love your neutral idea for a nursery and especially the gold and blush accents. wondering if you could share pics of the room in order to give perspective. plus can you explain further the grid concept. are you thinking of applying wood to one wall in squares? just want to clarify. in general I would say either option could work just fine, it may depend on the other furniture pieces you choose. I think a grid in white would work just fine. while the below wall is not in a square grid, it does show the idea of white trim on white wall.

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Also, I plan on purchasing a white crib and having an old dresser refinished in blush paint and gold drawers handles.

seeing this I would say white on all walls including the grid wall. love it all!!! adorably sophisticated.

I would say to help in choosing colors, get samples of them and put them on the walls to see how they look. that should help with a decision.

I would do one colour on all the walls. If white, definitely something that leans warm and soft like the inspo pics,not crisp. Probably would even keep to the same sheen throughout,depends on the flooring and other trim (including closet doors) in the room. Sounds like the space will be absolutely lovely. Congratulations!

not sure what the flooring situation is and it wasn't your initial question, but thought I would share some rugs I thought might work, if you plan on doing an area rug.

I like white on all the walls, test the whites you have listed to see which one you like best.

the rug pics didnt seem to come thru. I will try again here, but I also have a board called 'houzz nursery area rug options' that have the pics as well

Hollybar that is an idea that didn’t cross my mind. I was thinking about doing satin on the grid wall and matte on the rest of the walls. Which sheen would you go with throughout the whole room?

Thank you Theresa I will look!

Melissa, in your #1 inspo pic I really like how the board and batten stays flat matte and doesn't reflect like a higher sheen would. Depends how much reflection (as shown clearly in Theresa's cool pic above) and "formality" you want.

Would use a Matte finish on all the walls