The Nursery Thread

Amber_Waves

Let’s talk about our plans for nurseries!  Are you doing a theme, a color scheme, or something else?  Will baby have their own room or share with family members?  Do you plan on changing baby’s space much as they grow or are you designing for the long haul?   Is this fun for you or a dreaded chore?

scifichick09

I'm so excited for this thread!! Since this is our first, baby will have his own room. Color scheme is teal, grey, and white with arctic wolves.

Nursery walls are being paint grey:

And this is our bed set:

Painting this weekend!! And then it's time to assemble the crib! Yay!!

imalwaysme79

Woohoo! I love this thread! I still can't find what I'm looking for (don't want cute-sy animals). Maybe I'll get some good inspiration from this thread!

Amber_Waves

@scifichick09 Beautiful!  My little nephew has a gray nursery and it is so sweet.

PerraSucia

Oh man I just picked out everything and am so excited to buy al the things!!! So far I just ordered my macrame hanger for a plant. 

cantalopes24

We need to paint but we also need to paint the whole house so we'll get there eventually. We're working on emptying that room out because it's currently my daughters dress up room. It's mostly done but we're refinishing an old piece of furniture for her to use for her dress up stuff because what she's currently using we're going to be using in the basement as an entertainment center. There is already a glider in that room and the crib is waiting to be assembled. I think we're going to do a vintage transportation theme with airplanes, cars, and trains. We'll probably paint the walls blue or green and then do a lot of browns and whites in there.

MrsDramaK

So DH and I just moved from a one bedroom apartment to a three bedroom house.  The master and the smaller bedroom are on one floor, but the big bedroom is up a floor.  We decided that the smaller bedroom would just be the permanent nursery and if we had more kids while living in this house we'd move them to the big bedroom upstairs (honestly that room is big enough to hold three kids on it's own).  So since the nursery is going to be the nursery for all future kids and we don't want to have to paint every few years, we painted it mint green figuring we could do purple accents for a girl and navy for a boy.

But now I can't decide on bedding.  I really like elephants and owls, but DH is so "we'll see" about everything that he's making it hard to get excited. The mint walls are so cute though.

Funny story about the wall colors, I have a five year old nephew and three year old niece and every room of their house is painted the same color (it's a neutral beige color) and I told them I painted a room green and my niece laughed like it was the funniest thing ever and my nephew just looked at me and said, "Walls are not supposed to be green, they are supposed to be beige."  And I thought it was the funniest thing ever that he is 5 and literally did not understand walls could be different colors.

Vastra

I just ordered paint samples, and am going with light aqua walls, with white trim, coral accents and lots of frilly white details. I want it to be girly and fun, but not straight-up pink. The only thing I've actually bought so far is a collection of wall art, including this  (it's inspired a subtle bird theme):

annewheeler2

I'm almost positive I'm doing this color scheme. I don't like pink and I think it's okay for a girl. I'll do mainly the rustic orange. I'm going to do a wooden arrow above the crib with her name. We're also going to do a big girl room for dd1 at the same time. I think her room is going to be a native theme.  

srscott3

Can this be one of our sacred sticky threads? I've seen a few other bmb's sticky their nursery threads so people can post progress pictures

peachesnbean

Here is  a collage of some pieces I plan to pull together. Background is Valspar Panacea, which is our bedroom walls. Theme is hedgehogs and pineapples. I just really love both of those things. We find out sex on Friday, will pull in more pink if its a girl and more blue if its a boy.

birdiejo

We decided yesterday to do a Peter Pan theme. So naturally I spent the afternoon looking on the interwebs for pinspiration. We painted both kids rooms revere pewter. 

Nursery furniture is babyletto 

These are just stock photos, not my own.

We have a cream glider. 



I have a lot of ideas plus there are so many good quotes to use. Have not done a thing yet though.

WinchesterGirl

Our nursery is still full of junk! Argh! It is greatly improved, and I've got some furniture on Craigslist which will help clear it out... I really should have taken a before pic! We are going this weekend to order the furniture, though. DH doesn't like to work on anything until there's a deadline, so furniture pickup date will now be the deadline to have the room cleaned out.

We are keeping the gray that's on the walls now, so at least we don't have to paint.

I really, really suck at decorating. My house is pretty plain jane. The most cutesy thing I have is a collection of antique Ball jars in my kitchen. So, I'm keeping it simple and buying some things from BRU so they will all match. 

But I do envision a huge fluffy rug in the middle of the floor. I may regret this when it's time to clean, but I like how it looks!

Amber_Waves

We are planning on mint green walls, white and green furniture/accessories, and maybe a pop or two of red.   We're team green and want a gender neutral room so that any future siblings can share (or use the room as a nursery if we move kid #1 to another room.)

We are planning on having baby in a bedside crib in our room for the first few months and doing diaper-changes in the bathroom, so the baby's room is being set up without any of the usual baby gear and I’m hoping it won’t need any major changes for quite a few years!  The crib is white so it will look fine in the nursery when we move it there, but we might just do a floor bed once baby is sleeping in their own room.

Since I love thrifting and we moved a few years ago and ended up with spare furniture, we already own a lot of the furniture that will go in the kid’s room…
-mid-century daybed painted green
-white desk
-mid-century white and wood dresser
-glider in white wood that MIL found at estate sale last week.

I'm not sure we'll do a theme for the art and accessories...maybe woodland animals...maybe just random cheerful stuff.

I think our only big purchase will be a rug (the floors are a lovely hardwood, but I’d something softer under the bed.)  The biggest decision will be whether we paint the wood trim around the windows & the biggest chore is going to be emptying the room, as it has become my dump zone over the last year.

I love design and decoration, so I'm having a blast putting the nursery together.

Inspiration images:

FishyMom

@vastra I Love that bird!  and the colors.

@Homemake I am suppppper jealous you are doing PP!  I love PP.  I cant still quote the first 10-15 minutes of the movie word for word.  You are now on my list of nurseries to stalk cause I can't wait.

Ok so I am going to be the annoying person who wants tons of opinions....  We are team green which is super hard cause with my DD we knew at 11 weeks that we were having a girl and her whole nursery was decked out months before she came (her color is purple/teal).. so this one is different.  I know if randoms I asked about mint, that will be coupled with navy for a boy or coral/pink if its a girl.  Sooo here are my questions/opinions::

1.  I am considering getting ALL the same stuff for this child to match (with exception to color) meaning same crib, dresser, and glider.  The crib is the same style but grey, the dresser would be the exact same, and the glider is soo close you would never know the difference.   Is this a good idea? My thinking is they are convertible cribs and will be keeping the furniture for a long time so they would not have any debates over whose is better than whose.  But I feel a little silly about it.

2. Mix/match furniture color.  The dresser that DD has (which I love and is perfect) doesn't come in grey so either we would get white and leave it or I could get white and paint it grey.  Thoughts?

That's all I've got so far... here is the crib. I would love to see if I can find some pictures of DD nursery too.  The purple is obviously DD (I could only find one).

lfrank12

This is our first baby so I wanted to do a gender neutral theme we can use for future children. I am planning for it to be grey/yellow/white with elephants and giraffes. I don't want things to be too matchy-matchy so I'm thinking it will be a collection of pattern mixing with solids and then accents with the animals. We picked out the paint color and I already had the curtains. I think I also found the crib we want to get. Everything else is just inspiration at this point. 


I'm thinking this will be the crib:


Some inspiration:

chef'swife

We painted the room grey, with 4 wide white stripes on the wall the crib is against. Crib is Aqua. After our anatomy scan tomorrow we will add the bedding-green accents for a boy or hot pink/coral for a girl. 

PerraSucia

@homemake we are doing the hudson babyletto set too but in natural because my entire house is grey and I'm trying to spread my color pallet :P

WinchesterGirl

I'm so jealous that some of you are already setting up cribs! Ahh!

birdiejo

@perrasucia I wanted to do the white or natural also. We found this set at our old local baby store and it was super reduced because they were trying to clear the floor. So our house is a bit on the grey side too but the price was too good!

PerraSucia

homemake said:

@perrasucia I wanted to do the white or natural also. We found this set at our old local baby store and it was super reduced because they were trying to clear the floor. So our house is a bit on the grey side too but the price was too good!

oh that's a sweet deal then.. I would of gone grey too :P 

MissMerciBeaucoup

I did not realize how in the color grey is!!!  Our baby "nook" (small not really a room but will do for now) is light grey with white trim.  I haven't thought about any decor besides the mobile and I'm crazy about all of these but haven't decided yet.  I'm thinking one mobile over the crib and then one of the dream rings in front of the window...

scifichick09

I mostly just went with grey because this is our first baby and I know we will use that room as a nursery again if we go for #2, so I felt like grey was so neutral it could go with ANYTHING. Boy/girl/bedroom/den...whatever we decide to do with it later, it won't need a new coat of paint!

feelingjovani

You all are so organized and ahead of me!  We are currently sleeping in what is going to be the nursery because we moved a month ago and still haven't painted our bedroom (and I want to keep the furniture out of there until it's painted).  I really want to paint grey but our bedroom is going to be grey (already bought the paint) and the living room downstairs and hall going to the top of the stairs are grey so I'm afraid even with different grey tones it'll be too much.

We're team green so keeping it gender neutral.  I'm thinking of maybe mint green for the walls which I debate a lot about because I want a soft color and don't want it to be too bright.  We will have white furniture and maybe pops of grey with an elephant theme.  Here are some of my ideas:

Kashy17

I have a good start on the nursery.  I painted the one wall that needed to be painted.  Put together the crib and got he rocker set up.  We just need to get a dresser still - this will serve as change table with the change pad on top.  
I am now just finishing up the decor detail stuff.  I need to purchase some frames to and then print out the prints I designed and have my SIL help me (read as she will make for me haha) the painted canvas with Baby girls name on it.  
I mentioned before we are doing Harry Potter theme and I am SO stoked that H is letting me do it all and has no opinion about it lol 

Our son was born 4 weeks early so I'm paranoid that this babe will come early and we wont be ready for her arrival.  So I'm trying to get it all done asap.  We are on vacation currently so stuff has been put on hold for a few weeks but once we are back it's go time!  

Starfish113

@chef'swife, OMGGGG I love that wall! Might have to copy you....

chef'swife

@Starfish113 DH was skeptical of my idea at first but he loves it now. It was a little time-consuming laying out the lines for the stripes, but we did all the painting within 2 days. 

tclayton53

We are going to go black and white. Here's a mock up if the room with a black wall (the rest of the walls are light grey with a stark white built in closet). 

birdiejo

@tclayton53 I like! Plus love that quote and sign.

PerraSucia

@tclayton53 i like your planters too! 

pickle-chips

@tclayton53 love, love the OYOY adventure rug! It's on my wishlist, too.

birdiejo

@fishymom I think mix match furniture is fine when it's grey and white. And you're saying you are getting the new baby the same furniture that your daughter has already? The dresser is definitely good for growing with your kids and if the cribs are convertible and you like them then sounds good to me! 

FishyMom

@homemake they are convertible cribs and have intentions of keeping that furniture long term.  I am definitely over thinking this ALOT!

roq_holiday

We're waiting to find out the gender, and I'm really not into the whole gender specific nursery themes and colors anyway, so we're going with a desert/wilderness theme! Colors will be white/grey/black tones and textural pops of greens and oranges. I'm using these images as inspo, and already have the cactus wallpaper bought!

Amber_Waves

I've been ogling some wall decals on etsy...  I think the hardest part will be deciding which one will look best!

chef'swife

Now that we are team blue, we can personalize our nursery. Pretty sure we've decided on a space theme, so it can grow a bit with our little man. We cruised BRU this week and weren't crazy about anything we saw. Most of the items on my collage are from Etsy, but the solar system mobile and lamp shade are PBK. 

PerraSucia

I took the idea from the animal print shop ( https://www.theanimalprintshop.com/ ) but I'm a cheap bastard. So found prints on etsy that you could pay for and receive digitally then printed them at Costco and got ikea frames. 

WinchesterGirl

I love the furniture so much! We are both completely exhausted, but look at it!

Today alone we (DH and helpers. I was not allowed to move anything) sold a futon, moved 2 book shelves, 6 plastic bins, picked this up at the store, moved it all into the room, assembled the crib, and screwed the hutch to the wall. DH deserves a super hero cookie! 

Gretchypoo

@WinchesterGirl it looks so good! cookies all around!

expandcontract

@WinchesterGirl So exciting!! Eeps! It's beautiful! Since we can't have a nursery right now, I will be living vicariously through you all. Show me all the pictures!!

becks13-2

That looks amazing @WinchesterGirl I love the delicate detail on the back of the crib, and that dresser is fantastic, you are going to get so much good use out of that I imagine!