French Doors in the Nursery

If given the choice, we always prefer French doors over something solid and opaque. But when it comes to the nursery, sometimes you need to block out light.

We love the look of these fabric-backed French doors in this nursery. We're not sure if they lead to the closet, another room or the hallway but hanging fabric on the back is another way to infuse color and pattern into the room. My youngest's nursery is separated from the master bedroom by a set of French pocket doors. In order to block out light and distraction during naptime, I hung a set of quilted curtains. From the inside of the nursery with the curtains closed, you see a pretty fabric through the panes of glass.

Image: Spearmint Baby

Comments (4)

We have french doors leading to our soon-to-be nursery, right off of our dining room. We have some great fabric curtains similar to the picture above. Unfortunately, the room doesn't have a window, so lighting is something we are going to have to figure out.

Can we see the whole room? Looks so warm and beautiful.

This looks really cute. I love the colors - very relaxing. But based off our experience I would advise against french doors for a nursery/kids room if you are doing a redesign. If you're having to work with what you've got, the fabric works pretty well. We have french doors into our girls' room and hung a curtain rod above the door and use regular ceiling to floor curtains for light, as if it were a window, using tie-backs for when they are awake. If I could do it over, I would try to do some sort of curtain attached to the inside of the door in a darker color to block more light. French doors are cute, but they are horrible for sound. Most french door knobs do not turn, as well. So, they are pretty loud to close all the way, especially when baby is sleeping.