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A Nursery Makeover

2007-07-02-ugly computer room.jpg

Design allows us the magic of transformation. For most of us, we transformed an existing space (whether an office or guest room) into our current nursery. Sometimes it's even a hallway or a closet that is transformed.

Well, we stumbled on this nursery transformation- and not only was the office above transformed into an amazing nursery for a little girl, but it was transformed again into a completely different room because- whoops- the doctors made a mistake- it was a boy, not a girl!

Check out the two transformations below:

 
 
2007-07-02-girl's nursery.jpg

So, that cluttered office became...the pastel palace.

Only problem- it's a boy!

2007-07-02-boy's nursery.jpg

So, those hard working parents got to work- and came up with this.

You can find the whole makeover and more pics here. Anyone else had to do a quick do-over?

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One of the biggest reasons we didn't find out the sex beforehand. Ultrasounds are not 100% accurate!

posted by exxon23 on July 2nd 2007 at 8:48am
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And another reason to go with a gender-neutral nursery.

posted by MEP on July 2nd 2007 at 10:15am
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amen, MEP!

posted by exxon23 on July 2nd 2007 at 11:38am
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Another ditto to MEP.

And maybe it's just me but I didn't think the original nursery was particularly 'feminine', anyway!

posted by Clumpy on July 2nd 2007 at 2:53pm
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Yeah, why did it have to be "butched-up" so much? It's a baby.

posted by Lisa from VA/lsaspacey on July 2nd 2007 at 4:13pm
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Okay, before someone takes it the wrong way...

What I really meant is why couldn't the furniture; which was painted white, stay white? It seems they went and stripped it to show the woodgrain.

posted by Lisa from VA/lsaspacey on July 2nd 2007 at 4:16pm
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I agree. I didn't mind the first white transformation for a boy. But I have to say way to go on the motivation. I hardly had our room ready for our baby let alone redoing a room twice!

posted by K on July 3rd 2007 at 6:57am
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I changed my working room into a nursery for my daughter. I kept inside most of the home office furniture I had, because it was coloured and happy. I just changed the carpet, the curtains and brought in her little sweet bed. :)

posted by timada on September 15th 2008 at 5:30pm
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