Budget-Friendly Baby Nursery Room Decor Ideas

By Sherrie Le Masurier

I have limited funds to create a nice room for my baby. Do you have any baby nursery room decor ideas that would be easy on my finances and be appropriate for our small apartment?

  First off, you don’t have to spend a lot of money on baby nursery room decor items in order to create a warm and cosy haven for your newborn.

It’s amazing how only a select few baby nursery room decor items can really make a room.

Since you live in an apartment chances are good you’re also limited to what you can do with the walls. While some painting maybe okay, I’m guessing things like installing new carpeting or built-in shelving is not permitted.

To air on the side of caution, I’m going to assume the walls and floors of your baby’s nursery are neutral and select baby nursery room decor items are needed to make the environment come alive.

Using all white or natural wood stained furniture on neutral wall-to-wall carpeting or on a hardwood floor is an excellent place to start. Purchasing various second-hand furniture pieces that meet current safety standards and painting or staining them to match is a great cost-effective way of furnishing a baby nursery especially if you don’t know the sex of your baby before you start decorating.

A few bold baby nursery room decor elements strategically placed here and there can have a dramatic impact on an otherwise plain looking room.

A nursery theme can easily be created by bringing like items, colors and patterns together.

Following are some ideas for enhancing the look of the room with minimal expense and effort.

• Use patterned bedding to create a strong focal point to the nursery.
  
• Place a few select baby nursery room decor items near your child’s crib to reinforce your selected theme e.g. framed prints behind the crib, a colorful mobile that coordinates with other accessory items or a collection of keepsakes on a nearby shelf.
  
• Consider a grouping of themed accessories instead of single items randomly placed.
  
• Use an area rug or activity mat to bring all the colors in the room together.

Ultimately you want to use the above baby nursery room decor ideas to tie the look of the room together. Your baby’s bedding should echo the colors in her area rug, while her crib bumper pads in a coordinating pattern or fabric can assist in refining the baby nursery room decor.