Nursery Decorating

Walls, Windows, and More Long drapes entice little hands, blinds with long cords can cause strangulation, and beaded blinds pose a choking risk. Window treatments should tie together your color schemes. Go light, airy, and neutral so a change of paint does not require repurchasing window treatments. Mini blinds can completely darken a room or let the sunshine through. Gender and non-gender wall themes often coordinate with matching lamps, pillows, and crib sets.

Beds and Dressers
Baby cribs offer more options than ever before. Choose from black or white painted, luxurious wood grains, metal, four-poster, modern, classic, and vintage cribs. Want to get the most bang for your buck? Convertible wood cribs transform into toddler beds, delaying the need to upgrade to a twin bed. Choose a dresser style that complements your crib selection, but not a style that limits future decorating decisions and upgrades. Small dressers serve the immediate need, but don't provide growing room - so start out big! Changing table systems grow with baby; these shelf and drawer wall systems double as storage systems when diapering days are over. Remember, the key to organization is plenty of storage space.

Comfort and Convenience
Nursery stools are handy for reaching upper storage shelves, and double as sitting stools for toddlers. Nursing stools are adaptable footstools that complement nursery rockers; some have multiple settings, adjusting to a relaxing angle for nursing moms. Gliders and rockers are designed to achieve harmony between parents and fidgety, fussy or sleepy babies. Intended for wee infants, the elderly, and anyone in between, gliders and rockers bequeath rest and relaxation. Practical choices advance today's nurseries into tomorrow's kid-friendly zones.