Decorating Advice and Paint Colors

I think this is the perfect crib bedding to design a nursery around.  It’s inexpensive.  It’s unique.  It’s Chic.  It still is whimsical.  It’s childlike without being predictable.  Do you really need any more reasons?  I love the colors.  It reminds me of a really expensive shopping bag, or store awning.  If it were me I would use this bedding & design an entire room around it.

I would paint the walls a taupe color that will coordinate with everything.

I would accessorize with those line drawings of poodles that seem to be everywhere.

Any color of furniture will go with this bedding, so just use what you have.

Have a really chic lamp to add an air of elegance, trimmed with feathers or beads.

I think this bedding is the perfect inspiration for a chic baby room.  It reminds me of French designers mid century, I don’t know why, but it does.

The crib that I used when I was a little kid is still sitting in the basement.  My mom saved it for me, for when I have kids someday.  It’s such a cool idea, & I’m so glad she did.  However, this also means that we’ve had to store it for 24 years, & will probably have to do so for many more years before it gets any actual use.  This is why convertible cribs are becoming so popular.  For the same price as a regular crib, you can buy one that is a crib, but can also change into a full size bed, & a day bed.  This means that your kid can have the same piece of furniture all the way through their growing up years.  It won’t just be in the basement gather dust.

It’s garage sale time which means that I have to wake up early every Saturday to try to find furniture & accessories for my house. This also means that it’s time to think about garage sale driving. The darting from post to post, stopping in mid traffic to try & see if the neon poster board says 200 E or 800 E. This is pretty unsafe. If I’m not the dangerous garage sale driver, then I’m usually behind one, extremely nervous about the crazy way they are driving. Here are some reasons that it is better shop in free classifieds.

• No early Saturday mornings. You can look through them whenever you like.
• No crazy garage sale driving.
• No impulse buying. Often our judgment isn’t the best early on a Saturday morning & we end up buying junk. With classifieds you have time to look through them & decide what you really want.
• “It’s My Market” has lots of extras like weather reports, dating services, blogs, & even movie listings. I’d like to see a garage sale do that.

You can find listings that are local to your area if you live in Great Britain, so take a look, & then sleep in this Saturday morning.

I have the scary introduction music, well the title that acts like music, because I think decorating the nursery is often overlooked.  Yes, most parents decorate it, but they just give it a generic theme like blue or pink. This room is one of the most important rooms to decorate of all time because it’s basically their baby’s first introduction to the world and it’s important to make a good first impression.

I know that this may seem serious but decorating nursery should be fun,  & it shouldn’t spend of all the the baby’s college education fund just in order to decorate it. A good nursery should have all of the pieces of furniture that may be necessary & not a lot of clutter.  There should also be plenty of floor space for when baby learns how to crawl. I will try to share unique design ideas that I have that will hopefully create a happy space for babies to grow up in, please share any ideas of your own.

To me, it seems like if you go to most stores that sell baby items there will be three or four choices for the nursery. If you don’t fit into one of those choices then you might feel like you don’t have many options. Honestly I think that most nurseries end up looking exactly the same. This is unfortunate for the following reasons:

• The nursery often won’t fit in with the rest of the style of the house. Yes it is a special room but there should also be some continuity.

• The parents will be spending most of the time in the new nursery. They will be the ones that really notice how it is decorated. So if they don’t like a precious moments theme or pastel colors then they are out of luck.

• All new parents just have to make a guess as to what their child will be like.

• It may be the only time that you will get your husband or significant other to paint the walls, so make sure it’s a color that you can all live with for a very long time.

It’s important to think outside the box, or the idea of a nursery in a bag & come up with a space that you love & that your baby will love, no pressure, no pressure.  I’ve decided to come up with a few inexpensive nursery themes that are also unique in the next few weeks.  If anyone has any requests for certain themes, please let me know.