Georgia’s Peachy Punchy Room

Description

I've been waiting for an excuse to use the fabric from Kate Spade's Candy Stripe shower curtain, but nothing felt quite right in our home until I found out I was expecting a daughter. It was important that the tiny room felt airy, clean, and feminine but not too flouncy - she has two older brothers to keep up with so a fun edge was a must!

Design Inspiration

I found a funky orangey mid century glider on Craigslist, bought it, and then was dismayed that my husband was really into the upholstery on it and didn't want to have it redone. Then I remembered the Kate Spade shower curtain he'd once vetoed as "too girly," and knew it would be a fit for the nursery! I was at a standstill for a while after that, but came across the Color Study No. 4 print by Emily Rickard  and Red Door Design's "Vintage with a Touch of Modern" room on Project Nursery, which finally felt right and gave me the pinky/peachy/orangey/navy color scheme.

Decorating Style

Typically, I'm definitely pretty modern with an arts and craftsy twinge, but this room lent itself to a more eclectic, even hollywood regency, feel with the gilded accents and embellished accents.

Project Details

Cornice (made by my husband) and crib skirt (my first sewing project!) fabric - Kate Spade's Cotton Candy shower curtain

Curtain panel - Target, with light-blocking custom-cut shade behind it from Home Depot

Glider - vintage

Chevron blanket - vintage

Girl with dog painting - gift from husband, inspired by Red Door Design's "Vintage with a Touch of Modern" room

Crib - Baby Mod's Modena (no longer available in white, but the grey is amazing!)

Crib sheets - Target (pink and navy)

Blanket on bed - gift from family

Dots on walls - metallic contact paper because the knockdown texture makes painting designs a challenge! Ooh, and this guy is a must for cutting uniform circles!

Mobile - Flensted's Olephant (they're not anywhere are bright as pictured here)

Little girl painting on shelf - vintage from my grandmother, who bought it because it reminded her of baby me :)

Flower print - by my husband

Yellow geometric mirror - Threshold by Target

Rattan disk chair - vintage

Changing table - Lolly and Me's Bailey

Drawer knobs - Anthropologie

Changing pad cover - Target

Disco girl print - done by my husband, and inspired by this print (which I couldn't find for purchase!)

Love print - inspired by MadeByGirl, but done by my husband because we couldn't find the color we wanted

Abstract print - Color Study No. 4 by Emily Rickard (colors aren't nearly as neon IRL)

Pendant "G" light - Gilt, bought years ago for our sons' room and never used

Paint colors - Sherwin Williams Dover White on walls, Behr's Hawaiian Shell on ceiling and inside closet

Favorite Items

My favorite item is probably the changing table because it's so outside of my usual preferences. It's more whimsical and girly than is my taste, but the room is for my daughter so I'm practicing giving up control a bit with this eclectic piece :)

Advice

This room is teeny tiny, and has only the one little window, so balancing the artwork with which we wanted to add personality, with some white space, was paramount. We stayed away from my matchy-matchy tendencies by keeping with a generalized color scheme and added interest by layering patterns and fabrics, but staying in the color story so it didn't get too busy (I just counted 8 different patterns and textures, and that's without the rug, pouf ottoman, and laundry basket I'm still hunting!).