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A blue and yellow haven – ready to be filled with special memories!
Kelle
At Habitat + Beyond Kids I am dedicated to creating rooms for memories to be made in. A place for your child to learn, play, dream and grow.
I offer an affordable eDesign service and moodboards to create the perfect little space for you and your family!
www.habitatandbeyondkids.com
Kelle
At Habitat + Beyond Kids I am dedicated to creating rooms for memories to be made in. A place for your child to learn, play, dream and grow.
I offer an affordable eDesign service and moodboards to create the perfect little space for you and your family!
www.habitatandbeyondkids.com
Comments
Patchi (Trendy Peas)
What a lovely room. Well done. I love the stripes on the wall.
Sara (Serendipitous)
What a sweet room. I absolutely love the driftwood clothes rod, the upholstered chair and the pop of colour from the pouffe. You and your baby will be so happy in there!
Belinda J
This room is absolutely gorgeous and incredibly inspirational! Brilliant creation for your little one! :)
I’m really curious though – how did you hang the driftwood?
Kelle
Thank you all for your lovely comments!
Belinda – my husband drilled in two bolts at both ends underneath the shelf, and then we attached the driftwood to the bolts using strong fishing line so it is almost invisible:)
Thanks!
Kelle
bluebirdkisses
This room is fantastic!! The paint, the moroccan pouf, the chair! its so perfect. I love LOVE love it!
I would love to feature your room on my blog: http://www.bluebirdkisses.com please let me know if you’re interested at ana@bluebirdkisses.com
Your little baby will LOVE this space!
Marcela Daniels
A beautiful room! I love the driftwood hanging from the shelf. Can you tell me where you obtained the shelves from? I’m having a hard time finding some that will hold any amount of reasonable weight. Thanks.
ana {bluebirdkisses}
so soooo beautiful!
Kelle
Hi Marcela – the shelves are just Lack shelves from Ikea, I love that you can’t see the brackets and they were very easy {for my husband} to put up:)
Ana – thank you!
Kelle
Vanessa
I love this room!
So much so in fact that I just bought that gorgeous clear stool! I’ve been searching everywhere for a small side table for a squeezy space next to the feeding chair in bubs’ room and that will fit the bill perfectly!
Vanessa
Oh, and I forgot to ask where you got the circle rug from? I’ve been searching for one of those too! We obviously have very similar (read, fantastic!) taste :)
Kelle
Hi Vanessa,
Thanks for your lovely comments – I love the stool too – it was originally in our lounge room but fits in perfectly with the nursery too!
The rug was from dealsdirect.com.au it was only $30 including shipping!
Good luck creating your nursery, I’m sure you’ll have as much fun as I did:)
Kelle
Liisa
Hi Kelle-
I absolutely love the stripes and was wondering if you have any tips on how to paint them? Did you do it yourself? What were the paint colors?
Kelle
Hi Liisa
I think the trick with the stripes to pick two colours that are not too different so they don’t overwhelm the room. We were undergoing a big Reno at the time so we had our painter do the room, but basically he painted the whole room first using Dulux China Doll quarter strength and the following day used painters masking tape to mark of the width if the stripes we wanted (around 25cm for the grey stripes) and then he painted the stripes with Dulux Chocolate Shake.
Top tip – by having a light stripe at both the top and bottom of the wall it seems to make the room seem taller!!
Hope this helps!
Kelle :)
Michele
What a beautiful nursery! Can I ask where you purchased the butterfly mobile?
Kelle
Thanks Michelle! The mobile is from Adairs:)
Tana Nelson
I love the driftwood hanging wardrobe, the stripes and butterfly decals + mobile. Very well done!
Natalie Hunter
Hi Kelle
I am fellow aussie and having all kinds of dramas getting started on my nursery, I havent been able to find any stores stocking gorgeous unusual bedding etc. Did you find any on your travels.. The worst thing about this site is there are so many beautiful ideas that we cant get out here. :)
Natalie
Kelle
Hi Natalie
I’m with you on that one – I found it very difficult to find nursery items that weren’t ‘cutesy’ from Australia. I had earlier on decided on plain white linen for the cot and accessorized with cushions to add colour. Once we decided in the colour scheme of blue and yellow (I have since added more yellow since these photos were taken), I kept an eye out everywhere I went for items that would suit the room and also had some meaning.
I literally spent hour after hour on etsy searching for ideas and bits and pieces to dress the room – it was great to support home made products and there are so many good ideas on there! Most of the ‘stores’ are US based, but almost all offer reasonable shipping to AU. I loved waiting for them all to arrive piece by piece. You should be able to find bedding in here also, and the print are to die for.
I hope you enjoy the process, take your time if you can – it took me about three months to put the room together as I didn’t want to just fill it with ‘stuff’!
Good luck!
Marissa
Hi Kellie, your room is truly stunning. Where did you purchase the beautiful neural chair from?
Kelle
Thanks Marissa! I purchased the chair from a boutique homewares shop in my local shopping centre. However it is a popular style called a French Provincial chair, if you look on google you should be able to find a supplier local to you. Otherwise if you are in Australia like me I know that mattblatt.com.au sell them also.
Hope this helps – happy shopping!!
Kelle
Marissa
Thanks Kellie I will check out the website. I’m located in Brisbane :)
Marissa
Sorry I forgot to ask, what did you buy for a change table?
Kelle
Otherwise the chair was from Abode in Robina Town Centre – they do tend to sell one-off pieces but you could always try them if you don’t like the Matt blatt ones.
I got a sleigh change table (very similar to the style of my cot) on eBay! The store is called babythings3 and they sell brand new change tables! They may even sell other baby items too!
Marissa
Thank you so much for all your help. It can be quite daunting when it your first baby :)
Kelle
Me too! Due date is tomorrow so just playing the waiting game now! I’m hoping he’s not going to come late, dying to meet him and getting quite uncomfortable now:( when are you due?
Marissa
OMG how exciting that is so lovely, how exciting for you. I hope you have a quick and easy labour :)
My little one isn’t due until 15th Feb and we have just found out that we are having a BOY!!
Kelle
That’s fantastic! It’s so exciting when you find out what you are having – it made it seem so much more real! Best of luck:)
Bee
Just amazing. =)
Starlight Juliet
Great job! I love almost everything about this room. I’m not a fan of grey for a nursery but these stripes are perfect!
Kelle
Thanks everyone again for your lovely feedback – Baby Xavier Dean has now been born and is looking forward to seeing his nursery!
Kaiacali
Amazing! I love what you have done! Congrats!
stef
super room. everything looks fantastic :-) well done!!
Natalie Hunter
Hi Kelle
Congratulations on the arrival of your little man.. I hope the labour was not too bad! I have finally made a start on the nursery, I bought some fabric and have decieded to make a quilt cover and matching cushion myself.
Goodluck with bub, I hope you are enjoying him
Kelle
Aww thanks Natalie! Leaving hospital today -Can’t wait to take him home!
Had a five hour, drug-free labour:) if I can recommend anything it was the Calmbirth course I did (I went to Sarah Whyte at Coomera), I honestly believe that’s what got me through!
I’d love to hear how you go over the next few months, here’s my email address if you like kellehoward@msn.com.
Best of luck – it really is the best gift you can ever get;)
Kelle
Marissa
Hi Kelle,
A huge congrats on the arrival of your little man. Just wonderful. I saw you did the calmbirth course, my husband and I are looking at doing one in Brisbane.
Drop me an email sometime would love to hear how it’s all going for you – marissa.shaw@hotmail.com
Xx
alicia
Hi i love your room i was wondering what color you used for the stripes?
Kelle
Hi Alicia
See response to Liisa above:)
Thanks!
Maria
Hi Kelle,
The greatest room!!! I absolutely adore it and i love the colour combination you made for the stripes. I tried to find the dulux chocolate shake and china doll as you mentioned but they did not have it in this brand. Is it possoble that they are from a different paint brand???
Kelle
Apologies Maria – Chocolate Shake is a Wattyl paint! China Doll is definitely Dulux:)
gabrielle
I absolutely love this room. Doing it again, I would do the same! The colors are calm and everything match perfectly. I really like the idea of the tree branch. It’s original and unique! Congrats!!
Kelle
Hi Gabrielle
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a lovely comment – it really means a lot!
Kelle x
Alejandragama
Hi,
You have a beautiful nursery! Totally my style!
Please could you tell me where did you find the wallpaper?
Thanks!
Kelle
Thanks! The stripes are painted on {i.e it’s not wallpaper}!
Jess
What is the brand and name of the paint color? It’s beautiful!
Kelle
Hi Jess
The colours are dulux china doll quarter strength and Wattyl chocolate shake.
Thanks!
Kelle
Carolyn Chambers
Hi Kelle,
Your nursery is just stunning! Would you be interested in having your nursery used in a photoshoot? I am looking for a nursery such as this for my new brand of newborn clothing.
Cheers
Carolyn.
Sarah Burn
Hi Kelle
I’m re-creating your nursery here in England as I absolutely fell in love with what you have done – so beautiful. I’m having difficulty trying to track down the butterfly mobile and even looking on Adairs website (could possibly get a friend to post from Oz) I can’t find it. Do you know of any other companies who are selling it?
Many thanks
Sarah
Kelle
Hi Sarah
If you go to etsy.com and search ‘butterfly mobile’ you will find several different sellers with plenty of different styles of mobiles! I would love to see a photo when it’s finished! My email address is kellehd@me.com
Hope this helps!
Kelle
Brit
Kelle,
Completely random and many months later I’m styling my nursery after yours as well! I’ve searched the dulux site and they don’t have a china doll color. Was it a different brand name matched in dulux paint?
Thanks!
Kelle
Hi Brit
It’s definitely Dulux China Doll – perhaps its a colour only available in Australia? It’s on the dulux.com.au site.
Good luck with your nursery!
Jessica
Hi,
I love your room! I was wondering what color your moraccan pouf is? Is it the sky blue or dark turquoise? I used Michael Miller’s Zoology in Sea fabric for the crib sheet and was wondering if it would match. Thanks!
Kelle
Hi Jessica
I just looked on the Ada and Darcy site and it looks like they don’t sell the colour I purchased anymore – it was called Vivid Sky Blue.
I managed to do some searching for you and found another retailer that sells it though, here’s the link:
http://www.zanui.com.au/Pouffe-Moroccan-Vivid-Sky-Blue-6858.html
Good luck!
Latoya
I love this room. I know it’s been a little while, but can you tell me what paint colors were used. I absolutely love the stripes..
Kelle
Hi Latoya
Thanks! The colours are Dulux China Doll and Wattyl Chocolate Shake – hope this helps!
Kelle
Amy
What colors are on the wall is it like a white and tan color?
Latoya
THANK YOU!!! I’m looking it up now.
Kelle
Hi Amy
It’s a soft cream and a light grey – exact colours are listed in message above.
Thanks:)
Kelle
Kim Benson
Hi! I LOVE your room!!! So beautiful! I was wondering where you found your butterfly mobile? Thanks!
Kelle
Hi Kim
The butterfly mobile is from Adairs, if you can’t get one from there search ‘butterfly mobile’ in etsy.com there are 100’s of different ones to choose from!
Cheers
Kelle
Stephanie
Kelle,
What a gorgeous nursery, you will have one lucky babe! Would you mind sharing the details on the clothes rod branch? Such a cute detail!
Sarah
Where did you find your chair?
Kelle
Hi Sarah
It was from a boutique homewares store at Robina shopping centre, Gold Coast. You can find similar chairs at mattblatt.com.au though
Hope this helps:)
Kelle
Kelle
Hi Stephanie
You can check out a tutorial on how to make the driftwood ‘wardrobe’on my blog http://habitatandbeyond.blogspot.com
Thanks!
Kelle
Kelle
Kelle,
Hi Stephanie
You can check out a tutorial on how to make the driftwood ‘wardrobe’on my blog http://habitatandbeyond.blogspot.com
Thanks!
Kelle
Christy
I was wondering where you found the mobile? Such a beautiful nursery- I love it!
Kelle
Christy,
Hi Christy
It’s from Adairs, if your not from Australia you can find some similar ones on etsy.com :)
Thanks!
Kelle
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Olik
This is seriously my favorite nursery of all! Next year we are expecting our first child and this nursery is definatelly my biggest inspiration for our baby room!
I love the natural colors, white details, the wood, actually everything! thank you so much for sharing! I will share my nursery as soon as its ready.
xoxo
Olik (OKO Design)
MJ
Where did you get the “You are Loved” print?
Lyndon Brewin
Can I please ask where you purchased the driftwood from?