For crib bumpers and what-not being such an apparently bad thing, they sure are pervasive here on AT.

However, the room is charming.

As far as crib bumpers, these warnings come and go. Crib bumpers began as a way to protect the baby from getting chubby arms or legs stuck between posts. When I was a nanny, babies were supposed to be put to sleep on their tummies. then, when I had my first child, we all had these foam triangular pads to force them to sleep on their sides (all this to avoid SIDS), 4 years later, I was directed to lay my daughter on her back to avoid SIDS. I don't remember how my 3rd slept. I did just read an article about how SIDS is not nearly as common as previously thought, since much of the research was done on a family whose 11 SIDS babies had actually been smothered by a mentally ill mother and "studied," by a doctor with the desire to prove that SIDS was hereditary. All the baby advice that comes and goes is no substitute for a mother's instinct. I love the room, too!

Karla, that is just wrong. Check out the mayo clinic website, 2453 SIDS deaths occurred in 2007 alone. It's not just one family for goodness sakes! Please don't spread such misinformation.

http://www.sidscenter.org/Statistics.html

I can't believe this is a one-day makeover! Amazing!

Moms & moms-to-be, I have been for the past 28 yrs., an Interior Designer of children's rooms & nurseries. On a recent TV episode of "George To The Rescue" on NBC, I spent several months of sourcing for a room that was "done in a day". One day' "work" looks like one day' results in real life.

its a lovely room. i'm sure the 1-day part was the actual work and much prep/planning time went into it. if my husband and i had 1 full day, no kids, i bet we could easily makeover one of our bedrooms

this looks GREAT!! one day, we're really impressed! love the colors!

@ Karla:

Warnings about crib bumpers do not "come and go". Bumpers were originally advised when crib slats were too wide, leading to deaths through head entrapment and strangulation. Governments have since regulated the width of slats to that baby heads cannot become entrapped, thus removing the original reason for the existence of bumpers. Most pediatric and safety organizations in North America have been consistently warning parents not to use them for at least the past 7 years.

If you read the 2007 report on the dangers of crib bumpers, you will find that the report focussed on strangulation and suffocation deaths as the result of bumpers, not SIDS.

Oh to just admire one adorable nursery without the fear-mongers...

This is beautiful! If you read her blog post, the bedding was donated and the baby has not arrived yet, so I'm going to assume that the bumper was used for pictures and will be removed later. That's what I did when I set up my first nursery.

I love many of the ideas in the room - painting inexpensive panels in chalk paint, reusing existing furniture, and making pillows out of inexpensive napkins.

Although the bumpers not safe or practical, they are super cute. The blog post states they are donated by a woman who makes linens and pillows. Perhaps they can be repurposed into pillows for the bed?

@charmgirl - a self advertisement in response to a makeover by friends and family for a soon to be mom? Do you have no shame?

GREAT IDEAS FOR A SOON TO BE MOMMY.

Am I the only one who finds the bumper not just unsafe but actually unattractive? I like the rest of the room, but all that frouf on the crib just turns me off, and I am no minimalist.

THIS is also a good example of how photographing a room with AVAILABLE DAYLIGHT/SUNLIGHT goes a long long way. Clearly shooting at night (or with the brown curtains drawn) really makes the room look a more depressing -- sunlight was def another crucial part of the makeover!

Enough with the bumper debate already. I think both sides have been heard. Let us all continue raising our own children the best we can and let others do the same. We can all check out some nice nurseries along the way.

Thank you siolof!

@wseattlemom - I don't think it was a shameless self-promo, she was pointing out that this is NOT REALLY ONE DAY'S WORK and relating it to her past experience. I concur.
Whether or not it can be counted as one day's work, it is nice. :-)

SO SICK of the prevalent bumper COMMENTS. First thing, right off the bat, when the post had nothing to do with bumpers and one wouldn't even know there was a bumper in there unless you clicked over to the OP. And then calling bumpers prevalent on AT when that photo wasn't even included on AT.

If you wanted to comment on the bumper, perhaps you should've done so when you clicked over to the source post, where people may not already know about the problem and you might've educated them. Here, we are well aware of the issue and it has been rehashed multiple times on posts specifically about bumpers and bumper safety, as well as on (for some obnoxious reason) the posts about room design, on a design blog, where no bumpers are pictured.

I'm starting to think some bumper bringer uppers are typical internet trolls courting internet dramz.

The room... is very lovely.

Not everything is "drama" just because you disagree. Perhaps they are parents or friends of a child who suffocated because of a crib bumper?