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Nursery decoration - any ideas?

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MBB · 04/02/2002 11:49

Hi - can anyone suggest any decent websites or magazines for tips on nursery design? My first baby is due at the beginning of June, and I'm moving house next week so I'm dying to get started asap.
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Marina · 04/02/2002 11:57

If you've got plenty of cash to spare, or are just looking for ideas that can then be scaled down in cost, Junior magazine has some nice ads and features. It does look at rooms for older children too.
If you want colourful stuff (rather than pastel/white), then IKEA is worth a look too.
The White Company has nice bedlinen and accessories.
What a wonderful interior design assignment. Good luck with the move and the decorating.

MandyD · 04/02/2002 12:55

We moved into a rented flat just before my son was born and the room assigned to be his was painted shiny bright orange! I thought it would be way too much but as he grew he really liked it. As there was some green in the landlady's curtains I bought pastel yellow, pastel green, lime green and apple green bedding from Mothercare, and latterly some bright orange cot sheets. His baby sleeping bags were pastel yellow, then an apple green print from Kiddycare. Now he's got a Toys R Us Noah's ark cot quilt with orange in it and some Mothercare apple green cot bed sheets. I think babies like bright colours!

Rhiannon · 04/02/2002 13:59

Have been watching quite a lot of Changing Rooms recently (channel 407)I know I'm sad and they seem to do quite a lot of dyeing in the washing machine and everything seems to come out really well. Thought I might have a go. Just a tip in case you can't find the colours you like. Ikea is great for accessories. R

TigerMoth1 · 05/02/2002 11:24

Rhiannon, I have dyed all my toddler's blankets and sheets in the washing machine, as well our towels when they looked a bit tired. I was careful about keeping colours separate for the first few washes afterwards, but the dye has never run and the colour is even.

Dyeing opens up a new spectrum of colour away from the very bright or very pastel options that many baby things come in. However, I would have serious qualms about dyeing bed linen for new born babies. I am no expert here, but the chemicals in fabric dye stike me as being possibly irritating to very young skin. Perhaps put the dyed items through the washing machine a few times before using them to be on the safe side.

bundle · 05/02/2002 12:13

I painted my daughter's room in 2 colours..a darkish but vibrant blue/purple and apple green - with a wavy line where they joint horizontally (doesn't have to be too perfect) - and used some of the nursery stickers you can buy from Mothercare etc to brighten it up (lions, hippos etc). i'm thinking of removing those and replacing them with Maisy, the current favourite. it's an easy way of updating the look as they grow. I've also made mobiles from CDs, used paper lanterns etc hanging from ceiling for something (out of reach) for her to look at. oh - and a really cheesy chain of fabric/plastic roses (like you see in naff Italian restaurants) which she loves reaching up at.

Crunchie · 10/02/2002 22:53

Well our nursey is Pooh, using those stickers. We did the top half of the room washy sky colour, you know loads of water and little paint splashed about a bit (DH did it in half hour!) The bottom half green, but with hills and valleys (just a wavy line really, but sort of up and down across one wall) Then a big yellow sun painted on, stickers in little scenes, a cheap blackout blind (white but painted with spare washy sky colour) yellow gauzy curatins for effect (IKEA) and red gloss paintwork. By the time we added an airplane light fitting a borrow cot (painted red!) and an old chest of drawers, MDF and paint to make a great yellow changing table with tress trunk sides! we had spent the grand total of less than £100!

Our toddler now has pink stripy walls (all over pale pink, then used one of those narrow rollers free hand 4 inch stripes in darker pink) looks like the inside of a circus tent! Fun Fairy bedlinen (Laura Ashley - v.expensive), fun fairy curtains, lined with shocking pink (I dyed it), and pine bed etc. We love this room, and aside from the expensive fabric (about £100 for curtains and duvet) it cost us £20 for two pots of pink paint, and about £3 for a roller.

We can't wait to do the nusery when the baby is ready for ger big bed in a year, I've got it all planned! Soft cornflower blue (leaving the ceiling sky coloured from before!) With hand painted 4 inch white and yellow daisys. Leave the yellow curtains, but add a blue pair too. I've seen embroidered bedlinen too! Once we have painted over the old furniture, got the MDF out and made a few shelves with edges, I thibk we'll spend about £100 in total!

I love doing up rooms, I would find a fabric you like first, since you can always get paint to match, rather than choosing a paint colour.

Joe1 · 11/02/2002 11:21

Ds nursery is bright yellow. He has Winnie the Pooh curtains etc. Dh is a really good free hand drawer so he has a huge Pooh with Piglet and Tigger on one wall, The Lion King with Samba on another with Pluto, Mickey, 101 Dalmations and Bambi and friends all doted around on other walls. Im not looking forward to the day when he asks for a Livepool bedroom or something else less cute and I will have to cover it all.

Crunchie · 11/02/2002 21:55

Apparently I read today (a press release so a bit early!) that there is a new range of Crown Paints based on Disney. You will be able to buy the paints, and also a book of decorating ideas (the book costs £2.99) and you get £3.00 of vouchers so not too bad considering. It's not in the shops until the end of March, but I think either B&Q or Homebase will be stocking it.

SueW · 11/02/2002 23:43

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