New Nursery Trends – Simple, Sophisticated and Modern

Have you noticed that more and more urban, professional and hip parents are having their children reflect their own personal taste and style? I wouldn’t go so far as to say that babies and children are becoming the latest accessories, but you have to admit that these days, we’re seeing little ones sporting less cutesy prints in favour of more sophisticated designs.

One needs only to look at the high-end wardrobe selections of Suri and Shiloh to think what stylish parents Katie Holmes/Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt must be, respectively.

Of course this trend of trickling sophisticated and modern design for adults down to children is also noticeable in recent baby nursery décor trends.

While pale blues, pinks, greens and yellows are still the most popular colour choices for nurseries amoungst parents and interior designers alike, gone are the busy wallpaper patterns, ruffles, frills, and mountains of stuffed animals. Baby crib toys are few, but high quality, intended to become keepsakes that will last throughout the baby’s adulthood. Plus, the demand for the convertible crib is growing, as are motifs and patterns with simple, clean lines.

Due to these new trends in nursery décor, the baby’s transition from infant to toddler to child becomes easier – with this new trend of sleek simplicity, and increasing popularity of convertible cribs, there is less need for drastic design changes to the nursery as the baby grows.

Who says that parents can’t be trendy and practical at the same time?

-M

Kathy Ireland Says Thank You Baby

Last year Thank You Baby teamed up with Kathy Ireland Home to design and manufacture top-of-the-line bedding sets and coordinated accessories for infants and toddlers, with stunning results. The collections are fun, playful and bold, and a couple, like Chocolate Mint and Simply Sorbet, are simply good enough to eat. If you are shopping for your own baby (or for someone else’s), see these delightful products for yourself at Cymax Baby.

From burp clothes to lamp shades and everything in between, Thank You Baby offers a complete line of fine bedding and accessories for any and all tastes and styles. Using beautiful hues of greens and blues, Mr. Pete is as funny and mischievous as he appears. This collection includes a crib set with the basics to help you make crib ready for baby, a diaper stacker and accent pillows. You can also decorate the walls of the nursery with the Kathy Ireland by Thank You Baby Mr. Pete 3 Piece Canvas Art set, which definitively demonstrates Mr. Pete’s sense of humor.

Send your baby on safari with the brightly colored The Adventurer collection. Displaying a funky jungle animal theme, this series also includes different kinds of accent pillows, drapes and crib bedding. Or if dinosaurs are more appealing, consider Dino Dreams, also by Thank You Baby. The Kathy Ireland by Thank You Baby Dino Dreams Mobile is a truly unique creation, featuring four distinctly colorful dinosaurs.

In the Forever Blossoms collection, light and dark pinks with a hint of apple green will create a beautiful garden for your little one in which to sleep and play. Kathy Ireland by Thank You Baby Forever Blossoms Medium Quilt is minky soft, reversible and trimmed in a satin material for that perfect, finishing touch.

Most of the collections, like the Sweetie Carnival Bloom collection, use a select number of different kinds of fabric including stripes and patterns. With a punchy combination of flowers and stripes, the Sweetie Carnival Bloom Valence really pops. Another really great thing about the Thank You Baby collections is that they can grow with your child. Several of the infant collections are also available for youth.

There’s a lot more for you to discover! Explore other bold and beautiful collections by Kathy Ireland Home and Thank You Baby at Cymax Baby.