Before & After: Baby Takes Over the Home Office

Carrie McBride
Carrie McBride
Carrie is a former Apartment Therapy editor and the original editor of Apartment Therapy Media's first site for kids: Ohdeedoh. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two kids..
updated Jul 17, 2020
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Home office with white desk, swivel chair, gallery wall, and blue louvered doors.
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Stacy had a great home office. The question was, would it be a great nursery, especially if she wanted to re-use many of the same pieces? Let’s see what this room looks like reconfigured as a nursery and which items Stacy kept in the space:

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Sweet, right? As you can see, Stacy kept the gray paint along with the colorful turquoise shutters (re-repurposed from her wedding). The fetching tissue paper artwork is a DIY project.

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The futon sofa made way for a dresser/changing table and chair, but the quartet of dog silhouettes (a diy) and wire bear head sculpture remained in place.

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Much of this gallery wall was kept, but oriented vertically and moved to another wall.

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And, the felt ball wreath still adorns the door!

  • See more of this nursery: Lorelle’s Lovingly Handmade Nursery

Thank you Stacy! Readers, find Stacy at They So Loved Events.

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