to wonder why fashionable IG ready nursery's are so bland?

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Just that really, all grey, all white, monochrome, beige, bamboo, omg the bamboo with whimsical but wierd 'vintage' stuffed toys, it looks like where joy has gone to die?
children like bright colours and cute characters so why purposely do the opposite?

I did a pale yellow nursery with a sky blue ceiling for my first baby (22 years ago). So had colour but was still calming. This was at a time bright colours were meant to be a good thing for babies development rather than the neutrals.

Yeah, with the obligatory Grimms Rainbow

I always chuckle when I see those

I find the whole idea of “decorating the nursery” a bit of a waste, they grow up really fast and what seems perfect for your imagined baby when you are pregnant is probably going to change once they are 2 and obsessed with trucks or rabbits or whatever. Personally I think keep walls and curtains neutral, don’t spend too much or try to make it “perfect” and then you can change the decor without too much bother as they grow up. I know lots of people love it as a nesting project when they are pregnant though but it’s really for them not for the child.

Totally agree with everything you've said minipie

As others have said, research has shown calmer colours in the nursery or anywhere really help baby to avoid sensory overload which can make them feel overwhelmed.
I personally don't like loads of garish bright colours in a room, it makes me feel abit 'bleurghh' and is too much, it's not relaxing at all. If an adult can feel like that, imagine what a baby will feel like.
Muted, pastel colours just feel more calming and yes, part of that is because it is aesthetically pleasing.
Each to their own though.

The box of Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol plastic junk with the airplane and car track is the most popular thing here. DS plays with it for hours and makes up little stories between the characters. I'm not saying kids can't do that with a few generic faceless little wooden figures, but...

Currently redecorating and having storage built in in our quest for the perfect 'instagrammable' house . We're planning to hide all the "good stuff" (hot wheels, Thomas, Peppa, Paw Patrol tower, toot toot cars) in a big corner cupboard. We'll bring it out for our good friends to enjoy when they come round. Meanwhile, everyone else can make do with the Grimms rainbow and plain wooden blocks artfully displayed on the bookcase which show what good parents we are.

My youngest slept in a dressing room for six months as a baby 🤣

A lot of the stuff is "gifted"
Who would pay £50 for a Grimms rainbow?

DS plays with it for hours and makes up little stories between the characters. I'm not saying kids can't do that with a few generic faceless little wooden figures, but...

Exactly, the idea that you need expensive wooden toys for mind opening, imaginative play is totally ridiculous (but all credit to the various marketing departments on great jobs well done).

I can’t think of a better toy for kids than duplo/lego. Plastic, garish and brilliant in every way.

Though the best imaginative play I’ve ever seen from DS was with one of those cheap plastic desk tidies. It was everything; a ferry, a house, a car transporter, a workshop. Not so great for the ‘gram though admittedly.

Never really thought about it, people have different tastes 🤷‍♀️

I don't share DS's tastes. I long for cool neutrals.

But having taken him to many playgroups since he was a 7 month old crawler and just let him loose to explore the room, I have a fairly good idea of the sorts of toys which take his fancy and it's not the Grimm's rainbow or the wooden peg dolls, unfortunately. That's why he's getting a second hand Paw Patroller for Christmas and not a set of wooden lacing beads.

Ds's nursery was pale yellow with teal woodwork. No ill effects, he got a FIrst and an MA.

His nursery was decorated well before Instagram was even thought of though!

Nurseries are for babies though and I don’t think babies care one jot. They aren’t in their rooms alone playing and noticing the colours of the wall.

I find the idea of doing up a “nursery” kind of weird in itself though. Most people have their babies in their bedrooms I thought and then they move into their bedrooms gradually and you do them up gradually as they start acquiring more stuff and expressing a preference on colour or where things should be..?

I didn’t know what a Grimms rainbow was so had to google it. I quite want one now, not that I could afford it

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I didn’t know what a Grimms rainbow was so had to google it. I quite want one now, not that I could afford it

There’s a dupe (still wooden) on Amazon for a tenner - treat yourself!

im clearly alone, i love colour! our downstairs is actually quite pale and neutral but the bedrooms are the colours they wanted as i said you won't get this opportunity again.

Ds's nursery was pale yellow with teal woodwork. No ill effects, he got a FIrst and an MA.

Cringe!

there’s a dupe (still wooden) on Amazon for a tenner - treat yourself!

A fake? How dare you suggest such a thing