Pale blue nursery for a girl?!

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We don?t know what we are having (I suspect girl!) and I am a bit stumped on the room decoration side of things. I really want baby blue but am a bit worried that if she is a girl people will think we wanted a boy ? is that as ridiculous as it sounds? I don?t want lilac or yellow and I also don?t want to stick to white either. I have seen some lovely blue gingham curtains in the same but am holding back because of these notions! Anyone else been in same boat?

Go for it. I am quite firmly in the 'fuck-what-other-people-think' camp though.

Depends how you dress the rest of the room I suppose.
I think it could look lovely if you jazz it up with a few more girly bits and bobs. I don't have DC yet, but I saw a wallpaper similar to <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=blue+with+pink+roses&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1246&bih=1015&tbm=isch&tbnid=xXq5xcle0glm6M:&imgrefurl=www.shutterstock.com/pic-83500069/stock-vector-elegance-seamless-wallpaper-pattern-with-of-pink-roses-on-blue-background-vector-illustration.html&docid=imLQmajbtupFyM&imgurl=image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/158557/158557,1314422919,1/stock-vector-elegance-seamless-wallpaper-pattern-with-of-pink-roses-on-blue-background-vector-illustration-83500069.jpg&w=450&h=470&ei=p6_xT8LxO4TB0QWG5pDiDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=254&vpy=145&dur=2345&hovh=229&hovw=220&tx=89&ty=94&sig=110118714065256870265&page=1&tbnh=161&tbnw=154&start=0&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:73" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this and thought how lovely it would be with blue walls in a little girls room

I'd paint it as you like, if you and your baby don't care it doesn't matter, and it's nobody else's business.

Or...you could do what my friend did before she knew the sex - painted 2 opposite walls pink and the other 2 blue. White cot/dresser and bedding, and half blue half pink gingham lined storage baskets.
When DD arrived they painted the 2 blue walls a darker pink and she dyed the blue gingham basket liners with pink dye so they went a bit purple!

My daughter looks lovely in blue. her room was green and yellow, but she's recently asked for an orange room (shes almost three). Who gives a stuff about colours? Go with what you want.

It reallly does not matter. Western society dictates that boys = blue and girls = pink. So what? If you like a colour, paint it that colour.

Do a seaside blue and White theme, that's always classy

I like your thinking Flisspaps

Yes I think I will just do it ? I cant see DH getting on board with the half and half theme lol ? but I can always add some girls touches when she (if it is a she) arrives and have also seen some pretty bunting which might feminise it a bit.

Im 20 weeks and we have a third bedroom that's light blue and it's going to stay that colour what ever the sex. I don't really like the pink for a girl, thing anyway!!

It is just a colour. Use whatever colour you like, your baby isn't going to care! I've never actually had a nursery for my dcs and I'm on number 3! Anyway my ds who is 5 and my dd who is 3 fight about who gets which bowl/cup/plate etc. He absolutely HAS to have the pink one and she wants the blue, she is just in the process of getting a room of her own for the first time and wants to paint it blue :)

In the past, i believe Edwardian era, it was pink for boys and blue for girls.

Go for it. My friend knows shes having a girl and has gone for blue.

We didnt know, and painted the room grey with green accessories. sil was convinced we knew and that it was a boy as apparently it was decorated for a boy.

Pah.

Now dd is here its still pretty unisex. We added some black and white canvases with flower print cars on them and hey presto.

I truly love it. In fact, am jealous and want to paint our bedroom the same but that would just be weird.

go for it. you should decorate however you like

i really can't stand the blue is only for boys and pink is only for girls thing. it's utterly ridiculous.
they're colours ffs!

you don't have to jazz it up with "girly" things eiher if you don't want to- don't stereotype your daughter (if you have one) by showing her that if she is female then she must like sparkles/flowers/fairies etc and she can't possibly like blue unless it is made "girly" by the addition of stereotypical "girl" items

This is very true Thisisyesterday I hate gender stereotyping ? in fact we already have a DD who is truck and dinosaur mad!

It is going to be blue ? there the decision is made. Thanks for the help. I know all this and I know the pink for girls blue for boys thing is ridiculous ? I am getting hung up on other people thinking it is because we want a boy which is not the case.

I did my daughter's nursery blue and I love it.

She got given so much pink (teddies, blankets etc) and it actually all looks lovely together.

Go for it x

Oooh you could add clouds and dangle some hot air baloons and airoplanes from the ceiling

«gets herself all carried away»

oooh hot air balloons would be fab!

I'm a girl and blue is my favourite colour :-)

The nursery we have just decorated for our future dd2 has predominantly pale blue curtains with a small pink and lemon stripe. This has been teamed with neutral walls and carpet with a few pink bits and bobs such as lampshade, cushions etc. We purposefully didn't want a pink only room for 2 reasons one it's going to revert to a guest room when she moves to her 'big' room in a year or so, and secondly I'm not overly keen on pink and everything I saw in pink looked so cheap - even when it wasn't.

some nice ideas on here if you scroll down there are links to other nursery ideas

Was going to say what mrspear said, blue used to be seen as delicate for girls, pink being seen as a stronger colour for boys.

Like the sea theme idea or just add some white daisies with yellow centres in a couple of places on the wall

We're likely having a girl (baby was slightly shy at scan so not 100% sure!) and I've done pale turquoise walls with white furniture and a few hot-pink accents (cushion on armchair, a throw, etc).

Really there is no need to worry about having a "feminine" nursery. IMO the nursery is for the parents in any case. Baby doesn't give a fuck really does she!

I'm saving my effort/thinking/money for when she's older and starts wanting a certain type of room iyswim.

If you have a girl she will probably want loads of pink stuff everywhere when she's older. While you have a chance, have it blue for gods sake, who cares what anyone else thinks?

I went with a pale green on 3 walls and a bright green on another wall (as I wanted blue but dh was against the idea because he's more against pastels then because of a boy and girl thing)
if you go blue it is easy to 'girl' it up with forget me not/flower décor and ruffles/lace (if ruffles/lace are your thing)

Another vote for blue - it's my favourite colour and always has been so see no reason that you have to stick with the traditional blue. You could do two walls a pale blue and two walls cream with floaty muslin drapes around the window etc. You could always have blue gingham bedding too and trim it with lace if you want. If DS had been a DD I would still have probably gone for a blue nursery. I found a lovely Peter Rabbit toile de jouey fabric on eBay which I used to make a lampshade cover, drawstring bags for bits and bobs and other soft furnishings. All in all it was and still is a very neutral nursery that didn't scream either boy or girl. I also wanted to make sure that the decor of DS's nursery didn't clash with the rest of the house.

traditional pink not blue, doh!