STMs who are re-using furniture, bedding, decor

melody921 · July 2012

How are you making the room feel special for LO? We are re-using the bedding, curtains, etc., as well as the furniture, obviously. I did order a new bookshelf for DD. But are there ways you have fond to make it look a little different or special for the second baby so not everything is a hand-me-down? Or, should I just not even worry about this since she's not going to know the difference?

Novem06 · July 2012

Ha this new baby got a new baby book and a rock n play. Everything else is in great shape and will stay the same!

mrs.kapow · July 2012

We moved, so the wall decorations are slightly different (had a mural at the old house), but that's solely because we moved.

My theory is that we will make this room "hers" when she is old enough to show off her personality and care a little more. We re-did the big girl room for DD1 since it now fits her personality (or our interpretation of her personality since she's still too little to have a big opinion).

AprilAngie · July 2012

you could do something like incorporate a new theme- for example use same colors or bedding but pick a different main feature. ie: if before you did blue bedding and sea do blue bedding and airplanes.

Or if you havent spent tons on bedding sell bedding and buy new bedding to change theme.

CALMmommy · July 2012

Everything is being reused. I am just going to update as LO grows since it will not make a difference at this age.

k.martell · July 2012

Everything neutral is being reused, crib, chair & ottoman, dresser (DD is getting DH's which his father made for him) and changing table.

But we are moving so the room will be special for DS, different colors, theme, some baseball decals, and in the next 2 years or so DH is going to make DS his own bed & dresser just like his father did for him.

HarrietNJMommy · July 2012

Other than new bedding - which all of my kids have gotten - I'm not worried about making the room feel "special"........

ELCJet · July 2012

I ordered new 8 x 10 prints for the frames on the wall.....stuff that's a little more girly than the owls that were there before. We are also planning to repaint and then I ordered some new crib sheets. Voila! That's all I've got. She'll never know the difference.

Mrs.RockyM · July 2012

DH and I are constantly arguing about this. I don't know what to do and I don't want DD1 to resent DD2 because all her stuff is going to the baby. Plus I'm getting sick of looking at it. I'm thinking about painting the room a different color, or organizing the room differently, but really what else can you do? The bedding line is discontinued, so I may try and find another line that's simliar and I can use some of the accessories to make it slightly different.

MainelyFoolish · July 2012

If kid #2 has never seen it, then it's new to her, right? I wouldn't worry about it.

I have new bedding for baby #2 because I had pink girly bedding for DD and #2 is a boy, but other than that not much is changing in the nursery. The walls are painted yellow and all the furniture is staying the same. I will take down DD's name letters that are currently on the wall.

MichelleL1118 · July 2012

She's getting new furniture, because we're not ready to transition DS out of the crib yet. But otherwise, it'll all be pretty much exactly the same. I'm not worried about it, neither kid will really know the difference - DS is too young to really remember that it was all "his" stuff at first, and as far as DD will ever know, it was all her stuff anyway.

cmumama · July 2012

We're not changing anything in the nursery...other than swapping out some pics that are hanging. He'll get his own room when he's ready for his big boy room.

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