Our Upcycled Nursery
A gender neutral upcycled nursery in duckegg blue.
A gender neutral upcycled nursery in duckegg blue.
I’d like to bring to you today a project that I’ve recently finished. This was a challenging project as the client had a very short period of time to execute it (It was done in 10 days), The budget was very limited, and the room needed to function as a Laundry room, Play room, and a Family room due to a baby being born into the family about 2 years earlier- now a toddler who needs her own informal space to play and thrive in.
The design needed to be functional, kids friendly, spacious looking, and colorful while serving all purposes.
The family wanted to conceal all of the laundry appliances, baskets, ironing table, and drying rack when not used and thus I designed a custom aluminum closet with perforations to allow the humidity to escape. The closets were made to match the existing wall to wall, floor to ceiling aluminum closets used for storage along the wall.
The walls needed a lot of work as it had a lot of cracks, peeling plaster, and leakage marks so we had some plaster work to be done that was then followed by primer and a beautiful sky blue paint.
The dining table and chairs were already in the house, we just moved them over from another space in the villa so that they serve a better purpose in this room.
We wanted a calm, soft space with some old and new elements mixed in. The room features some vintage blankets, hints of metallics, retro starburst mirrors, and lots of fluffy white and sheepskin!
I wanted to create a woodland nursery, but wanted it to be more sophisticated and of course gender neutral. I fell in love with gold rub and buff and realized how easy it is to make anything inexpensive look a little more upscale (even plastic!). I was definitely sticking to a tight budget so I DIY’d as much as possible and working in a tiny space for twins.
We wanted to create a vibrant room that can grow with Isla. We selected fabrics from Carousel Designs and paired them with white furniture pieces and an ivory glider and textured rug.
After moving into our new home, it was time to put together the perfect room for my little ladies.
Calming cream and white gender neutral nursery with a hint of rustic.
The mural is filled with wildflowers, butterflies and dragonflies. The wall is bejeweled with rhinestones and Swarovski crystals. Her ceiling has hues of lavender painted into the clouds. For her accent wall, she requested a bunny in a basket. She got 2 bunnies. She named the them Cocoa and Fudgie.
A beautiful big girl bedroom that will grow with our daughter and make her feel like a princess!
Being a tomboy as a child, I was so excited to find out that my first-born was going to be a boy. I mean, after spending my childhood, jumping out of trees and playing with matchbox cars, I thought I’d be at a loss if I had a girl (although turns out I do just fine!).
Up until late last year, we were renovating an older house with the view of selling it so poor Zeb didn’t really get a nursery. Seriously! All he had was his cot (and later toddler bed), some drawers and a bookcase! So, obviously we were both excited when it was decided that Zeb’s room would be the first room to be done.
We bought a new home and our little one wanted a Princess room. We wanted to keep it simple yet fun for her. Most importantly, something that she can grow into. A lot of love went into this room. She helped pick out the majority of the big furniture pieces and bedding. Not bad for a 4 year old!
There was a LOT of love that went into each and every part of Kinzie’s nursery. Let’s just say, we had some struggles trying to conceive… This little girl changed our lives forever before she even made it into this world and I (we) wanted her to feel the LOVE around her.
From DIY projects (chandelier crystals, creating a special clothing wall display, etc) to adding elements and vintage pieces that gave me such special/happy childhood memories.
Since my husband and I meant while working at a bookstore then it only made sense that our son’s nursery should be book themed.
Initially designed as a gender neutral nursery with added “pink” and custom elements after my daughter Mia was born. Mia’s nursery is a mix match of bright colors on a neutral background of grey. It has a combination of modern elements, DIY projects, and cheap/cool finds.
A bright and cheery room for my growing girl.
Small room thats fun, bright and not cluttered. Still shopping for a nice mirror above the dresser. The wall color is antique silver and I incorporated yellow, white, gold, blue and pink.
I started collecting ideas for a travel-themed nursery well before I found out that I was pregnant. My husband and I both love to travel and can’t wait to share our adventures with our children someday. We had a great time selecting the items for the room and putting everything together. Hopefully, this room will inspire our little girl to go out and see the world!
We converted a guest room into our Baby’s nursery on a tight budget. We did a lot of re-purposing of furniture to create a bright whimsical space that would take our newborn into his toddler years.
Wallpaper inspired nursery designed by my boyfriend and I for our first child.
With our first child, Chase, I had preterm labor and was on bed rest. Chase ended up coming three weeks early. So, I never really got to put his nursery together the way I wanted. However, any pieces we bought for the nursery I tried to make sure it would work for either a boy or girl as we planned on having a second child. About two months after Chase turned one, we found out we were expecting. When we found out it would be a girl, I wanted to make sure this time around I would have everything ready. This wasn’t too lofty of a goal since they would be sharing a room. This is actually their second room since we recently moved back to Southern California from San Francisco. This room is actually a lot smaller than the one they had in San Francisco. However, it helped me pare down all their things and focus on key pieces for the room.