08
Feb
Nursery Color Possibilities
category: Baby Love, DécorWhen we moved in our house in September, we decided to paint the “future” baby room right away since we were painting the whole house anyway. We opted for a neutral color so that whether we had a boy or a girl we could always dress up the room with accessories, wall decoration and bedding. and wouldn’t need to paint it all over again. The bedroom already had some wainscoting… which was exactly what I wanted for baby’s future room.
I knew I wanted chocolate brown furniture in the room when I saw the image below. I liked the look of it with the pale wainscoting and walls. Even though the furniture is more of a walnut color (in the image), it gives an overall idea of the color differences.
We painted the wainscoting a pure white, and the top part a grayish/purpley color (middle color – smoked oyster) The color looks a little more purple than what you see on screen. I didn’t want a pure gray because I didn’t want the room to feel cold. So have a tint of color warmed it up just a bit.
I’m really happy with the color choice for the room. Neutral, yet can still be gender focused when paired with other colors. So say we have a girl, we can accent with pinks and/or purples and if we have a boy we could go green and/or blue. Below is a variety of possibilities for color choices.
(the image above is actually the nursery 3-piece set we got for the nursery – in espresso)
Now, I know that before I can start decorating… I need to 1) Choose the bedding 2) Decide if I want a theme (no animals please) 3) Run it by the hubby… heh I tend to make decisions without even asking him. I know bad Kelly (slaps hand)
So now, gotta choose some bedding. Any good sites with no-so-common baby bedding? I don’t want to have animals, planes, butterflies, trucks..etc (Ya I know I don’t have it easy) But I prefer having say a mixture of textures / patterns. Dots, Stripes, Tartan… what ever looks neat. I’m going for modern, yet fun. Something like this…
Oh Sarah Richardson (also known as my ultimate FAVE designer) you did it so well…Hopefully I can be 1/100 as good as you 
Posted by: Kelly | Glamour This!
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Did you see my niece Hailey’s nursery? Katelyn blogged about it here:
http://fiveblondes.com/decorating/raspbabys-nursery/
It’s not the colours that you’re looking for, but she has a mix of patterns and designs that you might like!
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