Art for kids, nursery art, kids wall art - ASTROPUNKS blog

What I love about this nursery is the use of restraint; the soft tones in the furniture, walls and floors make the colourful and playful accessories shine! The mixture of designer, mass-produced, hand-made and preloved items also lends warmth and character you just can’t buy. It is light, fun and full of joy, yet still remains stylish and adult-friendly.

The nursery is blessed with fantastic architectural features; the room is an irregular shape, mirrored by the window. Rachel created a bird silhouette stencil to surround the room with a the wall mural. The crib and the dresser were from IKEA; the rocking chair was her husband’s when he was a baby and the side table used to belong to her grandmother. Johnathon Adler designed the giraffe lamp. The rug is from Anthropologie and the mobile is from bookhou. The backdrop for the quilt is a large-scale Marimekko fabric depicting a birch tree.

Rachel designed the quilt and storage bags herself. Inspiration struck whilst looking for the polka dot fabric; the vision arose from the actual thumbnail photos of the website. She can thank her mother for sewing the items, as well as the matching bumper. The eclectic tags on the quilt, made from mostly Japanese binding tape and ribbon, were sourced from Etsy.

What a labour of love! Sadly Rachel and her husband have moved, leaving this nursery behind. Yet watch this space and see how she translates the pieces into the new location.

Photos by raileenf.