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Home › Articles › Preparing for Baby › Smart Nursery Design

Smart Nursery Design

Outfitting a Stimulating Environment for Baby

By Jacqueline Rupp

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Busy Place, Quiet Place
Because babies like and respond to bold contrasting colors and curving patterns, should you turn the nursery into a monochromatic psychedelic blur of swirling patterns and loud colors? No, of course not. In fact, a lot of moms emphatically believe in the benefits of a soothing, traditional nursery style.

"For me it wasn't [as] important to create a stimulating nursery as it was a relaxing one," says Sherri Macdonald from Warsaw, Poland. "We play a lot in the family room outside her room. For a relaxed nursery, I painted the walls a soft pastel that is fresh but calming. There is no heavy contrast and everything is kept in the same tone. I wanted to create a relaxing space so that she associates her bedroom with sleeping and not playtime."

Melissa Wilkerson of Bristol, R.I., agrees. "I used three different soft colors in my older daughter's nursery and kept a mobile high above her bed, never over her head," she says. "I always kept the lights low. I generally don't let her play in her room. It's for sleeping. I keep the stimulating aspects in the playroom. To this day I have never had a problem with her sleeping."

Considering the fact that you will be spending almost as much time as Baby in the nursery, good design sense seems to be to create a serene environment. Stimulating, bold patterns can be used on toys, such as a pop-up playmat that can be used for "tummy time" and folded up when naptime comes.

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