I wonder at times if my clients who place a shabby chic nursery at the top of their list of styles in nursery decor really know what they are asking for. I’ve decorated more than a few baby girls’ nurseries in this style and what I’ve come across is that everyone that has their own ideas of what shabby chic baby stuff actually is.
SHABBY CHIC BABY BEDDING Bedding sets for baby girls that I've used in decorating a shabby chic nursery are primarily floral in design. In your search expect to see crib sets in a variety of fabrics with tiny springs of flowers, cabbage roses and the occasional hydrangea. I have also used damask and toile prints either well worn or in subdued colors with great success in a baby girl’s shabby chic nursery when a formal style of decor was preferred.
French or Parisian shabby chic nursery designs are by far the most popular but when decorating a room for boys, it may be necessary to resort to techniques with a less feminine feel.
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For baby boys, an old patchwork quilt or crib bedding sewn from fabrics with a vintage print would be nice. The baby setting set for the last shabby chic nursery for a baby boy that I decorated was actually anything but a matched crib set. I managed to gather crib sheets and bedding that was an eclectic mix and match of prints and patterns in the same color family that looked as if it had been stored in a trunk in the attic for years rather than being the brand new items that it actually was.
To some, a shabby chic and a vintage nursery theme are one and the same. While this may be somewhat accurate there is a real need to narrow the specifics of the design before trekking forth to the flea markets and vintage furniture stores to pick up bedding, furniture and room decorations.
One person may believe that the key in successfully designing a baby’s room using this style of decor is to outfit the room using distressed baby furniture. Another may be entertaining the mental image of comfortable, overstuffed armchairs covered in slipcovers that appear to have through the laundry more times than a few. And still another believes that the linchpin of a shabby chic baby nursery is an array of chintz fabrics with a pattern of cabbage roses. My idea would be to employ a balanced combination using all of the above and THEN you will be on the right track especially when decorating a shabby chic nursery for a baby girl or boy.
THE BOTTOM LINE As I mentioned earlier in my shabby chic baby room decorating ideas, the lines between vintage nursery ideas and those called shabby chic can be so blurry as to be practically invisible. The suggestions above are merely tips to get you started. Perhaps the best advice that I can give to you is to suit your own decorative taste. If the baby bedding and nursery decorations look shabby to you that is all that counts.
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