7 Unique Touches for the Nursery

Getting ready for baby is an exciting time for new parents. There is so much to prepare for, so much to look forward too.

Probably one of the biggest things on your to-do list is to get the nursery ready for your new bundle of joy. Whether the nursery is a spacious bedroom or the smallest bedroom in your house, there are plenty of ways to make it warm and inviting as well as stylish.

Here are 7 unique touches for the nursery:

1. Floor to Ceiling Shelving

If square footage is at a premium at your abode and your nursery needs to fit in a small room, then making the most of what space you have is of the utmost importance. Try to keep the furniture to what you absolutely need like a crib and a chest of drawers with a changing table on top. Get creative with shelving for extra storage space and for decoration. Use whatever space is available from the floor to the ceiling.

2. A Modern Paint Color

More and more people are choosing gender neutral colors for their nursery because either they are waiting to be surprised about the gender of their baby or they want the room to be easily used for all the children they might have in the future. While greens and yellows have always been popular neutral colors for nurseries, don’t be afraid to choose colors that seem more adult or modern like gray. The right shade of gray can be very soothing when paired with a bright white and hardwood floors. Make the gray pop even more by stenciling a cool pattern on the walls with complementary colors and choose a colorful area rug to add to the charm.

Or try pale blue-green walls with black and white photographs of cool baby animals adorning it and charcoal gray furniture and gray and white area rug. Just because you are having a baby doesn’t mean that you have to lose your sophisticated sense of style, right? And what is great is that this room will easily grow with your baby as he or she gets older.

3. Bold Color Blocks

Who says the nursey has to be calm and soothing? Babies also love bright colors and interesting geometric shapes. If you have adopted the color block style in the rest of your home, why not in the nursery as well? Bold blocks of color can be on the walls and floors and in the furniture and don’t be afraid to mix. Pink, purple, orange, red, blue and green, purple and even turquoise can all complement each other. Cool abstract shapes and patterns on the walls will also give your inquisitive child something to look at as her eye sight comes into better focus. Try a cool triangle pattern across one wall for a pop of color and texture.

4. A Heavenly Touch

Create a heavenly touch for your little angel. Think fluffy white clouds on the walls and on blankets and pillows all set against a pretty azure blue that matches the sky. A fluffy white cowhide rug that feels like a soft cloud will also enhance the space. Your baby is sure to sleep heavenly with this motif.

5. Take Artistic Approach

When picking out a theme for your nursery don’t be afraid to get in touch with your artistic side. There is nothing wrong with making a statement with how you design the nursery. The crib, for instance, has grown in the last few years to be more of a statement piece with designers using unexpected color and shape combinations as well as different materials. A see-through crib? Why not? Many people are designing the whole room around the crib so don’t be afraid to be bold and artistic.

6. Fancy Illumination

Lighting is also important in the nursery, and with modern designs you have so many more options than you would have had in the past. Pendant lighting and glass chandeliers are now showing up in nursery designs. Chandeliers are often paired with a more luxurious themes that include materials like damask curtains or cowhide rugs.

7. Calfhide Rugs

While it might surprise you to consider a calfhide rug has appropriate for a baby’s room, the softness of the hide and the variety of colors it comes in makes it a great choice for when you don’t want to do wall to wall carpet. It will give the room a warm, luxurious feeling that you and your baby will love.

Calfhide rugs come in different shapes, sizes, colors and patterns. They come in black, white, brown and white, tri-color, brown-white and black, brindle and patchwork. If you are looking for more variety in your cowhide rugs, you can also buy cowhide rugs that have either have been acid washed or dyed or stenciled. Some examples are Acid Wash Silver and Acid Wash Gold and dyed calf skin in colors like blue or pink. With these you still get the touch of country you were looking for, but now it will blend in better with your décor. If you have a room dressed in pinks or blues, you can get a cowhide rug dyed to match. You can even get animal prints stenciled on cowhide.

The options are endless. Besides calfhide and cowhide rugs, you can also get cowhide furniture and kitchen placemats and even bathroom rugs. There is no room in the house that couldn’t use a little touch of cowhide.

What makes buying a cowhide rug such a smart choice is that it is very durable and easy to maintain so it can last for a long time. To clean them, all you have to do is wipe up spills with a dry cloth or clean up dirt with the vacuum. An authentic cowhide rug holds up well against the constant flow of kids and pets throughout the house. Cowhide rugs also make great family heirlooms to pass down to your children.

For more information about incorporating a calfhide rug into your nursery, give Cowhide Outlet a call today.