What feeling do each of these evoke for you? Which option do you like best?

[Anonymous]

I thought a nursery should have primary colors? Is this outdated? Pre-kids we bought a house that had a nursery in primary colors. White walls with a primary striped border around the middle with primary balloons "floating" on the upper half.

We couldn't afford to take it all down, and that was my office. I found it a cheerful place to work.

[Anonymous]

They are very busy walls, my kids have toys that wouldn’t match, it would look terrible, and you’d need to redecorate after a few years when they outgrow this. It’s not something where it grows with the kids past kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are very busy walls, my kids have toys that wouldn’t match, it would look terrible, and you’d need to redecorate after a few years when they outgrow this. It’s not something where it grows with the kids past kindergarten.

Exactly this. The photos only look okay-ish because the rooms are so sparsely filled. With actual signs of life, these walls would be waaaay too much. It will make the room feel small and cluttered, which honestly would give me anxiety.

The storybook one is a little better, but I still think it will be too much and will not age well.

[Anonymous]

They all stress me out. The only one that's okay is #2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks PPs. Here is another I am considering:



I do like storybook vibes! Does this one also induce anxiety for some?

This is a little better, but it's still telling that they set up the photo with all white furniture, very plain light fixture, no window treatments, and a two-color rug. Because that's what it takes for this kind of imagery not to be overwhelming.

For the same price as stick-on murals, you can get really nice, big framed art. You could evend hang it on a brighty colored (solid) accent wall. The beauty of framed art is that it is "contained," so it doesn't overwhelm. I know bold murals are the trendy thing, but they only look in posed photos, not in real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Creepy, welcoming, modern.
I like the 2nd one best.

This exactly. The first one is super creepy, especially in a kids room.

They are all extremely busy and evoke feelings of stress to me. I like my house to be calm, but it’s yours not mine so do whatever you like

This. 1 and 3 are especially crowded and stressful. I would not do any of these.

[Anonymous]

#1

[Anonymous]

Adding the color versions for the third one … I do think I lean toward that black and white for this one:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adding the color versions for the third one … I do think I lean toward that black and white for this one:

I like the light blue city one better than black and white. I find sky blue very pleasing.

Black and white is a mood. Grey nurseries are a mood.

Have you looked at the "Sad Beige Children" memes? There actually are very nice-looking products and clothes in the pictures, but the pictures point out that this minimalism is an adult aesthetic. Kids are a little more random and usually very multicolored with their preferences.

My nursery was pale green and all the details were on the bedding and curtains. I never found any art that went well with them.

I do like murals. I always thought as an older child that it would be cool to have a fancy muraled bedroom. I would have liked an ecosystem/animal theme or a fairytale scene (but girly/princess fairy as I mentioned above).

[Anonymous]

They all look like tenements.

[Anonymous]

i was surprised to read the negative reactions. maybe i was viewing them as i think a little girl would.

i love the second one. i think it would inspire so many stories.

the storybook vibes is the only one that i didn’t like. it could inspire scary stories.

[Anonymous]

The 2nd one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The first one reminds me of the book Madeline.
I like the second the best. It has a slightly English traditional vibe that I personally really like

That was my exact thought! I liked the first one because it reminded me of Madeline.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The first one reminds me of the book Madeline.
I like the second the best. It has a slightly English traditional vibe that I personally really like

That was my exact thought! I liked the first one because it reminded me of Madeline.

Same!

[Anonymous]

The second one is the only one that feels warm. They rest look scary and depressing.

I hope your little one enjoys their new room, OP! You are sweet to be doing this for them.