https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:37:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2040046 Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:05:17 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2040046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: Love your nursery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2029283 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 12:11:54 +0000 jetsa 2029283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think our nursery is even smaller but other than the entry door being on the opposite side we have the exact same layout. We finished the area between the closets with a bench and toy box. </p> [attach=2716/15/nidufv.600x164.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2029190 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:43:29 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2029190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: Your window alcove is 46" wide and 28" deep. Using Land of Nod's Toby as an example a glider is 30" wide and 35" deep. Your glider would likely poke out of the alcove a bit, but you should still have enough space for a narrow side table. Have you created furniture to play around with layout in your room plan? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2029126 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:06:42 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2029126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: The window sill isn't huge, but it's probably enough for little baby fingers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028815 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:33:40 +0000 lady grey 2028815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: I was going to suggest putting the glider and a bookshelf in the nook by the window, just like @yellowbird. Then I'd put the crib on the 8'10" wall and a long dresser on the 9'10" wall. Shelves with toys on the 6'10" wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028812 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:27:43 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2028812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: Is there a window sill that he/she could pull up on to look outside? If so I would definitely not put furniture there and leave it open for playing! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028807 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:23:11 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2028807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yup, it's nice and big and lets in lots of light :) The nice thing about it is that we could one day put a bean bag or something in that corner and a small kid could easily still see out the window from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028610 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:37:00 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2028610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: ugh, I have low windows too. I guess one way of looking at is that if your window is low it must also be large?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028367 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:51:52 +0000 yellowbird 2028367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure of the dimensions of our nook. I'll have to check! </p> <p>I think with 3 feet across you should be able to get a chair in there probably caddy cornered and maybe a bookshelf on one of the 2'4 walls </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028363 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:48:49 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2028363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I LOVE the built-in bench / reading nook idea, but the window is too low to the ground for that to work. We could put some sort of seat in front of it, but anything built in would be less than a foot high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028346 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:17:09 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2028346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dresser on 9'10 wall<br /> Crib across from it on 8'10 wall<br /> Glider in corner of 6'10 &amp; 8'10 wall<br /> Bookshelf/ Toy storage/ Kid size table &amp; chairs on 6'10 wall</p> <p>Window wall- I'd create either a built in desk or built in bench storage</p> <p>[attach=3033/15/nibrol.425x600.minted-nautical-playroom-4.jpeg]</p> <p>[attach=3033/15/nibrom.500x332.contemporary-modern-retro-cozy-kids-room-500.jpeg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028338 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:55:26 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2028338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: I love the way you did the reading nook! Do you know how big that nook is? I'd like to do something like that, but I don't know that the nook is big enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028337 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:54:48 +0000 catomd00 2028337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd put dresser on 9'10 wall and crib on the wall across from it. Glider in the top right corner. This is essentially the layout of our teeny nursery and it works well for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028334 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:52:10 +0000 yellowbird 2028334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @BadgerMom. Our dds room looks sort if like this and we made the little space with the window into a reading nook. She has another small nook in her room where her crib is, but it's pretty much the same!</p> <p>Here's her unfinished reading nook. I want to get 1-2 bookshelves and move the chair a bit and get rid of the table </p> [attach=1925/15/nibqiz.450x600.20141124_174637.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028325 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:43:15 +0000 BadgerMom 2028325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd probably put your dresser on the long wall as you come in since that isn't as deep as the crib. I'd put the crib on either the 6'10" or 8'10" wall probably off center towards the corner so it doesn't feel overpowering in the room. And id put the glider with a side table and maybe a floor lamp in the nook. Try floorplanner.com you can put in your measurements and play with all the shapes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028324 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:41:40 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2028324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: Great question :) I just edited to add that there is 1 window, between the two closets on the wall that is on the bottom of the drawing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028318 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:38:28 +0000 yellowbird 2028318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are there any windows?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028317 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:38:22 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2028317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would put the glider in the top right corner with a nightstand beside it on the top wall, put the crib on the right wall, the dresser/changing table on the left, and put a rug on the floor a low shelf in your little cubby hole between the closets with as a play area. I would add a child safe mirror in there too at the floor level :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-nursery-layout#post-2028314 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:31:05 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2028314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could really use some help with our nursery layout. We're not due until August, so there's lots of time to think about it, but I like to plan early :) </p> <p>The room is a bit of an awkward shape because there are closets taking up 2 of the corners. We haven't bought any furniture yet, but the crib we like is 58.5" x 29.5" (about 5 feet by 2.5 feet.) We're also planning to get a dresser (with a changing pad on top, so it can't be too small) and a glider (maybe with a foot rest, maybe a nightstand too.) Any ideas would be greatly appreciated :)</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>ETA: The only window in the room is between the 2 closets, on the wall that is 3'10 across from the entry door.</p> <p>[attach=5379/15/nibpjt.463x600.nursery-layout.jpg] </p>