Making the most out of your baby room
by Bert Roberts
Putting together your infant's room is quite the fun activity. It all begins with determining the right furniture, bed, and wall decorations. Furniture is far and away the most important in figuring out the style and feel of the room. When you've chosen the crib and crib canopy, you'll want to choose matching furniture. What I mean by matching is that you'll want the colors of the wooden or the iron crib to be complemented by your furnishings. If you don't like a lot of decisions and want your baby's furniture to match exactly, there are plenty of sets to choose from. However, if you are intending to showcase the colors in your crib, there is wonderful baby furniture in every style and color you can imagine. Just be certain that the color of your baby's room is a decent backdrop for the furniture. When it comes to color, you could choose to either go solid or go mural. Colorful and bright accents look fantastic against a solid background. With murals, the sky's the limit. You might make your ceiling look like clouds and your floor like grass, or you can have a tree as a backdrop to the crib. Simple accessories accent murals best.
After getting the perfect wall color for your crib and crib canopy with complementing furniture, then you can select the best bed linen. Bedding is a good starting point in establishing what the rest of the baby room accessories are going to be. For example, a jungle theme can have jungle animal bedding, in addition to a corresponding baby blanket, bumper, dust ruffle, and valance. There are also places where you can find a matching diaper stacker and wall hangings, which is bound to make your designing process a piece of cake.
Now imagine your baby girl's name inscribed in delicately etched pink words suspended over her bed. Perhaps two or three framed pictures of a lion, alligator, and rhino would look wonderful over your boy's bed. You can have your pick among imaginative wall hangings that can make your baby's space brimming with unique character. To complement your design, you can get a safari wall shelf for your boy's toys, or hooks carved to look like crowns for your little princess. Don't forget to get the perfect picture frame for his/her little foot prints or baby's very first day home. Your choices are almost endless so have fun and let your imagination run wild.
After you have the perfect crib with a matching crib canopy, your furniture, and the rest of your wall decorations, you have the adventure of finding those last couple of accents for your baby room. Window coverings, lamps, carpets as well as other assorted items will complete the picture and help make your baby's room not just a piece of art but a room of complete serenity and harmony.
Exactly how much direct sunlight enters into your baby's room will determine which kind of window covering you will need. If you will be dealing with direct sunlight, then you might pick a floor to ceiling fabric panel that's large enough to filter out all light or consider a cordless roman shade. For all those hot days, pick out a complementary sheer layer that will give you that perfect touch of class. Pick from various curtain rods with delicate glass butterflies, flowers, or stars on the ends to add just the right touch.
Good lighting for your baby's room is essential. Nice soft light for waking your baby up and bright light for changing diapers is helpful for both mom and her baby. There are two main approaches to achieve this. One is to buy a dimmer switch for your ceiling light so you can control the amount of lighting. The second way is to have more than one lamp that you can switch on anytime you want to avoid those harsh ceiling lights. From zebra-print to lace, a few lamps generally support more creativity, because of their many models.
Balancing design and sturdiness is necessary when searching for the right area rug. Take into account how much time you wish that rug to last. Are you going to save the same rug for more than one child? Is the child likely to be playing mostly in his/her room, or does the child have a separate room to play in? Is this rug going over a wood floor or carpeted floor? For a hardwood floor, you might want a soft cushy rug to act as the perfect play spot. With a carpeted room, thickness won't be a problem, and you may want a number of small rugs as highlights.
Storage containers like baskets are an additional aspect to consider in the pursuit of good design and usefulness. Baskets of all types of materials work well since they fit into bookcases and can easily be labeled. Mirrors, mobiles, clocks, growth charts and ornamental dresser nobs are all wonderful solutions to add unique character to your baby room. Most importantly, don't forget to make your baby's room a place where precious memories will be built.
Before you settle on a theme, make sure to take a look at our great <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Which-Color-to-Choose-for-Your-Baby-Room&id=6961897">baby room design tips</a>. There is also lots more information about baby room design including how to pick the right colors, and advice on selecting the perfect crib.
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New Unique Article!
Title: Making the most out of your baby room
Author: Bert Roberts
Email: theroberthubbard@gmail.com
Keywords: cribs,baby beds,baby room accessories,baby room design,baby furniture,baby room,infants,babies,nursery,new parents,mothers,parenting,family,interior design,home decorating
Word Count: 854
Category: Babies
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