In years gone by, it wasn't unheard of for a baby to be tucked up to sleep in a pulled out drawer.
But could the squeeze for home space or the rise of the tiny home movement see parents revert to using "alternative" nurseries?
When Whitney Leigh Morris and her husband Adam Winkleman discovered they were expecting, they had to find a solution for how to fit an infant into their beloved 33 sqm home they already shared with two dogs.
The US parents-to-be decided they weren't ready to leave their cozy Venice Beach home, and came up with an ingenious solution to transform their bedroom wardrobe into a tiny nursery.
"Adam and I opted for a "work with what you've got" approach and updated our existing spaces, rather than expanding or structurally redesigning parts of the house," Morris wrote on her blog The Tiny Canal Cottage.
The couple hired a handy man to help convert the space into a functional, baby-friendly space and sourced the majority of the decor from Etsy and other local vintage and modern stores.
The chic alcove, lovingly referred to by Morris as the 'Baby Bay', was designed using sandy, neutral colours, textures and prints to match the couples beach-side location.
Featuring a miniature crib on wheels, a lightweight set of drawers for clothing storage, battery-operated twinkle lights to brighten the space at night and stylish jute baskets and miniature wire storage drops to add extra functionality to the space.
In the absence of room for a rocking chair, the couple transformed the garden just outside the bedroom stoop into an outdoor nursery, complete with outdoor rugs, throws, lanterns and a wicker rocking chair.
Thanks to California's near perfect weather, the couple can sit back and rock their babe to sleep under the stars almost every night before tucking him into his crib.
Morris can't believe how well their closet conversion turned out.
"Before we updated the closet, I used to obsessively close our curtains to avoid seeing the overflowing contents behind them," Morris wrote.
"Now the closet is a bright, airy, and happy component of the cottage. It feels as though it should've always been outfitted this way."
Morris and Winkleman bought their beloved 1924 Craftsman-style cottage in 2011 and have spent the past five years transforming it.
"You don't need to start from scratch to transform your existing square-footage into a space that better suits your evolving needs," Morris wrote.
"With a bit of creativity and paint, you can turn a box into a Bay. You don't need to live large to live beautifully!"
- Stuff