You should ask a family member or friend their opinion on what a nursery should look like if they have recently gone through the process. Another option to consider is contracting an interior designer to help you select your nursery decor. Planning and decorating your baby’s nursery should be something fun to plan into your days, not something stressful.

If you’ve decided to keep your baby’s gender a surprise, then there are plenty of gender-neutral bedding options available. If you do not know what gender the baby will be pick out a boy’s pattern as well as a girls pattern and then buy which ever one is appropriate after the baby is born. You should decorate the nursery before the baby is born, or else you will be a bundle of stress rushing to decorate the nursery in the short time between your baby’s birth and coming home from the hospital- a time when you should be able to relax.