March

How to Create the Perfect Nursery For Your Baby

Posted In: baby nursery by Infant Care

Summary

Creating the perfect nursery for your baby can be both fun and frustrating. If you’re a creative person, it may be that you have too many ideas swimming around in your brain. If you’re not very good on the creative side of things, you may not know where to begin.

Below I’ll go over 5 ideas for creating a fun and safe environment for your baby to sleep and relax in:

1. It’s never too early to start shopping.

If you think shopping for your nursery is going to be easy, you need may need to re-think that idea. There are several variables you need to consider when shopping for your baby’s nursery: Safety, practicality, comfort and fun.

It’s important to make sure that the room is following the current safety guidelines. All the outlets which aren’t being used need to have plastic outlet covers. Nothing should be kept in the crib except for a blanket and any crib toys, which are secured to the side of the crib.

2. The crib you choose should both look good and be safe and sturdy.

If you can avoid it, don’t buy a used crib. Make a crib purchase from a store and it’s best if the store has the cribs assembled so you can check for sturdiness and wear.

Which crib you choose may depend on the look you’re going for in the room. A sleigh or a white crib might allow for a more whimsical look, where as an oak crib might create a more warm and inviting feeling.

3. Choose your crib bedding before you pick anything else out for the room.

If you’ve got a certain theme in mind, pick out and purchase the bedding first. It’s easier to create a room around the bedding set. You can shop on Ebay, in stores or online through other stores. Often times, many department stores offer great options online that you can’t get in the stores themselves. Wal-Mart, for example, has an online store and they will ship the items you order to your local Wal-Mart for you to pick up at no extra charge.

4. Make practical storage fun.

Often times, it’s necessary to keep things in the nursery which are necessary, but they’re not always the funnest things to look at. You can combat this by using brightly colored storage bins. If you can’t find the colors you want, buy cheap white storage containers of varying sizes and use plastic spray paint to change the color.

5. Room color is very important.

Some people prefer wallpaper and some prefer paint or textures. Personally, one idea is to paint the room a neutral color and use pictures, brightly colored shelving and other things of that nature to decorate the room. That way, the room can grow with the child without too much effort to change it.

One fun idea is to take a cheap white shelf (we bought one for about $10 at the local hardware store and we used 2 black rod iron decorative brackets, which we left black, but you can paint them any color you want). Make a visit to your local craft store (like Michael’s or Joann Fabrics) and buy two packages of decorative beading ribbon. Using a hot glue gun, attach the ribbon with the beads hanging down over the side along three sides of the shelf. This makes for a really fun shelf for a little girl’s room!