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Whimsical Forest Creatures Nursery
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Gosh, I can’t believe I haven’t done a blog post about Locky’s nursery! I realised this recently as I plan and decorate Cooper’s very, very late nursery design. If you’re new here we relocated across the world to Belgium when my second baby Cooper was on six weeks old and now that he’s eleven months old I’m finally starting to sort everything out for our home and the boys rooms.
I started searching for photos of Locky’s Whimsical Forest Creatures Nursery only to realise that the good quality photos I took of his room have somehow all gone missing! This makes me so sad because I loved his nursery so much. Massive sad face!
There’s something so special about your baby’s nursery. The room you spend so much time planning and dreaming up and then decorating and bringing to life ready for your little bundle of joy. I miss his nursery.
Locky was already born when I decorated his nursery. We built the townhouse where he had his nursery but didn’t move into it until he was three months old. While I was impatiently and very frustratedly waiting for the keys to our new home I started the planning process. I decided on a Whimsical Forest Creatures Nursery Theme because I didn’t want anything too masculine and I also wanted to keep the room very light and airy. Unfortunately I never finished decorating his room for a few reasons. First one was I wanted some items for the nursery that were quite expensive and at the time couldn’t afford it. By the time I could afford to get them my mind was occupied with the fact I was almost 3 months pregnant with my second child and had no idea how I was going to cope with two children only fifteen months apart. So as you can probably appreciate Locky’s nursery decorating was kind of forgotten and then a few other things happened and it just didn’t end up been completed. Such a shame but I was so in love with what I had created because it felt so sort and warm and inviting.
I had good intentions of putting some nice little illustrations above this chest of draws but never quite found the right ones for that area. I just kept cute little stuffed toys there and books. We love reading books so I enjoy displaying books in the kids rooms. I chose against having a lamp but instead chose small light blue hanging lanterns that are battery operated. They looked so pretty lit up and he loved looking at them at night during milk and story time.
Some of the soft toys here are very special. The soft bunny was the first ever item I purchased. I didn’t know the baby’s gender and I wanted to wait until the all clear three months stage before purchasing anything and I tell you what, I was itching to buy something for my baby. I felt I didn’t want to jinx myself… I was a crazy, paranoid pregnant lady so I was very cautious about everything. The large bear on the chair was handmade by one of Locky’s grandmothers. Ryan’s mum (my husband) is very talented at sewing and she made this big bear so Locky could have him as a rag doll style toy and could drag it all around. I actually don’t want him to ruin it so I don’t usually give it to him because I want to preserve such a special gift. Call me boring but hey, I hope he can pass it on to his kids one day without it looking like a piece of gross junk. It now sits in the boys playroom with other cute stuffed toys.
What made this nursery so special by far was all the beautiful wall decals I purchased from an Australian designer called Love Mae. Do yourself a favour and check them out. They have some GORGEOUS wall decals for children’s rooms and for around the home, plus some really pretty stationary items, wrapping paper and super cute kids dinnerware.
I purchased the Earthy Woodlands Theme decals which are all the cute little animals and the tree. You can get a neutral or girl version. I chose the neutral version.
I love anything clouds, rain and hot air balloons so I also purchased the Up, Up & Away Decals to go above his cot.
I kept the cot very plain due to all the sleep recommendations. I do the same with Cooper, I like to take extra precaution when it comes to the whole SIDS thing.
I love white furniture (can you tell?) so I decided on all white furniture. I’m glad I did this, I loved the fresh feeling I got every time I entered the room. I just seem to always be drawn to white furniture and homewares.
How pretty are the wall decals?! LOVE them! I could honestly cover my entire house in wall decals but my husband may not be too impressed.
This little ‘nook’ was designed as a little quiet reading area. Locky loved laying there watching all the little birds and creatures. He could lay or sit there for over half an hour just watching them all. I always kept a basket of books that I would rotate on the ground for us to read together. This was like this until he discovered how to eat his books and I had to remove them from him. Lets say the books in these photos are no longer looking so nice and half of them are torn and needing replacing. I never found the ‘perfect’ rug for the reading nook. But we would always lay little blankets, pillows or his sheep skin rug on the floor for reading time. Amazing how much time you have for these things with only one baby.
It was such a fun little area and I loved how the morning sun hit that spot and we would sit there and read our books and sing nursery rhymes most days. Those where the days, the days that he didn’t throw 300 tantrums in one hour or destroy everything in sight! The terrible two’s really are terrible… haha.
I purchased the 3 Sprouts mouse caddy and the mountain goat laundry hamper to go with the theme. The pops of yellow went perfectly with the colour palette I chose.
The photo below you can see some little christmas stars above his curtain and some little angels that hung from the curtain rod. My mum made these little angels and gave them to him for his nursery for his first Christmas. I like adding a few little Christmas decorations to the boys rooms during the festive season. I get way too excited over Christmas so to me it’s a must.
That’s the end of my little Whimsical Forest Creatures Nursery room tour. Apologies for the low quality images but unfortunately they’re the only ones I have.
What do you think of Locky’s nursery? What themes have you done for your kids nurseries and bedrooms? Do share! 🙂
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Maria, what a gorgeous nursery for Cooper! Love it! It looks so fresh. Absolutely LOVE the decal in the nook…stunning 🙂 Can’t wait to see more of your lovely home.
This nursery is actually Locky’s Charlene 🙂 This was his nursery in Australia. Doing a different theme for Locky 🙂 One my home starts getting under control will show more photos of the rooms as I decorate them though> Hoping to finish Coopers nursery in the next couple pf months! 🙂 xx
I totally meant Locky!!! tehe It is gorgeous…can’t wait to see the boys rooms in your new home 🙂
Haha. I thought it may have been a typo 😛 Thanks lovely and I can’t wait to show you photos also once some of the rooms are done. xx
This is too cute- I’m especially loving the murals! It’s just the right amount without being overwhelming like some murals can be.
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Hi Jessy,
Thanks! Yes, the wall decals certainly make the room 🙂
I love this! Beautiful nursery. We did a forest theme too! I love you colors 🙂
Thanks Kristi. Yay for another forest nursery. Such a cute theme for either a baby girl or baby boy 🙂
Oh it looks lovely! We didn’t do very much in terms of nursery decorating at all when our boys were little. We’re making up for it now they’re a bit older. #TeamIBOT
Thanks Rebecca 🙂 Bet you’re having fun making up for it now 🙂
What a great nursery! I love how bright it is! I also love the hamper! I have the same one for my nursery but it’s a bear on it! So cute!
Thanks Melissa. I love the bear. Super cute! Love 3 Sprouts products! 🙂
Those decals are awesome Maria, at first I thought they were paintings you’d done on the wall yourself. I didn’t get her room done until after she was one and she has no idea so I’m sure Coops won’t mind not having his nursery set up 🙂
Aren’t they just gorgeous Toni!?! I love them so, so much! He has no idea but I do. haha. But it’s ok. Rather take my time and get it perfect 🙂 x
It looks beautiful. And I didn’t even notice the quality of the images. They look great on the screen.
Glad the images look great on screen Jess 🙂 Thanks for the compliment. I miss this cute little nursery 🙂
Gorgeous, just gorgeous Maria. Love what you did to Locky’s nursery xx
Thanks hun. Glad you like it. 🙂 xxx
So absolutely adorable! I love the soft colors. I also love woodland animal motifs! I’d be happy if it was MY bedroom!
Thanks Gigi! I love Woodlands also, it’s the theme for my other baby boy’s first birthday. 😀
Thus is beautiful! I absolutely love the fawn on the wall! What a gorgeous nursery!
Thanks Logan. The fawn is now of my favourite parts about it 🙂
What a beautiful nursery! It looks like it has a lovely feel to it too x
Thanks Lisa, yes it did. It was so nice to be in there. We loved it so much.
Love what you’ve done! And the wall decals are just precious. Locky is a little cutie. Enjoy these precious moments x
Thanks Grace. Very kind of you 🙂 x
I purchased the Earthy Woodlands Theme decals which are all the cute little animals and the tree. Really nice baby nursery !!
Thanks So much. Woodlands is such a cute theme.
So adorable! I really love that rabbit wallpaper too.
Thank you. It’s gorgeous isn’t it!
So absolutely beautiful! I’m closer to grandbabies now (not too soon though, lol) but I would love to decorate a nursery like this. So warm and sweet!
Thank you Michelle 🙂 It was such a beautiful and whimsical nursery. I loved it. So bright with lots of natural light. I miss it so much.
Such a cute room! I love the wall decals, I definitely will check them out. I love your style and the your post is wonderful.
This is such a cute theme. I am featuring this on my website if you don’t mind.
Absolutely not Alyssa 🙂
Love the room, love the decals 🙂 your kids are so lucky
This is so cute and bright! I love it.
Thanks Britt 🙂 I still love this room <3
this is too beautiful, i have done a Jungle theme but this one is superb, after watching this room i am getting urge to make this theme for my kids room.Thanks for sharing it .
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Hannah