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December 2013 Moms
mamaj1220
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Anyone have the theme for the nursery picked out?
mamaj1220
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I have been going back and forth with a couple that I thought were cute but they are also very gender dependent, which I am not sure I want to go the route. Any ideas from anyone?
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Re: Anyone have the theme for the nursery picked out?
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I thought I did but now I'm rethinking. Originally I was going to go with owls for a girl and vintage hot air balloons for a boy, but I feel like both of those are overplayed now. So...lately I've been thinking of doing a watercolor theme. Sounds nebulous, and it sort of is, but Google Black Crow Studios watercolor wallpaper to see my inspiration. Oh, and I'll save you some time: to wallpaper my 11-feet-tall, 15-feet-wide accent wall, it would have cost around $2000. But they do sell watercolor canvases for around $500, which is slightly more affordable (they're HUGE and you can take them with you if you ever move).
Me & H: 28 TTC #1 since 7/12...come on baby!
Our walls are yellow with red trim and we're going with Winnie the Pooh. Still gender neutral, easy to find stuff to decorate with, and the only thing we could agree on!
I had to laugh though. My gf is due in October, and when I showed her the nursery yesterday, she said that they'd been working on a Pooh theme too! Eh, at least we can shop together!
gray and white. that's my theme lol.
honestly, i don't know what little details to do. we're team green to the end, so it needs to be gender neutral, but i also don't know that i want a really "themed" nursery, but i can't think of what else to put on the walls/etc. i'm really the most uncreative person that ever lived.
This is beautiful!
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Not really, other than that the nursery will have blue walls. The paint is in good shape and we don't really want to paint. If it's a girl, I was thinking of having one of those tree decals and maybe some owls. Not sure about a boy. We already have some monkeys themed stuff and race cars. I'll probably let DS pick the theme if we have a boy.
ETA: My main goal is not to spend too much money. My three-year old has already had three different "themes" in his room. We started out with nautical, then decided monkey was cuter when he got more of that personality. Then when we upgraded his room to a toddler room, we bought a race car bed and decorated the room with race cars. So I'm not really looking long term with this nursery design, but I do want it to be cost effective.
If its a boy, we will likely do some sort of nice (but low key) sports theme, I am not into animal themes, jungle or cars/trucks too much and DH and I are big sports people.
For a girl, we just moved DD into the other bedroom into her big girl room so we still have a lot of stuff from her nursery yet which I will incorporate into the new LO's nursery.
this was an easy decision. Lilly Pulitzer's first impression print if it's a girl, rubber duckies if it's a boy. Light blue walls with light trim either way (my nursery was blue and I liked it). My mom and I are going to sew most of the stuff for it.
I see another Lilly Pulitzer print is coming out in fabric that's mostly turquoise/green/navy and I'm really tempted to do that if it's a boy... but I can see DH putting his foot down lol.
Boy- vintage album covers/music theme
Girl- travel/fashion
that'll be so great!! My BIL is a great artist so both my nephews' nurseries and rooms were pretty fancy and painted. older nephew now has a pirate ship room and one wall looks like a stormy ocean. SO impressive.
I want something soft and soothing for the nursery, so the theme will really just be the colors we select. The playroom will have a more fun theme .... I love the Restoration Hardware Baby & Child colors and the fact that they bring in a bit of novelty without having to buy into an entire theme. So, I guess our theme will be Restoration hardward B&C? I have a few Jonathan Adler baby animal statues that will likely go in the room... When I was pregnant last time I bought a ton of his menagerie themed christmas ornaments (just white porcelain animals) and I will probably strategically place them in the hutch and whatnot...
My favorite idea, is that the playroom will have a DNA "portrait" of a gel of my, DH and LO's DNA.
TFMC 08.02.13 at 19+ weeks. Everyday I grieve for my little Olive.
Same here on the first nursery set. We bought our stuff from Land of Nod, it's called oh what a beautiful morning (sun/trees, etc.). We were team green with DS, and will be team green again. It's a nice gender neutral set. So we won't have much, if anything to buy.
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With our daughter, we did yellow walls and a garden theme (tall poppy and magnolia decals from Ikea, tin butterflies from oaxaca, a twig, and an origami crane mobile).
This time I'm considering an underwater theme or sky blue walls (with clouds) and things that fly - hot air balloons, antique style airplanes, birds, or perhaps planets.
That's such a neat idea!!
For us if it's a girl I'm torn between lavender/white/silver or forest theme
For a boy vintage sports theme but not too overdone
... and proud of it!!! Come on, it's freaking awesome!! Not sure which colors we would select, but this is a sample!
TFMC 08.02.13 at 19+ weeks. Everyday I grieve for my little Olive.
If its a girl, pink everything with flowers and butterfly's theme.
My grandmother offered to sew all the crib sheets and blankets and stuff, so I'm excited.
After 2+ years and multiple treatment cycles,
including an IVF vacation in Costa Rica/Panama,
IVF #2 brought us our miracle baby!
Surprise! Baby Boy is on the way!
lol that's awesome!! did you run the gel yourself? or are there places that will do this for you?
Love Jonathan Adler. I might need to steal this idea
LOL!!!!!! You TOTALLY got me before I scrolled down. Should've seen the confused look on my face!!!
So jealous! This is what I wanted while we were TTC, but they no longer sell it and I haven't been able to find it on eBay either.
Idk if we will do a theme. The walls are blue and we already have beige blackout curtains in there. So boy or girl, it will probably just be light blue with brown, beige, and cream. Maybe I'll incorporate A B Cs or something into that.
OMG what an adorable idea!! I am so glad we're finally posting about these haha. I love hearing everyones' plans! I was thinking baby farm animals or maybe dancing teddy bears (I know it sounds corny but I love dance) or a picnic in the park theme. So many ideas, but I know I definitely want a theme for our baby girl.