https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 17:09:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-755362 Wed, 01 May 2013 18:12:20 +0000 yerpie110 755362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: wow you are talented! i though i saw the top left one somewhere but i am clearly delusional :) </p> <p>@MsLipGloss: thanks!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-754019 Wed, 01 May 2013 07:52:53 +0000 MsLipGloss 754019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: I LOVE your tree piggies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-753938 Wed, 01 May 2013 06:45:19 +0000 heffalump 753938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: Love it! The mural is adorable :) I didn't get anything from etsy.... I painted the top two pictures myself. The top left was a project for college (I was an art major) and the one on the right was specifically for baby. The bottom left is a Picasso that I bought on a Europe trip in high school, and the bottom right we got at a craft fair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-753928 Wed, 01 May 2013 06:32:31 +0000 JamieLee 753928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: love the cow and chicken over the crib! So cute. </p> <p>We're going with a rustic woodland theme for our son's nursery. We live in a rural area of northern Michigan, so it fits for us. For colors, we're going with grey walls with aqua and orange accents to modernize it a little. He's due in August and all we have done is paint on the walls and half of the barnwood wainscoting, so we've got to get cracking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-753865 Wed, 01 May 2013 01:14:09 +0000 aprk 753865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The nursery was already painted chocolate brown, so we just kept that and added fun colors - red dresser, multicolored bunting, bright rug. No theme, really. Just stuff we liked. </p> [attach=2415/13/mm3vzn.600x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-753857 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:33:45 +0000 littlepenguin 753857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I found out I was pregnant I wanted to bright colors. My boy theme was bright teal, blue and green. It seemed only natural to do an underwater theme, not to mention my husband and I love the ocean and diving. Before our son was born, we painted an underwater scene. we did it on 3 canvases since we are currently renting and didn't want to have to paint over it when we move. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-753727 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:50:02 +0000 Ree723 753727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: Thanks! My mom loves doing that kind of stuff and it's nice to have personal touches in LO's room!</p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I think they may be from Ikea (we've had it for a while), not entirely positive though. If not Ikea, I'd have no idea but it would be from a local Aussie store. Sorry that's not overly helpful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-753616 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:28:57 +0000 red_seattle 753616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before X was born, when I was little and dreamed of having a baby and a nursery, I dreamed of some Beatrix Potter type soft and sweet nursery for a boy. Then, we lived in a 1 bedroom apartment when X was born, so we didn't really decorate at all-- just tried to pick things that already went with our bedroom to kind of neutralize/disguise the baby stuff. But before he was born, I pictured something subtly nautical-- seashells, navy walls, pops of soft greens &amp; tans. Husband wanted spaceships. THEN, we had X, who is a wild little ball of energy--- cheerful, wild, and opinionated. So when we moved and he got his own room, we went with the most obnoxious, wild, bright electric green. With dinosaurs. The color is HORRIBLE and BOLD. But I can't imagine my boy with some soft and sweet anything-- the electric green is just soooooo him. It's just so very X. I'm glad in that sense that we didn't set up a nursery before he was born. We got to do something that actually fits his personality. </p> <p>Obviously, when we list our house in a few years, we'll repaint it some neutral tan color. The green would turn off any potential buyer I'm sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-753578 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:09:25 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 753578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I like your low bookcase. Where did you get it from, please? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme/page/2#post-753553 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:57:50 +0000 MrsStormy 753553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My original plan was to not have much of a theme and just stick with a color theme, but somehow it has morphed into a slight theme of birds, so we'll see how that turns out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753506 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:25:29 +0000 yerpie110 753506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: i love!!! did you get some of the artwork from etsy? i think i saw those while trying to figure out what to hang on the walls. not too many pig-themed nurseries out there so this makes me so happy :) and that pic of your LO with the stuffed animals just kills me!</p> <p>here are some pics of mine! one of our good friends is an amazing artist and her gift to us was the wall mural that she hand-drew (without any stencils!). i tried to blur out LO's name but kinda failed, haha. </p> [attach=3387/13/mm3fui.600x600.photo-2-.JPG] [attach=3387/13/mm3ful.600x450.photo-1-.JPG] [attach=3387/13/mm3fuo.449x600.photo.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753462 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:49:04 +0000 DigAPony 753462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm only 13 weeks, so I haven't started any nursery decorating yet, but my plan is to pick the bedding and then use similar colors. I don't want it to have a set theme; I just want it all to "go."</p> <p>So far I like this bedding: <a href="http://www.target.com/p/migi-little-tree-baby-bedding-collection/-/A-11755701" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/migi-little-tree-baby-bedding-collection/-/A-11755701</a></p> <p>And this: <a href="http://www.target.com/p/skip-hop-treetop-friends-crib-bedding-set/-/A-13217428" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/skip-hop-treetop-friends-crib-bedding-set/-/A-13217428</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753453 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:44:38 +0000 Cara M. 17 753453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilteacherbee: have you seen this? So cute! <a href="http://www.bananafishinc.com/prodpg.php?product_id=1182" rel="nofollow">http://www.bananafishinc.com/prodpg.php?product_id=1182</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753434 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:22:52 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 753434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: Oooooh my goodness I'm in love o_O And so jealous of you and your mother! So talented! I wish I could have it all, but I must say, I especially want that alphabet chart! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753425 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:17:42 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 753425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I wanted an alphabet theme, until we found out it was a girl and I found a purple owl bedding set. Its now vaguely owl-themed, but mostly just purples and greys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753409 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:06:06 +0000 swedishfish 753409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a Disney freak and we are team green so it was Winnie the Pooh for us! I love Disney World!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753406 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:04:49 +0000 deerylou 753406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My favorite animal is a deer, so I always figured I would have a woodland themed nursery. However, it seemed much easier to execute when we thought we might have a boy. Since we're having a daughter, it's morphed into a more feminine forest/meadow theme. We have the Hayley nursery bedding from Pottery Barn Kids, so we're just kind of decorating around that. Basically, pastel colors, and forest friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753404 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:04:29 +0000 IcebergMom 753404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awe cute pics. We don't really have a theme. :) I got a few a few etsy decals and those are the only things "hanging." Maybe I should add more. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-753399 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:59:59 +0000 Ree723 753399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: Ok, here's a few pics of our nursery. Bear in mind we're in a rental so it's pretty small and we're quite limited in what we can do. DD is also 10 months old so it's a very lived in nursery! I made the Peter Rabbit bunting (loved that project!) and my mom made the quilt, nappy stacker, the embroidery characters on the wall, the alphabet chart, and the embroidery hanging over LO's cot. I'm pretty happy with the way it's all turned out, even though our nursery in our old house was bigger, and trying to fit everything in now has given it a bit of a cramped feeling! </p> [attach=1312/13/mm3bw2.448x600.image.jpg] [attach=1312/13/mm3bw4.448x600.image.jpg] [attach=1312/13/mm3bw6.448x600.image.jpg] [attach=1312/13/mm3bw8.448x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752876 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:21:36 +0000 fancyfunction 752876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Thank you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752706 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:19:49 +0000 ladyfingers 752706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: I love that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752682 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:08:50 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 752682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: So crafty, momma! You'll have to show us sometime!</p> <p>Since we're living downstairs instead of upstairs, DS has his nursery set up in his playroom. We haven't gotten to personalizing it yet, mostly because of the fact that we have plaster instead of dry wall walls - very hard to hang pictures in and patch up after you've moved them - so it isn't decorated decorated but it definitely looks like a nursery! I'll have to take some pictures sometime after I've picked up, just so I can show him later what his second 'nursery' looked like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752658 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:01:05 +0000 lovehoneybee 752658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: That's really cute!</p> <p>We don't really have a theme, per se. We were Team Green, so that immediately shut a lot of gender-specific designs down. Neither of us really like prepackaged collections or licensed designs (so no Disney or Sesame Street or Winnie the Pooh).</p> <p>We were actually loosely planning on doing a Beatles' theme, including a large mural on one wall, but we ended up moving when I was 6 months pregnant and we hopefully won't be here long, so I didn't want to invest a ton of time/effort in the nursery and just have to repaint it when we move. </p> <p>Anyway, our "theme" is kind of a hodgepodge of stuff in colors I liked....grey, yellow and teal. I chose them because I like the colors together and think it could have gone for a boy or girl. </p> <p> On one wall I put up removable circular wall decals of varying sizes in those colors. On anther wall is a gallery of mini paintings made at my baby shower using those (and other coordinating) colors. Behind his crib is a big tapestry I sewed using squares of fabric in a similar color scheme (with varying patterns). I also used those fabric squares to make pillows for the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752652 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:59:46 +0000 anbanan15 752652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We wanted to use birch trees going floor to ceiling behind the crib and dressing table. We added in some smaller elements, like metal wall hangings of animals, that matched the colors in our more modern bedding set and darker furniture. Everything just evolved from there. We kept the colors gender neutral so we could reuse most of it if our next baby was/is a girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752630 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:52:54 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 752630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: For some reason, I hear your LO going "Omg, PIGS! Omnomnom." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752623 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:51:32 +0000 heffalump 752623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: Too funny! I was also born in the year of the pig. Here are some pictures... they're from before LO was born so it's a little different now (especially the pictures in frames, I was waiting for LO to be born to replace them with pictures of her). I included one of LO with her stuffed pigs too :)</p> <p>[attach=1561/13/mm2xlx.600x450.P1010799.JPG]</p> <p>[attach=1561/13/mm2xlz.600x450.P1010804.JPG]</p> <p>[attach=1561/13/mm2xm2.449x600.P1010810.JPG]</p> <p>[attach=1561/13/mm2xm3.600x468.314286_10100986828848923_7970079_n.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=1561/13/mm2xm6.456x600.P1010807.JPG] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752101 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:03:51 +0000 yerpie110 752101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: WE MUST BE TWINS. I was born in the (zodiac) year of the pig and grew up collecting them and received a ton as gifts. I kept every single one because I always thought if I had a little girl, I don't care what animal year she was born in, her nursery is going to be pig themed! And I was lucky to have a baby girl and yup, her nursery is completely pig themed (even though she was born in the year of the dragon haha) and all the trinkets and stuffed animals are the ones I've collected over the years. I love walking in her room - it's a trip down memory lane! I'll post some pictures later and would love to see your nursery too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752079 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:57:06 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 752079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: @Bookworm: Thank you :) Sorry for being so nosy but I'm still trying to get my space upstairs ready in my head before I tell DH what to paint. We've been moved into our house for nearly two months now but because there's no air conditioning/heating upstairs, we haven't moved up there yet. But we're going to spend the next month or so getting everything upstairs ready so that by the end of June at the latest we'll all be upstairs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752026 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:40:15 +0000 Ree723 752026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: I'll take some pictures in the morning (it's midnight here now) and post them. I literally just finished hanging the last of the frames in LO's room this afternoon (we moved in two weeks ago), although DH is not super impressed with my spatial awareness skills, so he'll be redoing them this weekend, sigh. Regardless, you'll get the gist! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-on-your-nursery-theme#post-752021 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:39:03 +0000 Bookish 752021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: here y'all go! I wish I had better pics on my phone! We still have to find some art for the daytime wall, but we're almost done! </p> [attach=2511/13/mm2op5.600x450.20130329_225337.jpg] [attach=2511/13/mm2op7.600x450.20130309_201017.jpg]