Name: Genevieve
Location: Wichita, KS
Genevieve is our first child and we do not plan on her being the last so it was important to me to keep all major items (walls, furniture, etc.) gender neutral. I love that if our next baby is a boy, all I will have to switch out are the textiles and some accessories. I also think if you buy/make what you love, it will work.
Although I obviously had a color scheme in the room- I didn't stress about things being the 'right color pink'. If I liked it, I went with it. I think it works in the end!
Our budget was teeny tiny for this room. I made everything I could. I sewed Genevieve's quilt, pillow & sock monkey. I painted the orange & pink painting and the animals on the walls. I made the wreath on the door and the origami mobile.
Genevieve loves to blow at the origami swans hanging over her during her diaper changes. Every once in a while when we are in her room she will look up at the lanterns over her crib and say "oooh wooooowwww!" It warms my heart to have that kind of affirmation from her!
There are subtle animals painted in white around the room. I wanted to paint them to add fun and whimsy to the room, but really didn't want them to be cheesy or cartoonish. I saw a room a couple of years ago on Ohdeedoh (the walls were hot pink) but have lost the link with the same treatment. I fell in love and knew I had to do it! I found images of a giraffe, sea turtle and penguin that had simple lines and then copied them to transparencies. I used an overhead projector to project the image onto the wall and then painted from those images.
Source List:
• Paper Lanterns: Asian Ideas
• Crib Quilt: made by me www.etsy.com/shop/blueGiraffes
• Curtains: sheers from Ikea
• Paintings/pillows/origami swans/artwork/wreath/sock monkey: made by me (similar to what I sell in my Etsy shop, Blue Giraffes)
• Lamp: the shade is vintage and the base is an old Target lamp I dug out of our basement.
• Fabric basket: Sewing Momma
• Plate/cup/elephant figurine on shelves: Mackenzie Childs
• Crib: Ikea
• Changing table: It was a display table at my husband's work that they were getting rid of. I just switched out the drawer pulls.
• Rug: COSTCO
• Rocking Giraffe: It was a gift purchased at a local shop named Trios
• Rocking chair: it's the chair my Mom rocked me in!
• Paint color: Ionic Sky by Behr
Thanks Michelle! Readers, say hi to Michelle at lifebygrace.
(Images: Samantha Miller Gott)
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LOVE this room!
Beautiful. I love the pale blue/tangerine combination.
Beautiful room. Genevieve has talented parents. Great job on the quilt. I would love to see the details on the hand done stuff since it's a big point of the design.
I think of pink and blue as gender neutral though. If a girl wears blue it does not make her a boy and vice versa. If your next one is a boy, it's not a bad thing to keep the pink in the room. I would keep this room untouched for #2.
This is a sweet, delightful room. One of my favorites! Love love love the painted white animals.
Erm, I'm almost 30 and I want to live in that room. It's lovely.
darling, happy little space!
I'm really glad you submitted this room ! I'm expecting a girl and have been wondering about a combination of pink and orange (plus lots of white and some mousey grey). The adorable lanterns over the crib will help me decide whether I go for this scheme or not (will probably). The combination of hot pink and orange and the blue is amazing.
Love it! Great color combo.
This is a close match for anyone in love with the table: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/14631607/
Beautiful room!
Honestly, I never even thought about keeping things neutral so you can reuse easily for #2, excellent strategy!
Beautiful -- especially the lanterns. But pink does not harm boy babies. There's nothing in there that you would need to change, other than the things with the current baby's name on them.
love this color palette!!!
I too am in love with the color scheme. Very nice room.
I absolutely adore the paper lanterns. I want that over my bed!
I understand that people color baby rooms for themselves and not the baby. If they painted it for the baby then it should be geometric black and white. So I'm sure the parents know that psychologically It's how they view the baby room. My earlier comment was regarding that they shouldn't be assigning colors to genders, mainly because this room would suit a boy or a girl and colors really don't have genders. Cue 'Free to be you and me'
Oh come on...she never said the child would be affected or harmed by the colors. She simply said she'd like to change them, and that's her right. There may be nothing wrong with pink in a boy's nursery, but that doesn't mean she has to leave it there just to prove that. If she wants a different color scheme for a boy, who cares??
Michelle, it's a lovely room. Well done.
There is actually nothing inherently girly about pink or boyish about blue, you know. ALL rooms are gender-neutral.
I agree with Funstraw, Bee for Brian, Urbancricket and Sth.
Gorgeous room, but is it necessary to be so restricted in mentality as regards colour and gender?
Hi- Michelle here. Thank you all so much for your kind words about her room. . . we love it too! If you would like to see additional photos you can visit my post here: http://lifebygrace.com/2011/07/genevieves-room/
I completely understand the gender neutral comments and agree and it would be fine to have pink for a boy as well. . . I know, however, that I won't be able to help myself and change things up (again textiles and accessories) if we have a boy or a girl next :)
Here's something funny/interesting -- An article in the trade publication Earnshaws Infants’ Department in 1918 said “...generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls. The reason being that pink, being the stronger colour, is more suitable for a boy. While blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for a girl...”
http://strictlypinkstuff.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html
You did a lovely job. I wish more people would stop color coding their kids. I starts a pattern of gender distinction that only restricts their behavior and opportunities later in life.
Can I sleep over?
Quiltmaster, I have to agree about the color-coding. I think too many parents forget that the person who should feel good about that room is the baby and not the parents.
Studies have shown that pink makes people aggressive. Poor little girls!
The colour in this room is a beautiful, soothing yet warm blue. Blues and yellows are my favorites in kid's rooms.