nursery design: initial design ideas

for awhile now, i’ve been thinking about nursery design and what i want. i know that i’d like it to be fairly simple and clean, with art on the wall that’s not necessarily ‘baby’ art and furniture that we can reuse for a second child or for the baby’s room as they grow.we’re not finding out the gender of the baby until he/she is born, so it has to be gender-neutral.

i’ve put together a primary design plot that pulls together a lot of elements i want: grey and yellow, birds, simplicity and cool/useful furniture. plus, the bell jar chandelier is just about as sweet as can be. i’ve already convinced hubby to make it, so that’s his next big project.

any items that aren’t grey or yellow or white (like the bottom of the crib) will be getting painted (i’m using Mythic Paint, which is non-toxic and baby-friendly) and will be able to be reused in the future.

all of the walls are the light grey and the trim is a combination of the dark grey and the yellow. i’m planning on making the ottoman myself, since i saw a tutorial on it awhile ago (so easy) and will probably find a used dresser and refurbish it as well. a lot of diy projects will probably be going into this (just remembered we need curtains!) which i am excited about - i love sewing and designing and working stuff out, so this is going to be really fun.

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