Nursery Tour: CBenn's Bold Red Nursery

Location: Melbourne, Australia Baby: Audrey, due this month

Strong, yet soft. Cbenn strikes a beautiful balance in this nursery created for baby Audrey (we don't know if she has arrived yet!). She explains:

The leather armchair was from a local department store. Cushion cover and rug from Ikea...

The picture on the wall is a vintage Babar print from 1933 - just needed to be framed. Bedlinen is from Pottery Barn Kids in the United States, except the crib skirt, which I made myself.

Picked up the change table second-hand for a bargain on Ebay (oh, how I love Ebay-ing). This was painted the same red as the chest of drawers. The shelving unit is from Ikea (did I mention I also love Ikea-ing?).

Vintage "Babar" print from 1933. Picked up at an antiques home show last year as a pair with another similar print.

The chest of drawers belonged to my sister. It was just ordinary pine with a light varnish over the top of it, but we stripped it back and painted it that gorgeous red. Also put new knobs on the drawers to match the room decor. Love the letters on the wall - these were purchased from a craft shop and then painted.

The crib was kindly donated by a lovely family member!

A close-up of the mobile that hangs above the crib. Butterflies seemed a nice girly option, without going too over the top.

Thanks for sharing, Cbenn!

Absolutely beautiful.

I am so happy to see people moving away from pastels in nurseries.

posted by lovelainie on August 27th 2007 at 8:51am
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I love it! We always did our nurseries in primary colors, so I agree with the PP. :)

posted by Smellyann on August 27th 2007 at 12:03pm
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Lucky Audrey!

posted by polkadot on August 27th 2007 at 3:56pm
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I love it! And looks like the decor will not be outgrown in a year. A good room for a baby or little girl.

posted by Scout on August 27th 2007 at 4:22pm
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Audrey was born on Saturday 18 August, so she's now 10 days old or so. Thank you for the lovely comments about her nursery!

posted by cbenn on August 28th 2007 at 1:01am
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Beautiful!
Where did you buy that sweet mobile?

posted by kellybeegee on August 28th 2007 at 5:59am
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Kelly... There is a store in Melbourne called "Geppetto's Workshop". They've got lots of wonderful traditonal wooden toys, mobiles, and puppets. The mobile was something I saw and just had to have - it was a bit of an impulse buy!

For interests sake, here is the link for Gepetto's - http://www.geppettosworkshop.com.au/shopping/index.php

posted by cbenn on August 28th 2007 at 6:47am
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Too bad, I'd love to travel to Austrailia to visit "Gepetto's Workshop" but maybe once Baby Girl is a little older :)...thanks!
I love your nursery

posted by kellybeegee on August 28th 2007 at 10:05am
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Hi again Kelly... I agree - Australia is a bit far to go for a mobile! But there's always Ebay... The link below shows a mobile quite similar to Audrey's (except with bees, not butterflies!), plus there are a heap of other different options available if you do a search.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HAPPY-BEES-WINDMILL-BABY-COT-MOBILE-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ330159197001QQihZ014QQcategoryZ20429QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

posted by cbenn on August 28th 2007 at 1:14pm
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hi cbenn, greetings from Melbourne too :) i love this room, i want my girl's room in red too, slowly getting there, one item at a time! i just got the best chest of drawers for her, after looking for 18 months!! i'm planning on painting it red. where did you get your drawer knobs?? haven't seen any funky ones around.

posted by drey on September 26th 2007 at 2:55am
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Hi cbenn, I'm also in Melbourne. Audrey's room is simply divine and you are very clever. The Babar prints are stunning, would you mind me using the photos on our blog weheartbooks.com? I will link to this page on Ohdeedoh.
Lou

posted by Lou_weheartbooks.com on January 25th 2008 at 1:15am
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Hi! Love love love this nursery! Could you please tell me what the name of the pottery barn crib bedding is? Thanks! =)

posted by Noah0382 on March 29th 2009 at 6:44pm
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