decorating baby's nursery?

Question

we don't want to know what gender we are having... we are trying to decorate the nursery, any ideas?

Answer 1

yellow is always good for a color to start with. i wouldn't paint the room unless its a neutral color like yellow, purple, some shades of blue. But precious moments is a neutral decoration to go with.. so is a jungle safari and anything to do with woods and trees, there are alot just look online... goodluck though... i tried holding out to wait to see what i was having but caved in b/c i wanted a girl so much that i just had to know... since i already have a baby boy... oh anything pooh is also neutral.. congrats and goodluck

Answer 2

We did our nursery in Classic Winnie the Pooh (got all the stuff at Target). We're having a little girl, but the nursery is very gender neutral except for some pink accents I am planning on adding. The Classic Pooh stuff has a lot of sage green in it, so I put up the wallpaper border at 3 ft and painted green below that. if she comes out a boy, it will be really easy to change it to be a boy's room (not sure what I'll do with all the pink clothes though). Plus, if I get pregnant again in a couple years and have a boy, the nursery will still be ok.

Pick something that is gender neutral, but that you can easily add some gender-specific decorations to after the baby is born.

Answer 3

Nursery Rhymes
Paint the wall either baby blue with white clouds to look like a sky or pale yellow or pale green.
Here is a site that has cute Nursery Rhyme things for baby's room

http://www.themesforkids.com/Nursery%20Themes/nurseryrhymes.htm
(this one is kinda oriented for a boy but you can find some that would go well for either boy or girl)

Answer 4

well we decorated my daughters room in a jungle theme, the background color was a very green color, not deep green though. and we painted a giant tree (like a rainforest tree almost on one wall with a monkey hanging out of it) and then some lions, giraffe, elephant (all baby animals but with realistic looks) a zebra that almost looked like a sheep (before we got the black stripes on it anyway) LOL and flowers and butterflies, i wanted the room to be kinda neutral but leaning toward girl. we did the whole room in animals though. it was very fun. shes 3 now and going to have a little sister (supposedly) and we painted the room pink and purple and we will paint disney princesses on the wall on the walls. unfortunately, i painted the room and i didnt think about what would i do if it turned out a boy, so i got a backup plan of painting a wall or two blue if it turns to be a boy lol. and of course adding things like maybe a soccer thing or something to it to make it more special for a little boy.

Answer 5

Primary colors are great for either a boy or a girl, and are also great for developing baby's brain!

We did wallpaper with red, blue, yellow, and green stars on it with Raggedy Ann & Andy accessories. The baby actually stares at the wallpaper when lying on the changing table!

We also like that the primary colors will grow with the baby. We won't have to redecorate because she's outgrown the little lambs and duckies, we will just swap out the accessories.

Good luck!

Answer 6

Focus on other things. Forget the Pottery Barn catalogs and media that makes you think you need to do this. The baby will probably be sleeping besides your bed for the first 2-3 months anyhow -- and it will be another 7-9 months until it sleeps all night long. What you'll have is a nicely-painted room, with a theme for the stuffed animals. The toys will be wherever you are, and go. Again, who cares about boy/girl... paint the room neutrally, the baby really doesn't care.

Answer 7

We didn't find out either, so we painted the walls the color of a green apple. Some accents are light yellow (like the drapes and the changing table cover), and the "theme" is baby jungle animals which incorporates yellow, light blue, light green, and red/pink. The sheets, crib skirt, and valance are all printed with the animals. It has worked for both of our kids, a boy and then a girl.

I also like khaki for either boy or girl, and khaki, cream, and light green is a really nice combination.

Answer 8

I think ducks and lambs are really cute. You can paint the room yellow or even a pale green (depending on which animal you choose). Or you might want to have one wall painted with Nursery Rhyme themes, barnyard animals, the jungle, ocean, etc. You have a variety of options. The furniture you choose would look really nice in white with any of these options.

Have fun decorating!

Answer 9

Use colors suitable for both genders (you can use pastel yellow and lilac) You can paint two walls yellow and the other two lilac or have a design on them, but don't overdo it.

Go with a nursery theme like Winnie the Pooh, Nemo, ABCs,polka dots, little bunnies/elephants/duckies/bumble bees/frogs, giraffes, etc)

Hope it helps

Answer 10

Yellow and green are gender-neutral colors.

Themes to consider:

Fairytale: enchanted trees, fairies and gnomes, forest animals, etc.
Storybook: frame pages from childrens' books
Pooh: Pooh, Piglet, etc.
Sleepytime: Winkin, Blinkin & Nod, stars & clouds, counting sheep
Nursery Rhyme: ...and the cow jumped over the moon, etc.

Good luck, congratulations, and I hope this helps! :)