While I waited for Taylor to arrive I had spend years planning the perfect gender neutral Llama Nursery. Once we found out she was on the way last spring I started planning exactly how we were going to bring this vision to life.
Using bold jewel tone colors as a starting point I painted the entire room grey to provide a good base neutral that would make the colors pop. The base paint color is ‘Olympus white’ but it does look a bit more grey than white against the accent wall.
Throughout the entire house we lean towards a grey monochromatic color scheme, and wanted to keep something relatively simple to contrast against the colored dots. The top section of the wall is a light grey [a different shade than the base color but not much] and a dark grey. I originally ‘pinned’ the inspiration for the room nearly 4 years ago and its fun to see how many people have used nearly this exact same styling with personalized contrast patterns on the right side.
To obtain the clean lines I used a paintable silicone along the edge of the painters tape. Off hand you may not think you need the silicone but trust me, you do.
For the colored dots I cut out circle stencils using my cricut and placed them sporadically across the wall. Similar to the edges on the triangles, I used silicone to get a good clean round look. With just a few colored areas there was no need to buy full quarts of paint. Lowes and Home Depot both offer small ‘paint samples’ that work perfect for a project of this size.
To mirror the colors across the room I painted the MOSSLANDA white picture ledge from IKEA to match the colors of the dots. Since the picture ledges are finished these required several coats to cover up the glossy finished coat but they came out great after being allowed to dry for a few weeks.
Once all the core colors were up I added Night and Day Shades from Blindster. These blinds were so easy to order and install. You can see the full post about that experience and learn why we selected this two-toned cellular shade for our gender neutral llama nursery.
Once the base walls and windows were finished it was time to add in the furniture. I wanted to select a dresser that would grow with Taylor and continue to fit her wardrobe after was out of infant sizes. With so many shipping challenges we headed to our local Furniture Row and asked to see examples of white dressers currently in stock. This helped narrow things down and made sure we didn’t fall in love with something we couldn’t get in time. The original plan was to pick up just the chest of drawers but we found the tall dresser and nightstand in the scratch and dent section of the store for a steal!
We finished the room off with a convertible crib from Delta Children. Convertible cribs change into both a toddler and double bed ensuring we’ll get tons of use out of this entire set as Taylor grows up!
I love how everything came together and I am looking forward to spending tons of time in this room with Taylor! I hope she loves it as much as I do.
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