Light grey walls, white furniture, Wookie the Chew art work, then navy blue and baby pink for curtains/linens/other decor. I went with navy because it was the only black out curtain color I liked at Target and the white and pink play off it well.
We also have light grey walls, white vintage-looking crib (Jenny Lind from BBB), light purple dresser and neutral bedding from RH Baby (Star Appliqué in Mist, which is kind of an oatmeal color). We're doing a star/constellation mural on one wall that will be navy blue, pink, purple and gold, so I'm trying to keep everything else fairly subdued with hints of gold. Hoping to get a grey glider and a white fluffy rug, along with blackout curtains in grey. It all makes sense in my head, but I'm nervous to see it actually come together.
Post by WineNChocolate on Aug 17, 2016 6:26:09 GMT -5
Dr. Who themed Nursery for lil man. Grey walls as well we did it for DD and well it just works and goes with everything. The wall that his crib sits on is a darker shade of grey to make wooden letters for his name stand out against the wall. I think I am going white again with the crib...I do like the grey but with grey walls it might just be too much. PLUS millions of white cribs on craiglist for cheap get it while you can. I am doing a grey OR navy blue dresser with changing table on top. We have Dr. who artwork for his walls, book shelves. His bedding I will have a Dr. who blanket but the sheets will probably be chevron grey and different tones of blue with red lil accents here and there.
crimpgirl, I loved being tall for our crib too...till this bump that I own got in the way. I am now perfect height for my bump always hitting it when trying to lay down DD. My only complaint lol. They should make a side you can put on that bows in. lol for a belly. OH I was going to say my hubs found a way to make shelves out of pallets if your DH is handy. Its really simple and you could paint them to look like produce boxes with like burned on letters or lil sprigs of grass coming out of them...Just let me know!
lola, It sounds beautiful please feel free to SHARE! lol. I am also looking for a room sized rug for lil man. We are renovating his room and I am on the fence to keep the carpet OR get laminate wood floors and get a big surface carpet. THAT is what I really want but my hubs is looking at me like..why the hell are we taking out the carpet. So we will see how that goes. I got spoiled with DDs room that already had laminate dark wood floors.
@cahistoryteacher, I am so out of the loop what is Wookie the Chewy art. I have to go and find this.
mrsp121308, you cant redo a dresser and then not tell us the rest of the vision...!!?!?
I based everything around these fabrics and their colors:
So the multi-colored is being used to make a crib skirt, throw pillow, and valance; the aqua is being used to make curtains. We already have espresso furniture (crib and dresser) so we're going to reuse that. My refurb dresser actually went in the big girls' room for DD2, so we could use the one that matches the crib that she was previously using.
Still working on paint colors. I'm struggling there. I also picked up these cubes shelf things that I'm going to hang above the dresser/changing table to store cloth diapers. I discovered last time that I have too many and lacked a good storage system, so hoping this works better.
You guys I finally feel like our nursery is starting to come together and it is so exciting! We have light gray walls and a modern gray crib, so I'm trying to bring in some fun accessories with lots of colors. I want black out curtains but I'm not thrilled with any of the options available so I might just use white curtain panels and paint gold circles on them. We'll also be framing some portrait photos of North American animals. Let me dig up some photos from my phone to show some of the decor...
Post by WineNChocolate on Aug 17, 2016 8:18:21 GMT -5
Winnifred, GREAT FABRICS! I think the cat with crown is my fav! We did a grey black out for DD. But I am assuming you want fun! I am not sure your price range for those but do you know how to sew perhaps? Couldn't you just buy the curtains and add the black out lining. I found the lining on Etsy and then found a bunch of great fabrics on etsy and women that will make them for you. I think that price is obviously on how big you need them. Ran like 40-100. www.google.com/#tbm=shop&q=blackout+curtains&spd=1012217769525021525 that link found some teal and then grey ones on google shop under 20 bucks. Just thought I would help lol...can you tell I don't want to work!! lol
New baby is taking over DS's nursery. The walls are yellow. If it's a boy, we'll keep the sports theme up. Girl, I don't know...maybe add some grays and pinks? I'm not there yet, lol.
Post by tbonequeen13 on Aug 17, 2016 8:29:37 GMT -5
We're reusing the nursery theme from DD#1. The wall is painted neutral tan and we'll probably leave it that color. The furniture is cherry and the bedding is Lion King. We wanted to do a cute dragon nursery we found, but it's apparently been discontinued and we cannot find it anymore so we'll reuse this one since we love it so much.
I'm so jealous of all of your awesome ideas and rooms already! We have nothing ready for this baby.... other than we purchased a crib/dresser from my old boss. We weren't sure if we were going to re-use G's crib or let her keep it since she'll only be 17/18 months, but we decided to let her keep it and get another one.
Anyway, our 3rd bedroom is a total disaster right now as DH stripped the walls... so he still has to sand them down, then texture, then paint, put in a closet organizer, closet doors, actual door, trim.... the only thing it has that's ready is flooring! Oh, and we'll need a new ceiling fan in there too. I don't even have the slightest idea on colors or theme since we don't know the gender. Ugh. For G's room we had painted 2 walls a light tiffany blue, one wall light gray and the other wall white.... then decorated with gray and pink accents - lots of elephant decor! I just have no ideas this time around for something gender neutral and I'm not a fan of yellow or green.
WineNChocolate, ha ha! Thank you for the compliments and ideas I absolutely hate buying curtains because there are sooo many options and the cost adds up so quickly when you need 4 panels. We already have white curtain panels up and I was just thinking this morning about perhaps purchasing some of the blackout material to add to the back. That might save us a little bit of money, especially because moving the panels to another room would mean that 2 of them would no longer have a home and would just be wasted $$.
My mom is great with a sewing machine and she'll be visiting us twice this fall, so I may add these to the list for her to sew in the blackout material. I already know for sure I want her to help me make a crib skirt. I have a sewing machine but I can never retain any of the information from the millions of times she's tried to teach me...
Post by WineNChocolate on Aug 17, 2016 8:41:31 GMT -5
hmr11913, Well Gender neutral can also be greys, teals, orange, use chevron shapes. DD nursery is Grey White with teal and orange. I feel it could of went both ways. I just added things to make it ummm "girly" I guess.
mrsp121308, those fabrics are very similar to what is in DDs room and I love them. Great choices!
Post by babycowbell on Aug 17, 2016 9:03:12 GMT -5
Love all the ideas! You are all so on top of things.
We're probably a little unusual since we live in a one bedroom condo. Our baby will just be in a corner of our room. Every time I tell someone that I wait for the "nobody puts baby in the corner" joke. Hehe. So far we've just been trying to tidy up and get rid of unnecessary stuff so we have more room for her. I'm going to convert our TV armoire in there to a closet for her, and probably get a mini crib to save a little space. We'll just do a changing pad on top of our dresser I think. Not sure on colors, but we have lots of grey and yellow and white stuff so maybe that with a little more youthful flare.
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Our nursery will be painted a light teal color and we will used lime green and gray for accent colors. We don't really have a theme, but my mom got us some really cute prints from Petit Collage (including this one, which is my favorite: www.petitcollage.com/readingelephant-printonwood) that will go up on the wall. I'm sewing the crib sheets, crib skirt, throw pillow for the rocker, etc., so I'm picking fabrics I like that fit with those colors. The crib is dark wood. We are refinishing the dresser that was already in that room (as the guest room) so that the body of the dresser is white and the drawers are stained to match the crib. We have also painted a small bookcase so that the body of the bookcase is white and the back piece (we replaced the flimsy cardboard with beadboard) is painted lime green. I'll try to add pictures of some things later.
@kc295905, so cute! It looks like it's out of a catalogue! Kiddo is pretty cute too:)
WineNChocolate, If you are nerdy, you'll love Wookie the Chew. We got about 7 prints initially then I got 2 of the princess Leia ones when we found out it was a girl. www.jameshance.co.uk/wookiee-the-chew
So I've officially decided on these colors --- then I think will do giraffes! G's room has lots of elephants, so it'll go nicely. Thanks again WineNChocolate
Post by fikafairy67 on Aug 17, 2016 11:29:09 GMT -5
All I know is that besides re-using the crib from DS and the wall color (light beige-caramel neutral brown) the only thing I know I want is purple.
I thought about doing some kind of loose sugar-plum fairy theme, but I'm not sure. Like little ballet slippers, lots of purple and light colors, and bits of tulle here and there? I'm fairly minimalist when it comes to decorating nurseries. DS had a really loose nautical theme - walls are a light grass green, and we found sheets with sailboats that we liked. I coordinated the colors more than anything...
I also picked up these cubes shelf things that I'm going to hang above the dresser/changing table to store cloth diapers. I discovered last time that I have too many and lacked a good storage system, so hoping this works better.
May I ask what kind of cube shelving thing you bought? I'm thinking about getting one of those to --like you--hang above the dresser with the changing pad, but I don't know what exactly I'm looking for.
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Post by WineNChocolate on Aug 17, 2016 12:19:52 GMT -5
hmr11913, OMG HAHAHAHAAH What is I told you all of DDs stuff is Giraffes. ROFL. I am obsessed with Giraffes so they are all over her throw pillows and blankets and crib sheets. I think that they would look great . We have been buying some Elephant stuff for new one's room..haha.
WineNChocolate, that's so funny!! All of G's stuff is elephants (ellies!) and she has sooooo many stuffed ellies it's ridic. I'm excited to venture into some giraffes! Did you find any place has good ones?
@kc295905, Random question, but is your mobile hanging from the ceiling? I'd prefer to hang a mobile from our ceiling vs. being attached to the crib, but I worry that the ceiling is too high, or that the ceiling fan will make it move around too much.
@kc295905 , Random question, but is your mobile hanging from the ceiling? I'd prefer to hang a mobile from our ceiling vs. being attached to the crib, but I worry that the ceiling is too high, or that the ceiling fan will make it move around too much.
It is from the ceiling. It's just hanging from some kind of string and we've adjusted it as DS has gotten bigger. DH made it haha.
The room is really small so after that just a crib (probably one from Ikea after I spend all our money on wallpaper!) and a dresser we already have plus a pull-out sofa for breastfeeding/guests/one of us sleeping in there so the other can get some sleep and some shelves. Very simple. We'll also have a mini crib in our room so she'll probably sleep there for a few months or one of us will sleep in the nursery with her.
First we have to move next month, so I can have a nursery to decorate. Yay!! But boo for moving while pregnant.
But here is the bedding I picked out for little dude
So I think we are going to do grey walls, white furniture with color pops of the orange, green, and blue that are in the quilt.
I found this Etsy decal and art prints that match the bedding perfectly.
And these cute curtains and rug from IKEA of all places. Hard to see the grey stars on the white panels. I will probably add the black-out roller panels behind them, also at IKEA.
Our wedding colors were grey and orange, so I am hoping to recycle some of the decor items I still have (like the 12 grey and white chevron table runners I sewed) into the nursery.
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