Fun, fresh design! This week’s featured real room is a colorful shared nursery for a soon-to-be adopted baby and a 9-year old girl—featuring lots of colorful fabrics and unique inspiration prints. Decorated by Kelle Boyd of Ann Kelle for children’s photographer Angela Crutcher, this room is a great example of how to make a shared room work.
Get the scoop on this real nursery after the jump.
Children’s Names: Gaby and soon-to-be adopted baby
Child’s Age: 9 years old and newborn
Location: Nashville area
What was your inspiration for the room?
I got my inspiration for the room from Angela. Initially, she was planning on having Gaby and her little brother Jon share a room. So, she made a boy/girl shared room inspiration board. But as time went on, she saw how sweet a shared nursery could be. Her inspiration research went in a new direction of a shared nursery. She asked Gaby what her favorite colors were and took her answers and just ran with it. “I knew the room needed to be playful with lots of colors and not too gender specific, since we are not sure if we will be having a boy or a girl. But I also knew that I wanted Gaby’s personality to shine through in the room as well.” Angela says.
Describe your decorating style:
It tends to change. But, for this room it was is a mix between Modern and Hipster Heritage, a mix of traditional items and flea market finds.
Favorite Items:
Gaby says she loves everything about her room but if she had to pick one thing as her favorite, it would have to be the tent. She likes to play with her dolls and animals in there as well as doing her homework.
Scroll down for all the room resources!
Room Resources.-
Crib Bedding: Miss Polly’s Piece Goods
Scalloped Garland: Lemon Tree Studio
Zig Zag Puff Quilt: Honey Bear Lane
Custom Artwork: Raw Art Letterpress
Storage Basket Fabric Bins: The Spotted Barn
Owl stuffed animal: Gingercake (pattern available here)
Bird stuffed animal: Gingercake (pattern available here)
Tent: The Red Pistachio (adapted tent instructions by Cakies)
Patchwork Pillow Cover: The Red Pistachio
Dresser: Craigslist
Twin bed: built by dad
Crib: Target
Toy trunk: thrift store
Paul Frank sheets: Target
Paper Lanterns: Amazon
Dashund Lamp: Offi
Teal End Tables: Target
Shade/Pendant Light: Target
* The majority of the items in the room were made using Ann Kelle fabric.
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What is the name/brand of the gray paint!
We used Valspar Stone Mason Gray for the walls.
Love this. We painted our room this exact color. We used Olympic paint in Flagstone. My husband was worried that it would be too dark for the bedroom but it’s a great color. Really peaceful and we brightened it up with yellow, red and white accents.
I love this room. It came together so well! I love that puff quilt!
Such great nursery ideas! I especially like the maps! Thanks -Emily
Hey – where did you get the curtains??? Or did you make them?
Thanks! Allie
Yes, we had them made using Kona solids. Carolyn from Miss Polly’s Piece Goods made them.
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I love your ideas for the nursery! You are so creative and we are going to borrow some of your ideas for our baby that is on the way. I just want to mention that the cribs shown in many of these photos promote unsafe sleep enviornments. The bumpers and quilts are very dangerous to infants. Babies can easily get wrapped in the bumpers and quilts and suffocate. I totally understand that it is not your mission to promote unsafe sleeping conditions :-) Thank you for considering photographs with no bumpers or quilts. Help keep our babies safe. Thank you and keep up the great work!
This is adorable. I love the gray walls- very on trend for nurseries today. I have similar bedding for our crib. I got it at http://www.TinyTotties.com.
I would love to know where can i get toddler bedding like that? It is sooo beautifull:)
I love the quilt! Would you be interested in making and selling them?