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A Soft, Neutral Nursery

I’m a planner, so I think it surprised people that I didn’t want to find out the gender of our baby before he was born.  I’d always known I wanted the nursery to be neutral (if we have more children, it will be shared because we live in a small house), so I didn’t need to know the gender in planning the nursery.  I choose a neutral color palette and furniture that would grow with our child.  I also let practical elements, like toys, books, and a magnet board become part of the design of the room since the space is rather small (with low ceilings too!).

Abby’s City Nursery

We didn’t find out what we were having beforehand, so we needed a gender neutral theme. But I also knew that even if we knew whether we were having a boy or girl, we weren’t the type of people to have a very gender-specific nursery with lots of pinks or blues. We are both native New Yorkers, so we went with an urban city baby theme. I got most of my ideas for various projects from this site, blogs and etsy and just went for it.