Tips For Decorating A Small Baby Nursery
Young couples who are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a baby may be challenged with decorating a nursery within a small area. The layout of many modern homes places more focus on function than on large rooms. Here are some decorating ideas that will fool the eye and magically make your baby’s room seem to be much larger than the square footage it contains.
These tips and tricks will help you to decorate with bold colors and textures in ways that won’t visually pull the walls toward the center of the room. You can make use of some handy decorating tricks and design the nursery of your dreams.
The baby bed will have the largest footprint in the nursery. Choose a streamlined design that allows the eyes to travel easily across the surface. A crib of basic design without a canopy or ornate curves and crevices will be best for our purpose. Resist the temptation to buy all of the matching pieces until you take inventory and see that there is a definite need for that chest of drawers.
Efficient storage is necessary but considers installing shelving in the nursery closet before making the decision to purchase more furniture. If utilizing the closet is not an option, shop for a chest of drawers with more height than width. Pass over short, wide baby dressers.
Choose pieces that will offer hidden storage. For instance a bench that has ample storage under the seat would be preferable. The same goes for baby beds with a large drawer hidden by the crib skirt.
Painting the walls in light colors is an old trick to make a room seem larger. If you want something more than pastel paint colors, it’s possible to decorate your nursery walls with any color that you choose without disaster. The key is to maintain a clutter-free space. Limit accessories to a minimum. This will make the room seem larger just as nicely as if you had painted the walls white.
Mirrors are excellent tools for extending the walls of any room, including the baby’s nursery. Create a magical relationship between the indoors and out while adding light and space to an otherwise cramped area. Hang a mirror opposite an open window seat to see how well it works.
Consider skipping window treatments completely. Enjoy the light and scenery. If there is a need for privacy, hang shades or blinds inside the window casings.
Choose solid color floor coverings with little or no texture. Area rugs will only break up the space and make it seem smaller. Patterns on the flooring will only draw attention to the lack of available floor space.
Decorating a baby nursery to make it seem larger is easy. Just remember, the fewer items in the room the better.
The combination of Jan Bay’s love of interior decorating and child rearing motivated the building of her site, UNIQUE BABY GEAR IDEAS which features numerous articles on nursery design, reviews of modern baby gear and the creation of modern nurseries for babies.
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