Has anyone been wrestling over this idea besides me?
Have you already chosen?
Are you waiting to find out the sex first?
Do you dig the neutral colored styles that are going around these days or do you lean towards more color?
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I can't seem to decide for myself yet. I found a cute pinterest with like air balloons that make me think of an adventure that I find appealing. Having a hard time deciding though. I'd love to hear other ladies ideas.
Someone here on nov16 (I forget who) said something about a studio ghibli themed nursery and once I started browsing baby rooms with the same theme I fell in love.
I had to google that to find out what it was but oh my gosh it's so cute! And it utilizes bright bold colors too!!
I have a weird and possibly irrational fear of using things that are too neutral. I had read somewhere at some point that bold colors helped stimulate brain and was good for babies. I can't find it now but I'm like omg what if I get too neutral. (I'm totally drawn to neutral by the way it would totally be my preference if I wasn't worried about this lol)
@OakleypoozlesIf you really think about it, the decoration of the nursery is more for the parents than the baby because honestly the baby could care less what color the walls are and what kind of crib it's sleeping in. I say if you like neutral colors then go neutral. There's all kinds of other ways the baby can be stimulated with bold colors.
We've known since the beginning that we're having a boy but I'm doing a pretty neutral nursery. We're painting the walls grey and have registered for this bedding and the prints. I'm not worried about the bright colors vs neutral and brain development. I don't feel like we'll spend too much time in there and we also have a playroom downstairs that I'd like to do in blues and aquas and kind of making it like a sea/nautical theme.
New baby will room in with us for 6 months + (DS was with us until 9 months). At that point, we'll move new baby to the nursery (DS is still there now). It's Harry Potter themed.
If we have a boy, I like a slightly nautical theme, something along the lines of the below. Before we had DD, we had bought a couple of Monet Prints on a trip to Paris. They never really fit anywhere in our apartment, so we ended up sort of designing her nursery around them.
On our last Paris trip H bought this Monet print (second image) and showed it to me saying "maybe for baby number two?" So I like the idea of keeping with that theme.
If if its a girl I'm really not sure. I feel like I exhausted my girl design skills the last time.
@Oakleypoozles If you really think about it, the decoration of the nursery is more for the parents than the baby because honestly the baby could care less what color the walls are and what kind of crib it's sleeping in. I say if you like neutral colors then go neutral. There's all kinds of other ways the baby can be stimulated with bold colors.
Seconded that the nursery is for you. With DD, we moved her in at 3 months (H snores, it had to happen). I adore her nursery. I felt like it was such a cozy and comfortable place. It didn't necessarily make the 3AM feedings better, but it might have helped my mood a little. So my advice is to design a room you like to be in.
Also, depending on the layout of your house, your baby might really only end up spending time in the nursery while sleeping (this is the case for us). And if that's the case, you might want to go with more soothing colors. Save the bold designs for the playroom/play area. The last thing you want at bedtime is more stimulation.
Oh man I really love how unique the Flamingos are and all the tones of both sets are like perfect. Realllly digging the woodland (I have been considering because it can be unisex and I hate waiting to find out lol)
I think we'll go with a lamb theme- when we get a house that can have a nursery, that is, since we currently have a one bedroom apartment. It's cute, pretty easy to find, pretty gender neutral. My parents raised sheep when I was younger and I currently do herding with my Border Collie. I need this mobile
There's also the rocker that @whitneyf1 posted and other things I've run into.
Beach and star wars themes are tempting too, though. I could maybe be talked into those. When I thought we were maybe moving to CA I was pretty obsessed with a sea lion/otter theme.
My friend has a nursery kind of like the one @whitneyf1 posted and I love it! I wanted to do an elephant and giraffe theme in muted colors but then I saw these anchor sheets that I fell in love with. At the moment the theme is anchors and whales, although I did see an elephant mobile that was so adorable the other day. My mom is going to do a nursery at her house as well so I might have her decorate in whichever theme I don't pick.
New baby will room in with us for 6 months + (DS was with us until 9 months). At that point, we'll move new baby to the nursery (DS is still there now). It's Harry Potter themed.
I would love to see pics of your HP nursery! We are big fans!
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For a girl nursery I'm doing purple floral. Not really a theme I guess. For a boy nursery I want to do blue and green with a few whales here and there, but nothing over the top. Our boy name is Jonah so I don't want a ton of whales because of the whole "Jonah and the Whale" cheesiness but I've always loved whales
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@shevaCC Oh my gosh I love it. Your organization cubbies are super awesome too and I love how you have the books down low where the babies can get at them! Totally awesome that even the humidifier is woodland themed hehe
EDK2010 I love coral and navy for a girls room! I saw the cutest room the other day and was so excited to show it to hubby and he hates it! I was shocked and annoyed b/c he said that I could do what I wanted to with her room (since shes a girl). Now hes taking it back! grrrrr. Anyway hope you get to do it. :-)
We painted our nursery light grey with a dark grey accent wall. Accent colors will be teal, orange, and yellow based off the bedding we plan on getting.
Alright ladies, I'm only in mobile, so apologies if these pictures are huge. I also had to pick and choose angles because, well, a very active 2 year old resides in this room now. It currently looks more "Hogwarts meets Twister" than "Harry Potter". On my to-do list is a good decluttering!
Potion bottles above the window
Mobile and broomstick above the crib. The mobile's keys are missing some of their wings. Also on my to-do list is to glue those back on. Also, hanging from the broomstick used to be DS's name, but once he got older, he started pulling on them, so they're down for now.
DIY dresser decopaged with pages of Sorcerer's Stone on the drawers. There's actually a matching pair in the room.
These bins are actually supposed to be T-Rex's I think, but they do well enough as dragons for the closet bin organizer...that I'm totally too chicken to show a full view of because it's a mess.
Window....much of one wall is an open closet and has the same window treatments. Oh...and that humidifier is an owl...but who knows what DS did with the top of it...
There's one of each of these for each Hogwarts house above the closet.
Bedding. We didn't do bumpers for safety reasons, but we have the matching changing pad cover too - honestly don't think DS's bare butt ever touched it though. Changing pad/table was totally useless to us.
For my first, we went just went with bright colors. We didn't want it to get too "rainbow", so I was looking for mostly non-primary colors. I found this fabric and made a crib skirt and quilt using the chevron and star fabrics (the ones with the red and the gray).
The nursery was also serves as the playroom and is right outside the kitchen. It's worked really well for having the toys blend in with the design, rather than fighting it. We just embraced the crazy!
Will probably reuse everything for this LO, except I hope to get around to making a new quilt. I want each baby to have their own!
New baby will room in with us for 6 months + (DS was with us until 9 months). At that point, we'll move new baby to the nursery (DS is still there now). It's Harry Potter themed.
I would love to see pics of your HP nursery! We are big fans!
I also had a HP-themed shower with DS that was stinkin' awesome. ....and announcement this time is HP-themed. Suffice to say, we're a little HP-crazy.
We're doing elephants with either a navy or teal accent in the nursery and then the eventual play room will be geek themed (star Wars, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings mostly).
My husband and I came to an agreement; if it's a boy, we're doing a comic book themed nursery and if it's a girl, it will be Alice in Wonderland themed.
Am I the only one who kinda hates chevron? It's kinda outdone and just ew. Same with zebra and cheetah print.
I have an acquaintance who is all about the hot pink and zebra for her girls like its 2004. I can't. My other friend and I just send each other screenshots with no comment. Chevron isn't AS offensive but it's overuse is working on my nerves.
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I had to google that to find out what it was but oh my gosh it's so cute! And it utilizes bright bold colors too!!
I have a weird and possibly irrational fear of using things that are too neutral. I had read somewhere at some point that bold colors helped stimulate brain and was good for babies. I can't find it now but I'm like omg what if I get too neutral. (I'm totally drawn to neutral by the way it would totally be my preference if I wasn't worried about this lol)
On our last Paris trip H bought this Monet print (second image) and showed it to me saying "maybe for baby number two?" So I like the idea of keeping with that theme.
If if its a girl I'm really not sure. I feel like I exhausted my girl design skills the last time.
Seconded that the nursery is for you. With DD, we moved her in at 3 months (H snores, it had to happen). I adore her nursery. I felt like it was such a cozy and comfortable place. It didn't necessarily make the 3AM feedings better, but it might have helped my mood a little. So my advice is to design a room you like to be in.
Also, depending on the layout of your house, your baby might really only end up spending time in the nursery while sleeping (this is the case for us). And if that's the case, you might want to go with more soothing colors. Save the bold designs for the playroom/play area. The last thing you want at bedtime is more stimulation.
I think we'll go with a lamb theme- when we get a house that can have a nursery, that is, since we currently have a one bedroom apartment. It's cute, pretty easy to find, pretty gender neutral. My parents raised sheep when I was younger and I currently do herding with my Border Collie. I need this mobile
There's also the rocker that @whitneyf1 posted and other things I've run into.
Beach and star wars themes are tempting too, though. I could maybe be talked into those. When I thought we were maybe moving to CA I was pretty obsessed with a sea lion/otter theme.
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TTC#2 April 2019Potion bottles above the window
Mobile and broomstick above the crib. The mobile's keys are missing some of their wings. Also on my to-do list is to glue those back on. Also, hanging from the broomstick used to be DS's name, but once he got older, he started pulling on them, so they're down for now.
DIY dresser decopaged with pages of Sorcerer's Stone on the drawers. There's actually a matching pair in the room.
These bins are actually supposed to be T-Rex's I think, but they do well enough as dragons for the closet bin organizer...that I'm totally too chicken to show a full view of because it's a mess.
Window....much of one wall is an open closet and has the same window treatments. Oh...and that humidifier is an owl...but who knows what DS did with the top of it...
There's one of each of these for each Hogwarts house above the closet.
Bedding. We didn't do bumpers for safety reasons, but we have the matching changing pad cover too - honestly don't think DS's bare butt ever touched it though. Changing pad/table was totally useless to us.
The nursery was also serves as the playroom and is right outside the kitchen. It's worked really well for having the toys blend in with the design, rather than fighting it. We just embraced the crazy!
Will probably reuse everything for this LO, except I hope to get around to making a new quilt. I want each baby to have their own!
Daughter #2 - Oct 2014
Daughter #3 - Nov 2016
Baby #4 - Sept 2018
I like the blue/grey or blue/pink with the sky theme (clouds, balloons). Sorry if the pictures are big, all I ever use is my phone.