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Designing a Pink Nursery for Baby Girl

May 20, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Before I got to my clients’ home yesterday, I was speculating what colors they had in mind for their soon-to-be-born baby girl. I guessed aqua/turquoise & brown.

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I was wrong.

And I’m so glad I was. There’s just something about pink nurseries.

(Especially when you’re a mom to 3 boys/men and a grandmother to a ‘big’ boy.)

But the pink they’ve chosen isn’t just ‘pink’ . . . it’s the softest, sweetest ‘petal pink’ I’ve seen.

And I just adore the toile print on the petal pink background. My mind started whirling the minute I saw the fabric swatch.

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Then I saw the crib ‘big brother’ used, ready to be put together. The finish on it is exquisite – not quite gold and not quite bronze.

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And look at the striped silk for the dust ruffle. See that little stripe of ‘champagne’? Perfect with the crib. (Perfect with the toile too. I just didn’t capture it properly on camera.)

So they have a great start – crib, yummy fabric, and a great space ready to be transformed into a beautiful, welcoming room for Baby Sister.

Now my work begins . . . a castle mural? Soft, watercolors? Or tone-on-tone toile?

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The clients had some books and photos of things they liked, but weren’t ‘quite right’. Which is why you hire a muralist, by the way!

They told me they’re ordering a chandelier, but I haven’t seen the style.

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I just had fun looking at these sweet pink chandy’s.

Pink crystals? How divine!

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Or maybe crystals with sweet pink silk shades? More yum.

I had to stop dreaming browsing and get to work. So I started looking at pink nurseries.

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Pink – check! Chandelier – check! And just look at the bed – it’s the same as my client’s, only in white.

(Nice, but I like the antique gold.)

But no mural on the wall! Keep looking.

It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it . . .

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I swear I wasn’t trying to find the same bed, but here it is again – in white, again.

What caught my eye in this vignette are the trompe l’oeil medallions painted on the wall. This is more of what I had in mind. Not the medallions exactly, but the tone-on-tone.

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Same bed, but these pics are all from the same site. Check out the mural on the wall – soft, ethereal. Almost perfect.

Almost.

Seeing three different vignettes in pink and a white bed, I’m now really, really happy they’re using the antique gold crib.

Oh, I love the white and pink too. But the antique gold with the pink and champagne stripes create feel of classic elegance, don’t you think?

Now I get to play and play diligently work on creating samples for wall murals and murals on canvas for a very special little girl.

Like I said, it’s a tough job . . .

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