I am currently starting 18 weeks of being knocked up and very soon this baby is going to reveal itself (here's hoping his/her legs aren't crossed at the 20 week ultrasound). My husband and I can't wait to find out the gender. We keep talking to my belly and saying our patented tagline: "baby, reveal yourself"...in a cheesy magician voice. So while we don't know whether we need to plan a nursery full of sugar and spice or slugs and snails (boys really get the bad rhymes in that poem) I thought it would be fun to show you what my dream nursery would look like for a boy and for a girl.
First, up: boy (since I feel bad about the negative imagery of their rhyme). I think of a boy's nursery as very bright and vibrant. My husband and I both are big animal lovers and for some reason, ever since I found out I am pregnant, my hubby has wanted to decorate the (potential) boy's nursery with a lion theme. While I hate 'themes' per say that are too overdone (the current owl theme in nursery design has totally jumped the shark), I do love subtle hints to an overall unifying feel (very pretentious of me, I know).
I have always loved this nursery from
anythingpretty.com. Seriously, follow the link in the caption for the whole room including a look at that fabulous window bench with those killer DIY built in shelves.
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This pic is a little underexposed but I love the colour scheme anyway. The bright aqua walls mixed with the orange glider and hints of dark brown in the funky elephant curtains and mod furniture....love! It has an animal/zoo theme without going overboard.
I also love the vibrancy of this little nursery that I first saw a few years ago on the great HGTV.ca program 'Pure Design' hosted by Samantha Pynn:
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Samantha Pynn |
Of course, that
Oeuf modular shelving is to die for (meaning a price tag that would probably kill my husband) and again, there is a subtle zoo theme in the wallpaper silhouette animals that are on the wall behind the crib. Genius!
Okay, now on to the girl's room! We (very) recently got married and after picking a venue up at a lodge in northern Ontario, we decided to match the place's rustic feel and have our wedding 'theme' be a "rustic-chic affair". That too is quite an overdone wedding theme thesedays so I decided to uniquify (that's a word) it by adding the imagery of 'love birds' to the day. We did it in various ways, including having birds on our invitations, bird cages as our center pieces and two wooden carved kissing love birds as our cake toppers. Again, not too much, but enough to covey the idea. Our colours were my favourites: aqua, pale green and warm brown. Here's a few shots of details so you can get an idea:



Our wedding was small and we DIY'ed most of the decor so we didn't spend a fortune on the details, but I loved it all so much that I really want to reuse it somehow (other than in my Easter vignettes--those birdcages scream Spring!). So, I thought what better way than in a little girl's nursery. The room is already painted a light peach colour to match a persian rug that we bought when we were living in Dubai (which, just happens to have two kissing birds on it!)
I want to keep this rug in the room and I still like the peachy colour mixed with grey and aqua (to match the wedding decorations). So in that vein, I found this beautiful and tranquil nursery at
ontobaby.com
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http://www.ontobaby.com/2012/01/rylees-soft-peach-and-gray-nursery/ |
Absolutely beautiful! So soft and calming. I love pretty much everything, from those tissue paper pompoms to that stately wing-backed rocking chair. I also really love the colour palette of muted peach and grey.
However, the furniture is a little too precious for my tastes as I tend toward the more modern. And there is no aqua anywhere so I also found this lovely room on
houseofturquoise.com and it ticked all the blue boxes for me!
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http://www.houseofturquoise.com/2011/02/vivis-aqua-and-coral-nursery.html |
It even had a slight bird theme with that great bird cage note card board!
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http://www.houseofturquoise.com/2011/02/vivis-aqua-and-coral-nursery.html |
I love the mix of grey, coral and aqua and the hints of black are very unexpected.
So that is where we are in terms of inspiration so far. Check back soon for a mood board post...I have been polyvoring up a storm (as evidenced by the unfortunate automatic posts that polyvore uploaded to the blog yesterday!).