Nursery Inspiration Board

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As you all know me and Scott are expecting our first baby on January 6th (not long now!) and so I have been thinking lots about how to decorate our little one's nursery.

Im loving the idea of having a modern and fun take on a woodland/bird theme - with tree and bird murals on the wall and lots of cute accessories like the gorgeous owl cushion. By mixing it up a bit with the fun polka dot pattern it will be a more modern version of the theme. This sort of nursery will be quite long lasting too - we won't have to redecorate for quite a few years because its a versatile scheme.

Scott and I are expecting baby to be a girl (although it isn't 100%) so have been looking at a turquoise, white and pale pink colour scheme but this idea could easily be adapted to suit a little boy as well - just with a tweak of the colours :-)

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Woodland Accessories

I'm loving these woodland inspired pieces from australian company www.kidsgiftlist.com/au.

The height chart is a fun and interactive piece of room decor and the squirrels... well you gotta love the squirrels! 

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Budget Art

Woop! I won my Ebay bid on three plain white artists canvases. I'm hoping to create something like the picture above with them :-) I'll probably leave the base white or paint it cream (rather than blue) and will be making the owls/birds and other animals out of patterned scrap paper. Hopefully they will turn out okay and fingers crossed they will make the perfect addition to the baby's room. I was originally planning to paste the birds and animals straight onto the wall but figured it would be more practical to put them onto canvas - much easier to change later on!

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Family Tree

How cute is this family tree painting? 

I think we will definitely be bringing this idea into play when decorating our nursery. I won't be using these colours as we are planning to stick to a neutral base with brighter accents (there won't be any pink or blue!) but the idea of having all of our little one's family included in their room decoration is such a lovely one. And of course the tree fits perfectly in with our loose woodland/animal theme. 

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Nursery - paper animals

More nursery inspiration I found whilst browsing chicmotherandbaby.com/au - these cute collages of animals are so cute and would be so easy to recreate yourself on a budget. I personally would put the paper images directly onto the wall - however if you wanted a room that could be changed easier then it would still look great if the images were painted/pasted onto canvases. You can pick up plain canvases pretty cheaply online and in big stores such as TK Maxx or Etc... 

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Nursery - Birds

As usual I have been scouring the web for inspiring ideas for our little one's nursery, and, thankfully, haven't been disappointed by today's finds. Went through some nursery pictures on 'Rate my Space' (ratemyspace.com) and found this absolutely adorable and completely Diy-friendly nursery. 

The nursery had a loose bird/woodland theme and this had been achieved in the colours aswell as all of the cute little details. 

The birds themselves were cut out of scrap-booking paper found on craft websites and in their local stationers and were glued onto the wall before being varnished over - i think they are a really nice idea, particularly as they are a neutral and long-lasting design so the parents won't need to remove them any time soon. Of course you can get lots of murals and stickers online but I like these better because of their individuality and fun... not to mention how budget friendly they are! 

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Nursery Inspiration

How cute is this nursery? I love the tree on the wall and the cute leaves cut out of scrap-booking paper. This is the sort of design that we want to incorporate into the nursery for our little one. We will be going for a wildlife theme mixed with neutral colours for the base and brighter accessories. I'm going fabric hunting this week for some lovely patterned fabrics to turn into bunting and cushion covers. 

Scott and I were talking about painting a tree design onto the wall and turning it into a 'family tree' by attaching pictures of the baby's family and painting their names onto it.

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