Our nursery has been ready for almost three weeks now. I'm glad that I pushed ahead and got things ready early, because I don't have much energy to put together furniture or organize living spaces right now. It's been fun to put this nursery together; we weren't able to have a coordinated nursery space when Sam was a baby, because of our living situation and circumstances back then.
I especially love the floral rug and the series of bug prints that we got from the Land of Nod for this room. We picked orange for an accent color, which I think is very cheerful. Although we do have a little bit of pink in the flowers and storage bins, I'm hoping that pink will never be a major accent color in this bedroom. I don't like how pink is such a pre-selected and promoted color for little baby girls and toddlers these days. If anything, I think it is ironic, since in the early 20th century pink used to be the color associated with boys, not girls.
J and I spent a few hours mulling over which crib bedding to get. We both wanted orange to be an accent color for the bedding, but we couldn't find anything that we both liked. We ended up getting solid light orange fitted sheets from Carousel Designs, and then the Georgia Nursery Bedding bumper and Lara Eyelet Crib Skirt from Pottery Barn Kids. The quilt draped over the side of the bed was made by one of my friends from work, who happened to pick colors that fit well with our bedding color scheme.
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Love the colors! That rug is to die for, M. I always want to purchase the WHOLE Land of Nod catalog...
I remember decorating for Celia's nursery - we chose yellow stripes for an accent wall and I made her crib bumpers and curtains in a red, yellow and white design. I was so "anti"-pink...and despite not having much of anything pink, a couple years down the road, her favorite color was what?? PINK. :) Just be aware, haha!
Congrats on the upcoming arrival of your baby girl! I am looking forward to seeing more updates when she comes. I really love that rug too--I almost bought the same one for Claire's room except that I decided a circular rug would work better with the shape of the space.
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