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Help with colour issues in baby girl nursery

12 years ago
Hi All,

I'm currently decorating my first baby's nursery and am looking for some advice on some colour issues.

The walls have been painted all pink using a light reflective Matt paint. I'll be adding stencils and wall stickers to the feature wall at some point plus other wall accessories. The room has also just been re plastered and had new internal doors plus a window put in.

All finishing work has been done with a pure white eggshell paint (which has also been used throughout the house).

My issue is that I ordered a range of white furniture and now that it has been assembled it looks cream/yellowish! It seems to be worse during the day.

My vision for the room was a very crisp white and light pink and I'm now very disappointed.

My first thoughts were to paint the furniture but seems crazy to need to do this when it's brand new and also worried the finish would be poor.

I thought I could maybe accessorise to hide it but am struggling with this too.

Any ideas on how to solve this?

The third photo is from the website and how it looked in store but seems so different now it's home.

Any help appreciated!

Thank you

Comments (19)

  • 12 years ago
    I would repaint the woodwork to match the furniture.
  • 12 years ago
    I think it is fine but try some pink light bulbs to soften the room and blend it all in,baby will like that lighting also
  • 12 years ago
    I think it works well with the carpet color. You might want to go with a softer color pallette to work with the cream and pink.
  • 12 years ago
    Forgive my random comment, but I see green in the photo. could the reflection of the carpet be factoring in to the color equation?
    There are soooo many white tints. the carpet looks like honey (yellow) beige rather than taupe(rose) beige.
  • 12 years ago
    Hi. I would add some yellow, green or mint green décor maybe, I think it would make the room warmer and more fun. But it's just my idea I have 3 children and they always loved the colors, animal photos or letters on the wall. There is also many ideas on Etsy. Hope it helps.
  • 12 years ago
    Thank you for all the replies, I'm off to get some different colours of accessories/lighting now and more colour samples for the woodwork!

    Never thought about the carpet having an effect, that's a good point.

    Your help is much appreciated.
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    I agree with all the comments. The only thing in the room is the furniture (its all you see). After you add some other things to the room it will take your eye off the furniture. Once your baby arrives you won't even notice.
  • 12 years ago
    I think it is the lighting in the room as the 2nd pic looks "whiter" than the first. Try some different lighting and like the others said add in some accessories. Have you contacted the company you got the furniture from? Maybe there are two finishes. I think you wanted a bigger contrast and I understand that. Accessories will help or a darker pink on the walls but I would hate to have you repaint after all your hard work already. Let us know how things go and how your new baby likes it.
  • 12 years ago
    What a bout a large rug with splashes of color? Like a striped pin rug?
  • 12 years ago
    Also maybe more light/different light would look better?
  • 12 years ago
    Hi, I think the ''beige'' color of the furniture is not choking. I would remove the carpet, put hardwood instead and add a nice rug. I would definitely decorate the walls. A nice way to do it for babies is to install a wall border and some wall art. You could also change the dresser knobs.I attach some examples of products that you can find @ www.hooplaroom.com
  • 12 years ago
    Thanks again for the replies and ideas.

    Thought about it a lot today and have decided to repaint the room a different colour - i picked the colour as it was the lightest pink I could find but it's a light reflecting one which I think has lots of white in it and I think that's causing most of the issues.

    Going to go for a warmer, darker, more ivory pink to contrast with the furniture which will hopefully lighten it slightly. Also considering a polka dot feature wallpaper.

    I'll definately then bring in other colours from a softer palette to add layering as suggested.

    Fingers crossed the paint colour works this time!

    Thanks
  • 12 years ago
    Thanks,

    Love the border and wall canvas - does hoopla.com ship to the UK?

    I did check with the company I bought it from - there is only 1 colour, they did offer to take it back even though it's been assembled.

    I do love the furniture though, think I just need to get the correct colours to work with it.

    Looks like a pink/ivory rather than a pink/white theme now!
  • 12 years ago
    Rug a great idea, Different light good too.

    The pic was taken with just a horrible bulb in as painting/furniture build had just been finished.

    Going to look at lighting tomorrow,

    Thanks
  • 12 years ago
    Show us pictures when it's done. Good luck!
  • 12 years ago
    Try to pick a shade of pink that is sort of beige like the furniture to make it not seem opposite shades.
  • 12 years ago
    Benjamin Moore 50's Pink is a nice light pink.
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Hello,

    Perhaps the lighting is the difference, which is an easy fix. Also you could always get a canopy for her bed which will make it girly-chic.

    -Cabinets and Designs