BEYOND BLUE AND PINK: THE NURSERY GETS A MAKEOVER
The Candeloo Nightlight/Lamp Set is a great way to fashionably check for monsters lurking in the closet. The lights turn on when lifted from the charging base and start to recharge as soon as they are put back. When your kids get older, this set is the perfect accompaniment for midnight trips to the bathroom.
($50, www.egiggle.com)
In case you haven’t noticed, there isn’t an overwhelming array of options for decorating kids’ rooms. If you’re
looking to move past the standard themes—think trains, cars and sports for boys and flowers butterflies and
princesses for girls—or pastel palettes, you may feel like you’re out of luck. So when traditional isn’t your bag,
consider these outside-the-pink and blue box options, all of which are sure to inspire a groovy nursery.
This hand-hooked rug in red, white, blue and green will suit a gender-neutral palette perfectly. ($138, www.rosenberryrooms.com)
We love us some kitsch Americana. And that's why we love this postmodern '50s-style Blushing Girl Blanket. Trimmed in ruffled leopard, it's cuddly, cozy, cool feel will make your little girl's room.
($60, www.thecasacollection.com)
How groovy is this mod Nest Bassinet from ooba? Sure, it’s expensive, but its plywood and chrome frame looks like a piece of art. ($600, www.designpublic.com)
Put that nursery staple, the teddy bear, to work for you. This graphic, cherry-red bookend is more cool than cuddly and more functional than fuzzy.
($34 each, www.egiggle.com)
This fabulous—err, we mean darn swell, partner—cowboy tuffett will make any room a rootin' tootin' showplace of cool.
($524, www.dimplesanddandelions.com)
This cozy crocodile, handcrafted in Morocco, can double as a car or couch cushion.
($42, www.egiggle.com)
This chocolate brown and white crib linen set from Dwell Baby works well for a boy or a girl. Its graphic dots and stripes pattern will work well with a mod crib such as the one shown here, or one that’s more traditional.
($295, www.rosenberryrooms.com)
This Mini Poof chair from Zid Zid kids is the perfect downscaled size to fit a little bottom.
($78, www.designpublic.com)
If you’re strapped for space, choose this sleek crib from Oeuf, which has a changing table built right in. With the room you’ll save, you may be able to fit the matching mini library, which will hold all sorts of books and toys.
($824 and $560, www.modernnursery.com)
This retro green clock has a message that any new parent will soon grow to understand—like it or not
($69, www.landofnod.com)
This rockin’ rocker comes in a decidedly cool mocha microsuede, but can be customized with the fabric of your choice.
($850, www.egiggle.com)
—Chelsea Kaplan
Click here to read all about Deputy Editor/Beauty Director Chelsea Kaplan's life with child in her blog, “I'm Somebody's Mother?”
