Baby Nursery Room Ideas
Starting a family is exciting, as well as stressful. With so many things to do to prepare for your baby's arrival, some new parents find themselves overwhelmed. One way to avoid a last-minute meltdown is to prepare your nursery well before the baby arrives. This takes both planning and time. The best way to start is by narrowing down your ideas for how you want to decorate the nursery. Does this Spark an idea?
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How to Develop Ideas for Decorating a Nursery
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Take inventory of the room's features, such as whether it receives morning or afternoon sun, what type of closet doors it has (mirrored vs. sliding) and what color it is already painted. This will give you a feel not only for the room, but some insight about what possibilities the room has and how much work you're looking at for the decorating process.
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Measure the walls and windows. This will help you when you shop for furniture and as you think about the options for the room's layout. You may want to sketch a mock-up of how you want to lay out the room to determine where you'll put the crib, changing table, toy box, rocker, etc.
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If you're interested in gender-neutral decorating, look for childhood themes focusing on nature and set outdoors. A day at the beach, picnic in the park and camping come to mind. Storybook themes are also popular. Look at some children's books and see which characters you identify with and then create the room around these characters.
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Browse parenting magazines to get a better idea of how other people have decorated their nurseries.
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Shop around before you solidify your choices.
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Tips & Warnings
Paint the walls a soothing color.
