Closet

After 3 months of hard work and design my baby girls nursery is ready for her arrival, due July 19!   After a long struggle to conceive this miracle baby, I had a desire to make a peaceful, beautiful oasis for baby girl and for me.  My sister and I decided to make all of her crib bedding on our own because I couldn’t find the sophisticated/pretty soft pink and white I was looking for. Our Mom, who recently passed away just three months ago, also made all of our crib bedding when we were babies, this was a really wonderful tribute to her and all she did for us, we were definitely channeling her skills.

As an interior designer for kids, I get to design a lot of nurseries and kids rooms, but designing for my own children was a wonderful challenge with a huge reward! We wanted to take the room from soothing nursery to wild child toddler. With the help of the pink and gold wall – with pink and gold doors – I think we managed to achieve just that!

Walk in closet to nursery!

Gray, blush pink and copper, vintage-inspired nursery. Lots of personal/heirloom/hand-made touches throughout.

Mark’s playful nursery

We were using this empty upstairs bedroom as a workout room and had done absolutely NOTHING with it since we bought our home 4 years ago. When we found out we were expecting our first child, we wanted to make it a very special space for our baby to grow into. My husband and I worked for 3 months measuring, sawing, painting, and planning and I think we did a great job for carpentry novices! The room is a very small 11×11 so we wanted to add a lot of storage space and make it bright and airy. The closet was fairly deep, but not very big overall. When we took the doors off to paint, we found that it really opened the room up, so we decided to leave the doors off and design a built in wardrobe in the space instead. Additionally, we added panel style wainscoting and a built in storage bench on a wall that wasn’t very usable. When we found out we were having a little boy, we decided on a vintage airplane theme and classic colors. We absolutely adore this room and hope you do too!

Since we don’t need the changing table anymore (yay no more diapers!) it was time to make use of the huge closet and transform it into a big girl space.

Who says gender-specific has to be boring? When we bring Baby home in the next week or two–boy or girl–this cozy retreat will provide a mini wonderland of sherbet-sweet color, nature-inspired fantasy, and meaningful touches in every corner.

If I were to Google “small baby nursery”, maybe a 10×12 room will show up. Homeowners, designers and parents will then describe how they struggled to make it work. Whatever. Sometimes new moms and dads just don’t have the space…like a room with a closet, a room with a window or a whole other room for that matter. I know from experience and this is why the baby closet from Small Space, Big Style is so very endearing.

Thanks to the Container Store’s Elfa system, we gained more space and functionality in a small room.