Creating your baby's room is always an important step in a mom's life, and generally, it's one of the first things you want to do when you find out you're expecting a baby! The creative universe is ours, the hours spent on Pinterest looking for inspiration, scrolling through the Instagram feed of our favorite influencers... In short, we can't wait: to create, decorate and arrange our baby's room and create for them his little cocoon just for him!
But how to arrange the baby's room in a small space?
Essential furniture in the baby's room
It was sometimes difficult to realize that such a small creature requires a lot of space, accessories and furniture.
Before thinking about the decoration and colors of the walls, you have to plan ahead and imagine where each piece of furniture will be positioned. So, where do I start when creating my baby's room and optimizing the space?
To do this, you need to know the size of the room that will soon be the baby's room, in order to think about the locations of each piece of furniture. Because yes, this baby will ultimately take up a lot of space in your home but also in his own room. When you have a small room with little space, you may wonder if all the elements necessary for baby's well-being will have a place in this room.
Today, there are many brands that offer very pretty furniture, practical and above all that adapt to small spaces, all without breaking the budget!. It is also easy to find furniture that matches our colors and our desires.
Here is a small list of essential furniture to welcome baby into his room and optimize space:
- The baby's bed. This can be a scalable bed to adapt to your age, like that of the Oeuf NYC brand. It also allows you to add a changing table on the bed to save space in the room.
You can also turn to a single bar bed from IKEA which fits smaller budgets.
Oeuf NYC bed with changing table
In addition to the small IKEA bed, why not invest in the foldable changing table from Charlie Crane? A very practical changing table for changing babies, which unfolds when needed in order to optimize the necessary space and have a tidy room.
Charlie Crane Foldable Changing Table
What storage to optimize the baby's room?
When you arrange a child's bedroom for the first time, you also have to think in the long term by thinking about storage rates. A baby grows quickly and you will therefore need to regularly adapt his wardrobe according to his age and the seasons. By choosing a chest of drawers you will quickly find yourself limited in time and will need larger furniture. In order to optimize this space, we recommend high storage. But there is no question of having cabinets that do not correspond to the spirit we want.
Storage in your child's bedroom becomes a real decorative element thanks to designs like Plum Living, which embellishes your furniture.
How to have lots of storage in your baby's room without skimping on style?
Once again, IKEA will be our friend to adapt to our needs without breaking the bank. Thanks to the PAX range from IKEA, you can create a tailor-made dressing room to store all those little things.
For the aesthetic side, we can count on Plum Living which offers to completely personalize the cupboard doors. From color to door handles, the furniture of your dreams is yours; A small example of a personalized wardrobe on this model:
Dressing room made of Pax and Metod
Your child's room will also become a playground in a few years. So remember to keep a small place to store your games. Once again with Metod furniture from IKEA and doors from Plum Living, you can create an aesthetic storage bench. A 2 in 1 very popular in these small spaces which adds a decorative touch.
If you still have an empty space in the baby's room, you can add a comfortable armchair. It will quickly become essential for reading him stories or more particularly, for comforting baby at 4 a.m., or for giving him food...
How to decorate the baby's room?
Once the space is defined and the furniture installed, we can finally move on to the decoration part!
But it's not so obvious! Do we want a girl's room, a boy's room, or rather a mixed room in neutral tones? What are the most trendy colors for a child's bedroom? Which ones do we want to include in our baby's room? Will he like dinosaurs if that's the theme we've chosen or will he prefer the jungle universe created in neutral and wild tones?
All of these questions are not easy to answer without a little inspiration and reflection. Today, we give you all our advice for creating the baby room of your dreams, in neutral tones
The first tip for finding decorating inspiration is to head to Pinterest! If you don't know this free application yet... But what are you waiting for?! You will find the latest trends, lots of decoration ideas
Some decorative elements in the baby's room that will make the difference:
A section of wall with wallpaper. The big trend is panoramic wallpaper, to choose according to the theme you have defined: jungle, enchanted forest, tropical...
Forest theme children's wallpaper, Fabric
If you're not a fan of wallpapers but still want a little color, geometric shapes are ultra trendy to personalize this bedroom. On a section of wall, around the bed or to delimit the play area, it's up to you to define where this touch of color will be. With Plum Living, you can match the paint color to the closet you choose.
- the rug in the baby's room can be very practical. If you have a parquet floor, this prevents it from cracking when your baby falls asleep. It will also bring a little comfort to your little feet after a long day and a short night... It is often on this rug that you can play with your child in their bedroom, so choose an easily machine washable rug like those from Lorenacanals .
- a mobile: essential above the baby's bed, it attracts his attention and helps him fall asleep.
- a night light: to reassure your child in his bed and ensure that he goes back to sleep on his own (yes, yes, we have the right to dream too). Some night lights also project lights onto the ceiling as well as soothing background sound.
Rose in April rabbit night light
- cuddly toys: You risk receiving lots of them during the birth! These little stuffed animals have a strong comforting power for our children, they should not be neglected. Moreover, the little Pipouette soft toy is the ideal companion to accompany your child on a daily basis and help them express their emotions.
Thanks to our advice seen previously, you will already have plenty of storage in the baby's room.
No need to add large shelves. On the other hand, there are small wall shelves with coat rack to hang it bathing Cape and on which you can place a toiletry bag or your baby's vanity with these hygiene essentials.
You now have all the keys in hand to arrange and optimize the space in your baby's room. Up to you !
Also discover our article on decorating a safari-style bedroom
