Nursery Design Tips: Ten Ways to Create a Practical Nursery Design
RelationshipCreating a beautiful nursery design for your new baby is one of the most satisfying aspects of pregnancy. You have the opportunity to pour all your love and excitement in anticipation of a new life into your nursery decorating project.
But don’t forget that you will be spending a lot of time in the nursery after your baby arrives. Use the tips in this article to make sure your perfectly decorated nursery is easy to use and beautiful!
1. Choosing your baby’s room
Many of us don’t have more than one room in the house that is suitable for baby nursery. however, if you have a choice between rooms, choose the one closest to yours. The less mileage you have to cover in the middle of the night, the better.
2. Babies are messy
Babies are well known for spitting up, urinating, and defecating at the worst possible times. To lower your stress levels in this naturally occurring event, you need to make sure that anything you put in your nursery is washable or inexpensive enough to throw away.
3. Comfort is key
Choose your nursery glider or rocking chair with care. Sit down as many as you can before making a purchase. You will spend many hours sitting in this chair for the first few months, many of them until the early hours of the morning. The last thing you need is a chair that hurts your back and neck when you’re nursing or rocking your little one to sleep.
4. Choose the right nursery rug
A nursery rug that moves, wrinkles, or shows a dirty mark every time you step on it will slowly lead you to bananas, been there, done that! Buy a fairly sturdy rug and use a good mat to avoid these reoccurring moments of madness.
5. Don’t skimp on storage space
You will need plenty of space to store all the baby treats and clunky gear. Keep this in mind when deciding on your baby’s furniture. A good nursery storage plan will help you get a lot of extra space out of your baby’s room.
6. Draw a floor plan
Complete a floor plan before purchasing any furniture. In this way, you can ensure that you have enough space in the baby’s room. A great way to visualize the room is to make large cutouts using the exact dimensions of your furniture and place it on the floor. (Newspapers or plastic paint sheets work well.) Move these around the floor until you are satisfied with their placement.
7. Power on
Many of the devices and equipment that you will use in your baby’s new room will require electricity. Take a look at the location of the connection points in the room while deciding the layout of your furniture. If you want a nursery lamp on the bedside table, is there a socket nearby? The last thing you want is wiring from one side of the nursery to the other. Not only is it ugly, it is not safe for you or your baby.
8. Essentials for night light
Moving around the nursery in the middle of the night, in the dark, with a sleeping baby in your arms and a half-empty bottle tucked under the chin is no easy task. You can make life easier by placing your night light where it is easy to reach and operate.
9. Think dirty diapers
Diapers will become a big part of everyday life for months to come. Make changing your baby a breeze by including a changing surface in your nursery design that is at the right height for you. Constantly bending over to change the baby’s diaper and clothes on the floor or in the crib is a real heartbreaker.
10. What can you see!
Try placing your feeding chair near a window. You can also stare at something nice when you are in the chair rocking your baby for the fifteenth time in a day! Along the same lines, make sure you can see a watch from where you are sitting. It will keep you sane, especially in the middle of the night when two minutes can feel like two hours!