Bringing an new baby home will change many thing about your life. However, bringing an new baby home will also change the four wall that surround the crib where your baby will sleep. The nursery will be the place where your baby will cry during the midnight feedings.
However, it will also be the place where your baby will make there first giggles. It will also be the place where their tiny little hand will reach for their favorite shape and create memories that will last longer than a day. When choosing decor for the nursery, it is important to find a balance between calm environment and stimulations that will benefit your baby, as well as your mental health.
A thoughtfully chosen theme for the nursery can transform the long and sleepless nights into a magical time instead of a monotonous routine. Nursery theme that work best will work well throughout the life of your child. The best theme will inspire their imagination while providing a sense of calm to the child.
Additionally, picking a theme for the nursery will give parents an idea of what direction to take the nursery in order to avoid buying decor piece that will not suit the theme you have chosen for your child. By picking a direction for the nursery theme, it will be much easier to decorate the nursery from choosing paint color to decorating cribs and buying mobiles for the nursery. Animal kingdom theme are some of the most popular for several reason.
Animal theme for nurseries are timeless and will last for the life of your child. Animal theme also allow for children to discover more texture in the nursery that will make the nursery feel warm. There are eight themed idea for nurseries that will provide beauty and function to the nursery.
Eight Beautiful Nursery Theme Ideas For You
1. Forest Friends Theme
These theme will not become clichés over time. A forest friends theme uses woodland creature to transform the nursery into a place of serenity. Colors used for the nursery will be soft green for the walls with decals of birch tree that climb the walls with animals such as deer, fox, hedgehogs, and owls throughout the nursery.
The color chosen for the nursery will remain muted to provide a sense of calm for naps while also remaining visual interesting for the toddler during playtime. Adding two more decor item such as felted wool mushrooms and a side table that look like a tree stump will allow the nursery to function as an storybook that the parent can step into. Many parent choose this theme for the nursery for its ability to transform into a forest of toddler years to come.
2. Under the Sea Theme
An under the sea theme uses blue and teal color on the walls and sandy color on the nursery floor to create a tranquil atmosphere in the nursery. A mobile of jellyfish can hang from the crib to glow at night, a reading nook in the shape of a giant clam shell can provide reading time for toddler, and sea creature on the bumper of the crib will allow bedtime story to become sea creature adventure for sleep. This nursery theme will work well for small nursery as the cool color will make the nursery look large.
However, the theme should be balanced with rug and color that will provide warmth to the nursery.
3. Dinosaur Explorer Theme
A dinosaur explorer theme will use color deep green for the walls to prehistoric dinosaur and brown color for the floor, with orange color used to designate volcano areas in the nursery. Silhouettes of dinosaur such as a triceratops, stegosaurus, and velociraptor can be chosen for the nursery decor.
These dinosaur can also be created as print on the fabrics and wooden art in the nursery. A sensory table for toddler to explore and dig for fossil will provide entertainment for your child in the nursery in the future. A dinosaur theme will allow the child to fulfill the desire to roar like a sleeping giant while providing parent a theme that does not feel like the temporary nursery phase for their child.
4. Celestial Dreams Theme
Additionally, this theme work well for incorporating many live plant into the nursery. A celestial dreams theme will use dark navy color for the nursery walls with glow-in-the-dark star on the nursery walls, a mobile of the phase of the moon above the changing table, and constellation on the nursery ceiling. The accent for the nursery will use silver and gold color during the daytime that catch the light while the nursery sleep in soft white and cream color.
The celestial dreams theme mimic the stars that the baby will sleep beneath in their crib. In five year’s time, they will be able to tell the constellation that they learned while falling asleep in their crib.
5. Vintage Hot Air Balloon Adventure Theme
A vintage hot air balloon adventure theme will incorporate hot air balloon of different color throughout the nursery and into the walls.
A wicker basket can be used for additional storage for the babys toy. Additionally, using cloud-shaped pillow in the nursery will allow for the nursery to transform into an adventure of the imagination for the child. This nursery theme is best for nursery with high ceiling for the hot air balloons to appear to be floating in the nursery.
This theme allow for gender neutrality in that the color palette can change from pastel color to deep navy and mustard color while preserving the theme of the vintage hot air balloon adventure. This theme will grow with the child from crib to big kid bed.
6. Botanical Garden Theme
A botanical garden theme will use pressed flower throughout the nursery and allow trailing ivy throughout the bookshelf in the nursery.
Additionally, using print of the wildflower on the nursery curtain will allow the nursery to remain filled with the joy of flower. Using sage green, yellow, and terracotta color for the nursery will allow it to have an earth tone and optimistic atmosphere. According to study, these color will promote better sleep for the baby while reducing their feeling of anxiety.
Additionally, using live plant that are safe for babies will add both function and education for the baby about the plant of the Earth right from day one. This theme does not feel too precious as the child will be allowed to destroy the plant in the nursery. When toddler begin to draw on the wall of the nursery, it will become part of the botanical garden theme.
7. Little Explorer Map Theme
A little explorer map in the nursery can use vintage map of the world to decorate the nursery wall with a hot air balloon lampshade and suitcase of different size that can act as the child’s nightstand. The color used will be earth tone with deep teal and burnt orange color that will provide energy to the nursery without overstimulating the child in their crib. This nursery theme can evolve with the child through each life stage into adulthood.
The world map that help to soothe the baby will evolve to help toddler learn how to trace the map of the world when they reach elementary school. This nursery theme provide an easy connection between the child and their grandparent who can point out the place that the grandparent have traveled or where the child’s family originate from.
8. Enchanted Fairy Tale Forest Theme
An enchanted fairy tale forest theme can use color of lavender for the walls with moss green color and cream color that will remain calming and magical for the child.
Additionally, painting a hidden door on the nursery wall that lead to an imaginary world can include toadstool nightlight in the crib to enhance the magic in the nursery. Adding silhouette of fairy on the nursery lampshade will create a sense of enchantment in the nursery. This theme work best for parent who want to encourage their child to have a love for reading as there are story throughout the nursery.
However, the tradeoff for this nursery theme is that it must remain not too busy with too many decor item. Limited character in the nursery will be included as well as using negative space in the decor for storytelling in the nursery. Regardless of the theme that is chosen for the nursery, it should not become more important than the life of your family.
The most beautiful nursery theme will not be the most important to your family if you dread every moment in the nursery due to the color or the juvenile look of the theme. When choosing a theme for the nursery, try to find a theme that will make your family member smile when they walk into the nursery at 3 a.m. With the fussy baby who can not be comforted. These moment in the nursery are the most important to your family.
The nursery does not need to be perfect. However, it should remain a place of love that your family shower on the baby who sleep in the crib in the nursery. Choose a nursery theme that spark joy for you and the child who will sleep in the nursery crib.
The rest of the detail for the nursery will fall into place when your family member and heart choose a direction for the nursery decor.
