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Your Perfect Nursery: A Step-by-Step Approach to Creating the Nursery of Your Dreams
Design the safe, beautiful, functional nursery of your dreams with this inspiring and interactive step-by-step guide from renowned nursery interior designer and founder of Little Crown Interiors, Naomi Coe.
Making room for baby has never looked so good.
Congratulations! You’ve got a little one on the way! As you dive into What to Expect When You’re Expecting and your nesting instincts jump into hyperdrive, there’s something exciting on your The Nursery! Specifically, figuring out how to create a nursery like the ones you’ve seen online and on social media while dealing with changing hormones and constant stress about not getting it right, on time, and within budget. Those Instagram nurseries look so the gorgeous crib, stylish décor, and just enough coziness…how did they do it?
Enter Naomi Coe. As the award-winning founder of Little Crown Interiors, and one of the first designers in the country to specialize in nursery design, Naomi is no stranger to creating beautiful nurseries or answering the questions overwhelmed parents-to-be often
-How do I find a crib that looks great, but is also safe?
-Should I use blackout curtains or sheer curtains, and what length?
-Is it worth it to invest in a trend like wallpaper?
-Can I buy this secondhand?
-How can I repurpose a space for older or future children?
In Your Perfect Nursery , parents-to-be will be showered with advice for identifying their style and personalizing décor, creating a functional floor plan, budgeting and project management, and more—all while ensuring safety is the number one priority. Parents will breathe easy knowing they have a single, organized resource to consult with in this accessible, step-by-step handbook.
Featuring checklists, a floor plan guide, budget tips, and more than 150 stunning photographs to inspire parents-to-be, Your Perfect Nursery is the ultimate step-by-step roadmap for designing this special space, no matter your budget or style.
Making room for baby has never looked so good.
Congratulations! You’ve got a little one on the way! As you dive into What to Expect When You’re Expecting and your nesting instincts jump into hyperdrive, there’s something exciting on your The Nursery! Specifically, figuring out how to create a nursery like the ones you’ve seen online and on social media while dealing with changing hormones and constant stress about not getting it right, on time, and within budget. Those Instagram nurseries look so the gorgeous crib, stylish décor, and just enough coziness…how did they do it?
Enter Naomi Coe. As the award-winning founder of Little Crown Interiors, and one of the first designers in the country to specialize in nursery design, Naomi is no stranger to creating beautiful nurseries or answering the questions overwhelmed parents-to-be often
-How do I find a crib that looks great, but is also safe?
-Should I use blackout curtains or sheer curtains, and what length?
-Is it worth it to invest in a trend like wallpaper?
-Can I buy this secondhand?
-How can I repurpose a space for older or future children?
In Your Perfect Nursery , parents-to-be will be showered with advice for identifying their style and personalizing décor, creating a functional floor plan, budgeting and project management, and more—all while ensuring safety is the number one priority. Parents will breathe easy knowing they have a single, organized resource to consult with in this accessible, step-by-step handbook.
Featuring checklists, a floor plan guide, budget tips, and more than 150 stunning photographs to inspire parents-to-be, Your Perfect Nursery is the ultimate step-by-step roadmap for designing this special space, no matter your budget or style.
240 pages, Hardcover
Published April 6, 2021
About the author
Naomi Coe
1 book12 followersNaomi Coe is the award-winning founder of Little Crown Interiors, an interior design studio specializing in nursery and child design. She has designed nurseries, kid’s rooms, and playrooms for clients all across the country with a keen eye for style, function, and safety. As one of the first designers in the country with a specialty in these spaces, Coe is known as the go-to expert in her field. Her work has been featured in countless magazines, periodicals, and on television including People, The Wall Street Journal, Access Hollywood, Project Nursery, and Entertainment Tonight. She lives and works out of Southern California. Visit her online at LittleCrownInteriors.com, on Instagram @LittleCrownInteriors, and on Pinterest @LittleCrownInt.
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March 11, 2021
This book is so wonderful for anyone that is having a baby. It would be a great gift for a mom or dad to be. The pictures are real life and help you to see how things are going to look. There are so many ideas and countless things to think about when beginning to find out what kind of theme you want for your nursery.
March 10, 2021
I enjoyed reading this book and scrolling through the photos. I love the tips and inspirations. This book has lots of photos with inspo for every style. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review
February 27, 2021
This gorgeous book is perfect for helping parents prepare an adorable nursery for their little one! I enjoyed the identification for the styles with pictures. It also goes through and talks about safety, furniture, and other aspects that would probably appeal to first time parents. Having already had quite a few kids, I would have enjoyed more pictures of specific styles, maybe a few for each to show some variety but classified under types. That would have been more relevant to me, however, for a first time parent, this book probably covers a range of basis well.
April 9, 2021
Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
Your Perfect Nursery is a tutorial and style guide with information presented by Naomi Coe. Released 6th April 2021 by Simon & Schuster on their Tiller Press imprint, it's 240 pages and is available in hardcover and ebook formats.
There certainly is a lot of planning and change involved in growing a family. It's a lot of excitement of course, but also potentially stressful to planning and decorating a nursery. This is a very well curated book of advice and design help for systematically planning and executing a nursery design from ideas to completion by a friendly and experienced designer whose specialization is nurseries.
The information is presented in a logical and easy-to-access manner. The introductory material includes a general overview, ideas, and (importantly!) safety concerns before any of the actual work begins. The author then moves to chapters on budget planning, floorplans and layouts, choosing themes, actual furniture, storage, decor, textiles, contracting larger jobs (lots of good info here for -anyone- dealing with the contracting process), and finishing touches.
I liked that the author has an encouraging, sensible, and practical style without strangling readers' creativity or whimsy. I also liked the information on sustainability and adaptations/metamorphosis after the purpose built nursery needs to grow and change. There's a short subchapter on adaptability for adoptive parents who might not know the child's exact age, as well as planning for siblings sharing a space. The author uses a significant amount of effort and emphasis on safety - of furnishings, of the actual furniture, of the chemicals and processes used - all good and worthwhile advice. The appendix includes shopping and resources and links for further reading. Most of the retailers and resources are aimed at readers in North America, but many of them do provide shipping services.
The emphasis in this book is high end designer aesthetic but I found a wealth of good information for people across the budget spectrum. The photography throughout is very good. The photos are in color, clear, and easy to follow.
Four and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
Your Perfect Nursery is a tutorial and style guide with information presented by Naomi Coe. Released 6th April 2021 by Simon & Schuster on their Tiller Press imprint, it's 240 pages and is available in hardcover and ebook formats.
There certainly is a lot of planning and change involved in growing a family. It's a lot of excitement of course, but also potentially stressful to planning and decorating a nursery. This is a very well curated book of advice and design help for systematically planning and executing a nursery design from ideas to completion by a friendly and experienced designer whose specialization is nurseries.
The information is presented in a logical and easy-to-access manner. The introductory material includes a general overview, ideas, and (importantly!) safety concerns before any of the actual work begins. The author then moves to chapters on budget planning, floorplans and layouts, choosing themes, actual furniture, storage, decor, textiles, contracting larger jobs (lots of good info here for -anyone- dealing with the contracting process), and finishing touches.
I liked that the author has an encouraging, sensible, and practical style without strangling readers' creativity or whimsy. I also liked the information on sustainability and adaptations/metamorphosis after the purpose built nursery needs to grow and change. There's a short subchapter on adaptability for adoptive parents who might not know the child's exact age, as well as planning for siblings sharing a space. The author uses a significant amount of effort and emphasis on safety - of furnishings, of the actual furniture, of the chemicals and processes used - all good and worthwhile advice. The appendix includes shopping and resources and links for further reading. Most of the retailers and resources are aimed at readers in North America, but many of them do provide shipping services.
The emphasis in this book is high end designer aesthetic but I found a wealth of good information for people across the budget spectrum. The photography throughout is very good. The photos are in color, clear, and easy to follow.
Four and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
March 16, 2021
This book was received as an ARC from Tiller Press in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.
Even though I am not due to be pregnant for a while, it was nice to get some ideas for a nursery when my time comes. I have heard of Naomi and her company and I remember her designs are warm and welcoming and the baby will never want to leave the room. All of the photos taken in the book were really well done and it help bring the room to life. Naomi also shares some insightful tips that I would never think of. This book will be a great reference when it comes time to design a nursery in the house and I can't wait to see the results when we apply all of her tips and tricks. I also loved that there was a notes section to come up with your dream nursery after reading each chapter. I also know a lot of people that are already and becoming pregnant that are searching for nursery ideas and I can't wait to share this book with them.
We will consider adding this title to our TT Non-Fiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.
Even though I am not due to be pregnant for a while, it was nice to get some ideas for a nursery when my time comes. I have heard of Naomi and her company and I remember her designs are warm and welcoming and the baby will never want to leave the room. All of the photos taken in the book were really well done and it help bring the room to life. Naomi also shares some insightful tips that I would never think of. This book will be a great reference when it comes time to design a nursery in the house and I can't wait to see the results when we apply all of her tips and tricks. I also loved that there was a notes section to come up with your dream nursery after reading each chapter. I also know a lot of people that are already and becoming pregnant that are searching for nursery ideas and I can't wait to share this book with them.
We will consider adding this title to our TT Non-Fiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.
December 7, 2021
It’s really hard to give this book more than three stars, regardless of how beautiful some of the pictures were, because it’s nothing different than what I see on Pinterest every day. Even the checklists she gives you in the book are something I’ve already seen.
April 28, 2021
*received for free from netgalley for honest review* I know a few people who would have loved to have this book when they were pregnant! pretty cool, mostly basic stuff but cute
August 5, 2021
Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.
Cute photos, got a few ideas for baby’s room.
Cute photos, got a few ideas for baby’s room.
February 18, 2023
A beautiful, informative guide to designing a nursery! Just what I was looking for.
April 4, 2021
Wow. This is more than a beautiful picture book filled with dreamy nurseries. I was surprised at how much useful information about design and safety was included. It’s like a reference book with charts and checklists. She offers lots of alternatives for families on a budget which I appreciated. I used different colored sticky notes to mark my favorite photos and things I want to look at again when my baby’s older. I love this book.
July 9, 2023
So much guidance for planning and putting together a baby’s nursery. The pics are amazing. Some are obviously in mansions but plenty that we can consider for our small bedroom. I like the list of vendors at the end, many I haven’t heard of before. Lots of information for baby’s first few years.
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