help with painting a nursery for twins (boy and girl)?

Question

ok .. im having boy.girl twins.. im thinking of painting the walls.. from just plain white..i thought about only painting the bottom half of the room.. like with the border or a rail moulding in the middle (white) and about 3 1/2 ft from the bottom.. and pale blue and pink stripes with white in between each.. on the top half and leave the bottom half as plain white. as their bedding is the same style but different and not coordinating in colors.. what is your advice.. green or yellow wont work .. im afraid.. i mean the furniture is all white so i dont want just white walls.. .. her's is pink gingham and teddy bears which are
dressed like lil princesses and the same company designed the opposite fabric for boys which is blue gingham.. and the same style of bears just dressed as lil sports guys...

Answer 1

I think a blue/pink mix would be wonderful and appropriate. Good luck!

Answer 2

I like the pink/blue stripe idea. When they are older, they can pick a color together that they both like, if they are going to share a room long term. But for now, I think that is a great solution. It sounds like a lot of work though, make sure you don't wait too long to do it, or you'll be too tired to finish :) Instead of a white chair rail, since the bottom wall is white, why don't you alternate blue/pink for the chair rail. Like one wall the rail can be pink, the next wall it can be blue, then pink, then blue. Just to give it a little more color, but still look good. Whatever you decide, I think it'll look cute :)

Answer 3

I did pink and blue sponge paint all over the whole walls and pink and blue border around the top of the walls, it looked awesome! I wish I had a pic to attach.

Answer 4

Alright with a boy girl room go with nuetral colors, yes the blue and pink sounds cute but it also sounds highly feminine....while if you wanted to, some people design the rooms accordingly. half and half, make one half strictly girl and the other very masculine....you'll find a style that suits you and the babies accordingly...also check out different design books wallpaper always works....find one with bears on it, leave the molding white and from there up do some bears wallpaper....I think that that would be very cute.

Answer 5

We have a baby girl, and hubby didn't want a whole lot of pink, so we did a bright yellow because the hubby wanted her to "wake up to the sun"... (cute I thought) but I saw an episode on some HGTV show and their nursery was like a grey and like a pale yellow. It was the cutest thimg I've ever seen!

Answer 6

I like your idea with the alternating of blue, white, pink, white, blue, white, pink, white, etc., etc., etc.,


blue, pink, and white surely all go together nicely =)

good luck with the painting and the babies

congrats with the twins by the way

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Answer 7

Have you already started? If not try a aqua color it's good for either. The room sounds wonderful. It's great you found coordinating decor.You could even do a beige color too. Post a finished product pic would love to see how it turns out!!
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Answer 8

sounds gorgeous. Sherwin Williams has some paint which doesn't have the fumes or toxins. My friends brother in law is a manager there and he was able to paint the whole house during his wife's pregnancy without it bothering her.

Answer 9

well this sounds like a crazy idea but paint half of the room blue and the other half pink,,, where they meet paint a patern of verticle blue and pink stripes.

Answer 10

green or light aqua is a good choice for a babies room as it cuts down on glare...they paint operating room this color for that reason..and its so soon they will not be babies any longer and you will have to paint the room a solid color..do it now..you will be very busy after they come and a light sage green goes with everything.