Beautiful, modern nursery in an urban condo
Things have been hopping over at The Design File and so I’m a little late with my weekly post. But I’m so excited to share this fantastic, modern nursery with you.
Noelle, an expectant mother in Indianapolis, recently sent me photos of the nursery she created with her husband, Daniel. The couple lives in the downtown Lockerbie Glove Company in a cool area with some of my favorite homes.
I’ll let her explain the nursery in her own words:
When we bought our condo, the nursery was a workout room which we converted into my husband’s office for law school and work. The French doors allow plenty of light and the walls are open at the top on two sides which allows for great circulation and the ability to hear a baby without monitors. The curtains are a sheer gold color.
I first saw the aqua and chocolate dotted crib bedding on the Restoration Hardware Baby web site and fell in love. That was the inspiration for the room.
We knew we were having a girl so I wanted to keep it bright and girly without being forced to choose pink. I felt the aqua was very close to a Tiffany blue (every girl knows those boxes:). The exposed orange pipes and ceiling allowed for accents of red and orange.
My dad fulfilled his grandfatherly duty and painted the nursery for us. Much of the furniture was gifted by my husband’s and my parents including the crib and the changing table. We installed a do-it-yourself soft FLOR carpeting (squares) over the cement floor.
We chose a contemporary charcoal glider and ottoman that can be used in a small space as well as moved into a living room setting later on.
We decorated the walls with a series of circular frames on clearance from Restoration Hardware Baby (all the aqua was on clearance). They contain baby photos of me (age 2), Daniel my husband (18 months) and our English Bulldog Wilberforce (the day we got him).
The mobile is called “Infant Stim-Mobile” by Manhattan Toy and differs from a lot of mobiles in that it doesn’t move or play music and is inexpensive. It also displays high contrast graphic images for baby to view from its perspective (rather than look pretty for parent) and the cards can be swapped out to more complex pictures as baby grows.
The small table was recycled from our aunt and repainted white. The chocolate lamp is from Restoration Hardware Baby.
The plush bulldogs on top were from our wedding. We both attended Butler University and share a love for bullies (our Wilber is now one year old!).
The “Baby Wishes for Sweet Pea Pulliam” book was made by my friend and designer Abbey Fowler of Syddesign for my friends baby shower. She also made the dots that spell out “baby” hanging above the French doors.
What do you think? Didn’t Noelle and Daniel do an amazing job on the nursery? Thanks to both for sharing their photos.
Do you have a room to share? Email me at thedesignfile [at] yahoo [dot] com.
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#1 Steph on March 10, 2010:
This is really nice. I like the use of blue for a little girl’s room.
#2 Vicki H. on March 10, 2010:
What a great room – ALMOST makes me want to have another baby! Congrats to your friends and yea! for non-pink girl rooms. . .
#3 Niki on March 10, 2010:
What an amazing room! I love the mobile and the rug and it was overall a nice use of space.
#4 Suzanne on March 14, 2010:
such a cute design for a baby’s room! Like the mobile idea — very different from what you find at Babies R Us!