An Airy Nursery for Triplets
SF Designer Showcase

We temporarily interrupt Small Space month to bring you this spacious, airy, serene attic room designed for triplets. It's luxurious without being lavish and with the natural chaos that we imagine triplets bring all on their own limiting the furnishings and keeping the decor simple seem like smart choices.

This nursery was designed by Marsh & Clark Design as part of the 2010 San Francisco Decorator Showcase (which you can see for yourself through May 31st). While many of the pieces in this room are out of reach for the ordinary family, there's plenty of inspiration here for the taking. We particularly appreciate the rugs under each crib to avoid the institutional feel that three cribs in a room could bring. The abstract chandeliers (custom made) bring an artsy sophistication and are clearly stimulating to infants. And the greyish blues and whites in the room are indeed calming without being boring.

A few notes about some of the furnishings:

• The matching cribs were handmade by craftsman Rob Taboada with sustainably-harvested hardwood and recycled fiberboard.

• Note the clever mirrors that pull-down to become changing tables (photo 3)

• The modern rocker is Thomas Pedersen's Stingray rocking chair

• The animal photographs are by on of our favorites, Catherine Ledner

(Photos: ElisabethFall/Fallfoto)

Comments (30)

oh this looks really spacy! and airy! and fun when all toddlers sleep in one room! great!

Why can't they sleep in one big bed together? That looks so depressing like puppies on display in cages at a pet shop.

Yeah, right!

(Sorry, maybe I'm bitter that my triplets don't have such a bright, airy room. :P)

this is a great space. also, i think it is best that the toddlers have their own beds so they will not disturb each other as much. imagine if they shared a bed, and one woke up in the middle of the night and woke the others up? what a nightmare.

Yeah, um, after about 3 months, triplets (or any multiples) can't share beds. I wish! It'd make my life easier, trying to figure out how we're going to fit three twin beds in a 12x12 room. (Along with all the other furniture we need.)

looks like a fairy tale room... cute!

oh my goodness. can i move in? i'm sure if i curl my knees *really* tight to my chest i can fit in one of the cribs. heaven.

I love this room, even if I don't have multiples!

That's a fantastic room. Love it! So relaxing.

Beautiful. **Sigh.** (Note to self: add "big, finished attic" to wish list for next home!)

Those cribs are rad.

This is a wonderful nursery. So simple, clean, and yet warm and friendly. It's really cool. I like how each crib has its own fluffy rug underneath. The mirrors also open the space up beautifully and the wall color with the flooring is brilliant.

This room is a perfect example of how keeping it simple can be the best way to go for those with an eye for design.

I love the mirror/changing table.... but three is a lil overboard, no?
I have twins, and my two eldest are just over a yr apart and I never changed two nappies at the same time!
That being said, money obviously isn't an issue here and three is certainly a nice design aesthetic.
If it were me, I'd have the cribs closer. I like when multiples can be near each other, especially newborns.

Love the openness, color and aura of this room! There's some great ideas here. Does anyone know where the mirro/changing table is from? Is it custom??

I love this nursery! Head to raenovate to see additional after photos and before photos of it.

http://www.raenovate.com/2010/05/nursery-for-triplets.html

Decorators without Real babies wouldn't think twice about fancy white shag under a crib, let alone 3. Wonder what they'd do when the babes leak semi-solid viscous matter.....?
I'd like to see them clean that out of those lovely rugs. I'd rather see bare floor under the cribs and the fluffy stuff in the middle, better for dust and allergen control anyway.

can anyone tell me about the polar bear with the screen on pic 3? What is that for?
Love the room!

There are entire apartments in the small cool contest smaller than this one room.

I think this room is cold and depressing. And ditto on the white shag rugs. I also think the pull-down changing stations are institutional looking, though I think it would be great if someone make a retail product like this for small spaces.

MCamila: I suspect the polar bear screen is a TV from Hannspree. Why you need a TV in a nursery, across from a crib, I do not know.

Did it say what brand/material the shags are? We have some that can be thrown in the washer, but they're in the middles of rooms with furniture just sitting on the corners so they can easily be taken up by one person.

But yeah, if not washable, combined with having a sturdy heavy crib sitting on the middle of them, then not too practical.

That's awesome. I love how they all have their own space (meaning their cribs apart from their siblings.) Very calm and tranquil room--designed nicely as well.

I always find the comments when a large or expensive nursery is featured to be very interesting. I love this nursery, I think it's cool and airy, not institutional or cold at all. I think the rugs are great, I've spent loads of time hanging over a crib, singing or soothing my baby back to sleep, and something soft underfoot would have been lovely. Not all kids emit enough "semi-solid viscous matter" that it would be an issue for rugs on the floor. And if they're washable anyway, who cares?

BTW, the cribs are absolutely beautiful, I love the gentle curves and arcs juxtaposed with the very rectilinear overall form. I hope they will be used again and again by family and friends because they're too lovely to waste.

I attempted to recreate this room on a much more modest budget... http://buymodernbaby.com/blog/2010/05/28/my-modern-nursery-20-budget-version-of-triplets-attic/ Couldn't quite match those gorgeous chandeliers, but I think the room would still be impressive.

Anyone have any idea where those chandeliers are from? I know I'm not the only one who would love to get one (or two, or three).

Just to clarify, I realize they're custom, but I want to know who made them.

Hi this is Stacy from Marsh and Clark Design. Everyone here at our office is SO grateful for all the posts. We love getting feedback especially when it has been as positive as it is here! The owner of Marsh and Clark, Stephanie, has a 1 year old and a 3 year old so getting to design a nursery was such a treat for us. I noticed that a few of you had some questions so here is some more info. about some of the pieces...

hnhkt - The changing tables are custom and available for sale through Marsh and Clark Design.

MCamila - The polar bear is a digital picture frame that also plays video, music, is an alarm as well as a calendar. It is by Hannspree. Go to http://www.hannspree.com/global/index.aspx for more information.

Harlie - The chandeliers are custom but are also for sale through Marsh and Clark.

To purchase items, or if you have any further questions please contact stephanie@marshandclark.com

Thanks again everyone!!

One can buy very similar cribs for $300 for Walmart:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Baby-Mod-Olivia-3-in-1-Crib-Amber-and-White/8810319

jealous. that's all. just jealous.

I think though, that I would have to be selfish and make this MY room and not the baby room. ;)

WOW. so beautiful! i wish my twins could have a big room like that!!

and i second whoever said that multiples need their own space. my twins can't sleep together anymore because they always wake each other up.

that room is just beautiful!

Love the mirror/pull-down changing table!