Over the weekend we found out that little miss Caroline was getting a little boy cousin, come this summer. Granted, he won't make a very good play friend until the winter, at least - but we are excited to have another family member on the way. And because I love designing nurseries and would consider having more children just to have an excuse to decorate another room, I thought I would throw a design board together in celebration.
I recently saw this photo on Pinterest, and I thought it would make for a great inspiration for a nursery. (You can follow me on Pinterest here.)
I love the combination of Nautical and Americana blend of decor. Plus, it's easy to find nursery appropriate items, that will easily grow with the child. As much as I love redesigning rooms, the practical side of me can't help with the budgetary efficiency of it all. I used the above photo to help create a room that is part nursery, part pre-teen, but all boy.
First, I thought it would be great to have an accent wall (or the whole room if you were ambitious enough!) clad in this 1x6
tongue-in-groove wood paneling. Painted the whole room in a classic white that will never go out of style, Benjamin Moore's White Dove. I know some people have a hard time painting rooms white, but with all the other color in this room, it's important to have a blank canvas.
I picked out a variety of red, white and blue fabrics that drive home the Americana theme, without screaming "4th of July". This sheet set in navy and white stripe also comes in
crib size and would be a perfect fit for the room (buy 2 or 3!). I thought a
red, white and blue stripe would be perfect for the crib skirt and a throw pillow for the rocking chair, a
red and white chevron (combined with white terry sides) for the box-style crib bumpers, and a classic nautical
anchor print for a covered ottoman and the curtain trim. It would be easy to sew a simple border on these
inexpensive curtains. And I love these
curtain rods (which are currently on sale!).
I picked a
classic white crib that would work well in this room, and another other tot rooms down the road. But this
vintage flag print mounted behind the crib, combined with this
sail boat mobile, all tie into the theme. Every nursery needs a
good rocking chair for those long nights, and this one is comfortable enough to get you through. And I love the contrast of the crisp white chair against this
reclaimed wood end table (perfectly distressed without sharp corners or edges!).
And maybe for some non-traditional book storage display, you could hang two of these
magazine racks stacked vertically, next to your chair for easy reach each evening. I used two of
these hampers in Caroline's room for toy storage, and I think they are just the best, so I am using them again here. They are easy to tote around the room, and they make for great dirty clothes hampers, when lots of toys go by the wayside.
I used the white version of
this Ikea dresser in Caroline's nursery, and I couldn't be happier. It has tons of space for clothes storage and makes for a great changing table, too. We didn't have room for a separate changing station that you won't use after two years, so this dresser is versatile enough for now and years to come! Plus the blue is perfect for this boy's room. Change out
the knobs to these, so the piece doesn't look
so Ikea, and it will tie into the curtain rods, too. Hang this
maritime bunting on the wall next to the dresser, to distract your little one while changing dirty nappies.
Ground the whole room with this great
Dash and Albert rug (I love their stuff, we own several) and I adore this
nautical-inspired overhead light in bronze to tie the whole room together. Plus the overhead works great with this
table lamp (to put on the dresser), which is the same one from my inspiration room!
So there you go little man, a room of your own come July! If only putting the room together were so easy...
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