https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:55:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309634 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:50:22 +0000 kjpugs 1309634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like your second picture but flip flop the dresser and crib.</p> <p>I don't know if there would be an issue with the crib in front of the window as far as temp, but I think the issue would be eventually the baby can grab the blinds/curtains. And then if you have to get rid of them, the light will get in their eyes. Flip the dresser and crib in the 2nd pic and I think it's PERFECT! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309625 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:47:41 +0000 septca 1309625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't put the crib in front of the window for light and window covering reasons... My DD is pretty sensitive to light, so I like having her crib away from the window to help me get good naps and later morning wake-ups. Also, as your baby gets older and can stand up in the crib, they are going to want to play with and tug at every thing they can reach, which is going to include blinds, curtains, etc. </p> <p>I think you'll be happier with option #1 in the end because the crib and glider are so close together - much more convenient for MOTN wake ups.</p> <p>One consideration - are you doing a video monitor? If so, you need to think about where the camera will go. Ours (Motorola) can mount on the wall, but if you get one that can't, you need somewhere to set it that is near the crib but out of your baby's reach (there is nothing my DD would rather play with than the camera cord... sigh). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309568 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:29:14 +0000 MsMamaBear 1309568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the 1st one, but switch the dresser and bookcase, that way, when she's older it's like a reading nook. I wouldn't put the crib by the window. I just don't like when storms come up and such. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309561 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:25:58 +0000 wonderstruck 1309561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't put the crib in front of the window - I can't picture baby napping in the exact spot where light is streaming into the room, sounds like it would go over horribly. Sure, you can close the drapes - but as baby gets older and starts grabbing at and pulling on the drapes through the crib slates, that's going to be a big problem.</p> <p>I agree with many of the others - rocker in the nook, crib on the wall, and dresser in front of the window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309524 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:13:45 +0000 MsLipGloss 1309524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What does your crib look like? Depending on how it is designed . . . I would float the crib in the middle of the room, put the dresser against the back long (11' 2") wall, and put the glider in the corner nook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309518 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:11:30 +0000 mrs. 64 1309518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think having the crib in front of the window would look fine, but it would make me really nervous that baby could potentially pull on or get wrapped up in blinds/cords/curtains. If there was some way you could make sure that wouldn't happen, especially as LO is older and pulling up, I would be more comfortable with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309468 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:45:28 +0000 MrsH 1309468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the dresser in front of the window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309464 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:43:40 +0000 matador84 1309464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love looking at room layouts! I would put the glider closest to the crib, like pp have said. I think the best layout for that would be the crib in layout 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309453 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:39:07 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1309453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like cribs in front of windows. Plus just the practicality of having to extra securely mount the blinds and curtains so baby can't pull them down or strangulate. I would worry about all that light being right next to baby especially at crib mattress level (unless the back of your crib is solid)? </p> <p>I like the crib on the big wall. Could you maybe put something small on the side of the crib? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309347 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 07:01:31 +0000 bpcmarj 1309347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am like others and like the chair in the nook, dresser in front of window and crib on wall. I have a really awkward nursery with a whole wall of closet and obstruction on all but one wall, so I totally understand your dilemma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309340 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 06:31:34 +0000 loveisstrange 1309340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with the last layout, but switch the crib and dresser. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309333 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 06:07:40 +0000 Snowdrop 1309333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the glider in the nook. Nice to have a cozy corner and a view for feeding but i would just pop the crib in the middle of the room. Don't see why it needs to be against a wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309332 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 05:38:36 +0000 avivoca 1309332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: you could try it and if you hate it, change it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309260 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:26:59 +0000 mrskc 1309260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't be confortable having the crib in front of the window. What about doing your set up in your first diagram but shift the crib closer to the closet and put the glider in the other corner in front of the window? Or do like someone else said and put the glider in the nook, the dresser in front of the window and the crib on the wall without a window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309258 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:20:04 +0000 Grace 1309258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I was wondering if the dresser and crib would fit on the long wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309195 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:14:27 +0000 skibobrown 1309195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I like the look of crib in front of the window. One thing to be really careful about though is your blinds. They can't be anything that has cords that the baby could get tangled in, and they really shouldn't be anything that the baby could pull down. Basically, be really careful about strangulation and / or suffocation hazards. Cordless blinds are expensive, but seem pretty awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309151 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:47:30 +0000 Mae 1309151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cold is really not a concern because it's a brand new house with energy star windows, they really are not cold. And that window is 2.5 stories up facing a street on a hill only 2 blocks from a park--- so the chances of anyone playing baseball in front of our house (let alone letting one fly that high) are pretty nil :) </p> <p>@Grace: Hmmm not sure. Which wall would you face it off of? </p> <p>@evansjamie: I sort of like the look of that better too I think… but I seem to be strongly overruled here :)</p> <p>@lawbee11: Yep, it will be.</p> <p>@MrsMcD: No I don't think it would fit back there at all :( </p> <p>@Dagny: Nope we live in Ohio. No earthquakes, no hurricanes, no tornados… we're pretty lucky insofar as natural disasters. </p> <p>Will probably do the glider in the nook since that seems to be a preference! We'll have to move everything around once we get it all to make sure it looks right of course, but we'll try that first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309150 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:46:09 +0000 littlecasita1122 1309150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've seen a few nurseries where the closet doors were taken off and instead of being used as storage, they were used as nooks in which the crib was put. Very cozy for baby :) But of course you lose the storage space, so you would need a wardrobe or some organizers to put elsewhere in the room. Just a suggestion!</p> <p>I personally would not put a crib in front of a window more because of the toddler stage - if my LO had his crib in front of the window, he would constantly be playing with the blinds or trying to touch the glass. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309137 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:36:51 +0000 turkeylurkey 1309137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rawrasaur: I agree. Rocker in nook. Dresser in front of window, crib on the wall.<br /> The baby will be able to pull curtains, blinds and hit the glass with objects. Not to mention drafts and sunlight. Having the ottoman in the way between crib and dresser might be odd to walk around </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309124 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:32:11 +0000 Dagny 1309124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you live in earthquake territory, I'd avoid putting the crib in front of the window. That is a tricky configuration! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309117 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:30:22 +0000 deactivated_account 1309117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't put a crib by a window. The chair looks great in the nook, but is there any way to put the crib in there??? Even if you had to caddy corner it, it may be something to consider. I like cribs caddy cornered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309112 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:29:22 +0000 lawbee11 1309112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is the changing pad going to be on top of the dresser? I would do crib against the striped wall, glider in the nook, and dresser under the window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309110 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:27:46 +0000 avivoca 1309110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually really like the crib in front of the window. Laurel-Dawn from Abode love did that in her nursery and it's really cute. I would have done something like that if our nursery was on a second floor (we live in a ranch). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309108 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:25:52 +0000 Grace 1309108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Would it look silly to have the crib come into the room (rather than along the wall)? That would use less wall space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309106 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:25:43 +0000 Aandmklover 1309106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would mix the two. I love the crib in the large main wall and the glider in the nook. I'd just put the dresser on the larger window wall. Good luck and it love the striped wall!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309097 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:23:07 +0000 Dandelion 1309097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the third except switch the crib and dresser. It would look fine by the window. But I wouldn't do the crib by the window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309093 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:20:28 +0000 rawrasaur 1309093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would not put the crib by the window for the same reasons others have mentioned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309090 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:19:21 +0000 deerylou 1309090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually like the glider in that awkward (ha) nook area, but would probably swap the crib and dresser, due to the window. Nice stripes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309082 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:13:52 +0000 Mrs Hazelnut 1309082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice but I love your grey stripes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-the-worlds-most-awkwardly-shaped-nursery#post-1309051 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:51:39 +0000 MamaMoose 1309051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree it could be very cold under the window. Also God forbid a rock or something hits the window in a storm (or a kid throws a baseball during nap time) and breaks the glass. I also much prefer having the glider near the crib. Easy transfer of sleeping baby : ) </p>