Creating a beautiful, designer look for your nursery doesn’t have to cost a fortune. With a little know-how and a do-it-yourself spirit, you can create a stylish, stunning and peaceful retreat for your baby in just a fraction of the cost!
- Determine the style you want.Sometimes decorating on a particular theme can get pricey and difficult to track down specific items that fit the theme, such as a character theme, stylized animals, etc. But if you choose to decorate according to a style, for example, a color palette, a “feel” such as forest colors, beach colors, pastels, or blues, and harmonize items rather than matching, you open up your design options tremendously.
- Choose your color palette.This means narrowing down the hues. For example, if you wanted a beachy theme for your nursery, you might choose to go with white and blue-green colors, or you could go with cream and varying shades of blue with sandy colored accents.Jessica Colaluca of Design Seeds puts out incredible color palettes regularly, based on submitted inspiration images. If you’re still hung up on choosing colors, head on over there and take a peek at her offerings. I guarantee you will find something you like!
- Focus on the impact pieces.This means, those items that will visually have the most weight in the overall design or “look and feel” of the room. These pieces might stand out because of a color or texture, such as an oversized knitted blanket draped over a rocker, or twinkling fairy lights along a wall.