BIG Inspiration for TINY Nursery Spaces

We’ve been sharing lots of creative ideas for vintage inspired nurseries and child spaces over the past few months — ideas that have come from your terrific eye candy submissions. (You guys are so talented!) So I have to tell you I was really excited when I saw Stephanie’s email roll in. Stephanie lives with her husband and 7-month-old baby, Rhys, in a 400 sq. ft. apartment in New York City. And even though it might seem like a huge challenge, Stephanie wanted to devote some of that design space to her little one.

Designing small spaces means flexing some serious creative muscle, and that’s just what Stephanie did. Here’s a tour of Rhys’ space in Stephanie’s own words. It’s sure to inspire…

“These are photos of Rhys’ baby wall. Needless to say, Rhys does not have his own nursery but instead, a dedicated vintage baby space.”

“At the top is a banner I crafted out of wool felt, tied with blue gingham ribbon that was matched to his crib shoes from The Baby Gardner. Above the crib shoe area is a wooden block Manhattan skyline given to us by close friends. Framed illustrations of my favorite childhood book, ‘Blueberries For Sal’ by Robert McCloskey hang at each corner and an old roller skate matched the gold and navy theme well. “In the center is a toy deer from the early 1950s that was my mother’s most cherished toy.”

“The embroidered wall hanging toward the bottom was sewed by my great grandmother in the 1920s and stores his baby socks and shoes.”

“We dream of someday being able to outfit an entire room for Rhys, but until then, we’ll keep updating his wall and someday tell him stories of how we all happily shared this tiny space.”