Our last post was published 6 months ago - this is a fact, a sad fact indeed. So I did the maths and it appears that we are not very productive bloggers. When we first created this blog I deeply believed I would post something at least once a week. Ha. Ha. Past-Me was full of hope and good intentions. Cute.
What can I say, I have an issue with self-discipline. This is probably why I only took 2 months of violin classes, 9 days of fencing, 5 months of basketball, and 4 weeks of horse-riding...
Anyway, always a pleasure to be back...even if it's only happening twice a year (doesn't it make this whole thing even more special?!).
When you're an avid DIY-er and passionate by interior design, everything is an excuse for decorating, embellishing a space: Guests coming over for dinner next week? I MUST paint the dining room. The dinner will be ruined with no accent wall! Want to cook something delicious for this dinner? I MUST change the knobs on the kitchen cabinets! The salmon & asparagus quiche will taste much better if prepared in a kitchen with nice cabinets!
Obviously, some excuses are more valid than others (what do you mean my salmon & asparagus quiche is not a legitimate reason?...You never tasted it. Obviously).
For instance, a new arrival in the family - like a baby (aww). OR a puppy (puppies are a great excuse for anything). In our case, it was a baby (I know, you're disappointed. You were expecting a great puppy story. Sorry).
For A. and I, the best part of becoming parents was decorating the nursery. Ahem. I mean, the best part was: welcoming a little human being into the World and nurturing this amazing creation. Blah blah blah. No, seriously: the nursery.
You can have so much fun with a nursery - you're basically in charge of decorating and furnishing an entire space for someone who is not even able to complain if the color palette is not the right one.
There is no right or wrong when decorating a nursery or a kid bedroom. Actually, that's a lie. You see, color accounts for 60% of our response to an object or a place. So when selecting a color for a nursery or kids bedroom, consider the 'mood of the room'.
For us, having a theme was very important. Like that, we kept a very consistent "message" for this room. However, if you're not big on themes and think being surrounded only by jungle animals or rocket ships will limit your child's imagination - then, who am I to judge. Go ahead, create the perfect "Curious-George-goes-to-the-beach-on-a-plane-with-his-friends-the-Care-Bears" room.
We preferred to stick to one theme (yeah. yeah. bo-ring.): the peaceful forest. "Peaceful" is key when you're about to welcome a newborn in your home. This time, it is not a lie.
I won't bore you with too many words (stop applauding please) - pictures are always the best way to visualize things (duh!).
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| Paper Birds Mobile from Pottery Barn Kids / Grey woven baskets from West Elm Art made by myself on the wall |
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| Pretty easy to create. All you need is a book (you are literally going to destroy...), stencils (I create these ones myself), paint and mod podge |
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| The wall decals have been found on Etsy, the wooden boxes and the white bench are our own 'Ikea hacks' |
One thing to keep in mind: your child will grow in this room. Your motionless newborn will become an energetic toddler very soon. Sounds pretty obvious. You're probably wondering why I'm even mentioning it. Well, that wasn't that obvious to us at the beginning and we just thought that the room will always look immaculate and orderly, that the stuffed animals on the bench will never move and will always look happy to be neatly lined up and organized.
Two years later, I've discovered that 'neat, organized, immaculate, orderly' have now became long-lost friends, a sweet fantasy that might - hopefully - come true again when we'll be happy empty-nesters. Unless puppies are involved.
M.
M.
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