nurserydecor

This blog post has been at least 8 months in the making. A month before my now almost seven-month-old baby girl was born her nursery was finished. I had every intention of posting about it back then, but it turns out the transition from one child to two under 2 is a tad bit more difficult than I had daydreamed!

Before Aila was born, I absolutely felt an urgency to have her room completed, even though, she wouldn’t need her room till months after. If I am honest, we only use her room for playtime, diaper changes, getting her dressed and some nursing sessions- she sleeps in our room. But to me the nursery was a labor of love to literally prepare a special place for her. It was calming to nest-I guess that’s why we naturally organize and wash everything before baby comes. With so many uncontrollables during pregnancy, preparing every detail of her room made me feel as if I had some type of control and readiness.

Here are pictures of her room- I hope it inspires you.

In April 2014 we had our first baby. When the hubby and I found out we were pregnant we both had this “grand” idea of waiting to find out the gender till the baby was born. I say “grand” idea because I am very impatient and bad at being surprised. I practically helped my mom plan my 18th birthday surprise party, and anytime Jimmy (my hubby) has a surprise for me he ends up telling me.

So, I was pretty cooperative with this surprise enjoying the journey, but…You can imagine by week 40 of my pregnancy, and still no baby, I was begging Jimmy to let me call the doctor to find out the gender. Of course he didn’t let me! Come on!! 40 weeks is a long time to wait for a surprise and not to mention the little rascal didn’t come till 9 days after my due date!

But anyway, since the baby’s gender was a surprise, I wanted to create a cozy gender neutral nursery.

I was inspired by beautiful nurseries that I found on pinterest like these:

From this nursery from Things That Sparkle blog, I was inspired by the luxurious cozy feel with the cremes and grays and the different fabrics.
I loved all the natural elements of dark wood mixed with the softness and comfort of all the creamy neutrals from this nursery featured in Nursery Notations by Estee Stanley
I was in love with this type of rocking chair that was used by Little Green Notebook
Along with all the other elements I’ve already mentioned that inspired me, I also really liked how this nursery, found on Decor Pad, incorporated animal prints.

I set out to create a nursery that contained all the elements I loved. Here is our gender neutral nursery, and once our little boy was born we added his name over his crib. Please click on the images for a full description.

We chose a pale green color that mimicked the color inside a cucumber to add a neutral but natural feel. The gray crib is from Babies R Us. The white cozy shaggy rug is from Homegoods.

The mobile was handmade by my sister in law and niece. We found the painting at Homegoods. The nicknacks on the shelf where gifts, The letters that spell out the baby’s name where from Hobby Lobby.