Some time ago, for one reason or another, I decided that I wanted to decorate the nursery in shades of aqua and yellow. With some other colors - greens? - thrown in as well.
In terms of fabric and bedding options, this has proved more difficult than I imagined, especially since we're not finding out the sex of the baby. Who knew I would be able to find decent gender neutral options in these colors ...
We plan on painting the nursery some as yet-to-be-determined shade of aqua, with the crib bedding mostly in shades of yellow, with some aqua pulled in for accents.
I have SCOURED the Internet, looking for yellow fabric options - something graphic, but also looking for some other coordinating fabric that maybe had more of a "theme" to it - featuring animals or scenes or SOMETHING.
I've largely been unsuccessful.
I did find this lovely Joel Dewberry fabric - it's a yellow wood grain pattern from his Aviary collection:
So, I wanted to use that as my starting point - especially since it tied in nicely with the faux bois Flor tiles I wanted to use:
Hopefully that's not too much wood grain overload ... Actually, I'm not even going to dwell on that right now. I think the small size of the nursery (9' x 9') will necessitate a small scale rug, so I don't feel like it will be too much.
Anyway! So I contacted a lovely etsy seller who makes crib bedding about that Joel Dewberry fabric and asked if she had any suggestions for coordinating fabrics in yellow and aqua. Here are the "swatches" she sent me - I mainly just wanted to throw these up online so I could have one place to look at them and get an idea of what might work together (click on the images to see a larger, close-up version):
So, what do you think? Anything standing out?
Love the color combo! I think the houndstooth would be a great gender-neutral option.
Posted by: Abbie | January 28, 2010 at 11:44 AM
I'm embarrassed to say I own a good deal of this fabric. The zig zag, which I believe is paula prass, is not the softest cotton whereas the yellow fabric with the hand-drawn wildflowers (Heather Ross) is some of the softest cotton you will ever feel.
I need to check if I have any of the Joel Dewberry yellow woodgrain left but if memory serves me, it's kind of an odd yellow. If I have some, you can come over and see it in person.
Posted by: Cara | January 28, 2010 at 12:14 PM
p.s. I love color concept boards of fabric like this. I think your etsy seller did a great job.
Posted by: Cara | January 28, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Cara - now I'm intrigued about the weird yellow of the Dewberry wood grain ... you'll have to let me know about that.
Posted by: Ellen | January 28, 2010 at 12:23 PM
me again. You might want to look at Japanese fabric for your "scene" fabric. Superbuzzy carries a good selection as does Fabricworm, but to a lesser extent. I had another tip for you but it's escaping me at the moment. So I'll just wrap this up by saying i think this color combo is very fresh and fun. I'm seeing lots of white to make the colors pop.
Oh, and don't forget that you might just want to incorporate some nice solids too. Kona cottons are good quality.
Posted by: Cara | January 28, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Just looked for it and can't find it but I swear i have a piece of it somewhere, maybe in my scrap bin. I'll look and message you on FB if I find it.
Posted by: Cara | January 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Pretty, pretty! I think I likea combo of options from that first set of swatches the best.
Posted by: Steph | January 28, 2010 at 12:57 PM
While the second set of swatches makes me swoon, I think the first set would be perfect for a gender-neutral nursery :)
I'm loving this color combo, by the way.
Posted by: Jen | January 28, 2010 at 01:28 PM
Love it ALL. But mostly love the aqua zig zag pattern. Definitely use that somehow:)
Posted by: julia | January 28, 2010 at 05:04 PM
I love the second set of colors. G & B specifically out of that set would look good with the wood grain print IMO.
Posted by: Mindy | January 29, 2010 at 08:30 PM
I love the aqua and yellow color combo. There are some really great fabrics. I am drawn more to the second grouping specifically G. I also love the polka dot blue from group 1 {N}. The striped yellow in the last group A.
Good luck picking!
Posted by: andrea | January 29, 2010 at 10:54 PM
OMG, Ellen...I'm loving the color choices and everything you have so far. So modern and chic.
Posted by: Lisa | January 30, 2010 at 06:44 PM
I know you psted this a long time ago, but I am looking into an aqua blue and yellow nursery and am wondering who you used on etsy for your bedding? How did it turn out?
Thanks!
Posted by: Ingrid | October 31, 2010 at 05:16 PM
I ended up not getting crib bedding made. I found a yellow and white polka dot crib sheet from The Company Store Kids that was perfect. Also got a spare crib sheet and changing pad cover from Land of Nod. It was a mult-colored polka dot pattern from the All Creatures line, I think.
Sorry Im not more help!
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Posted by: Air Yeezy | August 01, 2011 at 03:16 AM
I am searching for the yellow and white houndstooth fabric !!! anyone have any ideas where i might find some? I need about 3 yards. Thanks and let me know! @donaraines
Posted by: Donaraines | December 20, 2011 at 05:47 PM