For our grandparents, more often than not, decorating a space for an infant son meant setting up a cradle or a crib next to their own bed, tucking a sheet around the baby’s mattress and finally finding a handy piece of flannel fabric to serve as a swaddling cloth. But the world has changed dramatically […]

First-time parents often assume that preparing a proper nursery means using pink for a daughter or blue for a son, although nothing could be further from the truth these days. In fact, you are perfectly free to decorate with any color or colors you like, whether persimmon or purple or a combination of the two. […]

If you’re a nature lover and you’re also going to be a mommy soon, you might want to share that particular enthusiasm with the child that’s on the way. Perhaps you love going to the zoo or going camping in the woods, or maybe you’ve owned an assortment of pets during your lifetime or have […]

Expectant parents are often so bombarded by photos of cute nurseries that they fail to remember that for some time into their new little boy’s life he will be blissfully unaware of considerations such as typical fabrics and typical decor. They tend to forget that all they need to enrich their son’s early childhood are […]

While different people have different tastes and different approaches to decorating, most parents who are planning the decoration of a newborn’s nursery tend to look for two things – cheerful colors and lively images. Although there are a wide variety of themes which offer both of those elements, it would be hard to find a […]

People always talk about how relaxed and refreshed they feel when they return from a vacation spent mostly gazing at sea and sky. It’s no wonder, since studies have shown that blue tones are the most soothing ones; and since that’s particularly true in a bedroom, it’s also understandable that more and more expectant moms […]

Expectant parents who have been living in a French Provincial apartment with silk upholstered sofas or in an ultramodern glass house with striking avant-garde art works may wish to welcome their newborn daughter into the sort of surroundings to which they have become accustomed. They may be just as enthusiastic about the upcoming birth as […]

You’ve learned that you have a little girl on the way, and you want to welcome her into the world with the most delightful nursery you can create. You want the room to reflect her sweetness and her femininity, but there are so many different ways to accomplish that. For some parents, a single color […]

Nowadays, couples who are expecting a baby seem more eager than ever to learn the dos and don’t s of proper infant care. Having read magazine articles about tragedies that were almost certainly avoidable, they are asking how they can create a safe nursery before they look into creating a beautiful one. Experts agree that […]

There are few things as exciting as learning that you are going to have a baby, and it is usually all the more thrilling if it is going to be your very first child. Still, you will probably be a bit daunted by all the activities this will entail and all the responsibilities suddenly thrust […]