Inspired by the color of 2011 and the beautiful crib bedding from Bella Notte (pictured left), this sweet little nursery began to take shape. I wanted it to be very feminine, luxe and vintage yet still a calm soothing place for baby and parents. Using beautiful color throughout the room as well as rich fabrics help maintain the tone.
For the walls, I discovered some amazing paintable textured wallpaper from The Land of Nod! After applying the wallpaper, I would use Gray Horse 2140-50 from Benjamin Moore for the color. Depending on the size of your space as well as the light in the room you may want to consider doing just one or two walls gray and keep the others lighter (white or ivory). The next part is my favorite! I first read about this technique on the blog Nursery Notations. From the edge of the ceiling, measure down about 12″ and apply 
a trim (white for this room). The ceiling as well as everything above the trim is painted (in this case) Pantone’s Honeysuckle Pink 18-2120. Read more here and see photos of this technique used in a nursery on Nursery Notations!
What better to adorn these pretty walls than vintage Vogue? Left: Cristobal Balenciaga silk paisley dress with matching coat, photograph by Henry Clarke appeared in the March 15, 1954 issue. Center: Vintage Vogue cover for the ‘Paris Fashion’ issue April 15, 1928. Right: Cartwheel Hats, photograph by Horst P. Horst appeared May 15, 1935, Vogue.
Beautiful gray velvet curtains from anthropologie and one of my favs for a girly room – a wire mannequin for displaying all kinds of wonderful things (like hats, feather boas, long strings of pearls)! Wire mannequin from etsy – no longer available.
A few more things for this sweet little room: LERDAL chandelier from IKEA. Handmade birdie pillow from etsy shop Bellamina. Luca glider and ottoman from The Land of Nod.
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