Nursery for a Princess
From early times, the royal treatment for the princess of the realm was a breezy swag swooped from the ceiling to puddled folds on the floor. To create a room for your princess, light organza, netting or lace can be festooned with ribbons tied to wall knobs and cornice hooks. The eye is carried upward in this room with high tiebacks on curtains and little baby-sized items that have interesting details on wall-mounted shelves. Court nurseries had symbolic design elements such as ceiling cornices, ruffles on high rods and outrageously tall toys because they predicted the baby would grow up to be especially
Soft and Simple
This room oozes serenity and calm for both parent and child. Outside of painting the walls in a muted sage and yellow, the two focal points -- a canopy and a painted rug -- make this room stand out from your average nursery. The canopy is a dreamy little number that can be used first as a crib or playpen cover and later as a canopy for a twin bed. In praise of painted rugs: They offer a smooth surface for wheeling around toy vehicles, they never bunch up and trip tiny feet, they stay right where you put them and they're a breeze to wash. Best of all, you can create them in glorious splashes of color.
Pretty in Pink
Thinned-down yellow, blue and red bands of paint were blended together as a backdrop for a pattern of stenciled angels in this dreamy pink nursery. Overlapping the colors created a look of five different shades. A periwinkle blue artist's acrylic paint was used to create the angel stencil you see on the wall. Angelic hangers were created to display the baby's sweet pink dress.
Storybook Nursery
The palette was kept neutral in this storybook-inspired nursery. Easily altered accents were used, including curtains, bed and table skirts, rocker cushions and table groupings, so that the room would grow with the child. How sweet your infant's room will be depends upon your taste. Wall treatments can be faux textures, elaborate stencil or mural effects in lighthearted themes. Themes can expand as stuffed-animal characters and collectibles from the child's favorite told-to and read-aloud stories take up residence.
Bright and Cheery
The inspiration for this happy nursery came from fabric aptly named "Mad Hatter." To build on the theme, a window valance was fashioned to represent a jester's collar or a row of pointed flags. The walls were glazed in tones of red, orange and yellow, blended with a rag to soften the look. Old kitchen cabinets were the perfect storage solution for this tiny room and were painted to complement the circus theme. The owner, a clever designer in her own right, transformed a carpenter's workbench into a changing table just the right height for two tall parents to care for their new baby.
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