| Baby nursery décor can be extremely | | | | black spots, than the color red and black spots |
| overwhelming, especially for new parents. There | | | | should be a common part of the theme. |
| are many different decorations, furniture items, | | | | Step 3 - Furnish your theme. After your theme is |
| bedding, wall art, etc. for you to think about. | | | | focused, you need to turn your attention to |
| Therefore to help you narrow down your | | | | furniture, and furniture placement. You need to |
| decisions, it's a good idea to focus on a theme. | | | | decide what furniture is needed, and then set it |
| Keep in mind, a theme doesn't need to be based | | | | up in the room to achieve the best and most |
| on a cartoon, teddy bears, clowns, or animals; it | | | | convenient and unobstructed layout. Start with |
| can be based on something as simple as a color | | | | the essential pieces (I.E. crib, dresser, and change |
| or be entirely eclectic. | | | | table), and if you still have enough room, you can |
| Even though a theme isn't necessary for your | | | | then add more furniture such as a rocking chair, |
| baby's nursery, it can be helpful when it comes to | | | | end table, etc. |
| focusing and organizing your decorating ideas. With | | | | Since most of the baby nursery décor |
| that in mind, the following is a step-by-step | | | | accessories will be the focal point of your theme, |
| method of how you can focus your baby nursery | | | | it's a good idea to keep furniture looking simple. |
| décor plan by using a theme. | | | | Matching wood or white colored furniture goes |
| Step 1 - Select a theme. Picking a theme is about | | | | with just about every theme. |
| focusing on one element and using this element | | | | Step 4 - Color your theme. Once you know |
| throughout all of the items you use to decorate | | | | where the furniture will go, the next step is your |
| the nursery. Examples of a theme include, but are | | | | walls. You may choose to wallpaper in your |
| certainly not limited to: | | | | theme, or paint the walls. When painting your |
| - Classic cartoon - I.E. "Mickey Mouse", "Winnie the | | | | walls, regardless of your theme, it's a good idea |
| Pooh", "Peter Rabbit", etc. | | | | to choose a light color to create an open and |
| - Magical creatures - I.E. fairies, dragons, elves, etc. | | | | gentle feeling. Good colors include a warm shade |
| - any characters that can be found in fairytales | | | | of white, light yellow, green, pink or blue. Paint the |
| and nursery rhymes. | | | | wall a solid color and then add a thematic |
| - Animals and Bugs - I.E. farm animals, marine | | | | wallpaper boarder at the top or middle of the |
| animals, birds, lady bugs, bumblebees, caterpillars, | | | | room. If you don't want a boarder, consider |
| butterflies, etc. | | | | painting a few characters from your theme on |
| - Teddy bears | | | | the wall with the assistance of a stencil, paint your |
| - Clowns | | | | own design free-hand, or put up a wall mural. Just |
| - Balloons | | | | make sure any designs, artwork, or murals are |
| - Flowers | | | | placed on the wall that will not be blocked by |
| - Sports | | | | furniture. |
| - Geometrical shapes | | | | Step 5 - Finish your theme. When the walls are |
| - Color | | | | taken care of, and the furniture has been moved |
| - Etc. | | | | in, finish off your theme with accessories. This |
| The list of themes can go on and on. Thus, it's a | | | | includes wall art, stuffed toys, lamps, music box, |
| good idea to pick something you like and want | | | | baby mobile, area rug, nightlight, bedding, quilt, |
| your child to respond to. Find out how many | | | | window treatments, etc. Using a farm animal |
| different décor items are available to your | | | | theme as an example, you can obtain a musical |
| theme by doing both an in store and online search. | | | | mobile that features different animals, a cat lamp, |
| Step 2 - Focus your theme. Once you've decided | | | | a bumper with ducks, a cow throw rug, a dog |
| on your baby nursery décor theme, it's | | | | nightlight, sheep bedding, piggy bank, wall art of a |
| time to focus your theme and give it shape. For | | | | barn and farm animals, and so on. |
| instance, if lady bugs are the chosen theme, | | | | No matter the theme you decide for your baby |
| brainstorm about the many ways you can | | | | nursery décor, make sure you don't leave |
| incorporate lady bugs into the room. This doesn't | | | | your decorating for the last minute. You don't |
| only mean taking the actual bug into consideration, | | | | want to be putting together the nursery two |
| but also its other characteristics such as its color. | | | | months or less before your little one arrives. |
| If you wish to focus only on red lady bugs with | | | | |