While you may be influenced by many different design inspirations, I have found that there are generally four major styles when it comes to baby nurseries: Classic, Vintage, Eclectic and Modern. Let’s take a look at the four styles below:
The Classic Baby Nursery
The classic nursery is the traditional American baby’s room. The classic nursery is comforting and familiar. In this style you will find the traditional pastel colors of blue, pink, green, yellow or lilac. Or even more classic, blue for boys and pink nursery bedding for girls. The nursery furniture is classic and timeless like a rocking chair with matching ottoman, rocking horse or the awe inspiring sleigh crib. Here you might find familiar characters like Winnie-the-Pooh or favorite nursery rhymes like the cow jumped over the moon.
The Vintage Baby Nursery
The vintage baby nursery is inspired by the nostalgia of time gone by. The vintage nursery would include time worn pieces and furniture like a Jenny Lind style crib. Sweet and sophisticated, the Jenny Lind crib has been a favorite for well over 100 years. This style of crib, characterized by its knobby, vertical bars around all four sides, adds a touch of nostalgia and a vintage feel. But keep in mind that while favorite vintage finds and heirlooms placed in a nursery can add wonderful charm, in many cases they should be used for display only and not intended to come in direct contact with baby. Colors you might use in a vintage nursery could include bold blues and bright reds or pastels reflecting the 50’s era. And the themes for a vintage nursery are endless from baby blue birds to cowboys to Victorian pink lace.
The Eclectic Baby Nursery
The eclectic baby nursery encompasses a variety of periods and styles and is brought together through the use of color, texture, shape and finish. In an eclectic nursery you’re likely to find mixed period pieces of furniture, like your favorite Aunt Edna’s old dresser turned into baby changing table paired with a new convertible crib along with your Grandmother’s favorite rocker and a thrift store toy box. Also, in an eclectic nursery, it would not be unusual to find a funky mural paired with a zebra rug and maybe a monkey mobile. Bright colors, deep colors, lime green colors are all great colors that inspire in the eclectic nursery. The most important thing to remember when doing an eclectic nursery is anything goes but find a continuing theme bring it all together by a common color, texture, shape or finish.
The Modern Baby Nursery
When you think of the modern baby nursery think of clean lines and basic form-meets-functionality. A few subtly related decorative objects are sweet in here — but in a modern nursery you wouldn’t find an overall commercial “theme”. Modern design is synonymous with bright color so don’t be afraid to be bold in your selection. You can’t go wrong with lime green and steel gray or bright orange and giraffe yellow for the nursery bedding and window treatments. And in today’s modern world there is no limit to the clean line furniture that’s now available to the modern mommy.
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