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neither of my kids had/have a nursery.
didn't think it was worth it.

we plan on spending a nice amount on their big girl/boy rooms when we move into our new house though!

We were/are theoretically going to turn our guest room into a nursery, but we don't know what to do with the queen bed in there, or where our guests would sleep. Plus, we co-bed so all of the baby's stuff is in our room, plus this winter has been so cold that we've actually closed off that room. We aren't sure about buying a crib...long story short, our baby is 8 months old and no nursery! He'll have his room in the next year or so, I imagine.

I just posted about our nursery yesterday!

We have a two bedroom home and honestly we never used that room for anything other then collecting junk before it became a nursery.

I think you can totally pull off not having a "nursery" if you have a biggish master bedroom ( Ours is TEENY TINY) and your plan is to cosleep or have them sleep in your room for the forseeable future.

Norah started off in our room in a bassinet and I did not sleep a wink. After a week, she was in her crib in her room. That being said I am sure I would have adjusted eventually if that is where her crib was.

All of this to say, do what you are comfortable with. A fancy nursery is certainly not needed especially if it is not something you want.

@gingerbebe: I love our ikea crib I spent more money on the stroller and I am so glad I did because I walk everywhere with her.

We're renting a 2 bedroom place, LO has all her stuff in there but we're not allowed to hang anything or paint so nothing special has been done! One day when we buy a house I plan to give lo a specially designed room! But she only sleeps in there at the moment so no need for big decoration anyway!

My poor, deprived* child, who is now 3, never had a dedicated nursery. (My husband contends that our entire 2BR apartment is actually a nursery because he finds Legos and balls and random vehicles strewn about his office (the second bedroom) regularly. )

When LO was born we had a 1BR, so a nursery wasn't an option. In any event, LO never liked the idea of sleeping apart from us and we didn't mind him sleeping in our room/bed, so that's where he started sleeping and that's where he still sleeps. We're hoping to buy a house soon and he'll get his own room. As a practical matter, that will probably just mean that I get to move his clothes out of my closet and most of his toys out of the living room!

As a matter of logistics, I think you should have a dedicated storage space for the baby's stuff, but it sounds like you're planning for that, so I think you're probably good to go!

*Sarcasm.

We were in a one-bedroom when I got pregnant, and we lived there until DD was 9.5 months old. It can definitely be done, and you'll have the luxury of more storage at least! I had to give up half of my closet! I do think once s/he gets more mobile, you'll want a dedicated play space, but that doesn't have to be a nursery of course.

@Mrs. Tea: glad to hear good things about the IKEA crib! @gingerbebe: we got a Sniglair crib from there last weekend-so we're on the same wavelength. We'd rather have a good stroller, too!

We compromised and made our rooms fit a combination of needs. The baby room is half office and crafting area. Our toddler's room is half guest room too. Really we only use those rooms for sleep for the most part and spend most of our time in the living room.

We had three bedrooms when our son was born and we were also renting. One bedroom was our master, the small bedroom by the entry was our walk in closet/storage room and the other bedroom was an office/guest room.

At first, we just kind of rearranged the furniture in the room to accomodate a crib, armoire and chair. Eventually, though, we realized we had to move out the office component because we couldn't use it when we needed to. So, we moved the desk into a nook in our entry way and it functioned perfectly for us.

We didn't do the fully decked out room either, but I have since done that for my son's big boy room in our new house.