Blue and Blush Nursery with Cherry Blossom Wallpaper

Jul 11

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A baby girl's nursery doesn't have to be covered in pink to feel sweet.

Maybe it's because I have three boys, but I secretly love getting to dream up baby-girl nurseries—and this one may be one of my favorites.

Most of the room is actually soft blue. The blush shows up in smaller doses, which gives the room that feminine feeling without making every single thing pink.

The cherry blossom wallpaper is doing most of the work.

I've linked a similar option here—this stunning Cherry Blossom Wallpaper.

It's definitely a splurge, but this is one of those cases where the wallpaper essentially becomes the artwork for the entire room. The delicate blossoms bring in pattern, movement, blue, and just a touch of pink before we've decorated anything else.

And more importantly, it doesn't scream nursery.

Five years from now, if your little girl announces that pink is absolutely unacceptable, you could replace the blush with soft green, deeper blue, or almost any other color and the wallpaper would still work.

Children change their minds enough. I don't need the expensive parts of the room doing it too.

Babies require an astonishing amount of stuff, so I like the actual furniture to have a life beyond the baby stage.

The crib and dresser are intentionally classic.

I've linked similar options for the larger furniture shown here:

The dresser can hold a changing pad now and simply become a dresser later. The white finish also means you can completely change the color palette around it without needing to replace it.

That's the kind of nursery purchase I like.

The chandelier is where I'd have a little more fun.

I've linked a similar Rosdorf Park Floral Chandelier here.

The floral shape is sweet enough for a baby's room without looking like something that has to come down the minute she starts kindergarten.

The ceramic lamp works the same way.

I've linked a similar option here—the Suzanne Kasler Triple Gourd Lamp from Ballard Designs.

This is one of those pieces I could easily see moving from nursery to big-girl bedroom and eventually somewhere else in the house.

And then there's the glider.

I've linked a similar option here—the Merced Glider.

If there's one nursery purchase where I would choose comfort over almost everything else, it's this.

You'll feed here, rock here, read here, sit here with a sick child, and occasionally remain completely motionless for an unreasonable amount of time because the baby finally fell asleep and moving seems far too risky.

I love the creamy white upholstery here, and the ruffle skirt adds just enough sweetness without asking the entire room to participate.

The smallest piece of furniture in a nursery may end up being one of the things you use the most.

Put a little side table next to the glider.

I've linked a similar White Side Table here.

It doesn't need to be fancy. It needs to hold your water, phone, bottle, pacifier, burp cloth, and whatever book you're attempting to read one-handed at 2 a.m.

This is nursery design at its most glamorous.

The blush accessories are where I'd let the room feel a little sweeter.

I've linked similar options for a few of the smaller pieces shown here:

The blanket would also make such a pretty baby gift. It's useful now and exactly the kind of thing that may eventually end up tucked away with all the other tiny baby things you suddenly can't bear to get rid of.

And the bunny?

One thing I've learned is that you don't actually get to decide which stuffed animal your child loves.

You can carefully choose the beautiful heirloom bunny, and they'll become emotionally attached to something that looks like it came free with a kids' meal.

Buy the pretty bunny anyway.

It will still make its way into the nursery photos.

Finally, the drapery gives the room another quiet layer of blue.

I've linked similar Two Pages Pinch Pleat Drapes here. For this room, I love Winter Sky.

These are my forever go-to because you can customize them down to the inch without getting into true custom-drapery prices.

Hang them as close to the crown moulding as possible and let them come all the way to the floor. It's one of the easiest ways to make a room look taller and considerably more finished.

That's really why this nursery works.

The wallpaper brings the personality. The furniture stays classic. Blush is limited to things that are easy to change. White keeps everything bright, and soft blue ties the room together.

It's sweet enough for a baby without designing the entire room around the fact that she's currently a baby.

Which is helpful, considering how inconveniently fast that part goes.