Rainy day nursery love

The weather in Boston this week has been less than stellar.  In fact, it has been downright unacceptable.  Temperatures below 60 degrees, accompanied by rain and clouds, when it’s going to be June in a few days are just about beyond my limit of what’s okay.  I’ve been sulking around, feeling cold and grumpy.  But I’m tired of being a grouch, so let’s do something fun – like talking about my imaginary baby’s nursery! Hooray!

I bring up the nursery because, well, who am I kidding, you know how much I think about it…  Specifically, though, I’ve been considering something new for my imaginaryfuturebaby’s nursery as of late.  You may recall my current favorite, perfect, gender-neutral bedding set by Skip Hop:

Pretty darn nice

Well, it is possible that I am turning!  See, the thing about crib bedding sets is that they are lovely and cute and coordinated, but you will not/can not really use all the pieces – bumpers are said to be SIDS hazards (that can later be used as stepping stools to climb out of the crib), and the quilt/blanket isn’t safe for infants to sleep with (though, admittedly, you could use it as a floor mat for baby to roll and play on).  As time has passed, many parents have wised up to this fact, and started shunning the coordinated crib bedding set in favor of something more practical, and sometimes more economical (those sets can get pricey).  I’ve been noticing a lot of examples on my baby-stuffs site of choice, ohdeedoh.

Exhibit A:

Cute polka dot crib sheet, white crib skirt and…done!  A clean, simple look, but made stylish by the other details, like that darling homemade mobile and the art on the wall.

Exhibit B

I’m not into the old-school quilt look, but I love this color palette!  And again, with the adorable mobile!

Exhibit C

I’m not nuts about the style on this one, but I like the use of the patterened crib skirt.  In a traditional set, the bumper is where the most color/style is really displayed, but a groovy crib skirt is an equally great way to display color and style, and unlike a bumper, can remain on the crib now matter how old baby is.

And finally:

Exhibit D

I just love this.  I don’t know why.  It’s just a simple crib with a plain orange blanket, but I love it.  The perfect powder blue color on the wall complementing the orange blanket is probably a big part of it, too.  So simple, so adorable.  It’s hard to tell, but that just might be a polka dot crib sheet hiding under that blanket!

How cute would this crib sheet be…

…with an orange crib skirt?  So cute, that’s how cute.