Since it is a nursery now please decorate it as such , what a boring space for a baby. There are all kids of fun ceiling fixtures for kids they can be moved to his next room and then you can choose a light for this space. Get some decals for the walls they can removed. IMO this is right now a childs room please decorate as such

The second light fixture feels more sweet and child-friendly but also could translate to a cool adult-focused room later.

I might hang black out curtains, too.

Yes, we are in the process of getting blackout curtains. The room is not fully decorated yet.

I like the second one too, and put some soft curtains on the windows. Maybe a blue would look good.

FWIW I think it’s a great base and will look nice when finalized. Nice, calming colors and textures for a baby/toddler and can easily be turned into a study again down the road.

I think the second one will give you more light in the room as you can put standard bulbs and a dimmer, plus it will grow with the room. the other seems to me more dining like and maybe a tad over scaled as well as adding poor light quality.

"Soothing colors" are only soothing for the parents and are of no utility for the baby who in the early months when the brain is developing cannot distinguish between pastel colors and between shapes in those pastel colors.

A baby's brain is most stimulated by high contrast colors, and black and white, and pictures with large shapes in those colors and black and white in places where the baby can see them.

The second fixture is nice and interesting and looks to have bulbs that will be easy to replace.

If you will be purchasing curtains, you might want to skip the blinds so your child can look out the window and see life outside and how it changes with the time of day and the seasons.

That too is important for the baby's development.

If the sun is really bright, you can get sheers inside the curtains and use a double rod.

I am far from convinced about the need for black-out curtains.

Are you training the child that they can only sleep in a pitch black room?

That baby slept in the hospital nursery which was bright and full of screaming babies.

Furthermore, if you use blackout curtains and the room is pitchblack with no ambient light from outside, you will be more likely to use a nightlight which can adversely affect the child's vision.

Children that slept with a nightlight before age 2 have a 34% chance of becoming myopic as compared to 10% of children that did not sleep with a nightlight . Of children that slept in full light, 55% became myopic.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1115762/

The plant is not a wise idea.

In addition to being a serious dust catcher that cannot easily be dusted off, the child can easily pull the whole thing down on himself, or eat a handful of dirt in seconds before it is even noticed.

The dresser should be firmly affixed to the wall.