Need a little inspiration? Design-savvy parents share their nursery decorating tips. Here are our top picks.
Mia's Floral-Mod Room
Inspiration: Flowers
Location: Hazlet, New Jersey
Mom's favorite element: Ribbon mobile. Diane Desimini says it keeps Mia entertained during diaper changes. Crafty idea: Desimini created the mobile from ribbons and an embroidery hoop. Once all the elements were in place, she hot-glued the ribbons to keep them from slipping and placed another sash around the hoop.
Decorating tips: Desimini hand-painted the border on the wall to echo the pattern on the baby's bedding. "I also sewed the letters of Mia's name myself, and hung them with ribbons on tiny nails," she says.
Inspiration: Flowers
Location: Hazlet, New Jersey
Mom's favorite element: Ribbon mobile. Diane Desimini says it keeps Mia entertained during diaper changes. Crafty idea: Desimini created the mobile from ribbons and an embroidery hoop. Once all the elements were in place, she hot-glued the ribbons to keep them from slipping and placed another sash around the hoop.
Decorating tips: Desimini hand-painted the border on the wall to echo the pattern on the baby's bedding. "I also sewed the letters of Mia's name myself, and hung them with ribbons on tiny nails," she says.
Carson's Cowboy Room
Inspiration: Vintage cowboys
Location: McKinney, Texas
Favorite element: Three-wall mural painted by a friend. "It envelops you as you walk in the room," Kerry Doke says.
Decorating tips: "If you go with a theme, go all out," says Doke. "(A nursery) is the only place in the house you can get away with going overboard." If you have trouble deciding where to put everything, try her trick: "I cut out pieces of newspaper the size of my furniture and placed them in the room before putting the furniture in." Moving pieces of paper is a lot easier than lifting heavy objects.
Inspiration: Vintage cowboys
Location: McKinney, Texas
Favorite element: Three-wall mural painted by a friend. "It envelops you as you walk in the room," Kerry Doke says.
Decorating tips: "If you go with a theme, go all out," says Doke. "(A nursery) is the only place in the house you can get away with going overboard." If you have trouble deciding where to put everything, try her trick: "I cut out pieces of newspaper the size of my furniture and placed them in the room before putting the furniture in." Moving pieces of paper is a lot easier than lifting heavy objects.
Schuyler's Garden
Inspiration: A love for the outdoors
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Favorite element: Butterflies hanging from the ceiling. Says Liz Weirshousky: "They've caught Schuyler's attention since she was born."
Decorating tips: "Blue painters' tape is a do-it-yourselfer's best friend," she says. "I always get the 2-inch-wide tape. It covers hard areas that you don't want to get paint on." She also advises use of uncommon elements. Weirshousky tacked up pieces of vertical blinds to create the illusion of a picket fence. "I drew the design on each slat and cut them out with regular scissors," she explains. "We nailed the horizontal pieces to the wall in just a couple of places and then used double-stick cushion tape to fasten the pickets to the horizontal rails."
Inspiration: A love for the outdoors
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Favorite element: Butterflies hanging from the ceiling. Says Liz Weirshousky: "They've caught Schuyler's attention since she was born."
Decorating tips: "Blue painters' tape is a do-it-yourselfer's best friend," she says. "I always get the 2-inch-wide tape. It covers hard areas that you don't want to get paint on." She also advises use of uncommon elements. Weirshousky tacked up pieces of vertical blinds to create the illusion of a picket fence. "I drew the design on each slat and cut them out with regular scissors," she explains. "We nailed the horizontal pieces to the wall in just a couple of places and then used double-stick cushion tape to fasten the pickets to the horizontal rails."
Lily's Bright Quarters
Inspiration: Curtains
Location: Covington, Georgia
Favorite element: Bold, checkered walls
Decorating tips: For painting stripes, the key is to be exact with all the measuring, says Judy David. She first measured the center of the room to paint the yellow cloud. Then before tackling the watermelon stripes, she covered the cloud with tape. "We mixed one part paint to two parts glaze," she adds. David repainted the stripes with a wallpaper brush to give it a linen effect.
Keep sending us your photos! We'd like to add the picture of your baby's room to our collection of real-life nurseries.
Inspiration: Curtains
Location: Covington, Georgia
Favorite element: Bold, checkered walls
Decorating tips: For painting stripes, the key is to be exact with all the measuring, says Judy David. She first measured the center of the room to paint the yellow cloud. Then before tackling the watermelon stripes, she covered the cloud with tape. "We mixed one part paint to two parts glaze," she adds. David repainted the stripes with a wallpaper brush to give it a linen effect.
Keep sending us your photos! We'd like to add the picture of your baby's room to our collection of real-life nurseries.
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