DWC Work: "The Posh-Woodland Forest" Baby Room

Welcome back to the work week everyone! I hope everyone's weekend was a good one. Mine was a bittersweet ending with good friends. Labor day was definitely laborious for me, but it was all worth it. Here's the back story. I have been working on a friend's surprise baby room for probably 2-3 months now. The parents-to-be had no clue what the final product would look like other than it was going to be for a future baby boy. I had free reign to practically to do anything I wanted which was so awesome. Of course, I kept the client in mind and asked specific questions to make sure I was headed in the right direction.

Some keywords from the "Mom-to-be: sophisticated, hip, functional, artistic, a sofa bed for the grandparents/guests, animals, but NO Chicago Bears! From the "Dad-to-be": Chicago Bears, please! I had to keep a lot in mind as I designed it and satisfy both party demands. In addition, the space wasn't exactly the largest room so I had to be very precise in furniture size in order to get everything in there without over crowding the space. And here's the end result– "The Posh-Woodland Forest" Baby Room Moodboard.

My inspiration for the room was a set of black & white art flash cards from Wee Gallery. I bought 3 sets and selected 4 main animals to be used as art for the room – a Zebra, Monkey, Lion and a Bear. I scanned the animals, added artistic elements & color and customized original art for their space. For the color palette, I picked up the Chicago Bears colors, navy blue & orange, but I also added a warm grey and a sage-like green to neutralize and balance the bold blue & orange hues. To bring about more woodland, nature-like elements, I found a great faux bois area rug. (Faux Bois means artistic imitation of wood grains.) Also, the next best find was an art mobile by Jan R. Carson. A soothing visual of leaf-like branches float above the baby crib as though an outside breeze causes them to shift. It's the coolest thing ever in person!

For room functionality, I was able to find an eco-friendly 6-unit book case (soon to come in the final room) with white and orange storage baskets for toys, blankets and any other miscellanous objects that you want to hide. Three white floating shelves to showcase books and fun objects. And most importantly, a green sofa bed that folds out to a queen-sized bed from CB2.

With the help of my loving husband, we were able to pull everything together in 2-3 hours. The parents waited somewhat patiently in the living room as they heard tons of banging and crashing noises. :) It was so worth the wait they said after we revealed the final look of their baby room to them. Just see the facial expressions on their faces! Moments like these are one of reasons I do what I do.

As a gift to the mom-to-be, I got her a super chic diaper bag that doesn't even look like a diaper bag! I wanted to keep it for myself. And of course, it matches the color palette of the baby room.

{Moodboard & Baby Room designed by Chon}

Well I think the baby room worked out wonderfully. Both parties were quite happy, and they both got what they wanted, and then some. Dad got some Chicago Bears elements in there from the colors to the custom canvas art that I was able to compose and stylize with the Bears logo. Mom got her hip baby room that can grow with the baby 'til he is at least 6 years of age. Furniture and colors are pretty neutral, yet fun and sophisticated. Lots of space is still left in the room with tons of storage. Now all they need is a baby boy to warm up the space even more. Congrats to Shirley & Sameer!

There will be more glamour shots of this featured baby room in the coming weeks. Some details are still missing that I still need to add & stylize, and need better daylight to really capture the essence of this room. So stay tuned for more pics! If anyone out there is interested to see my interior decor services + capabilities for Design With Chon, click here.

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