Choose a colour or fabric you like and then go from there.

DS2 just moved from a cot to a bed as we are going to ttc I wanted to choose a colour scheme that would work well for both a boy or a girl.

I chose blue, green and white with a yellow highlight - I found a patchwork patterned coverlet in those colours in Spotlight and started from there. They are gender neutral and I have a huge aversion to pink for girls and blue for boys.

I love mixing different patterns together - We have animal prints, checks, stripes, solids, stars, circles all in these colours. I also love texture. He has a large sherpa blue blanket that we can both snuggle under together and read a story and a textured white quilt on his bed.

ATM he has a removal wall sticker border of dinosaurs around the room (in these colours). I'm going to change these to letters and numbers which I can put haphazardly around the room.

The furniture is also going to get an overhaul with a sand and repaint in white.