Baby nursery ideas please

[Allaloneatron]

I’m about to start painting a nursery for my first little one due at the end of the year.

I have looked on the net for ideas but they all seem to be over complicated and fussy. Anyone have a real word example for me to look at and get some ideas?

Gender neutral for me as we didn’t want to know the sex.

Cheers

[madala]

.....blue for a boy....pink for girl.....but in your case blue and pink stripes.....simples.....

Edited by madala on Thursday 12th August 11:42

[marctwo]

We just pained ours like any other room in the house.

[schmalex]

We just painted ours very pale yellow to remain gender neutral. It actually looked really nice once it was done

[hman]

yup, magnolia mungeuos - when little one has grown up you can ask them what colour they would like it painted!

[pmanson]

Our's is beige with brown curtains so nice and neutral.

If you need to buy a replacement carpet only buy a cheap one... ours is ruined already (little one is 10 months old)

[lawrence567]

We found out we're having a little boy.
The whole room was decorated sky blue.
The missus wanted a pirate "theme" so we bought a pirate cartoon mural, nothing scary, she bought some fabric & made a pirate curtains, to go over the blackout blind & there's little pirate photo frames.
The bedding has been made to match the curtains, cot, wardrobe & chest of drawers are all white from Ikea.

[Bill]

lawrence567 said:

The missus wanted ...

This. OP, ask your SWMBO what she wants as the baby couldn't give a rat's arse.

We went for a pale blue colour and then SWMBO started hanging brightly coloured tat up

[Penny-lope]

Primary colours...paint each wall a different colour

[Nagra]

Just painted ours a nice pale green colour as it's gender neutral.

Also, don't get carried away buying things like baby bumpers for cots and cribs as you cant use them as there is a problem with safety.

Basically, the baby could roll over on it's side in the middle of the night and have it's face pinned against the bumper.

[Plotloss]

We did pastel green and pastel yellow in sort of a rolling hills thing.

Took fking ages masking it up twice and brushing it in to get a crisp edge

Then Incorrigible turns up just as we're finished and says 'Nice, did you do that with a square edged foam roller?'

The fker.

[Allaloneatron]

Thanks peeps.. Im seeing pale and mellow as the main theme here. I can do that with my limited skills. Will pop and get testers tonight then.

[oOTomOo]

Ball pit...

[E31Shrew]

Loads of sites with ideas

http://designdazzle.com/pages/babynurseries.htm

Edited by E31Shrew on Thursday 12th August 13:10

[Mazda Baiter]

Penny-lope said:

Primary colours...paint each wall a different colour

That's great...if you live in a triangle.

[Risotto]

Paint it white, buy a load of these:

http://www.supernice.co.uk/section.php/14/re-stik

The Re-Stik ones can simply be peeled off and repositioned as many times as you like and they don't leave any marks or damage. Each animal/object is an individual sticker so you can space them out to fit the dimensions of the wall.

There are also loads of others designed for single application.

Beats applying 8 coats of paint in a doomed attempt to obliterate the ham-fisted rendering of a lion you thought you'd try and paint...

Edited by Risotto on Thursday 12th August 14:23

[E31Shrew]

Mazda Baiter said:

Penny-lope said:

Primary colours...paint each wall a different colour

That's great...if you live in a triangle.

Chortle!

[marctwo]

Mazda Baiter said:

Penny-lope said:

Primary colours...paint each wall a different colour

That's great...if you live in a triangle.

CMYK?

[8400rpm]

We've down the nursery walls pale yellow, and the missus has painted pictures of animals so it's a safari theme.

[Penny-lope]

Mazda Baiter said:

Penny-lope said:

Primary colours...paint each wall a different colour

That's great...if you live in a triangle.

One wall we painted orange, but as it had posters, a wardrobe, a few shelves and a set of drawers, so you never really noticed.

Bedding was all primary colours, as was the home-made curtains, rugs and handles.

We also stuck up a sun ray lamp shade, and a few colourful mobiles too.