Baby on its way? It's time to get the nursery ready.
Here are some nursery design ideas you can crib.
Decorating A Baby Nursery - A Few Essentials by:
Michael Holland
You're expecting a child and suddenly you need to find the time and the
budget for decorating a baby nursery. However, before unleashing your credit
cards, there are a few essentials you should take into consideration when
decorating a baby nursery before you get into grander themes and strategies.
Consider the following decorating elements to avoid having to redecorate in a
year or two:
A Pleasing Color Scheme
This should be your first consideration when decorating a baby nursery. Pale
yellows, lilacs, or cream colors are a good foundation and will be suitable for
both boys and girls, infants and toddlers.
If you are determined to go with pinks and blues, you can make the look more
flexible by keeping the colors pale, and then adding accent colors in bright
primary colors.
You can find a large assortment of stick-on borders that are easy to remove and
change as your baby grows. Look at borders with blues, yellows, lavender, and
sage or grass greens. Then pick up the border colors in your baby linens, lamps,
curtains, mobiles, and dressers.
You can paint an existing dresser in one of the border colors, and then easily
repaint it when your child decides he or she has a favorite color. You can also
decorate dresses with stickers or hand paint designs on the wood.
A Sturdy Rocking Chair
If you are decorating a baby nursery, you absolutely must include a rocking
chair. You will find this item to be a sanity saver as your baby finally falls
asleep in your arms. And you may even drift off yourself if the rocker is
sufficiently comfy.
Either make or buy soft, deep seat cushions and pillows for your back in one of
the colors on the walls' border. Try a print fabric with an accent color for the
seat cushion, and blue or lavender solid fabrics for the back rest pillows.
A High Quality Crib
In decorating a baby nursery, the most crucial element is the crib. Do not cut
corners in terms of your budget on this piece. The crib must be of the best
quality you can afford and certifiably safe for infants.
Cribs come in a multitude of styles, colors, and materials. Remember that you
don't have to match the rest of your furniture to your crib. You can still have
a clean white crib with a pale pine or oak dresser. Mix up plastics and woods,
patterns and solid to design the most flexible plan for decorating a baby
nursery.
Assorted Linens
Use your baby linens to change the look of the room when decorating a baby
nursery. Sew or buy a number of washable duvets so you can change them often and
wash them easily. Stock up on some plain white fitted crib sheets for those
times when you know you'll be tossing them out. It's better than throwing away a
beautiful patterned sheet that matches a number of elements in the nursery.
These are the fundamentals to get you started on decorating a baby nursery.
After you have your color scheme and basic furnishings, you can move on to the
fun, incredibly cute design elements available for decorating baby nurseries.
About The Author
Michael Holland is the creator of the Web site
www.kids-rooms-and-crafts.com His site
offers lots of FREE decorating tips and ideas for decorating children's
rooms.
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