With only 17 weeks to go now I feel it’s time to legitimately begin decorating the nursery. Taking inspiration from Young Mummy‘s gorgeous book-themed nursery, I want Baby H to have a stimulating, girly and interesting room; she will sleep in our room for the first six months of her life so it will be initially treated as a nursery/playroom.

So far we have a white cot and chest of drawers. I think I’ve convinced Will that he should be building a built-in wardrobe in the bedroom alcove though with his track record in DIY I think he’ll need a hand from Grandpa-to-be. An antique desk inherited from family will be a changing unit with some small adjustments and the neutral carpet will be jazzed up with a rug.

(Note: I’ve shamed myself into posting the ‘before’ photo, taken just after we moved in! The room has improved massively even since then – though it’s currently serving as a storage area for the high heels I can’t wear anymore. Those awful opressive curtains that came with the house have been replaced with neutral white which makes the room immediately seem bigger and brighter).

On my shopping list so far:
Ridiculously girly fairy lights
Laura Ashley bunting
A ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ pink poster
Some pretty storage boxes
A cherry blossom decal

I was browsing birthday cards this morning and I found some gorgeous ones that were the result of a collaboration between Rob Ryan and Roger la Borde. Rob Ryan is a brilliant artist whose shop is based on the lovely Columbia Road (which is where we used to live, back in the day when a warehouse studio apartment with massive windows and one storage heater seemed like a good idea). His art is based around laser cut silhouettes and lovely words – the one I found this morning might have brought a tear to my eye:

‘You were in my head but now you are in my heart, please stay there forever’

He has around 7 greetings cards with Roger la Borde and luckily enough three of these are pink-themed. I’m going to frame these three (the one above will take pride of place in the middle) and hang them above the cot. Hopefully my hormones will have calmed down to the degree that I don’t weep every time I see it.

Where did you get your ideas for your children’s nurseries? I’d love more inspiration!