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This post goes out to all the first-time moms who haven't yet experienced nursery life and experienced moms who want to improve their care giving for a newborn. Things are hard enough as a new parent figuring out how to care for a new little life. Then things are kicked up a notch in the middle of the night when it's dark and you are exhausted. Here are three ways we try to help new moms navigate the baby nursery when designing their space. We want them to be able to handle all that comes their way with less stress, even with their eyes shut, or barely open. This post is sponsored by some of our favorite brands and retailers, but the content and opinions expressed are our own. This post may contain affiliate links which help support our blog efforts. Disclaimer - Bare is the best practice of nothing but baby in the crib.
Items in crib are for photography styling only. If you are like me you can't stop gazing at this nursery image and not feel pure joy. It also makes me smile because I recall the first conversation I had with Christine Yeargin, author of Cake for Breakfast blog, about her vision for the nursery and the bold, bright oversized floral print she was in love with. After seeing our first designs and considering the bolder wallpaper prints Christine decided they just weren't for her and we moved away from colorful wallpaper to a minimal look using a clean wall paint as the backdrop to delicate, fresh and soothing styling. We're calling it Boho Chic. This post may contain affiliate links which help support our blog efforts. This interview with Project Nursery is a special one. Project Nursery was the main source of inspiration when I designed my very first nursery, for my own son. This was before offering e-design services to other families through YouthfulNest. Today we chat all things design trends, products and e-design services all offered on the Project Nursery + Project Junior website! Co-founders Pam Ginocchio and Melisa Fluhr have listened to the interests of their followers and now their offering goes above and beyond visual inspiration. Now those amazing products seen in the dreamy room images are for sale right from their site's shop! You can also get started right from their site on your universal baby registry in partnership with MyRegistry.com. Last, but not least, they offer e-design services in partnership with non other than YouthfulNest. Read on to learn more about how they are bringing it all to you and what's next on their mission to help families nail their youthful room dreams and help moms find stress-free lifestyle solutions.
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Hello YouthfulNest readers! My name is Shelbi and I’m a lifestyle blogger over at EverydayMrs as well as a first-time expecting mom. Being a first-time mom is overwhelming for so many reasons. However, nursery design doesn’t need to be one of these reasons. Today I want to share with you four nursery tips I have for fellow nursery newbies (or even second time moms who may need a little extra motivation!). This post may contain affiliate links which help support our blog efforts. So you’re having a baby or seriously considering it? Then you might be house hunting for a bigger place – maybe a home with enough room for a separate nursery or a large one bedroom urban apartment with space to carve out a spot for baby. In either case before you jump on Zillow or go on showings with a realtor, I have a few home search tips and interior considerations to help you be more prepared to make room for baby. This post is sponsored by some of our favorite brands and retailers, but the content and opinions expressed are our own. This post may contain affiliate links which help support our blog efforts.
This is a classic case of the second child. Typically, a second baby gets along just fine with a bit less of their very own and enjoys hand-me-downs of gently worn clothing; lived in strollers; and well-tested toys. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with this scenario. BUT, keeping your first child's newborn photo hung over the second baby's changing table is taking this whole hand-me-down thing a bit too far. That was the case in a client and friend of mine's baby number two's nursery. (It was clearly time for a nursery re-design for this baby number two.) About a year after I designed a big girl bedroom for a friend's daughter, their second daughter Hadley was born. As busy parents now of two little girls, the nursery remained the same as it had been when big sister moved out over a year prior – with big sis's newborn image still hanging over the changing table. One day just after Hadley celebrated her first birthday Kim (mom) and I got to talking and decided it was time to do something about the impersonal space that was the nursery. We discussed plans to freshen it up, bring in some personalized décor and add in significantly more functionality that was missing. I wasted no time and within a week we had a sweet, budget conscious nursery design. Scroll down to learn the six key steps of designing any nursery that were applied to this makeover.
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I share a lot with our readers and followers on social media about all things best design practices and products for baby and kids' rooms. That sometimes includes tooting our own horn about our time-saving virtual interior design services and how we love helping real, busy moms. But talking about our services through words and still pictures lately seemed inadequate. Then I started working with one mother who was clearly meant to be on camera – her honest and expressive nature when talking about her appreciation for my expertise and using our virtual service gave me an idea beyond a room reveal. I proposed to my client Jeannine, a modern show idea that told the story from both sides of designing a nursery as a real, busy mom and as a virtual designer. She graciously agreed. The Virtually Perfect Room was born.
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Part blankie part BFF the super plush creatures that make up the Slumberkins crew can be described in one word, irresistible. Their cozy fur bodies and friendly faces say, “pick me up and never let me go.” But there’s more to them than just their charming good looks. As part of the co-founders desire to bring comfort to babies and little ones all over the world, they also wanted to encourage reading. Reading with a focused on helping parents broach sometimes sensitive discussions or emotional topics for little ones. Which makes them just the perfect baby gift. We recently caught up with the co-founders Callie and Kelly on all things Slumberkins. Q&A with Slumberkins Owners Callie & Kelly
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