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    I think having a look around in the shops/online to see what is already commercially available helps - for example you might have an idea that you want Pooh Bear but then when you see the sheet set it really doesn't appeal as much as one with nursery rhyme themes, kwim? Unless you're planning to make/sew it yourself, in which case it will come down to what sort of fabric and raw materials you can find.

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    Jul 2006
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    DD1 had a Sea theme...was nice and nuetral.

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    I have a sort of jungle animal theme but not any of the ones out there. I painted a pic in his room that I actually did for Izzy, bought an animal mobile from ebay and we have a big giraffe pic on the wall too. I found once bub was born then things fell into place and as they get older it changes a bit too from baby to toddlerish if that makes sense! Keep it simple with simple colours and you can add and change it as you feel like it!

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    I have a sort of jungle animal theme but not any of the ones out there. I painted a pic in his room that I actually did for Izzy, bought an animal mobile from ebay and we have a big giraffe pic on the wall too. I found once bub was born then things fell into place and as they get older it changes a bit too from baby to toddlerish if that makes sense! Keep it simple with simple colours and you can add and change it as you feel like it!

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    Feb 2006
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    For Harrison, we had stars as a theme, but tried to keep it to white with silver stars until he was born and we knew he was a He.
    There are so many cute things that come in a star theme. I just saw the cutest bookshelf & draws from toys r us with stars cut out... too cute! Would have been perfect for us!

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    I have green walls and I used the bear themed stick arounds so cute so gender neutral and so utterly lovely then I with linen etc I just bought what ever

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    I have green walls and I used the bear themed stick arounds so cute so gender neutral and so utterly lovely then I with linen etc I just bought what ever
    This would have to be my #1 choice i think. I keep going back to this as teddy bears are so easy to find things for.

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    Do you need a theme? I wouldn't get too stressed about it.

    In the end the decoration early on is purely for you anyway. So, go with what you like. It doesn't matter if you really like the teddy bear wallies and the star sheet set and then find a really cool whatever for the floor. Think about any other room in your house, are things there because they match or are they there because you like them, and because you like them they go together whether they technically match or not.

    Ages ago I bought curtaining material for the "nursery" that is a blue sky background with really bright hot air balloons on it. It will almost look as if the hot air balloons are outside the window when the curtains are closed (should I ever actually get around to making them up). There isn't going to be a theme as such, just things that I like - so I suppose in one way my theme will be "ecclectic"
    Last edited by Muppity; September 25th, 2008 at 12:02 PM. : adding something

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    For Harrison, we had stars as a theme, but tried to keep it to white with silver stars until he was born and we knew he was a He.
    There are so many cute things that come in a star theme. I just saw the cutest bookshelf & draws from toys r us with stars cut out... too cute! Would have been perfect for us!
    A star theme,i hadn't thought of that. There is a bedding set that even has bibs to match at Target i like. It's white & has a silver star embroided into it.