I can’t remember the last time I posted on a weekend, but this is worth it because I am about the lose my friggin’ mind!
Tim used to never care or have any opinions about any decorating I did until about a year ago. I think it was all the Trading Spaces we used to watch that made him realize decorating your space shows off your individual style, and too you can be super masculine and hot while also caring about it (thank you Ty Pennington!). Tim pretty much allows me to do what I wish, although he certainly has gotten more mouthy about decorating recently. The blue that I LOVE in the kitchen, he asked me repeatedly not to paint it that. The dining room in our old house, BEGGED me not to paint it yellow, and in both instances it came out looking great and I wasn’t the only one who thought so (and he even liked it, too!). So now that I am in my third trimester (what the what? When did that happen? Where is time going??), I’m thinking I should start taking this baby #2 issue more seriously and start planning, esp. the nursery. I’ve scowered so many bedding themes and color schemes that it makes my head spin, but there was one that stuck out to me from the very beginning. It’s got two of my favorite colors (red and aqua), while also incorporating others so it could be more flexible.
Isn’t it so cool? Ah, I love it so much. Our decor is certainly not “mod” but I just love the bedding - the colors and the dots, LOVE IT. Tim, on the other hand, keeps saying it’s too feminine. He can’t see past the room as a whole in the picture and focuses on the “sterilness” of it. The bedding, for me, is just setting the stage for the colors. I want to do some fun prints on the wall, maybe a mural, make it my own. The more we talk about it the more we each dig our heels in on our opinions and neither will budge, which makes me say fun things like, “Fine! He just won’t have a nursery! It’ll just be white walls and a crib with a sheet!” and then I throw something small and harmless at him and storm out of the room (because sometimes even my own maturity astounds me).
The other option (since I’ve painstakingly narrowed it down to two) I like the colors a lot, but it’s more “themey” - we’re not really “themey” people, but it is cute and whimsical.
Yeah…I so want the dots. Disregard the border, the lamp, the rug, the hamper, we’re just doing the bedding. It is cute, but I just don’t know if I can commit to this. I keep fast forwarding in my mind to four months from now and every time I walk into Max’s room and I see those animals I’m going to say Tim’s name very harshly under my breath as I snarl. So now I need help - can I really not see Tim’s point of view? Are the dots too feminine? Are the animals too “themey”? Will Max have a room with white walls and a crib with a sheet? And can someone help me win this argument so Tim will see my side?? I can keep adding question marks until you understand the desperation in my words.
Emily de Ayora says:
You need a third option. Stripes maybe, but in those same colors? I’m supposed to be working but instead I’m terribly tempted to start searching for bedding for your baby…
I say no way to the animals. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the dots. But clearly you need a third option.
April 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Natalie says:
Hum. I think it is cute. But if your unsure now - it might not be ‘it’. You do still have a few months to decide. where is the bedding on sale at? If it is somewhere local (of if you can easily return it), i would suggest maybe purchasing it and setting it up in the room and just seeing how you feel about it for a few weeks.
Maybe do the same with some dots. put both bedding in the crib. see what tim thinks then. return the one that you don’t like. who knows, maybe he will like the dots once he sees it in the room (since he did like the kitchen and dining room after you convinced him to paint it).
ok - i’m not much help. i guess i was thinking to buy both - return the one that you both decide isn’t for you. hopefully, y’all will agree once you see it in Max’s future room!
April 12th, 2008 at 11:40 am
oh amanda says:
Blast Tim! (hi, Tim!)
I LOVE the dots! Oh, do I love them. I am SO NOT a themey person either and I think the dots are perfect. I just saw the cutest mural somewhere…I’ll be back to link to it…
April 12th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
oh amanda says:
Do you love this?! I want the white/pink one with dandelions!
http://kidshaus.typepad.com/kidshaus/2008/04/funky-little-da.html
And have you seen this bedding?
http://www.designmom.com/2008/04/random-giveaway-serena-lily-ben-crib.html
hth!
April 12th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Liz (Discovering Liz) says:
It looks like the same color scheme to me, so could you buy some separate pieces? Get the animal comforter, but pair it up with the dots sheet. I personally like the dots, but I think the animals are cute for a boy. The designs look as if they would complement each other, at least on my computer screen they do. Compromise sounds like a good option. I think you could make both designs work together.
April 12th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Melany says:
I don’t like the dots (don’t throw stuff at me!!!) but I also don’t like option number two lol I just think the dots are a bit ‘much’ for a baby.
BTW I love his name
April 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Heather H says:
I LOVE the dots!! I don’t think they’re too feminine at all…but even if they are a little on the feminine side - it only makes sense…afterall, you’re the one who is going to be enjoying the room the most. Max won’t even notice the decor for, what, 25 years. I’m all for any decor in the nursery that the mom loves. The only thing I shake my head at is draping pink over everything for a boy - because that’s just being silly.
April 12th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
stephanie says:
the dots!!! the dots!!! the dots!! ..but, i am sure you already knew my opinion on this one!
you could paint the walls a super yummy choco brown …that would Man It Up. or…a blue…with the red accents like you love. i DEFINITELY love the dots. dots dots dots dots dots! ….does the chanting help? maybe tim can hear my chanting!!!
April 12th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Kacey says:
I love the dots! I’m with you on that one. However, I know how hard it is to convince your husband of something you KNOW is the right option, so I wish you luck. Maybe a third choice is the answer?
April 12th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Elizabeth says:
I love the first one!
April 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Kate says:
My vote is for the dots. It seems like a lot of primary color in the pattern, which I instantly process as more boyish. Especially if you pull one of the colors that Tim is OK with out of it to paint the room in, or maybe even an accent wall if it’s a bolder color. I have no doubt that Tim will succumb to your charms and see the (decorating) light!
April 12th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
pinkmommy says:
I love the dots. It is what I am leaning towards too, and I am a bit afraid that the hubby will have the same reaction as Tim. I plan to accent with trains (we have a close family member that works at the railroad) so that will make it a little more boyish. Maybe he would go for it if you find something like that to accent with. Good luck!
April 12th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
AmyG says:
While I love monkeys… I think the dots are adorable, too! I would definitely go with the dots!
April 12th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Dave Stinnett (Pa Pa) says:
Here is an option:
Mossy Breakup. I think that Max would like the deer/creek/cabin/outdoorsy wall wall paper.
If you would like, I could put it up for you.
HA HA
Love ya.
Dad
April 13th, 2008 at 3:00 am
Sarah says:
Hey there… just wanted to say that I love my bracelet! Thanks for mailing it so quickly…
Aaand I love the dots. So very much
April 13th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Amy says:
Try calling the dots circles, or better yet, balls. Dots can be seen (for some reason) as more girly, but circles or balls, are better suited for a boy.
April 13th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
bee says:
I love dots and dislike themes. That being said, I’m not sure I can be objective. You can easily “man up” the dots. All it takes is one stuffed soccer ball (or similar manly item) strategically placed.
This probably won’t help your case with Tim, but I am hoping to do our new nursery in red & teal, assuming the fabric store cooperates.
April 13th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Simone says:
Dots. Definitely. The theme is cute for now, but in six months the little monkeys will start to get to you . . .
April 13th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Amy Martin says:
Sorry Tim, I gotta go with Candace on this one…
April 13th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Ryan says:
Tim,
Give up the ghost. The dots are way cooler than that other set. Just think about it with dark wood furniture and it would look amazing.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Emily says:
Dots! Dots! Dots! The animals are okay…but I think you’ll always regret not getting the Dots.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Filtering Life says:
I already heard the dots triumphed (fist pump) YESSSSSS! Come on Tim, admit it…your wife has style…TRUST HER! Can’t wait to see what you do with wall color!
April 14th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
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