It wasn't perfect--but I finally was happy with how my office/guest room was looking. Just as I was sitting back and enjoying the colors and the fuzzy sheepskin and thinking I was done in at least this corner of the house...came the news/realization/reality that it would soon have to be transformed into a baby's room sometime before the end of Oct.
We're having a little girl, so I was a bit concerned about leaving the room blue. Though I spent three sweltering hot days last summer painting the room and don't have the heart to do it again. I told this blue dilemma to an artist friend who said in the 19th century blue was the color for a baby girl and red for a baby boy. So the blue will stay--I can paint pink polka dots on it if I'm feeling the need to be conventional. The sheepskin rug will stay and the white chair in the corner. Just need a crib, changing table and...what else...I have to read books about what a baby needs!
I like this crib a lot from David Netto's collection. It's a bit pricey. This changing table, dresser also from David Netto looks great too. It's a whole 'nother world of stuff...I'm going to research now and wait to buy anything until the nesting instinct kicks in...
7.31.2008
Time for a Re-Do
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These cribs are cool but just note you can't use a conventional bumper with them... some people don't want bumpers anyway, but if you do, it's frustrating because they won't tie on if you have a head/footboard like these.
Also, if you want a similar look for a quarter of the price, Ikea has minimal cribs. You just have to be SURE to get a good mattress that fits snugly around the sides; the one Ikea sells with it is not good and some say unsafe.
Good comment. Cool room. Congratulations.
Good point about the inability to have a bumper, as hip as this crib looks. Many more conventional cribs will also have the under-the-bed storage too - perhaps just one drawer. With the changing table/bureau, sometimes it is helpful to have the changing table with the open shelving underneath that you can fill with Pottery Barn lined baskets which makes everything very accessible - you have lots to consider and lots of choices out there! I love the blue paint (& possible polka dots).
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