I am very pleased to finally share our baby girls nursery reveal.  It’s less than a week to my due date now and I am gradually working my way through my to do lists (catching up on blogs I need to write being one of the items on my list).  I’d be happy for the baby to arrive any time now but equally I am not feeling so uncomfortable that I am getting irritated.  Who knows how long I’ll be feeling calm, but as the baby moved further down I am feeling more able to breath and eat!

As you can see above, when we first moved in, the nursery was a beautiful shade of pale pink.  Perfect for a baby girls nursery any normal person might think. ( Truth be told, it is such a pale colour I hadn’t even realised it was pink until I got the keys.)  Needless to say I wouldnt normally be one to choose pink for a baby girls nursery anyway.  So, initially thinking the walls were white, I set about finding the perfect paint colour for the room and was set on having a light turquoise. (I wrote about my ideas for the nursery a while back.)  It didn’t occur to me that a blueish tone would be odd for a girls nursery but as I hope you can see I think it has worked out beautifully.  In the end I chose a gorgeous colour called Lucy Locket made by the Nursery Paint Colour.  I find choosing paint colours really difficult and daunting so I trusted that a company that makes paint for nurseries would narrow the choice down for me, whilst also meaning that I could do the painting myself as the paint is VOC free.

The room is quite a small one so it has been difficult to give an overview of how things look altogether but I hope that the details will show off what we have been able to do.  Realistically I think having a small room as a nursery is nice as it can be cosy and compact, but it is much smaller than Nye’s room (which I am yet to tackle style wise).  Even this small room allows us plenty of storage, including a changing table, nursing chair, cotbed and bookshelf.  We have re-used lots of things that were Nye’s when he was a baby but also added a few new things to add the finishing touches and give it a more feminine touch.  All the furniture apart from the shelving we already owned.  One of my favourite items have been the vinyl cloud decals that I bought on ebay.  These ones are inspired by toy story but I personally liked them because each set had 2 sizes of clouds to give a bit of variation.  I was going to measure them out so they looked nice and neat but in the end I arranged them horizontally by eye and so far lots of people have thought it was wallpaper so I obviously didn’t do a too bad job.

The clock is from Ikea although they don’t seem to sell it online anymore, I wasn’t sure about it at first but I really love the contrast between the blue and pink, especially as it works so well with the print we were kindly given as a wedding present by some friends.  I also love how fantastic the curtains look in this room, I actually bought them about 6 months ago in a charity shop hoping I’d have somewhere to hang them once we moved house.  Thankfully I then found out we were expecting a girl and they have brought such a unique vintage feel to the room.  The curtains themselves arent lined but are the perfect length for the window (that’s fate for you.) We’ve also bought a blackout blind to make sure we can create a nice space for naps in the day time.  We’re yet to hang it, but I really loved the owl pattern and the blue and pink colours should bring everything together.

Ta-da that’s our big nursery reveal.  We are finally at a point where everything is organised, the nappy bucket is deep cleaned, the re-usable nappies have been stacked and the blankets have been laid out.  We can’t wait too meet you little one!

Source List:

Cotbed – Freccycle (originally John Lewis)
Changing Table – Freecycle
Cotbed Matress –   Coir and Wool Mattress
Expedit Bookshelf – Ikea
Pine Shelves – Wickes
Blue Paint – Lucky Locket by The Nursery Paint Company
White Paint – Crown, Pure Brilliant White
Pink & White Pom Poms – Ikea
Pink Clock – Ikea
Floral Storage Baskets – Ikea
Love is All You Need Print – Not on The High Street
Crochet Blanket – NCT Nearly New Sale
ABC Pillow – Primark
Floral Curtains – Salvation Army Charity Shop
Bunny Mobile – Flensted via Ebay
Cloud Vinyl Decals – Ebay
Felt Lampshade – The Modern Baby
3 Plane Storage Boxes – The Modern Baby
Cloud Mosquito Net – Ikea