I often get asked where I bought my Nursery prints from. Truth be told, I drew them myself (inspired by some that I saw on Pinterest). Anyway, I’m super excited to share that I’ve teamed up with Prints by Della who has very kindly digitised them so that anyone who wants them can now download and print them.

[1] Zebra

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[2] Koala

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[3] Panda

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I hope you have as much fun decorating your nursery as I did mine! It’s such a fun time!

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I absolutely love this room. I went for a simple monochrome look & feel and I feel like it suits us perfectly.

The room that we chose for the nursery is SUPER small, so it was really important for me to have as little furniture as possible, so that it didn’t feel crowded, cluttered and even smaller than what it is.

All I basically have on the floor, is the cot, a chest of drawers, which doubles as a change table, and a feeding rocking chair. Plus the laundry basket, toy basket and the lamp table.

The rocking chair, is that super cheap one from Aldi. I got up mega early and queued up outside the store to be sure I could get my hands on one of them – massive thanks to hubby for helping me with this one. I love it, it looks great. That being said, I’m not super happy with how easy (or not so easy) it rocks. I’m contemplating getting a more practical chair in this room, but we’ll see – I do love the look and feel of this one. Oh also, my sis-in-law made me this awesome Baby Cronje throw pillow, HOW CUTE IS IT!

The peg board on the wall is from Kmart, and I just put a bunch of bits and bobs on it. Me and the hubs are super into techy stuff like photography and the latest iPhones, so it only made sense to give the little guy his own wooden versions of our favourite gadgets!

I’ve organised all of baby’s clothes in the drawers using those collapsable box things that you get from Ikea. I love how easily they fit into the drawers and it’s super easy to find what you’re looking for, thanks to a folding method I found on good old Pinterest.

I’d seen a few drawings, like the below, on Pinterest, and I fell in love with them. I decided to draw my own versions. Both the hubs and I were born in South Africa. He grew up here, in Australia, and I grew up in Hong Kong. So the Zebra represents Jasper’s South African heritage, the Koala represents his Australian, and the Panda is an ode to my background in Hong Kong. I’m super happy with them, and I love that he has artwork on his walls that have special symbolic meaning.

We added some shelves to the built in wardrobe, and are using this for storage for things like diaper boxes, blankets, wipes, books and large toys. It’s nice to have a place for these bulky items thats both easily accessible but also nicely hidden.

And that’s it! Jasper is yet to spend a night in this room, as he’s still sleeping in his bassinet in our room because I’m breastfeeding and it just makes sense to have him close by for the middle of the night feeds, at least for the start.

I seriously love this room so much, and had so much fun putting it together while I was still pregnant with J. It was fun to decorate it, whilst thinking about what he would look like, and the thought of him actually being here was super exciting.

I still can’t believe that he’s actually here! eeeee!

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Anyway, the hubs and I decided that we would wait a while before we actually spent any money on anything. Why? Well firstly, we wanted to just enjoy the time of being ‘pregnant’ without having to do everything. Also, we figured we have 9 months, so we’d rather think about all the things now, and then make all the final decisions towards the end. Once we’d researched everything and I made up  my mind (it literally changes every day).  Oh, and we wanted to wait to find out the gender, so we could get stuff that we think would suit him or her.

Well, my friends! The time is quickly approaching to when we’ll actually start purchasing some items for the lil’ man and I’m so excited!! I thought long and hard about what colours I wanted to do the nursery. I want to keep it quite minimalistic, with lots of floor space so we can have tummy time and play time on a nice soft rug.

I’ve decided that I’m going to go with a monochrome theme with splashes of grey and green.

Here’s what I’m thinking…….

We’ve been so lucky and have actually been given a gorgeous change table; which I’m going to paint the bright green (stay tuned for a DIY post!) For clothes storage, we have a built in cupboard which I’m going to use. I’ll probably buy a bunch of little baskets or something that can take all the clothes, just to make sure it’s super organised.

My mind might change between now and March, but we’ll see. I’ll be sure to post a nursery tour once I get around to purchasing everything. (If only it was as easy as curating all of the above images….!)

I have three main rules when it comes to the nursery

[1] It needs to be practical!

This is more for the Hubs than me, but in all truthfulness, he’s basically made our house work like clockwork because of how practical everything is. I want the nursery to be the same. I don’t want to struggle with a dirty diaper because I chose aesthetics over practicality in a room. No thanks.

[2] Less is more

The room that we’ve chosen for the nursery is quite a small space. The last thing I want is for it to feel cluttered or cramped. I’m a big fan of minimalism and think that you can do a lot with a little. I also know that you can go crazy nuts in a baby store with all of these things that you think you might need but then you don’t end up using them. I think I’ll start with the bare essentials, and then figure out if I need other things on top of that.

[3] It has to be a happy space

My home is my absolute haven! It makes me so happy, and what the nursery to be the same. I want to be able to sit with bubs in the nursing rocking chair and feel totally at peace and relaxed. As bubs grows, I want him to be able to play in there, and for them to be room to move around. I find I get stressed out if a room feels claustrophobic or cramped, so I’ll do everything in my power to make sure this room has as much ‘zen’ as possible!

What do you think?

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I don’t know about you, but I just love being super organised, and small bathroom hacks like this towel roll, makes me feel so good. It’s also a great little trick to have up your sleeve if you are in need of small bathroom organisation ideas, or if you have small bathroom storage and need to save space.

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If you’re looking for easy bathroom towel storage ideas for small or large bathroom organisation ideas, then this tutorial is for you. It’s a super easy towel storage solution for the ultimate bathroom hacks. Roll your towel like you’re at a 5 star resort.

Why fold your towels when you can take a few seconds longer and roll them. You will feel like you’re on holiday everyday, and when you have guests over, you’ll make them feel like they’ve taken a little mini vacation

STEP 1. Fold the towel in half so that it makes a square

STEP 2. Fold one of the corners into the centre of the square

STEP 3. Fold the mirroring corner so that it meets the first corner in the centre of the square

STEP 4. Flip the towel onto its belly so that the two folded corners are face down

STEP 5. start rolling from one end to the other, tightly.

STEP 6. Well, actually, that’s it. Once you’ve rolled the towel, you are finished. Wasn’t that easy?

Place the towels on a shelf, in a basket or even your laundry cupboard. And enjoy your mini-getaway.

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