Black and Lime Green Nursery

by Allison Harper
(San Diego, CA)

No doubt, the painted squares are the eye-catching feature in our baby's sky blue, royal blue, white, black and lime green nursery. We painted squares on the nursery walls because I wanted a bold, linear design that was visible to the baby after I read that babies respond to distinct structured graphic patterns.

Modern Gray and White Nursery	Modern Lime Green and White Nursery	Modern Baby Boy Nursery

This fact seems to be accurate since our baby boy, Brixton, really seems to respond to the bright colors and pattern.
I chose our nursery color scheme based on the view outside of my bedroom window when I was pregnant. Here's how I achieved the blue, black and lime green nursery wall painting technique that you see in the picture.

HOW TO PAINT SQUARES ON THE NURSERY WALL


I painted a square grid on the wall, and then applied the painted, black lattice pieces over the top to frame each individual square of color.

I mimicked the square shape in the art and on the ties of the white, blue, black and lime green baby bedding set that I made myself.

The nursery's closet doors were originally mirrored so to give them a makeover I flipped them around and adhered Masonite to the backs of the doors and spray painted the Masonite with blackboard paint which fits beautifully with the decor in our black and lime green nursery.

Visitors to the baby's room like to draw on them when they come to meet our baby boy, Brixton, and he'll be able to draw on them himself when he gets older.


From the webmaster:

Thanks so much for sharing your baby boy's nursery pictures with us, Allison!
I was wondering if you might be able to scan some swatches of the fabric you used in your baby's crib set and tell us the brand and the name of the wall paint that you used for each color if you have time? I know our visitors will be asking for these details so they can copy your nursery's design!

By sharing your black and green baby nursery ideas entering your pictures in our baby nursery photo contest other DIY decorators will be inspired to create visually stimulating nurseries for their babies!

Jan