| You're expecting a child and suddenly you need to find | | | | arms. And you may even drift off yourself if the |
| the time and the budget for decorating a baby nursery. | | | | rocker is sufficiently comfy. |
| However, before unleashing your credit cards, there | | | | Either make or buy soft, deep seat cushions and |
| are a few essentials you should take into consideration | | | | pillows for your back in one of the colors on the walls' |
| when decorating a baby nursery before you get into | | | | border. Try a print fabric with an accent color for the |
| grander themes and strategies. | | | | seat cushion, and blue or lavender solid fabrics for the |
| Consider the following decorating elements to avoid | | | | back rest pillows. |
| having to redecorate in a year or two: | | | | 3. A High Quality Crib |
| 1. A Pleasing Color Scheme | | | | In decorating a baby nursery, the most crucial element |
| This should be your first consideration when decorating | | | | is the crib. Do not cut corners in terms of your budget |
| a baby nursery. Pale yellows, lilacs, or cream colors | | | | on this piece. The crib must be of the best quality you |
| are a good foundation and will be suitable for both | | | | can afford and certifiably safe for infants. |
| boys and girls, infants and toddlers. | | | | Cribs come in a multitude of styles, colors, and |
| If you are determined to go with pinks and blues, you | | | | materials. Remember that you don't have to match the |
| can make the look more flexible by keeping the colors | | | | rest of your furniture to your crib. You can still have a |
| pale, and then adding accent colors in bright primary | | | | clean white crib with a pale pine or oak dresser. Mix up |
| colors. | | | | plastics and woods, patterns and solid to design the |
| You can find a large assortment of stick-on borders | | | | most flexible plan for decorating a baby nursery. |
| that are easy to remove and change as your baby | | | | 4. Assorted Linens |
| grows. Look at borders with blues, yellows, lavender, | | | | Use your baby linens to change the look of the room |
| and sage or grass greens. Then pick up the border | | | | when decorating a baby nursery. Sew or buy a |
| colors in your baby linens, lamps, curtains, mobiles, and | | | | number of washable duvets so you can change them |
| dressers. | | | | often and wash them easily. Stock up on some plain |
| You can paint an existing dresser in one of the border | | | | white fitted crib sheets for those times when you |
| colors, and then easily repaint it when your child | | | | know you'll be tossing them out. It's better than |
| decides he or she has a favorite color. You can also | | | | throwing away a beautiful patterned sheet that |
| decorate dresses with stickers or hand paint designs | | | | matches a number of elements in the nursery. |
| on the wood. | | | | These are the fundamentals to get you started on |
| 2. A Sturdy Rocking Chair | | | | decorating a baby nursery. After you have your color |
| If you are decorating a baby nursery, you absolutely | | | | scheme and basic furnishings, you can move on to the |
| must include a rocking chair. You will find this item to be | | | | fun, incredibly cute design elements available for |
| a sanity saver as your baby finally falls asleep in your | | | | decorating baby nurseries. |