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blossombaby 
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 10:10pm |
ahh im so stuck for ideas .. not how to make it look nice etc but how to set it up so its semi functional?? if you know what i mean and all i can find on the internet is super fancy show room type ones that are huge!!!  anyone willing to post some photos of theirs to help me out!! i reallly want to get onto it and set it up!
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 8:50am |
Our has only just been properly functional in the last week! The room used to be a spare room with a tv in it. End of last year we re carpeted and got a bedsette which is my 'feeding chair' but we were so unorganised that we didn't end up wall papering or getting the cot set up.
Anyway I can take a pic if you like but it's a VERY small room, 2m by 4m. We have a change table by the door, cot on one side, small draws opposite for clothes, and couch at the other end. We store her pram in the closet hence why we got draws. (But up until a week ago there was a tv in there that took up half the space!  )
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 9:43am |
I'm probably not much help.. Our babies room is HUGE!!
We are having a surprise- so had to decorate neutral...
We wallpapered, so have 3 white walls, and one feature wall...
Along the feature wall we have the cot, and a set of drawers, next to the set of drawers (kinda around the corner) we have the change table. We also have single bed on the opposite wall, and 2 wee bookcases underneath the window (the box type ones?). We also have bassinet sitting next to the cot at the moment.
And the room is still ginormous and empty! 
I *think* its functional (ask me again when I actually have a baby!!! hehe) but we set the room up in a way that the change table is under a wee lamp- but around the corner so if you walk past and look in you don't see the "messy" part of the room. And its right next to the cot, with the drawers right there and wardrobe right on the other side!
We put the bed in, so if need be, DH or I can sleep in the "warm" room if we need to (our house is split in half, our room and babies room are kept warm but we don't heat the 2 spare bedrooms). Plus it also fills in a huge gap 
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 9:45am |
Sorry I can't take any photos of the room set up during the day, the sun just streams in there and means nothing really shows up in the photos it's that bright!!!!
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:20am |
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:21am |
Oooohhhh, cool thread!!!!!!!! I am obsessed with nurseries 
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:27am |
Oh that is just so adorable Monikah 
I kinda wish we had a house with smaller bedrooms (I know one day I will regret saying that when we actually move) ....
Cos with the size of babies room, we could still have a ho-down in the middle of the room and invite the whole county 
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:29am |
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Mon I never even thought to put them in together now! Seeing your room its totally functional I love it! Hmmm plans may change now!
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:38am |
blossombaby, I so know what you mean! I looked at magazines and books for inspiration and all the nurseries were huge and everything seemed to cost alot!
We had a very small room to work with but ended up with a beautiful, functional nursery which we love, and didn't have to spend much.
We bought all our furniture used and refinished it in white, recovered the cushions on the rocking chair with a matching fabric. All the bits and pieces we got on trademe!
Kmart and the Warehouse have inexpensive and cute storage solutions to make the most of a small room.
Little Treasures magazine sometimes has some nice ideas which are more practical.
If you had room you could always put in a single bed or futon for yourself or guests to sleep on, we didn't have room unfortunately! When bubs is older and not in the cot any more will be able to swap for a single bed...
Hope that helps a little! Good luck and have fun, I so enjoyed doing ours, it was so nice to have one little part of the house done and ready for bubs... an oasis in the chaos!
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:48am |
monikah that is so cute, love the painted cupboard, did you do it yourself?
here is a pic showing the storage a bit better
there is also a wee set of drawers for clothes and a small closet which we only use for stuff that doesnt get used much... the drawers and storage baskets are much easier to get to!
moocow you are lucky your room is so huge! will great for bubs to have room to play and you can keep all that big bulky baby stuff like prams there when not using!
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:51am |
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Wow, Nuts-Nats, your nursery is beautiful!
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:53am |
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a friend did it for me. the photos are all familky and really close friends - thus 'family tree'
Mel i would only advise putting young kids together if you dont mind the crying approach. lol. i have lots of friends who have done it and they've said there has been a lot of crying to start with. im pretty sure shez split her kids up again cos they would sleep so it will be a wait and see thing i think. lol. ill tell ya in a couple months
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 11:01am |
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If you are pushed for space then you can double the chest of drawers as a change table by buying one of those mats. If hubby is a bit handy get some small 2 by 1 wood to edge out the top of the chest of drawers to stop the mat slipping off. Put a shelf over top for wipes and nappies etc. Puts two bits of furniture in one.
ETA it obviously would need to be a lower chest of drawers the same height as a change table but you should be able to find some.
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 11:05am |
We have a really awkward room that we use as our nursery. Its longish, narrow and small but has a window taking up one of the long walls and the door opens on to the other long wall which is a pain and no built in storage.
This is how it was set up for DS#2, it was basically the same for DS#1 but this time we brought a wardrobe. We didn't know the sex either time so its gender neutral.
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 11:58am |
Awww this brings back memories lol. I have a few pics i ws just looking through and it reminded me of being pregnant lol.
I will take some pics of dd room when she wakes up 
Its really hard to set it up so you are happy. I changed DDs room so many times while pregnant, and also after she was born because i didnt always like it how it was.
The site i really like is Resene decorated rooms
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 12:43pm |
Cool thread. I love nurserys and babies rooms too. When Jackson wakes I will take some pics of his room. Although its pretty plain really
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 1:14pm |
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MooCow are you HB????
i LOVE that wall paper btw
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 3:04pm |
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 3:11pm |
I LOVE your nursery nuts_nats. Makes me wish i had known what i was having lol. DD's nursery is the Winnie the pooh theme that sold in baby city.
She now has a bookcase at the head of the cot (where you can see the top of her highchair).
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 4:09pm |
SO jealous of all you ladies that got to set up a babiys room... al Jae had was a corner in our room with just the bassinette and some stickers by our door... I will finally get to make her own room in 2 weeks time when FIL moves... only a year later than when I wanted it!!
B had a 'nursery' but we couldnt afford any decorations etc, so all we had was the cot, change table, an old wooden box of mine for outgrown clothes, and a wardrobe/draws that ex-MIL picked up at a garage sale.... they are printed photos, not digi tho so cant post the pics on here 
I do have some photos of Jaes half of the kids room, but its smaller than most offices, so theres not much at all!
Hope this works!
Corner of our room as a NB
Her half of kids room (set of plastic drawers at the end of the cot, just tucked in the corner but you cant see it on that angle)
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