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DIY with Resene, from OHbaby! magazine

A playful nursery for the bold at heart. Pops of colour and plenty of fun to brighten the dreariest of days.

Break up large spaces into smaller cosy 'rooms' with a plywood room divider featuring round windows, so you can easily check on the little ones. We built ours from a simple sheet of plywood using a skillsaw to cut out the hole and then firmly securing it to the existing wall.

VROOM VROOM!

Storage boxes for toys can be turned into 'trucks' with a few small additions. Screw on small castor wheels underneath, glue on round wooden coasters and cut out shapes as the windscreen and grill, then add bicycle reflector lights. Paint a simple race track on the floor using a Resene testpot or spare paint from your project, complete with parking spaces for 'tidying up' and a parking sign for visitors only.

Nursery - wallpaper feature wall

Nursery - circular window in room divider

Nursery room divider

All images: Blue walls painted in Resene Torea Bay. Grey wall in Resene Wallpaper Collection FD23807. Plywood room divider stained in Resene Colorwood Natural. Floor in Resene Black Haze. Mural race track in Resene Indian Ink.

Products: Clockwise from top left (photo with red storage truck), COSYcot, meluka.co.nz; Fitted Sheet in natural, naturebaby.co.nz; Tide Ottoman in augustus porcelain, and Dorothy the Chicken, both from cittadesign.com; CHESTYboy 2 Bay 4 High Riley in white, meluka.co.nz; Moses Basket, Cotton Wrap in navy stripe, and Sand Stacking Tower, all from naturebaby.co.nz; Marta Abad Blay Embrace Print and Marta Abad Blay Embrace Dad Print, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Point Table Lamp, and Ray the Hedgehog, both from cittadesign.com; Books: Up, Down & Other Opposites by Ellsworth Kelly (stylist's own); Native NZ Baby Meets Bird by Kate Muir, You and Me and Everybody Else by Marcos Farina, and Little People, Big Dreams – Pel, all from fatherrabbit.com; Mado Four Feelings Framed Print, fatherrabbit.com; Parking Sign, mitre10.co.nz; Upcycled storage box truck (See photos on end of page for D.I.Y.) painted in Resene Rapture and Resene Red Oxide; Boris the Badger, and Wool Throw in masala, both from cittadesign.com; Puffles Puppy, fatherrabbit.com; Vehicle Play Set, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Long Wool Sheepskin Rug in honey, and Large Pine Trolley, both from naturebaby.co.nz; Tide Ottoman in augustus porcelain, Dorothy the Chicken, Traditional Lily Basket with handles, Twill Wool Throw in navy/vanilla, and Cabin Linen Cushion Cover in midnight multi, all from cittadesign.com.

Nursery - play area
Room with chest of drawers

Nursery - room divider
Nursery with divider

All images: Blue walls painted in Resene Torea Bay. Grey wall in Resene Wallpaper Collection FD23807. Plywood room divider stained in Resene Colorwood Natural. Floor in Resene Black Haze. Mural race track in Resene Indian Ink.

Room with chest of drawers: CHESTYboy 2 Bay 4 High Riley in white, meluka.co.nz; Moses Basket, Pearl Blanket in light grey marl, Sand Stacking Tower, all from naturebaby.co.nz; Point Table Lamp in white, cittadesign.com; Parking Sign, mitre10.co.nz; Mado Four Feelings Framed Print, fatherrabbit.com; Fashionell Height Chart – On the Farm, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Upcycled storage box truck (See photos at bottom of page for D.I.Y.) painted in Resene Rapture and Resene Red Oxide, Candylab The Drifter Sahara in tan canvas, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Boris the Badger, and Wool Throw in masala, both from cittadesign.com; Puffles Puppy, Tiny Table Co Plate and Spork Set in clay, Susukoshi Organic Play Mat in terracotta, and Le Toy Van Little Bird House Shape Sorter, all from fatherrabbit.com; The Hubble Bib, symbiosistextiles.com; Mushie Stacking Rings Toy, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Long Wool Sheepskin Rug in honey, Polar Bear – large, and Wooden Elephant all from naturebaby.co.nz; Traditional Lily Basket with handles, and Twill Wool Throw in navy/vanilla, both from cittadesign.com.

Nursery with divider: Cam Cam Rainbow Mobile in mustard, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Wilson & Frenchy Organic Sleeping Bag – little mountains, fatherrabbit.com; Tide Ottoman in augustus porcelain, and Dorothy the Chicken, both from cittadesign.com; Lambskin Booties in navy, Long Wool Sheepskin Rug in honey, and Dune Blanket in fir green multi square knit, all from naturebaby.co.nz; COSYcot, meluka.co.nz; Fitted Cot Sheet in paradise, and Jellycat Bashful Bunny (small) in navy, both from littlewhimsy.co.nz.

Nursery - cot
Room with cot

Nursery - storage truck
Room with storage truck

All images: Blue walls painted in Resene Torea Bay. Grey wall in Resene Wallpaper Collection FD23807. Plywood room divider stained in Resene Colorwood Natural. Floor in Resene Black Haze. Mural race track in Resene Indian Ink.

Room with cot: Cam Cam Rainbow Mobile in mustard, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Wilson & Frenchy Organic Sleeping Bag, fatherrabbit.com; Tide Ottoman in augustus porcelain, and Dorothy the Chicken, both from cittadesign.com; Pearl Blanket in light grey marl and Puffles Puppy both from fatherrabbit.com; COSYcot, meluka.co.nz; Fitted Cot Sheet in paradise, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Ray the Hedgehog and Boris the Badger, both from cittadesign.com; Dune Blanket in fir green multi square knit, Barber Jacket in gingerbread, Long Wool Sheepskin Rug in honey all from naturebaby.co.nz.

Room with storage trucks: Upcycled storage box trucks: Truck 1 painted in Resene Rapture and detailing in Resene Hopbush. Truck 2 painted in Resene Red Oxide and detailing in Resene Rodeo Dust. Parking Sign, mitre10.co.nz, Mado Four Feelings framed print, from fatherrabbit.com; Fashionell Height Chart – On the Farm, littlewhimsy.co.nz; Boris the Badger, and Wool Throw in masala, both from cittadesign.com; Candylab The Drifter Sahara in tan canvas, littlewhimsy.co.nz.

 

Art direction and Styling by Amber Armitage. Photography by Wendy Fenwick/Flash Studios. Assistants: Natalie Sievers & Calvin Henton.

August 2021


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