For a travel themed nursery blue is a great place to start because it symbolizes the sky or the ocean. While selecting blue as a color for a boy nursery is a traditional choice, it also is a soothing shade that will help create a calm and tranquil space for your little world traveler. Once the main wall color has been picked, decide what color you would like for the trim (windows, doors, baseboards). The final consideration regarding the walls after they have been painted is what to do with them. A wallpaper border with a trains/planes/automobiles motif is a simple way to add visual interest to a travel themed nursery without too much effort. A mural, while more labor intensive, is the ultimate fun way to add some “real” adventure to the space.

Airplane baby furniture such as a changing table, bookcase, toy chest or toy/blanket bench are popular ways to furnish a travel themed nursery. But for the budget-conscious another easy and convenient way to get the same look is to select a crib like the Orbelle Convertible Mini Portable Combo Crib N Bed  and apply small, airplane decals. You can also give the same treatment to other baby furniture pieces like the changing table and the dresser.

The Bebe Chic Around the World Baby Crib Bedding Set has a classic style that is fun, casual and very adaptable to any other décor style including country and traditional. The pattern is charming, allowing you to add other airplane or other travel themed elements that will work with crib bedding set’s color scheme, while the mix of solid colors with soft shaded plaids create visual interest.

Accessorizing is easy and only limited by your imagination! Hang model airplanes from the ceiling; add a novelty ceiling light fixture or table lamp to the room’s décor design; or use framed pictures of vintage or modern airplanes as wall art. A travel themed nursery that features planes, trains or automobiles (or all of the above) is a delightful nursery theme for a new baby boy. He won’t even need a passport!Choose instead a theme like world travel, which will allow you to add old world touches like framed maps, a globe or trunk-shaped toy chest.

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For this particular travel themed nursery design, we’ll start with blue – not for boy but for sky and sea, two things that play a big role in traveling around the world (even if it’s not in 80 days). Blues such as turquoise, aquamarine, sky and maritime are becoming more common choices for girl nurseries as well. This color palette from Benjamin Moore is a selection of “main” wall colors. For accent colors, use greens and yellows. Or if you have it already, take your accent colors from the themed bedding you’ve chosen for the crib.

For a boy travel themed nursery choose darker colored baby furniture; for a girl nursery with a travel theme, select white or natural; for a gender neutral travel themed nursery choose light to medium wood finishes. The Status Furniture Brookfield Baby Room Furniture Set would look just at home in a girl nursery as it would in a boy nursery. It also has the added bonus of including the basic pieces of baby furniture – the crib, changing table and chest of drawers – that you will need.

Dress the crib in a themed bedding set like the Bebe Chic Around the World Baby Crib Bedding Set. The colors are perfect for a gender neutral nursery. Continue accessorizing the nursery with framed maps, vintage suitcases or black and white prints of the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben or a Venetian palace. For those special touches that will make your baby’s first room unique, use suitcase labels as wall art or make a mobile out of small globes of different colors.

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Not only because this is a boy’s room, but also because it involves cowboys and the Old West, choose warm browns, muted reds and sandy tones that reflect their world. When the walls have been painted, you can include the cowboy theme in any number of creative and imaginative ways. If you’re artistically inclined, you can draw or stencil a cowboy scene or motif on one or more of the boy nursery and then paint the mural. Perhaps a mural is too labor-intensive; opt instead for using letter stencils to spell out your baby’s name, a cowboy theme wallpaper border or framed vintage prints of cowboys doing cowboy things like herding cattle, etc.

Nursery sets are available in a range of styles. Buying your baby furniture in nursery sets instead of individual pieces is usually more economical. Choose baby furniture for your nursery in classic “boy” colors like black, dark brown or espresso that is well-constructed, durable and stylish. Or since it is a cowboy theme, how about a crib set in natural or pine? You will need a crib, a changing table and some form of storage like a dresser, chest of drawers or an armoire.

Your crib will need a crib mattress and naturally, themed bedding to make it extra comfy for your little one. Accessorize your cowboy themed bedroom. Include the floor in your nursery design plan by choosing and area rug like the Fun Rugs California Kids Medium Pile Cowboy Rug. Adding stuffed farm animals, wall art depicting a cowboy’s life on the range or lamps with bases in the shape of a horse or cowboy to the room will give your baby boy’s nursery a vintage look that will stimulate your child’s senses, transforming it into a place everyone can enjoy.

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Firefighter Walls

Primary colors like red, blue or yellow would be great for an accent color, either for doors, windows and baseboards or for one entire wall as a focal point for the crib or wall art. So that the nursery won’t be overpowered by too much color, use a bright neutral like a crisp white or a deep tan as the main color for the walls. Consider finishing off painted walls with a firefighter theme border. Another nursery décor option is to paint a fire station mural featuring firefighters, fire trucks, etc. Don’t let not being able to draw prevent you from creating a unique mural for your little firefighter – peel and stick vinyl pieces let you “paint” to your heart’s content.

Firefighter Furniture

Because firefighters are on the cutting edge of technology and the latest up-to-date rescue methods, contemporary baby furniture would be a nice change from the vintage fire hall. But either interior design style would be a good choice. Start with a crib, a changing table and a dresser. These are the key baby furniture pieces you will need. Add other furnishings like an armoire or a toy chest as space allows. Anyway you can increase your storage options in a nursery is a good thing.

Firefighter Accessories

It’s such a popular theme for a boy nursery that you will have no trouble finding fireman decorations and themed bedding. Make the nursery “pop” with fire engine red windows treatments, a lamp shade or crib bedding. For upholstered furniture like a glider choose fabrics like denim or heavy cotton. Throw down a fun-shaped fire truck area rug for another splash of color to make your bright nursery even brighter. Designing a fireman themed nursery for your newborn is sure to set his senses (and his imagination) on fire.

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Princess Walls

The obvious choice for both a girl and a princess is pink. Select paler pink tones or soft shades of rose, burgundy or lilac. For accent colors, use deeper shades of these colors; for a secondary color for doors and windows pick neutrals like white, cream or gray.

Don’t want to paint or you would like to do something else than just paint? Add a princess-themed border to the walls of your princess nursery.

To give your little princess that royal feeling, how about painting a princess-themed mural on one or more walls of the nursery? You don’t even have paint a mural – you can create one from a princess theme peel and stick vinyl pieces kit.

Princess Furniture

Traditional style baby furniture is perfect for princess-themed rooms. The basic baby furniture pieces you will need are a crib, changing table and a dresser or chest of drawers. The ultimate princess bed has to irrefutably be the canopy crib or the sleigh crib; the canopy crib because of its drapery and ruffles; the sleigh crib for its smooth curves and dreamy appeal. If you do have the space, consider purchasing a Victorian reproduction armoire that will add a fanciful and romantic feel that will last until the college years, growing with your baby girl long past the time it’s storing baby gear and themed bedding. It might sound like storage overkill, but it will come in handy once the grandparents start to bring toys and other little treasures every time they come to visit.

Princess Accessories

A princess themed nursery needs themed decorations and accessories. For window treatments and themed bedding think frilly lace and ruffles. Select pink crib bedding (or whatever color you’ve painted the nursery) to match the walls. If you’ve chosen a canopy crib, add a pink canopy with white drapes (or vice versa). Place accent pillows with gold trim or gold stars in your rocker or crib. For that certain royal look, choose a traditional style miniature chandelier with a touch of pink crystals or glass beads. Select an area rug that depicts a castle, a knight, a princess or all of the above to put the finishing touch on your princess nursery for your little princess.

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It’s as easy as ABC to get a look for your nursery that is simple, fun and adaptable to either a boy or a girl. Literally the foundation of language, words, ideas and literature, the alphabet is the ideal theme for a little one’s first bedroom. The options are endless and many of them inexpensive, which is a bonus for new or expecting parents. If you already have a name picked out, an alphabet themed nursery is also a great way to feature the letter your baby’s name starts with by wall hangings, stenciling the name on the wall or an embroidered baby pillow.

Alphabet Nursery Theme Walls

There are a number of ways to go: alphabet wallpaper, an alphabet letter border, an alphabet animal border, solid paint colors or a combination of wallpaper and paint. If you designing a unisex nursery, you may want to choose colors other than pink or blue.

You could give the room the feeling of being inside an alphabet block by painting the walls a solid color and then choosing a complimentary color for the ceiling and floor. 

Use craft paint to personalize the nursery with a mural based on the letters of your baby’s name.

 Alphabet Nursery Theme for Girls 

White furniture is a popular color for a girl’s nursery. A white crib has a charming and fresh appeal. Many parents are choosing round over rectangle because it eliminates corners and baby is accessible from any side. Round cribs are typically placed in the center of the room for the best effect. This can be especially useful when decorating a smaller sized space since it opens up the room, making it appear larger.

Like the choices for wallpaper, borders and stencils, alphabet themed crib bedding is readily available. For a girl’s nursery, select bedding that’s unashamedly “girlie” with lots of frills and bows. 

Particularly if the floors are hardwood, give her someplace to comfy to play and crawl (yes, it will happen sooner than you think).

 Alphabet Nursery Theme for Boys 

Baby furniture in a medium to dark finish is a common choice for a boy’s nursery. Decorative detail is more streamlined and there are not as many flourishes or curlicues. Choosing a matching change table will make it easier for you to change diapers, while giving you someplace to store all those items necessary for keeping baby dry. 

The crib is the focal point of the nursery. Dress the crib in an alphabet-related crib bedding set. Many alphabet patterned sheets and blankets include colorful animals. 

Select floor coverings that will bring together both the color palette and theme that is in the room. Make sure that it is soft to the touch and will be gentle on baby’s skin.

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When designing a nursery for your baby, many parents are taking into consideration the environment and products that might be potentially harmful to a newborn. While sticking to solely organic products might seem like a number one priority when creating a green nursery, this can quickly become very expensive. A viable alternative is to choose products that, while are not completely organic, are healthier and the least invasive. In addition to planning the space and picking a theme, there are some specific things to consider when creating a safe environment for your child. The key to designing an eco-friendly nursery is to make the space as toxic-free as possible. This means painting walls, using materials and selecting furniture that is non-toxic. 

Especially if you just moved into a new house or apartment and you don’t know what type of paint has been used, you might want to repaint the room anyway just to be on the safe side. Some types of paint can contain harmful toxins that are released into the air from the walls. Volatile organic compounds, commonly known as VOCs, both the naturally occurring and synthetic kinds, are often regulated, but not industry or state wide. When selecting a paint color, choose a type of paint that is non-toxic with natural pigments like clay. Even when using an odorless paint, try to paint the walls of your nursery one to two months in advance; this will allow the fumes, even non-toxic ones (everything has a scent) to dissipate. 

For a green nursery, the crib should be constructed of natural woods. If a crib made of natural woods is not in your budget, it can be made of a recycled wood product like MDF, but make sure that it has been sealed with some type of a quality, non-toxic, environmentally friendly and easy-to-clean finish.

In order for your green nursery to be a comfortable place to sleep, the crib will need a mattress. For parents concerned about the possible effects of synthetic materials, chemicals or potential allergy-causing compounds, organic innerspring crib mattresses are available. The protective cover that is an integral part of any crib mattress is made of a non-toxic, water-resistant material like white polyethylene, an environmentally friendly plastic. Organic crib mattresses are generally made of organic cottons and wools and for this reason can be somewhat pricey. However, a perfectly acceptable green compromise would be to purchase a foam crib mattress that has a non-toxic or organic cover; this would ensure that your child will not be in direct contact with synthetic materials.

Bamboo is fast becoming the most popular material for eco-friendly products. Manufacturers are now using bamboo fibers for bedding sets, baby clothes and flooring. Bamboo, as a fabric, is also highly absorbent and is soft to the touch, perfect for baby blankets and other baby gear. 

With a little planning ahead, it is easy to create a healthy nursery environment that is eco-friendly. And not only will baby breathe easier!

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The classic fable about a tortoise that raced a hare and won is ideal for a unisex themed nursery. Maybe it’s because this is a tale of impossible odds that it so thoroughly captures our imagination. Perhaps it’s the idea that a turtle would even consider racing a hare that is so comical. But whatever the story’s appeal, choosing the tortoise from this delightful tale as the central character for our unisex nursery design will create a charming and whimsical backdrop for the newest addition of the family.

 Paint or Paper

Because we’re dealing with a classic story, a more traditional wallpaper treatment would be as suitable as a solid paint color such as yellow, green, mauve or burgundy. Neutral colors such as beige, black and white, taupe or navy would also be good choices for a unisex nursery. Because our main character is a turtle, browns and darker shades of green paint or wallpaper would be ideal as accent colors for one or two walls of the room. While blue is the color that is associated with a boy’s nursery, shades such as aqua and teal are great selections for a non-gender specific nursery color scheme. If you decide to just paint the walls, for that special finishing touch, include a wallpaper border with a tortoise-and-the-hare pattern.

Bedding and Accessories 

The Cotton Tale Designs Slow Poke Collection is perfect for our tortoise fable themed nursery. The crib bedding set features colorful turtles in a combination of very cool colors that will keep the décor looking fresh and new. Details are what make the Slow Poke accessories like the nursery lamp and the musical mobile so delightful, from intricately done appliqués to the wooden or fabric cut outs. Another aspect of this collection that I like so much is the mix and match way the collection uses patterns, stripes and solid colors. Tying the crib bedding to the nursery window valance to the baby nursery accent rug will make this turtle themed room totally enchanting. 

Furniture for the Unisex Nursery  

Choosing a crib in black or a dark wood finish will be the perfect canvas for the delightful colors of the turtle themed crib bedding set and matching accessories. Since you will be purchasing the crib and any additional nursery furniture you might need for a unisex nursery, select furnishing with cleaner lines and a minimal amount of decorative detail.

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