When I was first hired to work on the Blasioli project, I knew we had a strict timeline for one space in particular- the nursery. This room was moved to the forefront, with only 4 months to get everything ordered and ready for the arrival of their third son, Carson. That made this one of the most fun and rewarding spaces to design for this multi room project.
Like with any space, it all started with a jumping off point. During our initial meeting, the mom to be mentioned her love of a photo she’d seen on Instagram that featured a large scale palm leaf wallpaper. They knew that they wanted an accent wall, and she loved the idea of the palms. At the time, her husband was less convinced of the bold palm print. So I prepared three mood boards to help narrow down their mutual interests and create the final design together.
Whenever I design a set of mood boards, my goal is to allow the homeowner to pull together ideas and elements from any board to create the final design. It all works with one another through color, style or function. In this space I offered up three different schemes, gray, green and blue. Both of the other two boys had blue bedrooms, so it came as no surprise that they leaned towards the other two options.
After a week of discussion, the homeowners decided to go with the safari themed nursery, which was my personal favorite. They requested I source a different wallpaper, and pulled some furniture pieces and a wall color from the other two designs to create the final room. Because of the strict deadline, all the furniture was carefully sourced from brands with ample stock. Given the year we’ve had and the delays it’s created, we were certainly grateful that we could get our hands on the essentials in time for the baby’s arrival.
The Before:
The room we were working in had previously been their son Connor’s room, who would be moving into a new bedroom with his older brother Colton (be on the lookout for that transformation as well!). With this nursery, we were lucky that the homeowners kept the changing table and crib from the first two boys. The simple Pottery Barn off-white furniture allowed us to do virtually anything around it, and saved us a lot of money in the budget. I also loved that no matter the wall color or wallpaper we chose, the white furniture would provide the perfect contrast.
The After:
After getting into the space, I realized we had two liable options for the crib placement: on the wall opposite the window, or the wall opposite the closet. I tried out a few configurations in my software, and we ultimately agreed that the changing table and rocking chair would go on the wall across from the windows. This left the wall opposite the closets for the crib.
Since this wall did not have any tricky cuts for wallpaper, it was the perfect solution. We chose a peel and stick option that we found on Etsy for this room, which they can keep up for as long as they want. When they do remove it, it will reveal the Edgecomb Gray that we chose for the paint color. It’s a beautiful warm neutral that will go with any color scheme as he grows.
This project was especially fun because mom-to-be Adrienne was incredibly involved. She had her hands on everything, right down to helping me hang the wallpaper. Not only does this make the final outcome rewarding for me, but also for the homeowner. This space turned out so sweet, and I deeply enjoyed the process of creating it with these homeowners.
As previously mentioned, we also worked on the older boys new shared bedroom for this project, which will hopefully be up soon! I am also starting work on two little girls rooms, so plenty of kid content is on the way.
Until next time!
xx Kelly