Great Book About Nursery Style
Every new parent has a vision of what the perfect nursery should look like. But really, is there any need for you to spend $2,000 in order to decorate and furnish a space that, in a couple years, your baby will have outgrown? You definitely don’t need to spend a fortune in order to decorate a nursery with a small budget for that new little bundle of joy.
Here are several different ways in which a nursery – any nursery – can be decorated no matter how small your budget is:
- Instead of using wallpaper, paint the nursery! Of course… I am THAT Painter Lady… so I would suggest paint. Why not choose colors that go with the babys toys, rather than going for the traditional colors? Or even better…something subdued and calming. What about chocolate brown on three walls and on the fourth wall use a calming soft green or a soft blue or a soft pink. Then use accessories with color to make things POP!
- Invite friends and family over and get them to dip their hands into a pot of paint – or paints (different colors) – and place their handprints on the wall in random angles but in a border style design.
Check out this colorful RAINBOW HANDPRINTS
Note: Don’t put the painted hand prints randomly all over the wall. That would be way too much stimulation. And don’t feel like you have to stick with primary colors! You could paint the walls taupe and then use grape and turquoise and golden black cherry for the handprints!
This hand design makes a great border especially if the hands are different sizes (get your smaller relatives involved as well as your older ones).
The easiest way to get the paint on hands is to either put the paint on a paper plate or a pie pan or use a small paint roller (one for each color) and “ink” up the hands.
You could make the handprints in black – like when you use your hands to cast shadows on the walls? Infants prefer black and white designs because they’re easier to focus on….but…soon they’ll search out bright colors.
- You do not have to be artistically inclined, but if you want, why not add some stencil designs to the walls? This is inexpensive, as well as an easy way of adding different elements and features to a babys room. However, it is best to choose stencils which will match the theme of the room.
- Where the floor is concerned, make sure that you have a stain resistant carpet, or just have hardwood floors (or tile) with some scatter rugs on it. If you already have carpet and you’re worried that it may not stand up well, then why not get an area rug which will cover and protect it? There are some great ones out there and here’s an opportunity to throw down some color!!<
- When you’re decorating a nursery, why not consider buying some pieces secondhand or used instead?The advantage to this is that you may find items that are of a higher quality than you would normally purchase. Or it may be you find a vintage piece of furniture, which you can then refinish to match the décor of the nursery.
One friend of mine bought a used bookshelf and toy box, stripped it down and then repainted…making each shelf a different color. She used a full spectrum of color but you could go with a monochromatic scheme. Shades of blue…or shades of green. Or all cool colors or all warm colors. FUN!!
Of course all of the stripping, painting, etc. needs to be done MONTHS before your baby uses the room so that any fumes can be “aired out”. Make sure you check the furniture before buying it to make sure it is solid, stable, doesn’t have any rough surfaces, sharp edges, paint chips or parts that protrude, like screws or nails and that whatever you buy is safe according to the current safety guidelines.
- Why not get an old, beat up chest of drawers, and then paint with a high gloss paint, and then replace the handles on it? Easy breezy!! And you can get some GREAT new handles at Home Depot or Target or Lowes…just LOTS of places!!Consider buying a piece of furniture that can be used for many different things. Do NOT spend money on buying a changing table, rather, buy yourself a dresser that is about waist high, and sit a changing mat on top.
Then you can fill the top drawers with all your diaper changing items. In order to stop the pad from slipping, place a small bath mat with rubber backing face down underneath it. Or you can add some decorative trim – about 2 or 3 inches tall, to the edges. Then, once the child is older, the chest of drawers can be used as it was intended.
- Need something for storing toys…extra diapers…tiny shoes? Why not use baskets and shelves? You can store things under the crib in some lower flat baskets. Baby blankets, toys. Buy a simple inexpensive “short” bookshelf, either pre-painted or paint it yourself to match the dresser and crib. Then put appropriately sized baskets on the shelves.
How about painting some fun animals in your kids room? Do a mural and use “color book” style animals on the walls in bright colors for fun.
You can either leave the walls plain (white) or you could paint “sky” and ground for your animals to stand on if you want. Make your animals with BRIGHT colors so your baby will have some fun things to focus on when they can.
There are so many decorating ideas around for nurseries and oodles of them will save you money. Hopefully, the ideas above will help you when making decisions on how to decorate a nursery on a budget.
