Creating a nursery in a small space

When a baby comes along, especially when it's your first, you're often left re-arranging your house to accommodate the newcomer. Many times it's turning a study or guest bedroom into a nursery. (Often, it means moving to a new home, or at least dreaming of doing so.)

When Hunter was on his way, we moved from a comfortable two bedroom apartment to a much bigger three bedroom townhouse. At the time, it was the right decision, but I often wonder how our lives may have looked if we had stayed in our apartment.

I was recently going through the Lonny archives when I happened upon these two images of a den-turned-nursery. I completely fell in love with this space because of it's ingenuity.

IKEA shelves were added to the wall to create a space to store treasures and clothing - in the absence of built in cupboard space. And you know what? I think this room feels much cosier and more inviting than a lot of the larger rooms I've seen.

The IKEA shelving makes a perfect place to hang all of those teeny, tiny, adorable baby clothes and this fretwork cabinet turned change table with storage is perfect for storing other baby clothes. (This example is obviously on the luxe end of the spectrum, but you could refashion another cabinet or dresser to achieve the same end.)

It really shows that a little thought and some clever planning really means you can make the most of your surroundings without spending a fortune - or moving house.

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Did you move house or change another room into your nursery?

Comments

[April]

Um... how fabulous is that chair?

I just finished turning the guest bedroom of our two-bedroom townhouse into a nursery (the little one is due Friday!). It's tricky trying to fit everything you need into a small space.

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[Besquirrely]

I'm in love with the pear painting!

[Lee Kleinhelter]

Thanks Khali for your nice post. The space is actually meant to be a small den. We moved in last minute. Sometimes its the things you don't spend a lot of time planning that work out the best in the end. Have a great day:)

[Melissa@Julia's Bookbag]

This is an amazing room, I really like the whole vibe going on here! The shelving and that pear art is really sublime....

[Little Gray Pixel]

LOVE that cabinet.
We changed our library into the nursery. It was the underused room in our 2-bedroom apartment, anyway, so it was a good excuse to purge a lot of stuff and move our large bookshelf into the living room, where it gets more play.

[Angela Shepherd]

I love IKEA. Glad there is one near me.

[Christina]

Now my first thought was how much fun baby is going to have taking all the clothes off the hangers ... Beautiful but practical?

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My beautiful little girl is frequently referred to as "him" or "he" by strangers when we are out and about. I like to think it's due to my preference for dressing her in navy or red, but suspect it's probably because of her hair.... or rather, lack thereof!

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Wonderful chair. I like it's round leg with beautiful design. Thanks for sharing this one.

[Alexis]

What wallpaper is that?? The room is amazing.

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I really like the whole vibe going on here! The shelving and that pear art is really sublime...

[Süsk]

Lovely!

I've just stumbled onto your blog and though I don't have kids, scrolling through post after gorgeous post is definitely making me think about gettin' down to it. Ha! You've got a new follower in me- I am in love with everything. And I seriously wish I had freakishly small feet to fit into Joyfolie shoes now. *Pine*

Have a great weekend!

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[Kristin]

That chair is amazing, was that also from IKEA?

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Amazing room, thanks for sharing.