Need a little inspiration? Design-savvy parents share their nursery decorating tips. Here are our top picks.
Hannah's Pink and Green Paradise
Inspiration: Twins! "The room actually came from the idea of how I would do a nursery if I were having twins," says mom Brittany Durrett. "We had two bedrooms and I wondered how it would look if we tore down the wall and had a suite. I didn't have twins," she says, "but I thought, why not tear it down anyway?"
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Mom's favorite element: The bedding. "My mom made the bedding, the wall treatments, and many other accessories in the room," Durrett says. "Everything is very special to me."
Decorating tips: "Don't rush the process," she says. "When I get an idea, I want to see the result right away. But if I had chosen the first few fabrics or accessories that I found, then I wouldn't be nearly as happy with the room as I am," she adds.
Inspiration: Twins! "The room actually came from the idea of how I would do a nursery if I were having twins," says mom Brittany Durrett. "We had two bedrooms and I wondered how it would look if we tore down the wall and had a suite. I didn't have twins," she says, "but I thought, why not tear it down anyway?"
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Mom's favorite element: The bedding. "My mom made the bedding, the wall treatments, and many other accessories in the room," Durrett says. "Everything is very special to me."
Decorating tips: "Don't rush the process," she says. "When I get an idea, I want to see the result right away. But if I had chosen the first few fabrics or accessories that I found, then I wouldn't be nearly as happy with the room as I am," she adds.
Jaxen's Cosmic Space
Inspiration: Outer space. "My husband is a space junkie, so the rocket-ship theme was a no-brainer," says mom Hope Litwin.
Location: Alberta, Canada
Mom's favorite element: The painted rocket ship on the wall and the laser projector that displays stars on the ceiling.
Decorating tips: "Be creative and don't be afraid to go over the top," says Litwin. "Kids love color and creativity, so make the room as personal as you would have liked your room to be when you were a kid."
Parents.com tip: To create a mural, sketch your design or trace an image you find on to a piece of paper, and get a transparency made at a copy shop. Use an overhead projector to display it on the wall you wish to paint, moving it farther or closer to get it the right size. Trace your design using a pencil, then paint inside the lines.
Inspiration: Outer space. "My husband is a space junkie, so the rocket-ship theme was a no-brainer," says mom Hope Litwin.
Location: Alberta, Canada
Mom's favorite element: The painted rocket ship on the wall and the laser projector that displays stars on the ceiling.
Decorating tips: "Be creative and don't be afraid to go over the top," says Litwin. "Kids love color and creativity, so make the room as personal as you would have liked your room to be when you were a kid."
Parents.com tip: To create a mural, sketch your design or trace an image you find on to a piece of paper, and get a transparency made at a copy shop. Use an overhead projector to display it on the wall you wish to paint, moving it farther or closer to get it the right size. Trace your design using a pencil, then paint inside the lines.
Harrison's Timeless Stripes
Inspiration: A desire for timeless decor. "We wanted a nursery that our son could grow into and wouldn't appear too babyish when he got older," says mom Julie Rurka.
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Mom's favorite element: The stripes! "I really like the striking contrast of the pale blue and cream with the dark brown furniture."
Decorating tips: "Plan!" says Julie. "We first measured from the floor to the section of the wall where we wanted to put the chair rail and drew a line in pencil. We painted below the line brown and above the line cream. We then went through with measuring tape and measured 10 inches apart and drew the lines in pencil using a vertical laser level. We taped up each section or stripe with paint tape and painted every other stripe light blue. We removed the tape before the paint dried too much in order to prevent the paint from peeling." She also suggests toting paint samples around wherever you go in case you see something you want to buy for the nursery. "We were able to pick out bedding without wondering whether or not the colors would match."
Inspiration: A desire for timeless decor. "We wanted a nursery that our son could grow into and wouldn't appear too babyish when he got older," says mom Julie Rurka.
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Mom's favorite element: The stripes! "I really like the striking contrast of the pale blue and cream with the dark brown furniture."
Decorating tips: "Plan!" says Julie. "We first measured from the floor to the section of the wall where we wanted to put the chair rail and drew a line in pencil. We painted below the line brown and above the line cream. We then went through with measuring tape and measured 10 inches apart and drew the lines in pencil using a vertical laser level. We taped up each section or stripe with paint tape and painted every other stripe light blue. We removed the tape before the paint dried too much in order to prevent the paint from peeling." She also suggests toting paint samples around wherever you go in case you see something you want to buy for the nursery. "We were able to pick out bedding without wondering whether or not the colors would match."
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