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Interior designer Christina Salway shared with us the sweet nursery she created for her New York City based clients. Drawing inspiration from the colors and patterns of fabrics by Dwell, Christina was able to pull off a beautiful nursery with time to spare and a few dollars left over. We were lucky enough to interview Christina to find out all the details on how she and her firm ElevenTwoEleven Design achieved this luxe nursery while staying true to her clients vision and budget!
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Diana says:
March 9, 2009 at 1:16 am
The design is really pretty, and I hate to sound like a crankypants, but I think you’re going to have to make a few changes once a baby is in there. You won’t want to put a crib next to the blinds. Even if they are cordless blinds, the strings come out the back when pulled on and baby can strangle. That dresser has metal wrapped around it and has sharp edges, and you have to check that the drawers can’t be pulled all the way out and fall on baby. Also the frames will need that plastic Velcro stuff that you buy at Target for mounting to the wall so baby can’t pull them. Also, I don’t think you want the diaper pail or garbage next to baby’s head in the crib. That Tiffany style lamp with the cord is going to come crashing down. And I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable with all the toxins and offgassing of a new sofa in a baby’s room. Don’t hate me! I have a baby and they find new and creative ways to get hurt all the time! Sorry–one last thing. I personally don’t like exposed light bulbs because baby is on its back staring up at them a lot. I used white paper oriental parasols to cover our ceiling lights (cut off the handle). I do really love the palest paint!
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Little Apple Design LA says:
March 9, 2009 at 2:22 pm
I just LOVE the large zebra carpet in baby’s room! You have a sweet hip and modern animal theme without being themey. I am going to order the same now for my son’s toddler room now that I’ve seen it. I too have an “exposed” lightbulb in my son’s nursery. It was never a problem and as long as it’s not hanging directly over the crib, I think you are just fine. It also helps as ours is on a dimmer.
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Air says:
March 9, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I like the simplicity of this room. It feels airy and the zebra rug is incredible!
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Air says:
March 9, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Also I think I will be ordering one of those chandeliers for above my dining table. Just seems like a fun fixture and $50 is a steal!
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Christina says:
March 10, 2009 at 2:18 pm
As the designer, I would love to respond to Diana’s concerns…
I wonder whether she’d be interested to know the window shades have hooks high above the baby’s bed to wrap the solar shade cords around (and no cords down the back as she suggested), the pictures are in fact held onto the wall with poster tape from below, the drawers of the dresser do not pull all the way out, and the tiffany lamp is also fixed to the table to prevent it from slipping. As for the bare bulbs, they are almost invisible through the rattan-style shade, and neither hang directly above the baby’s crib. Although many of Diana’s concerns are very valid, I’m astounded that she would go immediately to such negative thoughts without considering the possibility that they’re wrong.
I’m so thrilled to see the page is up– it looks super and I’m honored to be featured on your website.
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Diana says:
March 14, 2009 at 1:00 am
I know it is hard to read the tone of something in text, but I really didn’t mean to be negative. I think your room is very pretty. My thoughts just went to ideas of safety, which I don’t think is negative. Why not mention your safety tips, since many people will be copying your look and won’t know to incoporate them? I absolutely applaud your work, and my own worries about being totally safe have kept me paralyzed on finishing my nursery, and my baby is two and a half! I know lots of people have foam changing pads and upholstered furniture in their nurseries, which I personally think are very bad to have in a baby’s room because of the offgassing and fire retardant and cancer-causing chemicals once the foam breaks down (also the backing on carpets, while I’m at it). I’m just mentioning it because it is something I strongly care about, and I didn’t mean to attack you personally. I wish everything for babies would be made safer!
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J says:
April 10, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Wow, this room is lovely. However, reading Diana’s comments I started thinking we were supposed to post our criticisms! My only advice would be to Diana, in regards to reading tone in tex. Diana, if it sounds negative when you read it, it probably sounds even more negative when others read it. Just a thought. lol
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calabus says:
June 7, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I would love to find out the brand and color of paint used in this gorgeous room. Also, who makes the window treatments?
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Little Apple Design LA says:
June 9, 2009 at 9:55 am
Calabus – I just got the scoop from Christina for you…
the paint for our Upper West Side Nursery was Benjamin Moore’s “Seafoam” 2123-60, and the shades are made with Dwell Fabric, sold by The Shade Store, which is based in Manhattan, but available online at http://www.theshadestore.com/
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calabus says:
June 12, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Little Apple Design, thanks so much for the paint and shades info! I’m going to purchase them right now! :)
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I think this room is great. I wouldn’t be hip enough to use the lantern or the zebra rug (because I’m a too-traditional girl!) but it really works here. This rooms just says NYC – small but cozy, stylich and multifunctional. It’s a real room – no theme, no matchy furniture – and it looks great!