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Plan the Perfect Nursery

Three Tips for Nursery Design

Once you have an idea of what you want your nursery to look like, it’s time to get down to business:

1. Measure the room, the windows and even the door openings so you can make a rough sketch of the room on graph paper (let five squares stand for one foot, or whatever works with your dimensions).
2. Start sketching in your main furniture pieces. Try to keep the crib near the door, the changing table near the crib (so you don’t have to carry a leaking diaper across the room), and your rocking chair near a window.  You can also sketch out a side-view of the room, visualizing how you want any wallpaper, nursery wall stencils, or color blocking to look.
3. Finally, get the room painted and wallpapered and give it time to dry before you start shopping.