Monday, January 19, 2009

Ella & Evie's Nursery


Here is a nursery that I designed and painted for a pair of girls - just in time too! They were born early, the weekend after I finished!
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Their mom picked out this cute bedding set from Pottery Barn Kids and wanted a design on the walls to coordinate with it. Some of the design considerations were that the closet was to remain open, and the upper window wall had a strange "bump out" at the top that needed to be disguised.
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I suggested that we paint the interior of the closet pink to set it off from the room and suggest a dollhouse with its little compartments. I brought in a tear-sheet from a magazine to give an idea for the window wall: a shallow shelf for knick-knacks that camouflaged the strange depth of the upper wall and gave a display place for special heirlooms. The client mom and dad loved the idea and we made it so!
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For the painted border, she wanted a design that would be flexible enough to allow future furniture rearrangement so we agreed on a border higher than a chair rail, right in the middle of the window height.

It looks so cute with the crib up, the teddies up on the high shelf, and the closet full of teeny girlie clothes! They added the pine plank ceiling and crown molding themselves, and it looks great together! I've gotten lots of great comments and referrals from the babies' visitors!

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