Color Blocking your Baby Nursery
Color Blocking your Nursery
"Color blocking" is a design concept using multiple solid colors together. We have seen or heard the term most often used to refer to clothing, but it works just as well when decorating a room. In fact, the more fabric used in the room the stronger your color blocking statement will be.
Follow the simple steps below to create your "color-blocked" nursery.
- Start by choosing one fabric print. This print will act as your inspiration.
- Next choose coordinating solid colors.
- The less you use the print, the bolder your color blocking will feel. Use the print one or more times, then fill-in the rest of your fabric spaces with the colors you've chosen.
- Feel really daring, use the print for inspiration only, then fill the whole room with 3-4 solids inspired by the print. Pull everything together by framing a piece of the inspiration fabric to hang on the wall.
Decorating Your Nursery
Choosing Fabrics for your Room
I get asked all the time, "How do I put together fabrics when decorating a nursery?"
Starting with a fabric collection narrows your choices and makes decorating your
nursery easy.
A fabric collection is an
assortment of fabrics that share similarities in color, and design. The collection will usually contain solids
and small, medium, and large scale prints all supporting a common theme. Most people are happiest decorating the nursery in a style
compatible with the rest of their home. Whether your style is modern, traditional, shabby chic, country, or
eclectic, you can find a fabric collection you will love.
You can use the following tips when deciding how to put the
various fabrics together.
- Once you’ve chosen the fabric collection, choose 2-3 of your
favorite prints in differing scales and design types. So, you may choose a large floral, a medium
stripe and a small abstract.
- Next choose
2-3 coordinating solids; all together you should have 4-5 fabrics in your mini collection.
Now it's time to decide which fabric goes where. Here are some of the tricks I use when placing prints next to each other.
- Choose no more than 4 prints and a total of 5 fabrics when you add in the solids.
- Place prints of differing scale, differing design, or differing color next to each other.
- Repeat the use of prints around the nursery to create a coherent look.
For example...
- Place a large scale floral next to a small floral
- Place a large floral next to a large scale stripe
- Place the same print in 2 different colors adjacent to each other