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Color Crush, Nursery Edition: 3 Calming Color Palettes

If your dream nursery is calm and serene, then you’re going to love our roundup of nursery inspiration with major soothing tones—from pretty pastels to warm natural wood. We’re big fans of nurseries that feel balanced and cozy.

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Sunrise Hues

For a nursery with a dreamy storybook feel, try mixing sunrise pastels (pink, yellow, blush) with crisp white and cream. Pinks and blushes are soft and romantic, while white and creams bring air and light to the mix—the combination is relaxed and uplifting.

Sunrise hues

Naturally Cozy

Create a cozy, calming nursery with the warmth of natural wood and a soothing palette inspired by the outdoors.

Bonus: Adding indoor plants not only brings pops of freshness and earthy energy into a room, but you also can count on these living accents to help purify the air.

Naturally Cozy

Painterly Pastels

Watercolor hues evoke sherbet on a summer day, lavender fields in bloom and rainbow sprinkles—in other words, pastels are a happy-making color palette. And because pastels are less saturated, they have a softer look that’s easy on the eyes and soothing to the senses, perfect for a welcoming and tranquil nursery.

Painterly Pastels Painterly Pastels
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