Crib color

JamieDubs

i can't decide on a white or dark modern wood color for our crib and furniture. At first I thought wood, but I'm thinking in the future if we add more furniture / dressers, night stands etc it may be easier to match with white.
We have a small nursery now but don't plant to live here forever!
Thoughts?

casserole27

We had this debate last week. I usually want dark wood, it's what I have in the rest of the house but we are going white for the nursery furniture. I think dark wood looks best with neutrals or earth tones, white is best with lots of color. I also figured white would match anything we do for future babies too.

Limie

We're doing grey! We had a hard time deciding light or dark wood, neither one of us likes white. But then I found a grey crib on wayfair and fell in love! Plus it goes with most color schemes.

nsaid4u

I love the gray cribs. I've seen lots of them recently. I think they look modern but not too modern that they would go out of style. We are doing everything white and gray for baby.

loveleighmami

My hubby originally wanted dark but after looking at cribs, he felt white made the bedding colors show up more. I originally wanted white anyway, although I love grey for a crib! I love color cribs too but they're a little bohemian for hubby.

alinic916

We had decided white for girl and dark wood for a boy, a little manlier since we r buying dresser and convertible crib that will last a long time. We're having girl, so white it is!

aah1013

This baby gets my husband's super nice (read: expensive) childhood furniture. It has matching bunk beds and a full size head board as options for later on. We really just need a cheap, but safe crib to get us through for 1.5-2 years.

If the furniture you pic is sticking with the child for the duration, I'd make sure you pic something classic. You didn't say if you're having a girl or boy. In my opinion, I think white furniture is a little more feminine. I don't think I'd ever do white for a boy. With that being said, I've seen some cool nautical boy nurseries with white furniture. We tend to usually go for dark furniture in our house.

CaitLewis15

Our crib is a mid century turquoise little number and I love it. The room is going to be a soft green grey, and the other furniture either natural wood or painted brightly (orange, yellow, etc).

anorthro

We went with light wood!

sarahewilliams118

My husband and I have been back and forth! We want to do a grey and white nursery with a pop of color depending on the gender.... We both wanted a dark cherry wood crib, however I'm thinking it may not look great with the grey and white?! But we hate white furniture lol ugh!!!

mimojumo

We're going dark wood as we plan on doing a neutral nursery with pops of color.

mrsdobbie

We are doing a modern espresso crib (Babyletto Hudson) with a white Hemnes IKEA dresser. I have seen lots of nurseries on Pinterest using this dresser. Plus I don't like the matchy matchy look so I wanted to mix it up a bit. The colour of our room will
be light Gray with a dark teal accent wall with some sort of stripe or zig zag design. (I have been looking forward to designing a nursery since before I was pregnant!)

curfam4

We painted the nursery chocolate brown, so went with white furniture.  I love how it pops, and either gender bedding that we have match the brown walls.

beanie1977

We are doing a rustic wood. It's kind of grayish. We have a nautical theme for our boy.

I do want to use pained furniture for a pop of color- I think for the changing table since it will be used and not kept for the long haul.

michellelynn6

I went with grey! My nursery theme is grey, white, and yellow (with pops of teal) in a general "you are my sunshine" theme I don't like white cribs OR dark wood cribs--and so many of them are so frilly and froo froo! I wanted one that was really plain, with straight lines. I found one from Graco that I really, really love. 

I'm also getting a few dark pieces from my sister -- my nephew's nursery was all dark wood furniture, but it can be painted. So my mom is painting a glider and changing table/dresser gray, and reupholstering the glider too.  

megewy

I will be doing a dark brown or a black crib for a boy and if it's a girl I'll be reusing my daughters (which is in a full size bed right now) and buy her a day bed.

rue:D

We went with dark wood (espresso) cribs - same color as majority of furniture in our house. I feel like they can be made more masculine or feminine with bedding.

babyALQ

I heard if you use white it gives the illusion of more space.

deanna1313

Second pregnancy and I've always been into white for a girl and dark wood for a boy. My son has a dark wood convertible crib and next week I'll find out if it's white it dark wood again!