Zoo Animals Nursery Theme for Addis

by Charifa Smith
(Oklahoma City, OK)

For Addis' Zoo animals nursery theme we wanted a design that was really bright but gender neutral. We purchased the Lambs and Ivy Zoofari zoo animals baby bedding set and we used it to gather our zoo theme nursery decorating ideas and to design a color scheme for the room.

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We chose a yellow color for the nursery wall paint to complement the greens in the bedding set. Our artist friend, Antar, took the animals from the pattern and really brought them to life in a mural that he hand sketched and painted. We made the request that he highlight our baby's name as part of the zoo animals nursery theme decor and that was managed by integrating painted, wooden wall letters spelling her name that are arranged among the zoo animals in the nursery's mural.

Another goal that we had was to give the baby's room a cozy ambiance by using the unique architectural details that were already in place in the room including the hardwood floors, exposed brick and recessed lighting. It's not clear from the zoo nursery room pictures but her bookends are antique wood cutters from the 1800s.

COMMENTS


I love the way that your friend painted the characters from your zoo animal nursery bedding set on the walls! What a great friend! And he did a beautiful job. If you would like to send more pictures I will post them for you. Speaking for myself, I would love to see a close-up of the blue baby elephants and monkeys on the walls.

Good luck! Jan