I often speak of my haphazard style of mothering… You would think that KNOWING that I was going to have to take my child out of his bassinet after the summer and that Cookie was going to be moving into a bed so that he could have the crib that I would have planned ahead, and you know, actually set the whole room up before the kids got there? NOPE. Instead I did nothing.
So when I arrived back in the city after two months, 2 hours of traffic and 2 screaming kids and lets not forget the POURING RAIN (Im talking, shopping bags ripping in the street pouring), after all that, we had to move beds, reassemble cribs and take shelves off the wall.
Crazy town. Anyway, I’m going to TRY having my two kids share a room. This is NYC after all! Space is SCARCE! And havent children been sharing rooms since the begining of time? YES?
My plan is try to keep them in the same room (so far its worked for two nights) and to make that happen, I took ALL the toys out of the room and put them into the den, which Im going to turn into a playroom.
And thats why you guys havent seen the new boys nursery yet- because it doesnt exist. Its contingent on what happens with the two sharing a room.
Anyway, Ive begun to gender neutralize the room, and this is what Im doing. STILL not sure if Im going to keep the hummingbird wallpaper. Its kinda girly, but Im keeping the striped rug for sure and working around that.
So today I went sheet shopping, cause JoJo was sleeping on pink crib sheets and cookie had none…
I decided on light blue gingham from Pottery Barn Kids for both beds, to unify. Combined with a blanket from Conran Shop that I already had, a CB2 pillow I already had and another pillow I bought from Urban on sale for $9 for Cookie’s bed. So far I LOVE all the colors together!
So fun and kiddie! And its all just sheets, so anything can swap out really easily.
Still deciding on the wallpaper. I love it, but it may have run its course, AND, I still need to have a daybed built for Cookie, so she doesnt fall out of bed every night!
Im trying to make this a space both kids want to be!
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Love it! You make everything look good! xo
It looks so great! I love that the bedding is so unexpected with the wallpaper!
The wallpaper works! I love it!
Love the stripes and gingham. Whatever you do, I’m sure it will turn out amazing (not to add to the stress…). In the photo it looks like the wallpaper looks good with the new bedding, but I’m guessing you can’t really tell until you see it in reality.
I think the wallpaper works with the bedding, but is it too girly and busy? Thats what Im thinking… Maybe simplify and go with a solid wall?
wallpaper is so beautiful and it has served its purpouse for ur daughter but i say get rid of it, maybe all walls white and u paint the last wall ur so talented u’ll think of something cool!
Hard choice because the wallpaper is so gorgeous and looks good with the bedding, but change is always nice!
may i ask where those rainbow sheets are from? they’re just perrrfect!
Hey! I linked to it in the post- I think you mean the blanket? It’s from conran shop. On the website you can’t see all the colors in their photo. But that’s the blanket!
I adore that wallpaper! And there isn’t any reason your sweet boy wouldn’t love it too. But I also know how something like “girly” walls can get to a person over time. What if you leave it up on a wall near Cookie’s area? Not in that “I made this a feature wall because I’m indecisive about paint color” kind of way. But maybe leave up three large rectangles of it and then frame them with pieces of half-round painted to match whatever color you choose for the trim. Like here: http://www.decorpad.com/bookmark.htm?bookmarkId=1564.
I’m also totally digging these headboards using the same concept: http://www.kimmyles.com/wordpress/?cat=27
Am I crazy?
Thats actually kind of interesting… Im not for sure changing it yet… Just thinking about it.
Im not really about the whole gender thing…. but truth be told, Im getting sick of it. When I see it in a photo I love it, when I see it in real life, I dont as much. I have a window seat in the room made out of the fabric, I would keep that for sure. HMMMMM, maybe make the daybed out of the fabric and change the walls? Or is that crazytown? If anything the room is going to be in the blue/gray family.