If it's North facing, you may want to decorate with warm and bright colors to keep the room feeling cozy and inviting. 'It’s also worth considering the position of the room. 'You can use accessories to add character, which can be easily updated as your baby grows rather than having to redecorate the whole room. Fun and playful prints have also been hugely popular. Neutral shades also have the advantage of working well for gender neutral nursery ideas, and are a blank canvas for a whole host of decorative options. They also work brilliantly with other rooms in your home,' says Cydney Ball, assistant buyer of nursery at John Lewis. 'In terms of color choices for your nursery ideas, neutral shades are very popular as these will make the transition from baby to toddler seamless. 'However, it is also likely to increase aggression, decrease concentration and overstimulate children.' Lee Chambers provides an explanation as to why this may not be the best choice: 'The highly emotive color of energy and anger, red is likely to lead to an excitable, confident child willing to push the limits. It is the color for inspiring communication if you want to promote chatter, but again is a color that generates underlying anxiety that decreases children’s attention.'Ĭoming in last place is the color most associated with anger and passion, red, with very few parents choosing this color for nurseries. 'Another joyous color not often used but very welcoming. A green bedroom will promote concentration and soothe the mind, but it doesn’t motivate or inspire energy or communication.' 'With its connotations to growth and the outdoors, it takes some of the happiness from yellow and some of the calm of blue. The harmonious and fresh color green comes in fifth place: 'The symbolic colour of nature, and the color we can see the most shades of,' says Lee. It’s worth being mindful of the tone: too dark can become almost gloomy and uninspiring, but too pale reduces some of the benefits.' 'It also invokes a sense of the body cooling, which helps when children fall asleep. Lee Chambers has this to say: 'A popular color, blue bedrooms create a calming atmosphere that reduces stimulation and helps children to settle. It does have an element of grown up about it, which may take the childish edge off.'īlue comes in fourth place, surprisingly. Combining the fire of the red, with the relaxed nature of blue, it can create a nice balance, or can be tailored towards more energy or more serenity by changing the shade. 'Purple can be a great choice for something different.
'It is calming initially, and can increase compassion, but over time it can become irritating, leading to a disruptive child.' 'A popular color for a bedroom, but not so often elsewhere, pink takes some of the benefits of red and takes the edge off the stimulation. Next most popular is pink, with nearly 40% choosing it. 'The brighter the yellow, however, the more it stimulates frustration, and in research, yellow made babies cry more than any other color.' 'A happy aura comes from a room the color of the sun, and it can increase focus and motivation. 'Yellow is the wonderful color of neutrality,' says Lee Chambers. The most popular nursery color is yellow, with over 50% of us choosing that shade – perhaps due to the fact that it works equally well in girls' and boys' nursery ideas. Research has continued in this field and started to highlight some trends.'
'The easiest way to partition colors is into those that are warmer, and those that are cooler.
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