THE RINGLEADER
When Kristi Pinkham decided to hang a vintage swing in her living room, she knew she was making a statement. Her playful addition, with its turquoise chain and cream vinyl seat, wasn’t designed to reject formality or traditional decorating rules. The swing, Pinkham says, was her way to say, This is a house for the little ones, too.
The same can be said of the living room playhouse—beloved by Dixie Jean, 16 months—and the two trapeze rings that hang in the family room, where Milo, 6, and Bode, 4, spin like figure skaters until they fall to the ground in peals of laughter. “I wanted the house to be fun for the kids,” says Pinkham,
