Our son’s blue jean and teddy bear nursery began with a bedding set that my husband and I both loved. After learning that we would finally be decorating a nursery for a baby boy, I was ready to make the long-awaited room special.
I chose two shades of blue paint and blended them with a Woolie painting technique. The layered finish created a softly faded denim effect that looked surprisingly similar to a well-worn pair of blue jeans.
The crib quilt featured Pooh Bear enjoying a spring day and scattering dandelion seeds while wearing an appliquéd denim shirt. That small blue-jean detail became the inspiration for the rest of the room.
After finishing the walls, I painted the baseboards and molding with the lighter shade of blue. The next challenge was choosing a crib color that coordinated with the bedding without disappearing against the denim-blue walls.
I could not find a green paint that matched the quilt, so I carried the blanket into a hardware store and asked the staff to scan it with their color-matching machine. The clerks were doubtful, but the finished paint color matched perfectly. I cried happy tears in the store, much to the embarrassment of my teenager.
A year later, I cried again when we took down the crib. For reasons we never understood, our son had been terrified of sleeping in it, so we had to make other sleeping arrangements.
His next room will probably feature Godzilla or Spider-Man bedding. Fortunately, either choice should still work with the denim-blue walls we originally created for his
blue jean and teddy bear nursery.
The handmade look of the crib quilt also fits naturally with these
bear baby quilt patterns for creating a teddy bear crib quilt with appliqué, patchwork or rustic nursery details.
I hope the parents visiting
Unique Baby Gear Ideas enjoy seeing our son’s room as much as we enjoyed decorating it.
