South Melbourne Family Home

“The bedrooms are beautiful and have loads of natural light and high ceilings. We have made them like little sanctuaries – a place to rest and unwind,” says Sophie.Custom made bed: Stamp Interiors; dog lamp: Brownlow Interior Design

6 to 12 monthsAround the age of 6-8 months, a baby’s colour vision is well developed. It is during this time that you may want to introduce a different colour scheme into your child’s nursery.This transition can be gradually achieved by the simple placement of a wall art, toys and books. There is no need to change everything, you can easily add colour by using your child’s existing toys or books as functional decor items.

Unless the renovations you want to do are perfectly planned and structured, the scope feels manageable, and you have a great team of builders and tradies working on it, I would recommend putting extensive renovations on the back burner.Instead, focus on smaller changes that you can make now, and that will have a big and positive effect on your daily life – a lighter shade of paint in a dark room, new soft furnishings in the baby’s room, or even just replacing rusty cabinet doors with soft-close options. This is the home you’re going to bring your baby into, and it will host many sleepless nights and busy days for weeks, months and years to come. You might as well make it an enjoyable, practical and safe space for you and for bub sooner rather than later, and leave complex renovations on the long finger.12 gender-neutral nurseries

Likewise, this dog lamp from Brownlow Interior Design. It can be seen as cute now, and artistic later.

I love the room idea, and the fireplace is beautiful

ian: I like the toy car about it

Age-appropriate nods to your hunter husband...

Could I do this with Nain's fabrics?

love the idea of the zebra rug... may use our cowhide or our pantyhose rug for storage

Geometric art, cool animal lamp

Love cot colour and zebra print hide

quilt on wall in hall to bedroom!!!! awesome. back it all. hang flat/ this is where the blue circle quilt needs to be!! I love it.

In this nursery, the same developmental benefits have been achieved in the monochrome use of grey, black and white. The gorgeous mural combined with the chevron curtains provides an excellent source of visual stimulation for a newborn baby. The slight pop of colour in muted yellow on the mural and floor rug also allows for a great starting point to introduce more colour as baby’s sight develops.

I love the use of colour in this wall hanging.

And here's another fun one hanging on the wall...

Honeycomb quilt in brash colours. Do on larger scale

Eclectic look with patchwork wall hanging

The colours in the blanket wall hanging