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Top 10 Tips To Create A Colourful Nursery
When you think of your baby’s nursery - or even your child’s bedroom - you probably picture something like you’ve seen on Pinterest; a joy-filled room decorated with beautiful books, plush toys and colourful furnishings. There’s a reason a child’s bedroom always contains colour - it’s scientifically proven to be really good for them!
Now, if you’re a fan of the minimalist/Scandinavian nursery styling that’s so popular recently, don’t despair. There are still so many incredible ways to inject colour into your child’s bedroom without sacrificing the chic atmosphere you’ve worked so hard to create.
Why include colour in your baby’s nursery?
Science shows that children react positively to colour, as it can help with their brain development. How, you ask? Well, colour is so powerful it can actually impact an child's mood, emotional wellbeing, productivity, learning and behaviour. That’s right, colour recognition can help children to build fundamental learning skills that will bring them through their lives, with things such as categorisation, sorting, comparisons and organisation.
By exposing your child to different colours, you will also be helping them to use colour as a means of creative expression in all aspects of life.
10 ways to inject colour into your child’s nursery or bedroom
1. Hit the sheets
Bed sheets are an ideal way to inject colour into your child’s bedroom. Able to be changed in and out with ease, colourful bed sheets are a way to change the look and feel of your child’s room in an instant. It also provides a cosy and welcoming environment for them to sleep.
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Designer Bums have a range of bed sheets for bassinets, cots and big kid beds! Designer Bums Luxury Bed sheets are not only made with premium, natural fabrics and featuring stunning exclusive artwork, they are also made with 100% GOTS certified organic cotton jersey, meaning they’re free from any potentially harmful ingredients and safe for your baby’s precious skin.
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2. Books, books, books!
Displaying books in your child’s room is a great way to inject colour in a subtle way that is also appealing to all children. Creating a book corner filled with colour means that you can focus the splash of colour to a designated area that becomes a fun corner for your child to use their imagination.
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Book shelves that fix to the wall are a great - and safe - way to display books within reach of your child. These shallow shelves also mean that books face outward and reveal the colourful covers, which is beneficial for children in terms of their ability to recognise their favourite stories, and the benefits of exposure to colour.
3. Change up the change mat
A really simple and effective way to inject an instant hit of smile-inducing colour is to place a colourful cover over your nappy change pad. Like with the bed sheets, a nappy change pad can be updated regularly and adding a colourful colour can help to create a positive association to having a nappy change!
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Choose a nappy change pad cover that is soft and kind to your baby’s gentle skin. Versatility is also key! Designer Bums Luxury Change Pad covers are a rectangular shape and can also double as a pram or bassinet cover. Each nappy change pad cover is made with 100% GOTS certified organic cotton muslin, without any harmful ingredients. They also feature custom-illustrated designs you won’t see anywhere else!
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4. Target the toy chest
The toy chest is a great area of a child’s bedroom to explore colour. The chest itself could be coloured, to signify the fun your can find inside, or if you’re wanting the room to stay in keeping with the minimalist/Scandinavian theme you envisioned, you can pack the toy chest full of colourful jigsaw puzzles, soft toys and building blocks galore!
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Choose a fabric, or a soft-close toy chest to ensure no trapped little fingers!
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5. Display your swaddles
No doubt when your baby was a newborn, you let your stylish swaddles do the talking when you draped them over the pram during your walks. Well, the same display of colour can be replicated in your child’s room. Simply store your swaddles draped over a hat rack, along with their beanies and summer hats. That way you can put your hands on them easily when it’s time to head out of the house, or if your child wants to sleep with one.
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Always make sure the swaddles don’t hang too low and that your child can’t reach them, as this is a hazard. We love the Designer Bums Muslin Swaddles as they’re extra large, breathable and lightweight, plus each swaddle is made from 70% silky bamboo and 30% GOTS certified organic cotton muslin. Better still, they come in a range of truly beautiful, eye-popping colours and designs.
6. Put your wardrobe on show
This is a brilliant way to showcase your child’s most-loved and special outfits. Choose a couple of colourful pieces - or even dress-ups - to create a special area in your child’s room that’s both whimsical and easily accessible.
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You can find beautiful clothing racks to fit within the theme of any child’s room. To help them learn to dress themselves, you may even use a clothing rack to lay out the clothes for each new day, and task your child with the responsibility of dressing themselves each morning.
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7. Pillow (case) talk
To help your child dream in colour, an eye-catching pillow case may be all you need, especially if you find an entire colourful bed sheet set too much to handle.
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If this sounds like you, try mixing and matching colours and textures to find the perfect combination. For example, opt for something like the Designer Bums Aquamarine Peony Pillow Cover, which is soft, silky and breathable for a great night’s sleep, with perhaps a white linen sheet set. That way you’re getting a small injection of colour that your child is sure to appreciate, and you can slowly work your way up to incorporating even more incredible colour into your child’s room!
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8. Say it with the artwork
Framed prints and wall decals are a great way to incorporate magic - and colour - into your child’s room. You can ensure you stay within the theme of your child’s room, and add flattering pops of colour in a way that compliments the whole space. Wall decals are particularly popular as they can be moved around without damaging the walls.
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Shop around to find the pieces that are right for your space. A framed artwork can create a powerful focal point in your child’s room, and influence their imagination quite significantly. For that reason you should definitely consider the theme of your child’s room, their age and their interests before choosing artwork or wall decals.
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9. Power to the play mat
You might have beautiful neutral floorboards or cream-coloured carpet in your child’s room, so a playmat can add value in more ways than one!
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Choose a play mat that can simultaneously provide a cushioned, safe space to play and also a fun and colourful play space! Designer Bums circular Play Mats are a generous 130cm, reversible and designed for versatile indoor and outdoor use. Better still, the Designer Bums Play Mats are made with a water-resistant PUL top layer with the brand’s signature hand-illustrated - and colourful - exclusive prints.
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10. Focus on the furniture
Adding a colourful focus piece to your child’s bedroom is a great way to create a comfortable space in which you can interact with your little one. In fact, you’ll find that there are multiple ways to incorporate colour into your child’s bedroom through the furniture. For instance, how about a pink bedside table? Or an emerald green rocking chair? Or even a royal blue bean bag?
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For a more subtle approach to colour through furniture, why not choose a lamp with a coloured base, or replace the door knobs on your child’s chest of drawers with some gem-coloured handles? The sky’s the limit - and each colourful addition you made to your child’s room is an investment in their creative development.
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The One Fine Baby team are first and foremost mums - between us we have 14 children, and decades of experience in all things bump, baby and beyond. We regularly bring together our tried, researched and recommended products in a review style format such as this post. The articles include some paid inclusions which goes to helping us keep our audiences informed on the top products happening right here, right now in the parenting space. Please be sure that no product will ever be included in our articles, paid or otherwise, if it doesn’t deserve to be there.
