Red and Aqua

I must say, decorating V's nursery was the best part about being pregnant. It wasn't hard to be the best part, given that everything else was shit. I really did enjoy it though. I didn't want V to have a pink or purple nursery. I don't mind things to be 'girly' but the whole princess theme does my head in a bit. My favourite colour combination is red and aqua so I decided to go down that road. I only had a small space to work with too, as our larger spare rooms are quite far removed from the main bedroom, and I wanted V close to me. So here is the end result (the small space made it hard to photograph but you get the idea (and by "you" I mean my massive readership of course).

Along one of the longer walls I have the cot lengthways and the change table. I love this change table. It is a Boori one and has a chest of drawers underneath. The cot is also Boori and I was lucky enough to have that lent to me by a friend. On this wall I have an elephant decal that I got from The Wall Sticker Company. I am in love with this. It is the best quality of any wall decals that I have seen and they had a great selection of colours. My Aunt made me an amazing quilt for the cot which you can see below. I love this quilt. I looked everywhere for something like this and had no luck. Such a lovely gift. I also had an elephant mobile custom made in the red and aqua by the lovely ladies at French Martini Designs. You can see it is hanging above the change table. I think I need to lower it a little bit.

 One short wall is taken up almost entirely by a window, but I have brought it to life a bit with this gorgeous knitted bunting, also made by my Aunt. I love this bunting. I think it has a lot more character than regular bunting. I wish I had a white blind instead of the timber, but I didn't want to spend money replacing something that I already had so I just left it as it was.

The other long wall contains a double door, so there actually isn't terribly much space on that wall. I have a little cupboard and book case along here, both from Ikea. I tried to make this wall a bit more exciting by adding the lanterns, stuffed toys, framed photos of V's cousins and a few other little bits and pieces.

Finally there is the last short wall. I really love this wall. I got prints in red, aqua and grey of 'You are My Sunshine' lyrics (will check the store name for this) and then put them in some basic frames from Myer that I bought during their end of year sales. My mom took an old cane side table and spray painted it red that I have popped beside the cot as a little bedside table. I think it looks pretty rad.

 So that is it - V's room. She seems to really like it. If she didn't, I would have just moved in myself.