The exciting months leading up to your baby?s arrival are a whirlwind of planning and preparation. From choosing a name to creating a baby registry, there are so many exciting choices to make! And let?s not forget all the options when it comes to decorating the nursery.
Instagram is full of ideas and Pinterest is a decor maven?s dream. Details of the dreamy nurseries of the rich and famous seem to follow every celebrity pregnancy announcement. Naturally, you want the very best for your baby. But when decorating a nursery, it is definitely possible to go overboard.
I for one channelled my boundless enthusiasm for the arrival of my firstborn into creating her room. I admit I may have gone a little too far. Repeatedly. Here, I share some of my mistakes and regrets so that you might avoid the perils of nursery neurosis. 1. Overdoing the reno
My husband insisted the floors be refinished in the nursery. Our 60-year-old home had original hardwood in varying states of non-pristine condition. I could see where he was coming from: If our child was to be crawling in there, didn’t we want the floor to be exquisitely clean and fresh" Now my daughter’s room has the finest floor in the house. But, unfortunately, it makes the floors in all our other spaces look grungy, no matter how clean they are. And, obviously, our daughter’s crawling was not confined exclusively to her room. In a final, shocking twist, the floors in the rest of our house failed to infect her w...