Decorating the Nursery
One of my girl friends almost drove me crazy recently. She’s expecting next Spring, and while I’m a great fan of being prepared, she was already obsessing about things like bedding for the crib, and decorating the baby’s room. Of course, the pregnancy hormones don’t help, and you change your mind every five minutes. (Boy, do I remember those months!)
We’re out shopping and she’s falling madly in love with the designer baby bedding that seems to greet you at every turn. Only when you are pregnant does this stuff come leaping out of the woodwork at you. After the little one arrives, you never see it. Or maybe you’re too tired to notice!
She fastened on one after another wonderful pattern, and then would agonize over what to do when everything else didn’t match it. So I dragged her off to a paint store that stocked wallpaper too. Sometimes it seems to help when you have things right in front of you instead of just thinking about what would look good.
I showed her how painting the nursery a neutral, non-gender specific color could actually make the most of all those gorgeous sets she was eyeing. And the staff explained to her how to choose paints that were good for a baby’s room, and how she could go about preparing it.
I’m afraid we unleashed her inner creativity. She’s now deep into color chips and wondering who she can get to help with the redecorating!
