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11 must-see ideas for your gender neutral nursery
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It could just be a trend, but not needing to repurchase everything for a new baby makes perfect sense. - photo by Emily Cummings
Culture and politics aside, there are some serious advantages to having a gender neutral nursery. Unless you want to repaint walls, repurchase blankets and redecorate, you are going to want to stick with gender neutral items.

Not yet sold on the idea? These nursery ideas are too cute to pass up:

Adventure awaits

Any baby- boy or girl- means you are embarking on quite the adventure. Take that theme and run with it, using posters, quotes, or accents to a nursery to welcome your littler explorer home.

Moving mountains

A simple wall mural creates a point of personality and interest in a neutral room, like this easy mountain scene. Add a few framed quotes, prints, and a wooden cloud, and you are all set- whether its home to a little prince or tiny princess.

Its all in the colors

While cool colored neutrals definitely dont sway the gender boat, blues, oranges, and greens all do well when paired with grays (or other calm colors).

Full of hot air

Baby mobiles are a fab way to add personality and whimsy into a gender neutral nursery. While you could swap out pink bows for blue cars, there are plenty of options that remain neutral. Cute air balloons go either way (and are just darling).

Who?

Having an animal theme isnt only cute; it doesnt have to change when your little boy becomes older brother to a bouncing baby girl. Owls, foxes, elephants the options are limitless (and are all adorable).

Snuggles, sleeps, and stripes

There is no need for blank walls when stripes are an option. Dont get too distracted by the splendid decorations in the photo, because the stripes arent worth missing.

Oh deer

Its not necessary to stick with a Harry Potter theme for a gender neutral nursery, but it is an option especially if you can nab a baby blanket as precious as this one.

Travel hungry

A big old map of the world is surely an inspiring theme. Decorate with pictures of places abroad, tiny boats, trains, planes, cars, books in different languages, and more.

Mix and match

Mixing prints in the same color scheme adds personality and fun into a blank canvas room. Add in a splash of color while maintaining similar patterns, or mix up the designs within in the same palate.

Ocean love

Simple prints within a theme (say, a beach theme?) make sense no matter what gender baby sleeps there.

Baby bunting

Add in a pop of color on neutral walls by adding some felt bunting around framed portraits and quotes. Its an easy DIY if you have some time on your hands (or more realistically, its easy to purchase online too).
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