Congratulations! You’re going to have a baby boy! As soon as you get the news, it’s normal to start brainstorming about how you will decorate your infant son’s bedroom or nursery. Where do you even begin? There are a few good starting points that can make the process easy.

If the bedroom or nursery has recently been freshly painted and you don’t want to paint again, designing a boy’s bedroom around the existing paint color is an easy way to start. Identify the main colors in the room and select one or two coordinating or deliberately contrasting colors. In a room painted light blue, for instance, you could choose navy and royal blue as coordinating colors, or you could pick green and white for contrast. With the chosen color scheme in mind, look at baby crib bedding sets that would accentuate these colors.

On the other hand, if the room needs new paint, or if the room is already a neutral color like white, your options are wide open. Then it’s fun to start out shopping for baby crib bedding sets you really love as your starting point. Select one or two main sets to outfit the crib, and then design your babys bedroom around the colors, patterns, or themes prevalent in those linens.

Starting out with a particular theme in mind, such as cars and trucks, sailboats, puppies, or fire trucks is also a great way to begin. Use your preferred theme to select baby crib bedding sets. Then paint the walls or woodwork to coordinate with the colors in the bedding and theme. You can even add a wallpaper border, stencils, or cutouts on the walls to match the theme you choose.

Finally, paint, stain, or purchase furnishings and accessories to match the colors, style, and theme selected. Get creative and add color and contrast with lampshades, rugs, and curtains. Select framed prints or knickknacks to give the room some added pizazz.

You can use traditional little boy themes, like trains, baseball, and cowboys since it’s easy to find baby crib bedding sets with sports prints or mottos and traditional themes. Masculine color selections such as blue, green, and brown are also good choices, as are bold primary colors like red, blue, and yellow. Stripes, polka dots, geographic shapes, and animal prints (like zebra, giraffe, and tiger stripes) make fantastic, more modern options.

For parents who are partial to a more modern exciting theme, take a walk on the wild side by painting the room a medium shade of vibrant blue with white woodwork and trim. Deck out the crib with giraffe or zebra print baby crib bedding sets. Then accessorize with giant green jungle, like foliage stenciled on the walls, stuffed monkeys or elephants and other jungle animals, and curtains made from fabric that looks like big puffy clouds in a blue sky.

You can incorporate a deep green rug on the floor, whimsical framed prints from storybooks that focus on jungle animals, like Curious George on the walls, and wild animal print pillows piled on a window seat or in a comfortable chair for nursing or cuddling before bedtime as vibrant accents.
By:Sean Paul

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The fire truck toddler bed model has always been a popular choice among little boys. It spurs their imagination and provides a reason to leave the crib. So, if you have a boy who is making a transition to a bed, you can’t really go wrong if you settle for a fire truck toddler bed with its bright red color.

In the market today, there are three popular brands selling fire truck toddler beds. Each one is unique in its design and constructed with different materials. Depending on your budget and design preference, you should be able to pick one that suits your needs.

Step2 Fire Engine Toddler Bed

The first fire engine toddler bed model is by Step2. This model is very popular among parents and at Amazon, this item enjoys a 4.5-star rating. This is because most parents find the bed easy to assemble and sturdy. It is constructed using durable plastics and has a siren night light with an auto shut-off feature.

The Step2 fire engine toddler bed has a dashboard with molded-in details like a steering wheel and radio. To complete the look, stickers are provided to decorate the bed, making it less plain. Unlike other toddler beds, this model has a friendly look with big eyes in place of lamps at the front end. If you are not too fond of beds with clear-cut corners, then this bed should meet your needs because the edges are rounded.

Just Kids Stuff Fire Truck Toddler Bed

This model is a little expensive but it is solidly constructed using laminated and imported Baltic birch wood. If you are thinking of using the bed for more than one kid, the Just Kids Stuff fire truck toddler bed should be a safe bet.

However, this bed may not be as popular not only because it is relatively more expensive but the design is also not as attractive. It is very squarish in style, making it look very much like a box. But if quality is what you are after, then this model may be able to fulfill your needs.

Kidkraft Fire Truck Toddler Bed

Of the three, the Kidkraft fire truck toddler bed is the least expensive. Constructed of medium density fiberboard (MDF) materials, it has a storage compartment at the front end. The guard rails are designed as ladders, giving a fire truck look to the bed.

One advantage of this Kidkraft model is that you can buy matching bedroom furniture together with the bed to decorate your toddler’s room. For instance, you can have a clothes pole, step stool that doubles as a toy chest or little table and chairs to make the room just like a small fire station. If your aim is some fun and play, then the Kidkraft brand gives you that option.

Cost Of The Beds

If you are on a budget and can’t afford to spend too much, then you should look at the Kidkraft fire truck toddler bed. The average retail price for this model is about $130 but you can get it for less at times from some online stores. Comparatively, the other two models would cost you about $100 more.

Whether you should spend $100 more and consider the other two toddler bed models would depend on your preference over the type of materials used for the bed’s construction and of course, design attractiveness. Each of the beds has its own pros and cons and you will have to weigh them in accordance with your preference and situation when deciding on which to buy.
By:Liz Benson

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Visit http://babycrib-toddlerbed.com for transition tips as well as baby crib and toddler bed buying guide. Also read about my nightmare of sleepness nights with my baby, which is a very common experience among parents and how I solved my baby’s sleeping problems.

Nowadays, couples who are expecting a baby seem more eager than ever to learn the dos and don’ts of proper infant care. Having read magazine articles about tragedies that were almost certainly avoidable, they are asking how they can create a safe nursery before they look into creating a beautiful one.

Experts agree that three recommendations are most crucial for parents of newborns and all of them relate to the choice of a child’s crib bedding. A bed sheet should always have the correct measurements for its mattress, so it can’t slip off and entangle the baby. A coverlet must not be puffy or thick (since a baby can’t remove it if it accidentally covers his face), or you can even avoid using it overnight by putting him in a one-piece bunting. And, you must always check the materials used in nursery bedding to ensure they include no potentially harmful substances.

Parents should keep this significant advice firmly in mind while shopping, so that their son’s infancy can be a joy-filled time for the whole family. And when starting to do the actual decorating of his nursery, they might want to remember that there are few patterns as sure-fire for bringing joy into a child’s bedroom as those found in fire truck baby bedding.

All little boys admire the dashing firemen in their tall hats and distinctive uniforms, and they eventually enjoy playing at being firemen themselves. They love to see the big, shiny, red fire engines going by and the cheerful sight of a faithful black and white fire dog riding perched atop one of the trucks as he accompanies the daring firefighters on their vital mission.

This highly visual motif therefore forms a really terrific basis for the creation of a guaranteed child-pleasing space, and versions of it can be found in various popular styles of baby boy bedding. It usually has a basic black and white color scheme, and uses bits of bright fire engine red for its eye-popping accent color.

You can buy such linens and accessories in packaged sets to make your decorating quick and hassle free, and to make the area look as if it has been dressed by a professional decorator. You can even choose to select a few additional room accessories in a matching red, perhaps a few throw cushions (though these must never be left in baby’s crib). One way or another, you can be certain that these familiar images will bring smiles to the faces of your visitors and to the adorable face of your little Fire Chief himself.
By:Fenella McPherson

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Fenella McPherson is a writer for Baby Bedding Zone, an online retailer of baby bedding, including a wide selection of fire truck baby bedding and baby boy bedding.