BABY NURSERY BASICS

The necessities of every baby nursery are similar. Start with safe and functional baby gear and furnishings and once the basic layout is complete, you can start to select decorations according to your chosen style of decor. Remember safety first and style later is the key to a successful blueprint for baby's first room.

Lay out a plan for your baby nursery decorating project. Get organized and make a list of the necessities for the new baby according to need as well as size of the item and price. If you need ideas for how to head up your list, here's a clue; a place for baby to sleep would be an excellent place to start.

As easy as painting and decorating is, we just can't help it; panic strikes, and we're driven to run out to the baby center and fill our buggy with all the modern baby magazines filled with decorating ideas for baby's rooms in their favorite nursery themes, baby bedding, nursery pictures,baby nursery furniture, nursery decorating, nursery design, nursery ideas - ANYTHING PERTAINING TO BABY NURSERY PLANNING and DECOR!

You should have about seven or eight months to make your choices and put it all together. Make lists, get a plan. DO IT YOURSELF! Whether you take a basic attitude or shoot for a sumptuous luxury nursery design, decorating your baby nursery is like all the other baby projects you will want to do, take small bites and enjoy the experience.

Designing the baby's nursery doesn't take much time at all. It's the decision making process that is so time consuming. Just bear in mind that the ultimate goal is to provide a peaceful and safe environment where baby can sleep and play.

MEASURE YOUR SPACE:If your baby nursery room is extremely spacious, this won't be an issue for you. The size, shape and lighting in your baby's nursery can be altered visually by making the right decorating choices. If your space is limited, careful choices of baby furniture are necessary. Do you really need an armoire, a baby changing station AND a baby dresser? Or could you make do with a dresser with the baby changing station on top and have room for a glider rocker? If you do not want to crack your knees on wall to wall furniture getting to 2am feedings chose what you will use!

TAKE INVENTORY:I would suggest you start with making a list and shopping for the larger baby nursery items that you will need and have room for (see above paragraph). Begin with a a list of the larger items you will need and click the links for HOW to shop for your:

Baby Crib
Baby bassinet
Traditional rocker or a glider
Baby changing station or table
Baby dresser
Baby Dresser
Baby Armoire
Laundry Hamper
Toy Chests
Window Treatments

Keep in mind that this will be the center of operations in your household for quite a while.

PINPOINT YOUR PERSONAL STYLE: Do you favor a tranquil nursery with a serene baby color scheme or are you partial to bright lively colors? If you aren't sure which color scheme would suit you. Jump in feet first and choose your baby's bedding set first and then flesh out your plans for painting and decorating the nursery based on the design of the baby bedding.

For a really calm setting that will work well with several of the nursery themes listed, try this beginner nursery painting technique.

On the other hand, if there is a baby decorating idea you've entertained and refined within your own imagination for a while, you may already have a particular nursery d�cor in mind. You may want to choose artwork, nursery rugs and other nursery decorations before choosing your baby bedding.

MAKE A BUDGET:

Daddy wants to know how much this is going to cost! We can always count on dad to bring us back to earth when it comes to the decorating budget.

Remind him that "It's never smart to save a nickel only to have to spend a dime." We should be willing to pay a little more for quality rather than to buy something cheap and be force to replace it later. NEVER scrimp where your baby's safety is concerned. Always check for quality construction when shopping for baby furniture and accessories because many can be used for a very long time.

UNIQUE BABY GEAR, NURSERY THEMES and DECORATING IDEAS has many articles on decorating the baby's nursery as well as other items of interest to parents of a new baby.

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