Square One
How do you design a baby's nursery? Start with one thing you love, and use it as inspiration for the look of the room.


Be color Conscious
"A favorite color can also be your starting point. Sausalito, Calif., nursery designer Serena Dugan created her son's nursery using her love for dramatic color. The co-founder of Serena & Lily design studio searched for a dresser/changing table that would provide some pizzazz and found a low six-drawer dresser from the 1950s on eBay... "I decided the room needed a little orange to give it the pop I was looking for," Dugan says. So she painted the dresser a deep, rich coral. "The dresser is definitely the focal point of the room. I could have added the other orange accents to balance it out," she says, "but when you have one piece that you love in a fabulous color, why not let it stand on its own?"

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