Luxe Report: Nursery

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Luxe Decor: Stevie's Nursery

Back in September, I shared with you the completion of baby Hank's nursery. About three months after Hank's arrival, one of our very best friends, Carrie, gave birth to a little girl, Stevie Lee. Hank was especially thrilled about her arrival!

Hank & Stevie. I wasn't kidding.

Carrie very much shares our design asthetic, and we took a similar approach in our nurseries: crisp white walls, statement artwork over the crib, a sheepskin rug for coziness, and acrylic shelving for modern functionality. We are delighted to share some images that were recently taken of her nursery and this beautiful new family of three!

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Round Greek Key Mirror
(what a deal!)

Friday, August 31, 2012

The Nursery Diaries Part Eleven: A Glamorous Baby Girl's Nursery

With just about 2 weeks to go until my due date, the nursery is one item away from being finished!!! That means next week we will have the big reveal and wrap up The Nursery Diaries Series. What fun I've had sharing my progress with you along the way!

But before my baby boy's nursery reveal , I wanted to share with you a glamorous little girl's nursery that I came accross recently from fellow blogger, Lauren, at Rock Paper Scissors. This nursery is truly inspirational, and fits right along with our personal design asthetic of a simple color palette and lots of animal imagery.

Like me and I assume like most mothers-to-be, Lauren wanted to create a room for her daughter Piper that was peaceful and serene. She began to imagine a room of grays and white… a soft color palette without a commitment to a color that she would eventually tire of. (sound familiar?)

Lauren began to search for fabrics and quickly received responses of shock and confusion when she told people she wanted to use gray. Most assumed she was having a boy, and they imagined a harsh and dark color that would be depressing and dreary.

In addition, Lauren's desire for the room to be mainly white was met with the rolling of eyes and snickers that she “would eventually see the error of her ways”, that "white was a mistake for a baby", and that “clearly this was her first child”. She slowly began to doubt herself and wondered if she truly was going to be depriving her daughter of color?!

In the end, she went with her gut and is beyond thrilled with the end result. And we couldn't agree more! The gray and white color palette comes together so nicely with the pops of brass, creating such a chic nursery perfect for a little girl!

She used the baby animal prints from The Animal Print Shop that I debated using above our crib when I first got started. How adorable are they?!

Sources for the rest of her nursery:

Crib and Dresser: The New Traditionalist (in weathered maple and white)

Bookshelf: Serena & Lily (custom painted to match the white of the furniture)
Glider: Restoration Hardware Baby & Child
Bedding: Pom Pom at Home
Artwork: The Animal Print Shop
Drapery & Rods: Restoration Hardware
Owl Lamp: West Elm
Side Table: West Elm
Chandelier: Horchow
Giraffe Head: Z Gallerie
Tree Coat Rack: West Elm
Bassinet: Restoration Hardware Child and Baby
Cowhide: The Cowhide Store

A big thanks to Lauren for sharing her beautiful nursery! Stay tuned for my big reveal next week!

Friday, August 24, 2012

The Nursery Diaries Part Ten: The Beach on Society6

In one of the first Nursery Diaries posts, I shared with you the Coney Island Beach Print that I already had and decided to hang over our crib. The print is full of great colors, and the blurriness of the beach patrons provides a real abstract element to the photograph.

The print comes from the hip and affordable art site Society6, and the more I searched the site, I found it to be a great resource for beach photos. Again, such a great way to incorporate color and natural landscapes, and many of the photographs have a great vintage quality.

Vintage Textured Beach

Bondi Beach

like something out of a beach boys song

All of these prints are also very reminiscent of the incredible, yet not so budget- friendly beach photography by Massimo Vitali and Slim Aarons:

Papeete Beach Regatta by Massimo Vitali

Vecchiano by Massimo Vitali

St. Tropez Beach by Slim Aarons

Barbados Beach by Slim Aarons

A regency-styled nursery with a huge Slim Aarons print!

images via my pinterest

What a great way to get that vintage beach look to use in any room for less!

Friday, August 17, 2012

The Nursery Diaries Part Nine: Luxe Baby Books

If there is one decor accessory that can always find a place in our homes, it is a great coffee table book! We love piling them high on our cocktail and console tables, and adorning the tops of them with orchids, trinket trays or pieces of coral. Large coffee table books are such a great way to add color and height to a surface, I figured accessorizing the nursery should be no different!

It doesn't get better than a stack of the Dr. Suess classics...unless they're Dr. Suess Classics en Francais!

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Taschen Publishing produces iconic coffe table books such as the Great Escapes series and city travel guides. I'm loving the purple, whimsical cover on The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm for a girl's nursery.

The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

When I saw this reedition of the vintage Mother Goose book by Gyo Fujikawa, I knew it was a must-have simply because of the binding! The vibrant orange binding is imprinted in gold foil lettering, and its large size makes it perfect to stack smaller books on top.

Mother Goose

These books are large in scale, and have the most beautiful silver, gilded pages. The Classic Storybook Collection contains over 250 beautiful pieces of vintage art which you could cut out and frame for a nursery!

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Another series of classic books that provide lots of color and a large scale.

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I received this board book from my dear friend Carrie at my shower. Sterling Publishing's Hello, America series teaches children about various cities and states, and is a fun way to display where you live!