Cookie's travel editor Yolanda Edwards has a little travel buddy: her four-year-old daughter Clara. Perhaps sparked by her journeys, Clara's tastes veer toward glaciers, fairytales, dancing and pink--lots of pink. Her favorite book, not surprisingly, is Cinderella. "Girls are genetically disposed to it at that age," says Yolanda. "She's happy with anything that has a princess or ballerina." Here, Yolanda tells us about the wonderland she and her husband created for their daughter.

These days, parents seem to be moving away from traditional colors for children's bedrooms. What made you go for pink? "If pink is important to your child, you can't make her like navy. My parents were very heavy handed--'You can't have sugar, you have to be a vegetarian'--and now I'm the biggest meat eater and love cupcakes! I don't want my daughter to have certain traits just because they're reactive. If she ends up loving pink her whole life, that's great; I just don't want it to be because I denied it to her."

What ambiance were you going for? "We moved to Brooklyn from Manhattan, where we all shared a bedroom. To get Clara excited and comfortable about having a separate space, we told her she could have a 'princess room.' The cloth banner helps make the room feel festive. The pink garland at the head of the bed is actually a Tord Boontje card that stretches out." The banner is from Bell & Trunk in San Francisco, 415-648-0519. The Tord Boontje card is from Nest. The pink pillows are from ABC.

These pictures do a great job of combining childlike imagery--horses, bunnies--with a grown-up style of drawing. Where did you find this artwork? "My husband and I have always collected animal drawings and paintings. We got the charcoal rabbit drawings at a Swiss flea market. We found the dog dressed as a judge at a Manhattan antiques store. We never spend much."

How did you decide on the mix-and-matched frames? "Most of our frames are from IKEA. My husband hangs them with 3M wall mount adhesives, so we don't have to put nails in the wall."

Since you're Cookie's travel editor, does Clara go on business trips with you? "She comes on every trip. I don't go on any without her. She makes the Cookie trips authentic."

Does your husband come, too? "He's a photographer and fisherman, so if he has a trip, we'll try to travel nearby for Cookie and meet up."

These shelves look like a fantasy world. Houses, the Eiffel tower, horses... "If you're upgraded on KLM Airlines, they give you those little houses; Clara basically conned them out of everyone in business class. The bookshelves are for everything--shells from a trip, family photos, antique books."

Do you find things for Clara's room while on trips? "My husband and I are shop-a-holics. We've found things in San Francisco, Denmark, everywhere. We give Clara ice cream while we shop."

Do Clara's tastes seem to be changing as she gets older? "Right now, she's into everything. She loves dancing films--The Sound of Music, Singing in the Rain. I just found an Alaska train DVD--now she knows all about glaciers. She likes drawing, animals, growing a garden. Four years old is the great age."

The little lights are so magical. "They were super inexpensive at a lighting store. Clara loves them. They're her nightlight."

What advice do you have for other decorators? "Don't spend too much. It's often the little folly that completes the room. The pink lights, banner and card above the bed make this room for me. The drawings are nice, but you could always frame snapshots or magazine clippings. Every mom wants to do the best for her child, so you get sucked in and think, 'I have to buy this $1000 bed.' But why?"

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