You already have great plans. A warm white, with Roman shades would be perfect. Have you considered cork for the flooring? It is easy to care for, looks good with most existing wood floors, is soft underfoot and provides a bit of insulation.

Once that is done, you will no longer think it's a sad room.

The space directly opp the door will be a lovely spot for the crib and a mobile above. I think romans are indeed a good idea. How does the area behind the small door currently function?

I would suggest painting the wall on the sloped side white so there is less contrast with the ceiling there (which is currently drawing a lot of attention), then you could pull a color, like that light turquoise out of the sheet pattern and paint an accent wall with that— drawing attention to the full-height wall. The crib would contrast nicely with it. A natural material would be best for the floor of a nursery so that there is no off gassing of toxins. In the future, you might consider adding a skylight to visually expand the space.

What a fun space for a nursery, I would use the white for the walls but maybe see if you can find some fun decals that can be changed later , have fun with this space. I would just change the floors to match the rest as good as you can

Google "Attic Nursery" and press images. They are all adorable and none of them are sad!!! This could be a very interesting and happy room for your baby. If you click on one of the colors, you will see a bunch of teal rooms or whatever. :)

Behind the mystery door is just a small storage space. We will be completely redoing the upstairs in a couple years (will have architect draw it up) so i would want to do cosmetic touches upstairs for now. I would ideally like to put in hardwoods but I think it would make more sense to wait.

Glad everyone agrees roman shades are a better choice. I think once painted it will look a lot better. I do also like the idea of putting a fun mobile in the pitched area of the ceiling.

Bee- great idea to get some inspiration pics.

How about stenciling as an accent wall give the room some depth. Is this for a girl or boy? What is the room size?

I'm gonna throw a 'way out there' suggestion. As this is to be a nursery and there is different angles and slopes, what about making it a creative space? A projector and paints and whatever design you want to paint. Can be as simple as a colouring book page or more elaborate.

I would pass by the room something other than white. Babies do react to color, pick up one of the colors in your sheet. Please look up nurseries on Houzz for inspiration.

In which case, consider adding shelving to the foreshortened wall. You can build them (can be done with hand tools/ minimal skill) in, or place a purchased unit in front. Congratulations, too!

Claire-its for a boy. I'm not super big into stenciling or wall decals. Call me a weirdo but I don't like nursery rooms that are too "babyish". I think I may stick with large animal photography prints or a large vintage map of a national park in our area.

Hilda- I would love for this to be a creative space but we need it as a nursery. We will have 3 kids and there are only currently 3 rooms upstairs. So new baby needs a room too.

A mural is good thought too just throwing it your way.

Animal print

Animal mural

@mimimomy: I've read that black and white stripes or stripes of alternating contrasting light and dark colors are the best way to help stimulate a baby's brain growth... not sure on the science but made sense when I read about it! So you might want to consider that when choosing pictures/wallcoverings.

^Yes, I've read that too. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/why-black-and-white-nurseries-are-best-for-babies-brains-080316.html

https://www.askdrsears.com/topics/parenting/child-rearing-and-development/bright-starts-babys-development-through-interactive-play/playtime-articles/visual-stimulation-newborns

I think this wallpaper could be very cool. It's not very babyish (it's not used for a baby here) in this photo, but offers nice contrasts. Might do a wall in a high-contrast paper such as this, and paint the other walls, with a wainscoting on the bottom of the painted walls?

Repainting a winter white -- one without a pink or yellow hue is a great idea. Consider vertical blinds for the window because that will enable you to have more ways to direct/increase/decrease the sunlight than traditional blinds, and

they will not visually "shrink" the room as curtains and drapes can,

it will not matter that the right side of the window is against the wall,

vertical blinds come in wood, faux wood, fabric and vinyl -- the vinyl ones come in a myriad of colors and they're easily cleaned.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/f7/ee/66f7ee97887b79e3a6a898f4fe177622.jpg

https://ak1.ostkcdn.com/images/products/7955021/7955021/Vertical-Alabaster-Window-Blind-P15327263.jpg?imwidth=320&impolicy=medium

https://www.selectblinds.com/images/category/draw_splitstack.jpg

http://www.edil-service.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jaluzelecerticale-261x300.jpg

Also, with vertical blinds inside the windows (rather than curtains or drapes hanging lower than the window), you can create a built in window seat -- toy box and shelves and cabinets -- all across that end wall. A smaller 1/2 version of this:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/2f/89/9b2f894513778ee4b447377174c2a0fa.jpg

Edit to add: Do not use carpet in the nursery.

Such a cool room- so much potential! I would do wallpaper on the ceiling, paint the walls a nice cream color, and a bright area rug. A small book case with a lamp on top, with colorful accessories sprinkled throughout. You could do a hanging plant near the window- my 4 month old prefers looking at the plants in his room instead of his mobile :) can't wait to see what you do with the space.

Congratulations! Whites and blues and a slip covered rocker.

I really love thesome of these wallpapers, especially the land of nod one and the some of the graphic animal ones.

And yes we will have a cordless blind/roman shades. I'm super paranoid about strangulation hazard.

I would keep the room all the same color-even the ceiling. It will help mimimize the angles and short walls in the room. Paint out woodwork in the same color as the room but use a semi-gloss for the trim. An inside mount roman shade would probably fit the window best since the trim goes all the way to the wall. Congratulations on your new little one!

Paint the walls and ceiling a light calming color such as BM Gray Cashmere (soft grey green). Paint the woodwork white and replace the carpet. Since its a kids room, laminate would be fine until they get older.

I think I may just stick with a warm white for walls, ceiling and trim color. I do like color but I also love using fun graphic art for my kid's rooms and a lot of times I feel like I am then restricted on the artwork I choose (or make) because it doesn't go with the wall color.

I am thinking about possibly doing just one wall in a woodland or animal wall paper as seen below and then using artwork on the "plain" walls.

You have good taste and a great little room to work with considering all the fun angles. For a quick and temporary redo I like your ideas with the paint, blinds and art. Add a great big soft rug and you would be set until the remodel.

Great idea! I hope you'll show pics of your progress. My son is expecting our first grandchild this summer (it's a girl!) and I've been having so much fun helping to plan the nursery.

I never made a baby room or nursery for any of my 4 kids. But, I grabbed a projector and painted an African Safari on one bedroom. Literally kept the paintings simple since I'm not an artist. The other room was North American animals. At the time people were "offended" that my daughter also used it. However, my kids loved it. They'd make up their own stories at bedtime of what the animals were doing. When we moved, my kids (although they were now teenagers) asked for more murals. I encouraged them to find funky wall paper or paint their own mural. So my point is, whatever you as the mom feel that you really want this space to reflect, go with it. It's your mom instinct. You really can't go wrong.

Haha not an artist...that word is used in so many forms you might as well call yourself that it artistic creativity to do that and you say never did a room

Thanks for everyone's insight. I will update when I actually get started on this project, hopefully in the next month.

Any other suggestions on flooring? I believe I do want to keep it carpet vs another type (for now). I liked the previous suggestion of a patterned grey.

I don't know how I feel about cork or vinyl in a bedroom, although my husband likes cork so he would probably be up for that.

You can always go the cork flooring or vinyl route and put in a nice shaggy rug. From what I understand the space is a difficult shape so I'm not sure if rectangle or round would work better or possibly one of those misshaped ones I always see at IKEA.
This way you get a happy husband with cork and happy you with area rug!

See pic below how it can warm up the whole room.

Hello Hutchae84, how did your baby room turn out

Still a long ways to go. We are doing the whole house, we are currently drywalling and then laying flooring and painting. Then I will finally be able to start decorating. I am starting to think about lighting (along with the rest of the house).

Decided walls will be SW alabaster.

Carpet is below (cream in person, no pink)

Roman shade purchased (but in navy)

so I am back mostly just to bump this post because it took me forever to find. Can you believe "baby boy" is 13 months old and is finally going to get moved out of my room to this room this week?!?

I will most pictures tomorrow. The rooms been painted for a while (alabaster white for walls, trim and ceiling), I have a Roman shade in there and an Ikea children's armoire. I will be moving the crib in there and a bentwood rocker this week.

I'm hoping to get opinions if I should add some wall (or ceiling) treatment, where I should hang art and if I should give that vintage bentwood rocker a makeover or leave it be.

Looking forward to the pics;)

ok here is at where I am today. I'd thought I'd be further along a year plus later...

I included some pictures of the ro and possibly layouts. The room is tiny, 8ft by 9ft, the window is 4ft so takes up half of one wall. The slopped ceiling make placement of taller pieces hard (crib and armoire). I could leave armoire where it is and out the crib on door wall and bentwood chair in corner as shown in 1st drawing. Or move the crib to under the pitch and the armoire by the window but it would be tight.

This is what the crib looks like and the measurements but it is an off white. I'm hoping the spindles help the room from looking closed off. And the bentwood rocker which measures 36" at it's widest depth.