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    I have to say, coming up with a plan for a boys nursery was a challenge for me. I am very girly and for a while everything i came across while searching for inspiration was geared towards girls. One thing that helped me was the fact that my choice of color schemes for just about everything tends to be very neutral, black, grays, nudes, olive green, white, and the occasional blush tend to me my go-to’s. It actually drove my boyfriend Petey, crazy because when he thinks of a boys room he wants loud colors, super heroes and all of that fun stuff. Which i am totally okay with! Well.. maybe not the loud colors part lol but super heroes yes! once he is a little older. For now we had to think baby, i knew i wanted to choose colors and patterns to really get his eyes trained and for the first three months or so i knew that they can only see black white and grey. This was my starting point.

    Petey and i ended up battling between shades of grey or shades of olive green/nudes. Grey turned out to be the winner and once i found the crib and furniture i loved from Babyletto it was game on! With the paint and furniture picked out we could finally get started… the design on the wall came inspired by a Pinterest photo of course, i knew i wanted some type of geometric decal on the walls and thats where the dots came in.

    For about a month all we had was a painted room with furniture because holy crap did finding decor give me anxiety. I had trouble committing to ordering so many things because they needed to flow together and it was an expensive commitment. I searched high and low finding inspiration through Instagram & Pinterest which lead me to SO many beautiful decor shops, and a camera roll full of screenshots..which quickly lead to a decrease in my bank account.. but who cares right?! this is my first baby so I was on a mission to have fun with this. I was beyond happy with the outcome of Dominic’s nursery, i enjoyed every minute of creating it with Petey (probably more than him) haha.

    My favorite parts of the room have got to be the accent wall for sure, Petey worked so hard on it and it was quite the challenge because our walls are not smooth so he drove himself crazy trying to make straight lines. My favorite part decor wise is the crib & the play-gym.. these play-gyms by Little Pine and Co are absolutely beautiful. They are handmade so nicely, and make the perfect little sensory toy. I will say I still have a few things that I feel need to be added to make it complete but with baby here I’ve been a little distracted. My best piece of advice i can give when designing a nursery is take. your. time… you’ve got 10 months !! Also for the sake of not being turned down by every idea… instead of talking about it to your significant other, SHOW him, trust me it makes things a whole lot easier! Start planning as soon as you find out the big news and add a little here and there on the way so that you get EXACTLY what you’d envisioned :) xo

    Ashley Heather Piowlski
    Ashley Heather Piowlski
    Im Ashley! I am a single mama of a handsome little man living in Sarasota Florida filling your feed with style, and beach vibes...follow along @ashleyyheather

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    1. Kristen

      April 30, 2017

      Where can I purchase the giraffe wall hook? I am doing an animal theme nursery and would love to add this.

    2. Ashley Heather Piowlski

      April 30, 2017

      Hi Kristen ! All of the animal heads are from target :)

    3. Cori

      May 5, 2017

      Where did you get the grow wild growth chart? Thank you!

    4. Ashley Heather Piowlski

      May 5, 2017

      Wee gallery.. the link is below ?

    5. Jessie

      May 16, 2017

      Do you have the names of the grey paint colors you used? The ones on the accent wall and the color of the other walls (which I kind of assume is the same as the medium grey on accent wall)

    6. Mak

      May 16, 2017

      Where is the shelf from

    7. breann hammon

      May 23, 2017

      What technique did he use to get the lines so straight without bleeding?

    8. Ashley Heather Piowlski

      May 23, 2017

      Shelves are from IKEA

      And breann, that technique would be mommy having the patience to go touch it up ! Lol we used painters tape to avoid most of the bleeding but it still happened a little.

    9. Jenni

      May 23, 2017

      This is beautiful! Would you mind sharing the colors your used in the room? We are look to do this so it would be a lot easier to use your colors. You did this SO well!

    10. Salena

      May 23, 2017

      Hi there! Love the room! Where is that crib from?

    11. Ashley

      May 31, 2017

      What is the main gray color that you used?

    12. Becky Moore

      June 16, 2017

      The room looks beautiful! Like many others I would love to know the name of your paint colours. Thanks so much!

    13. Romedenne lucy

      June 18, 2017

      Bonjour j’aimerai reproduire la même chose pour mon petit garçon ui arrive en septembre et j’aimerai savoir si c’était du papier peint ou du papier peint avec pochoir .merci pour votre reponse

    14. Charlie

      July 9, 2017

      Hi there. Beautiful room – what are the paint colours/brands? Thanks

    15. Ashley

      July 24, 2017

      where is the crib from?!

    16. Emma Jane

      July 30, 2017

      Where can i buy the cot and draws? :)

    17. Paige overmyer

      August 6, 2017

      Hi! Do you know the exact colors for the monochrome wall? Looking to do this to my two year olds room!

    18. Jillian

      August 13, 2017

      Adorable! Do you have paint colors you used?

    19. Justine

      August 18, 2017

      Hi ! Where did u get the bed please ?

    20. Ali

      August 19, 2017

      Hey what are the colors of grey you used ?? Finding greys that don’t look blue is really hard!!!

    21. Ash

      August 28, 2017

      Obviously she doesn’t want to share the paint colors. SW has a couple great true grays…Portsmouth Landing and Cobblestone Arch.

    22. Adriana

      August 29, 2017

      Where is the rug from

    23. Heather

      September 9, 2017

      This is amazing!! Do you have other links for things in the room? I love the bear blanket and the lion pillow on the chair!

    24. Beth

      September 10, 2017

      Hi Heather, The lion pillow is from Pottery Barn Kids and the blanket is here. Sources are linked in the righthand column on desktop or down below on mobile.

    25. Paz

      September 16, 2017

      Hey! Where is that poster from?

    26. Niki Dickey

      October 30, 2017

      Hi!!!! Love it all! What kind of pillow is the baby laying on? Where could I find it ? Thank you soo much! ♡

    27. Beth

      October 31, 2017

      Hi Niki, It looks like a Boppy pillow with a blanket draped over it to me. I’m not sure where the blanket is from.

    28. lauren

      November 2, 2017

      Hi !! This nursery is AMAZING. Do you remember the brand and names of the paint colors you used ?

    29. Liz

      November 18, 2017

      Could you please share the paint colors?

    30. Desiree

      November 25, 2017

      What size is the ikea rug you used? the 4 foot or almost 6? Thanks!! You inspired my nursery!!!!

    31. Ashley Heather Piowlski

      November 25, 2017

      Hello all, I no longer have the paint cans which contain the name of the paint colors.

      Any products you see should be tagged at the bottom or the right of this post with the links to that store/product

      Desiree, I believe I have the 6 FT rug :)

      If anyone has any other questions.. send me a DM via Instagram @betweenthebabes that is a better way to contact me

      💕

    32. Jessie

      November 26, 2017

      Where did you get the lion pillow?

    33. Lesley

      January 3, 2018

      Do you know where are the shelves from? Thanks!

    34. Beth

      January 3, 2018

      They are from IKEA. Looks like the EKBY shelves to me.

    35. Asia

      January 6, 2018

      Hey! How did you measure off the walls to get the right dimensions for painting… if that makes sense…

      Like did you measure your wall in half and then half again kind of thing?

    36. Ashley Heather Piowlski

      January 8, 2018

      Hey Asia, its a weird strategy but… we put a pin in each corner of the wall and then took string and wrapped the string around one corner pin and then all the way to the diagonal corner that way it made a perfectly symmetrical guide for us and then we taped painters tape along those strings to allow us to paint along the line. Hope this helps!

    37. Ali

      January 8, 2018

      Asia- we used a chalk line. You can buy them at the hardware store. We pulled the string covered in chalk from corner to corner and then you snap the line and it leaves a blue chalk line that washes off. Then we taped right up to that line. We did a big x from corner to corner but didn’t obviously tape the whole way for the one triangle!

    38. meaghan

      February 11, 2018

      Hi Ashley!!!

      I am working on doing my sons nursery similar to yours; i love it!!! i noticed that your wall is knock down like ours, do the circle decals stay on the wall well without falling off?? Just want to make sure before ordering since I usually have a hard time with things staying on this type of wall :( Thanks so much!! and congrats!!!!

    39. Ashley Heather Piowlski

      February 11, 2018

      Hi Meghan ! Thank you so much… the decals surprisingly stayed on just fine for us.. I’m not sure if a different brand would matter or not but these ones worked great I even took them off and still have them I’m probably going to re use them for the new nursery I am currently designing :)

    40. Staci

      August 13, 2018

      Hi how big are the dots you have used?

      Thanks

    41. Amber Christiansen

      March 9, 2019

      I am wondering what three colors you used for paint. Thanks!

    42. Belinda

      June 23, 2019

      Hi I really love your sons room this is my inspiration for my sons just wanting to know what colour greys you have used if you remember the name of the paint colour having trouble matching the colour 😊 and your animal wall hangings please

    43. Sabryna

      September 8, 2019

      Hello! Hopefully I can get an answer but how do I make the big triangle as straight as possible. Did you use tape?

    44. ashley piowlski

      September 8, 2019

      Hey Sabryna, yes i used painting tape to create the lines :)

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