Regretting nursery choice... stupid i know

#1_BadgeBunny

Lately with the LOs teething i have been spending a lot of time in the rocking chair in the LOs room.  With the light that filters in the room i have a ton of time to think about everything i would change to it.  I know its stupid but i HATE thier room! 

I think what happened was we decided to wait until after the 20 wk us.  at which point we found out it was a boy and a girl.  Our heads were spinning for so long, so much of our registry had to change b/c of cost and we had to make so many choices early on that the non important stuff like decorating got left til last. 

For a while I liked it bc it was new and i was too exhausted to care.  But now the designer in me keeps saying WTF did you think??? But i dont really have the $ to update the room for no reason.  I know its stupid... but it makes me sad. 

Anybody else wish they could re-do some stuff. 

meldoo2002

Eh I don't love ours either, but we'll be redoing it for a more "boys" theme when they move to beds.  It's very nursery... mint green "pooh" stuff because we wanted it to be gender neutral.  But it doesn't bother me enough to worry about it.  I'm also the person that has the same plates I've had since college because I was too lazy to figure out what I liked when we registered for our wedding.  To me that kind of stuff is just too much work (c:

meg1974

I didn't like DD's room until we moved about a month ago. I hated the carpets, but DH wouldn't redo them. I also hated the wall color, but I didn't have the energy to paint while PG. DH said he would do it, but he had so many other things to do I didn't make him. 

Now, I had my choice in the wall color since we were painting our new house anyways, and all of our new flooring is nice laminate.  

Mary0913

I really hated the color yellow we chose for DD's first room - thankfully, we moved and I had a chance to pick the color I really like.  Other than that, I love the bedding, accessories, etc.  But it's amazing how much something as simple as paint could make me absolutely hate it.

HockeyWife4Life

What don't you like about it specifically?  If it's the furniture, that is expensive to change.  If it is the paint and wall decorations, that is easy to change without spending a lot of money.  Paint can make a huge difference!  You should PIP!

madameladauphine

I purposely chose colors/design that I would love in a couple of years but now I'm thinking it's too girly.  I am trying to add some things that are more boyish, but I have to leave the main pieces - paint, dresser, side table, curtains.  And I think the picture frames, mirror and chandelier all just "go" with the room.  I probably have a couple of years before I need to change it, which is good.  

(there are lots of pics here:https://ilovefancylittlethings.blogspot.com/2010/12/ashers-room.html)

 

 

TommysGirl56

We made ours gender neutral since we were 1. Team Green and 2. Planning on having other babies use the nursery too. A will be going to a big girl bed and room soon, and I see that as my chance to really have fun with decorating, since in the big scheme of things, her time in the nursery is short-lived. If you are unhappy with the room, think about less expensive changes you can make: new paint, new wall art, new bedding, some rugs. The only thing hard to do is buy all new furniture.

emmared1986

I hated ours too. I know what you mean about sitting in there at night picking out everything that is wrong.

We chose a light turquiose because it was gender neutral. It looks like baby blue, which I swore I would never use. I painted all the tables, shelves, and molding white. I wanted an expresso colored crib but couldn't afford one. My mom bought a honey colored one. Gage has chewed off about a layer of wood so maybe I can get it refinished.

We had vintage Pooh stuff given to us. It was all cream and frilly and girly and 80's. At the time I thought whatever, it's free, but then everyone jumped on the pooh bandwagon. His room is no a pooh-free zone.

I got rid of the changing pad since I never used it, got new sheets with dots in mint, tan, chocolate, and teal, and bought a breathable bumper in sage. I hung chocolate floor length curtains and made small changes like switching the pooh pillow on the rocker for a neutral beige. I don't hate it so much anymore. The brown accents really de-babyfied the space.

Echowysp

I HATE the color in ds' room.  I wanted green and ds wanted a "fun" green, so i let him pick it.  It's bright lime.  It looked cute on the swatch, but burns your eyes as an entire room.  I've never had someone compliment me on the room.  I hate it.  /but we;re moving this year, so I will leave it for the next owner to deal with.

Lesley0228

I don't like DDs room and never have. We bought a house when I was pregnant. We got posession of it when I was 35 weeks and moved in 2 weeks later. In those 2 weeks (with lots of help from my parents) we painted every single room in the house, put in all new carpet and did a LOT of odd and end fixes. I was chosing paint colors in a rush and DD ended up with the most obnoxious yellow. Her bedding we bought in our excitement of finding out it was a girl and I regretted it almost instantly, but I knew DH loved it so I went with it. In the rush of DD coming soon after we moved in, I never fully decorated her room and since I think its ugly I just don't have the heart to try. When DD moves in to a toddler bed, I'm planning an almost total re-do. I already bought new bedding that I love 6 mo ago. The new bedding and decorations will hopefully subdue the yellow walls a little since it seems silly to re-paint (I may be silly and do it anyways though). I've just been stocking up on cute stuff as I find it, so I don't have to make rushed decisions again and in about another 6 mo or so I will happily do a "big girl bedroom" makeover.

MuckDiva

We were on Team Green but I REALLY wanted to paint the nursery light blue and do a stars theme.  My mother and MIL talked to me about it and because I was so stressed with moving twice, working full time, and finishing grad school I caved.  DD's room is green with some random butterflies.  I totally regret it and plan on moving DD into a big girl this summer so I am excited to do something that I want to do.

Next time, I will just paint the nursery blue or light brown and do colorful accents.

I totally hear ya on the regret.