When Abbe discovered she and her husband were expecting, they were living in the Lakewood area of Dallas. They’d had a lot of fun renovating their older home, and wanted their nursery to be a part of that process. There was only one problem: they were keeping their baby’s gender a secret! Throughout pregnancy, their nursery designer Linde Browning was the only person who knew the sex of the baby. As the nursery space began to take shape, the door to the room was kept under lock and key. Abbe was a little nervous trusting someone with such a huge secret, but knew Linde would do an excellent job. You see, not only did Linde want to make her “client” happy, but the room she was creating also happened to be the nursery for Linde’s first nephew!
1. What was your inspiration for this room? Linde suggested a giraffe print wall for either gender as a starting point, which I loved! Avery is now 4, so this was just before we started seeing giraffes in nurseries. We chose a fabric for a boy and girl, and she based the remainder of the design from the fabrics. She used the fabric as inspiration for the hand-painted heirloom dresser (handed down from my grandparents), created a special space for Avery’s name on the wall, and styled the room.
2. What did you do first to the room? Where did you start? We started painting the walls a blank canvas for Avery’s room. Linde then painted the spots and closed the door! After that we were locked out until the baby was born.
**More photos of Avery Blake’s room can be seen at here.
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I LOVE this nursery! Thanks for sharing Abbe!
Would love to know paint colors of giraffe walls
I’m crazy about the window treatments. Where can I buy curtains like this? – Connie