m confused about mememememe’s comment. The way it’s phrased makes it seem like Estela growing up to be a “lesbian punk-thrash rocker” would be some form of getting back at her mom or showing her resentment for giving her a girly room and putting bows on her head.

We don’t know Ali- maybe she would be fine with Estela growing up to be all those things. She had to choose to decorate the room somehow, why not do it in the style she likes? Where they supposed to ask Estela how she wanted it before she was born?

I have a 2-year-old also and we’ve redone his room since it was a nursery and we plan to add to it as time goes along to conform to what he likes. At this point, though, my son wouldn’t care if his room had trucks or flowers. Obviously, he would be more excited to see trucks but I honestly don’t know any two-year-olds who complain about the decor of their rooms.

I don’t know Ali but maybe she’s planning on waiting until Estela is old enough to form her own opinion about what she likes and maybe, just maybe, Estela will like a girly room. She is a girl, after all. Not all girls hate girly rooms.

CelebBabyLover on September 6th, 2009

Lisa- This isn’t Estela’s bedroom, it’s her playroom. It says so right in the post title.

Brianne- Thank you for getting it right! It very clearly IS a daybed, and not a couch like so many people have claimed.

halifaxhoney on September 6th, 2009

I think that playroom is fantastic!!

Lisa on September 6th, 2009

ha ha haaaa… Thanks I think I was so busy looking at the pictures I didn’t read the header..

Jennifer on September 6th, 2009

Such a classic, feminine playroom….I rather like it

And Estela is such a beautiful little girl…that last photo is gorgeous!

hello on September 7th, 2009

when you have a toddler, you decorate their rooms and dress them. I did my girls room and bought clothes and gifts from baby showers all before she was here. As they get older, many mothers still decorate the rooms themselves, some add the tastes of their childrens likes. estella may love dresses! My daughter takes off her clothes and always wants the frilliest dresses on ! Especially her Halloween princess outfit. I have added things to her room that she loves like Disneys Arielle stuff, but again it could be from my influence because I put it on the TV. Were all products of our environments. I loved my mothers music the Beatles from hearing it growing up. This room is awesome, and its clean for the picture- I even clean backgrounds of my pictures, but i think it looks very fun. there are 2 baskets just like my playroom, we dump everything out of it to play and its all scattered then fill it back up! theres a table with chairs to do art and look at books, just like mine.

babyboopie on September 7th, 2009

I can imagine Estela at the age of 21 and she will be like, ‘ Mom, I’m 21 years old, can you PLEASE let me do what I want?’

CelebBabyLover on September 10th, 2009

babyboopie- Or maybe she won’t. It seems like Ali may ALREADY let Estela do what she wants (within reason, obviously), as it’s very likely that Estela actually likes wearing dresses and bows (as you can bet she’d rip those bows right off if she didn’t like them!).

Plus, at 21, Estela probably won’t even be living at home anymore.

CelebBabyLover on September 10th, 2009

hello- I couldn’t agree more!

melissa on September 18th, 2009

I love it when mother’s aren’t afraid to let their daughters be girly! It’s such a trend now for moms to try to stay away from pink or anything decidedly feminine…just because moms themselves may not be “frilly” types- which is fine for adults, but it’s childhood, and what little girl doesn’t like frilly,princess-y things even for a stage?

In any case, I love this room. So sweet. And it looks like that by removing and replacing a few things like the ruffled footstool and chair or the wall letters (when she’s older), this room could easily work for years to come- it’s not overly baby-ish.

Cora on September 20th, 2009

Oh dear! The most superficial room I have ever seen! It is made to please an adult and not to make a child happy … poor kid … she looks just like a plastic doll!

Amy on October 20th, 2009

Room is very pretty, but strictly for a photoshoot. This is not a room based in reality for a child to play in. Any parent knows this place would be destroyed in no time.

This Ali really overdoes everything she does. I mean the kid is ALWAYS in dresses, everything is decorated to the extreme.. this is more for her and wanting to show off than it is for her daughter.