Decorating a child's nursery or bedroom can sometimes be overwhelming. Here are a few recommended books to provide decorating inspiration! Click on the links below to view book details, read reviews or purchase through Amazon.com.
Books: Nurseries
The Smart Approach to Baby Rooms
By Joanne Still. Creative Homeowner (October 1, 2004). This book presents decorating ideas for people "who don't know where to begin when shopping for furniture or choosing fabrics." Schemes for sprucing up a baby's room or creating a nursery and tips on everything from choosing between cradles and cribs to finding the proper diaper-changing table are interspersed with suggestions for mixing and matching colors and fabrics.
Sunset Ideas for Great Baby Rooms
By Christine Olson Gedye. Sunset Books Inc (January 2000). This book is packed with adorable, inspirational, yet practical ideas, freshly updated for today’s busy parents-to-be, including essential information on safety considerations, stretching budget dollars, and maximizing limited furniture and space resources.
Nursery in a Weekend
By Roo Ryde. Betterway Books (July 2002). This book includes 14 projects created especially for adorning and accessorizing babies' rooms. From cribs and rocking chairs to windows and walls, this guide blends basic sewing techniques with cheery paint effects parents can easily achieve in a weekend or less.
Baby's Room : Ideas and Projects for Nurseries
By Jessica Strand. Chronicle Books LLC (April 1, 2002). This book explores what makes a nursery special by combining practical advice with decorating ideas to help parents create nurseries that are safe and functional as well as attractive. There are also instructions for projects that can personalize a nursery, such as a mobile of family photos and an easy-to-make crib canopy. The last part of the book looks closely at 10 nurseries and the elements that make them special.
Babyspace Idea Book
By Suzonne Stirling. Taunton (January 3, 2006). With 200 photos, this book offers imaginative ideas for creating and decorating spaces designed for young children, from newborns to 5 years old. Bedrooms, playrooms, bathrooms, and family spaces are all featured, as well as multiuse family spaces and spaces that can be adapted as kids grow. A multitude of budgets and styles are included, for both boys and girls.
Flea Market Baby
By Barri Leiner, Marie Moss. Stewart, Tabori & Chang (October 28, 2003).This unique decorating book celebrates the popularity of old-fashioned ideas for a new generation. Authors Leiner and Moss offer their vintage nursery know-how with easy and inspiring ideas for decorating, collecting, and gift giving with flea market finds.
Books: Kid's Rooms
The Smart Approach to Kids' Rooms
By Megan Connelly. Creative Homeowner (April 28, 2000). This book focuses on the needs of children ranging from newborns to young adults. Topics include: how to work with space and color; develop a budget; select age-appropriate themes, furniture, window, wall, and floor treatments; buy a mattress; organize storage; create safe work, play and sleep areas; and plan a room to be shared by two.
Decorating Kids' Rooms
By Linda Hallam. Better Homes and Gardens(September 15, 1997).A decorating handbook for the parents of babies through teenagers with an emphasis on safety and planning and designing rooms that grow up with a child. Features 130 full-color photos to inspire and teach how-to techniques and 30 projects with detailed instructions.
Kids' Rooms: A Hands-On Decorating Guide
By Anna Kasabian. Rockport Publishers (May 2001). This book has imaginative room designs for infants, toddlers, and kids that are fun, durable, and flexible. Each chapter offers full color photos of fresh and innovative design ideas for children's bedrooms, bathrooms, playrooms, and studies as well as what works for kids' rooms throughout childhood.
Sunset Reinvent Your Kids' Rooms
By Christine E. Barnes. Sunset Books Inc (April 2002). This imaginative selection of simple home projects can give any child's room a new look and feel- without costing lots of money or time. Shows six rooms as they undergo decorating transformation.
