Are you expecting and wondering how to transform your spare room into a nursery room without breaking the bank? Perhaps you’re planning to have a child soon with your partner and want to start getting the house ready? This article on how to design a nursery room on a budget is for you.
As this article on The Spruce mentions, “Be sure to get your nursery project underway early, so there will be plenty of time to air out new furniture and freshly painted spaces. Getting a head start will also prevent stress and ensure that you will have enough energy to finish the job.”
Planning is key when designing a nursery room on a budget
If you’re not a planner, you’re going to have to be one, I’m afraid. Put on your planner hat and plan everything out, so you can stay on top of your budget. This is the most important step if you want to make the most of your money when you set out to design a nursery room on a budget.
Get organised with a mood board
Mood boards or inspiration boards can be whatever you need them to be – from a brainstorming collage in which both you and your partner pitch in ideas to a full renovation project. Mood boards can help you organise your ideas and create the perfect vision of the future nursery room.
But what to add to a mood board? Everything and anything you want. Add colour. Add texture. Add images of other nursery rooms that you like. Add images of things that make you happy. Think long term when you are renovating the nursery, perhaps keep the walls clean and minimalistic but add splashes of colour with some fun accessories, which you can change as your child grows out of them.
For me, nursery rooms are happy and relaxing spaces that make you feel safe and joyful, so I’d add things that make me feel like that way, which would, hopefully, make my little one feel the same way.
Make the details shine
Adding colourful and playful accessories, such as Cebi Joy door handles from Ironmongery Experts UK, is a great way to make the nursery a more vibrant and lively space. Plushies, colourful pillows and colour-changing lighting are also a good addition.
Upcycle furniture
Buying second-hand and upcycling furniture is definitely a fun and affordable way to decorate any room, and a nursery isn’t any different. After a good clean and a new lick of paint, any used furniture will look brand-new.
If you are having trouble starting your nursery renovation, take some words of advice by Verity at Project Nursery, “start with one item or pattern that you really like and build around it. For me it was the wallpaper, this dictated the colour palette and the feel of the whole room.”
We hope you found these ideas on how to design a nursery room on a budget useful! Happy planning everybody….
