Sunday, May 17, 2009

Designing Your Baby Nursery - How To Choose The Right Color Schemes

By B. Fraley

When choosing color schemes for baby nurseries, there are several things you should consider. While it is true that young children love bright primary colors, large spans of bright reds and blues and greens can be overwhelming. Decorating the baby's room

So long as you are paying attention to the details, you'll find that practically any color scheme that you can imagine will work. Also keep in mind that your small child might be alarmed of things like certain colors, toys or people painted on the wall. You can get a safer, friendlier environment with lighter colors, which will also make it easier to change the dcor as your child grows older.

If the nursery is not as bright or as sunny as it could be, look for vibrant warm colors like cranberry, coral, ruby or even barn red to brighten it up. If these colors are a little strong for you, consider peach, primrose or desert pink to warm you up instead.

Also keep in mind the fact that your color scheme should be balanced. Rich tones on the walls means that your accents should be kept light. For instance, if you have red walls, cool them down a little by accenting with green, cream or blue. With lighter tones on the wall, you may want to accent with deeper colors in your rugs and furniture.

If you want to design a room that will be great for a boy or a girl, why not go with a garden theme? Paint a pale blue summer sky on the ceiling and make the walls a soft yellow. Keep the floor neutral and then add a border of white flowers and green vines or even just ivy with bunches of purple grapes. Look for natural wood furniture and then add a warm cotton throw rug that will finish off the effect nicely.

If you have your heart set on a whimsical look, do everything permanent in a monochromatic color scheme. For example, you are doing a nursery for your baby girl in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walls, floor, and ceiling would be lovely in mint green, using its different values by adding white or black to your mix. Then add your colors with bedding, borders, posters or pictures, rug, play table and chairs, etc.

Decorating in monochrome can give you plenty of advantages. Remember that a room in monochrome looks bigger; a room where the ceiling and floor are the color of the walls will look the largest. Consider how you can shorten a tall narrow room with a darker ceiling and how you can raise the ceiling with darker walls and white above.

Because children outgrow their nurseries so quickly, moving up to the next step, toddler, becomes an easy and inexpensive process. The monochromatic color can remain the same. Then all it takes is changing the bed, updating the border on the wall, removing the changing table and adding a play table and chairs and Voila.

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