Pink Toile Nursery

This very girly pink toile nursery was one of our trademarked Gender Surprise Nurseries. When you don't want to find out the gender of your baby, but want a nursery planned specifically for the gender  anyway, you hire Jack and Jill Interiors to design a Gender Surprise Nursery. For one flat fee, I'll plan an entire boy's nursery and an entire girl's nursery for your...right down to every little accessory! Then with your permission, I obtain the gender from your doctor and get to work ordering and installing the gender specific nursery behind locked doors. When you deliver your baby and bring him or her home from the hospital, your gender specific nursery awaits your first peek! It's a great way to add to the fun and excitement of planning for your precious new bundle!
 This particular nursery was initially planned for a home that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Every item was selected to fit perfectly into a room with a vaulted ceiling, an entire wall of windows and another wall with a built-in shelving unit on which we were going to place pretty lined baskets and other baby goodies. When the family was forced to relocate to a new home, we found ourselves with a few design challenges making things work for a completely different space. The overabundance of picture-frame moulding was especially challenging and several items planned for the wall space simply woulding work now, including a very wide branch with birds decal and another decal featuring a favorite inspirational quote from mom-to-be. But in the end, we're all very pleased with this nursery and the clients are thrilled that baby Jules will have a beautiful nursery despite Hurricane Sandy!
The picture frames above the crib will eventually hold sepia toned newborn photos and family photos. I don't like hanging blank frames on the wall, so I cut up some coordinating wall paper and fabric to make a monogram and silhouette to temporarily fill the voids. 

The Doodlefish Kids pink toile bedding, Casablanca Distressed White Bratt Decor Crib, Jubilee Lighting, Pink Toile Nursery Glider Chair by Angel Song, beautiful bookends and jewelry box by Charn and Company, and more can be purchased from our boutique, Jack and Jill Boutique. Wall decal by Leen the Graphics Queen on Etsy. 

Another Gender Surprise Nursery - Is it a Boy or Girl?

As I mentioned in my last post, I've been blessed with a busy spring and summer. Upon finishing up my last gender surprise nursery and sharing our big gender nursery reveal, I was contacted by a wonderful young couple in Long Beach, New York to complete another gender surprise nursery.

Mom-to-Be does not want to know her baby's gender, but Dad-to-Be did want to know. This actually makes my job a bit easier this time around, as I have one parent to help make decisions if something we have selected for the nursery becomes unavailable and we need to find a replacement. When neither parent knows the gender, once I begin ordering the items, I have to make these executive decisions (and find suitable replacements) all on my own and just pray that the family will love the new item in the end.

See the two design boards below and do be merciful when judging my photoshop skills!

Here is a rendering of the room with furniture in place. The bookcase on the left is actually a very nice built in unit. The room has great windows!

Here is a shot of the actual room, now used as a home office. Notice the height and angles in the ceiling. I love a room with character! Regardless of baby's gender, we're replacing the wooden blinds with cream colored roman shades. There will be a colored tape trim on them to coordinate with the pink if a girl, and a khaki color if a boy. The green carpeting is being replaced with a laminate flooring that resembles hardwood flooring.

Design Board 1: If blessed with a boy, we're using this great Bratt Decor furniture, Charn and Co. lighting, Marie Ricci Medallion and a Little Castle Nursery Glider. We've selected this great crib bedding by New Arrivals. The strip of seafoam at the top of the design board represents the ceiling color. I am known for adding color to all ceilings possible! We're replacing the knobs on the dresser with some adorable knot style knobs. Since the family loves boating (they do live on Long Island!) we're featuring a map of Long Island over the changing table and a sepia tone photo of Grandpa's boat will go over the chair. The roughly photoshopped rope on the wall represents a hand painted rope mural I will trail randomly across the wall behind the glider and around the windows. 

Design Board 2: If graced with a girl, we're using the Bratt Decor Casablanca Crib in distressed white and the same Manhattan Dresser. Doodlefish Kids crib bedding and lighting by Jubilee were chosen. The strip of darker pink at the top of the design board represents the ceiling color. We selected an Angel Song nursery glider covered in the same pink toile featured in the bedding. We will add a custom designed tree branch wall decal with pink birds on the wall behind the glider chair and a collection of vintage mirrors and frames over the changing table. 

Other accessories such as fabric lined baskets, toys and photo frames will be neatly arranged on the built in bookcase wall unit. 

So stay tuned to find out which nursery we install in our second GENDER REVEAL NURSERY! Baby is due December 18, 2012. Which nursery is your favorite? Chime in, folks!