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CINDY LACKEY

DESIGNER

Bold and Bright Baby + The Nursery

It’s so hard to believe little P (aka Hazelnut, aka The Nut, aka our good friends’ Jon + Audrey Camp‘s lovely daughter) is nearly one year old (this shot is from back when she was a little squish of just two months old). If you’re curious about how her life is unfolding, Audrey has written some beautiful essays on motherhood and life with P here, here and here and you know what, here, too. Actually better just take a look at all these posts on parenthood. They are all amazing.

As for P’s first room, I think it turned out quite well! Audrey sent over these shots from back when we had just finished and she was still pregnant all those days ago. Since then, well, P’s shown up, but the Camps have also bought an apartment in the super cool Grünerløkka borough of Oslo. So now we have first hand proof that Ferm Living’s wall stickers really do re-stick!

Check out the Mood Board and Product Board for this room. And don’t miss the post on P’s Camp Baby Shower also in the same theme of Bold, Bright and Adventurous!

Have an adventure loving week, everyone!

Bold And Bright Baby + Product Board

You guys remember the Bold and Bright Baby + Mood Board, right? I’m helping Audrey Camp outfit her nursery in preparation for her daughter, whom we are calling The Hazelnut. Today I’m sharing the product board for this design with you guys. This is a selection of all the things (or pretty close alternates) we’re really getting for the littlest Camp.
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things  // camping mobile  +  striped rug  +  white crib  +  patterned sheets (similar style)  +  solid sheets  +  crochet blanket made by Audrey’s mother (find similar yarn here)  +  mini triangle wallstickers  +  pendent light  +  orange drawer pull  +  mountain pillow  +  fox pillow  +  blue cart  +  vintage Wagner rocker  +  camping prints in custom colors  +  bookshelf  +  dresser

I love this part of the design process. Everything gets really real. Remember we had already decided on these lovely prints, so the next big thing was rug selection. The Camps live in the top floor space of their apartment building so they have lots of interestingly angled walls and skylight-esque windows, think nearly triangular prism-shaped rooms. All this interest makes for limited space to hang artwork and no way to hang traditional curtains. We also knew we would’t be painting any walls because of strict rental rules. Which means that the rug is the major focal point in the room and makes or breaks the whole concept.

We spent weeks searching for the perfect rug and scoured web sites and shops, both here in Scandinavia and in the US. We had to account for design, quality of materials, softness for baby faces and price + import fees. Finally, Audrey found this great resource for rugs in Scandinavia. She pinned everything with a bold pattern and we narrowed down the results together. I love the final selection of the Gabbeh Indian Blanket in hand loomed 20mm wool. I think it’s got the right amount of boldness and camping feel that’s slightly reminiscent of a Hudson’s Bay Point Blanket. It was worth the long search. It’s perfect.

Vinyl wall stickers are a great way to add pattern to a room without committing to something more permanent like wallpaper. I love Ferm Living’s Mini Triangles, I think they look like tiny tents! We’re going to apply them randomly and all over of one of the two flat walls in The Nut’s new room. The other flat wall will hold a wardrobe and IKEA KALLAX storage shelves along with this super cute (and cheap) IKEA RÅSKOG cart, which will be a mobile diaper changing station.

Probably one of my most favorite things that will be going into the new baby room is something I didn’t even help pick out! This beautiful vintage Hans Wegner rocking chair was a Christmas present from Jon to Audrey. So sweet! It fits just perfectly into the room, lending a bit of gravity and history.

So, there you have it. We still have a couple months to go before everything (including The Nut) has arrived but I’ll be sure to share some snap shots when it’s all ready!

Bold and Bright Baby + Mood Board

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thread on paper by Emily Barletta  /  yellow pine  /  feather headpeice  /  yarn wall hanging  /  who runs the world  /  geode tea towel  /  cooking over the fire  /  stars  /  tree tops  /  triangle rug  /  orange knob  /  mother and daughter  /  orange tent  /  arrows print  /  vintage tea pot  /  triangle wall decals

I am so excited to be sharing this mood board with you guys! I mentioned a while ago that my dear friend, Audrey Camp of The Girl Behind The Red Door, asked me to help design a baby room for her daughter, whom we’re calling The Hazelnut.

Our concept started pretty broad. Audrey and her husband, Jon, are the outdoor adventurous type. They like hiking, climbing and (as the last name would imply) camping and you can bet their new little one will be along for the ride. Audrey spotted these prints by Niko and Lily on Etsy, so we got down to color selection right away. We wanted something bold and bright, nothing like the ubiquitous washed out calming colors of typical babies rooms. Audrey’s color has always been a bold bright red, so it seems right to center her daughter’s room around a bold red-orange (like Pantone’s Tangerine Tango). Hazelnut is going to be an adventurer.

I enjoy making mood boards for larger projects because it helps me visually focus on the final goal while working out the details. I kept this board open on my desktop while looking at products like rugs, lighting and bedding. I also like creating a shared secret Pinterest board where everyone can pin their ideas. It can be really hard to put words to color or the mood of a room. By pinning a multitude of images you can see a pattern start to emerge, and that can set you down the right path to a theme that makes everyone feel happy.

Next week, the bold and bright baby’s room product board.

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Hello! I’m an interior, user experience, and graphic designer with a love for purpose-driven minimalism. I am also a digital nomad originally from California, currently living in Barbados, by way of Colorado, with my husband and our two cats.

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