At Home With Naomi Davis

Our next guest for our "At Home" feature is Naomi Davis! Naomi is here to share her kids' sweet nursery with us. "We recently moved our family back to New York City from Washington DC in August.  Since living space can be hard to come by in New York City apartments, we knew before we even began looking for our apartment that there would be compromises with anything we found. When we stumbled upon our current apartment, we fell hard for her right when we walked in the front door. That's not to say that she didn't present certain trade-off's to consider.

The biggest strike against our apartment was that she was on the 5th floor of a walk-up apartment building (especially since we have a two-year-old and 9-month-old baby). On the other hand, the apartment was in an ideal location close to parks, museums, and public transportion—came with lots of natural light and beautiful crown moldings and had big bedrooms with large closets! There are always trade-offs with city living, and, if anything, being on a 5th floor walk-up with two little babies is kind of like having a gym in your building. Am I right, or am I right? ;) So we took it!" "Since our apartment is compact, I wanted to make sure my children, Eleanor and Samson, really had room to play and be free. I also wanted to be sure there was enough space for us to get down on the floor and play along side them and interact as a family. So we made the biggest bedroom in the apartment into the children's nursery and took the smaller bedroom for ourselves. This has been great, since we tend to gravitate towards the nursery throughout our days and spend most evenings together in there. The room gets the most beautiful natural light throughout the day, which has made this very cold and windy NYC winter a bit more bearable." "The green settee is probably one of my favorite things about the nursery. I found it on craigslist when I was first pregnant with Eleanor. And to this day, it's been my best craigslist find. The yellow dresser is another favorite. It's actually a very old Ikea dresser that my husband Josh and I purchased together when we were first married and living in a studio apartment here in NYC. We painted it yellow and switched out the knobs with some mismatched ones a few years ago. The dresser is barely staying together these days, but we are a bit sentimental about it and are not yet ready to part ways."  "The nursery is often quite a mess, since Eleanor and Samson like to empty all the books out of the baskets and aren't very keen on "clean up" time. But the room is well-lived-in, and I am grateful for all the tiny messes they like creating. :) " Thank you so much for sharing your space with us, Naomi!  Be sure to stop by Naomi's blog Love Taza // Rockstar Diaries and say hello!  xo. 

Comments

[Paige @ Little Nostalgia]

I love the white walls and trim, and it's so fun to let the kids' toys and books act as the accessories. This is one of my favorite nurseries!

[Elisa]

This looks like the perfect children's room: bright, airy, colourful, and not too tidy!

Elisa - Wandering Minds fashion
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[Kerry @ Kerry Cooks]

I love Naomi's blog - Eleanor and Samson are sooo cute!

[Marie-Pier]

Even though all the walls are white, I find the nursery very colorful! It is the perfect room to play in. Eleanor and Samson are so cute together!

[Jacki]

Aww, what a sweet, happy space the Davis kids have! I see lots of things that remind me of my own childhood - books, the xylophone, the globe. Delightful. :)

[Ashley Bouchez]

yay! the marriage of my two favorite blogs! i just love naomi.

[Sonia]

Such a lovely space! I love how much natural light there is in the room!

http://erstwhilefelicity.blogspot.co.uk/

[Milynn]

I love how bright and colorful their nursery is! They are such a great family.

[Keri-Anne]

I love this room! Naomi's blog is one of my favourites! What a great feature x

Keri-Anne
http://gingerlillytea.blogspot.com

[erin @hooleywithaz]

LOVE the natural light. i wish that our apartment had that! that's on our must-have list as we begin the house hunt this spring.

[anna]

I love that blog and the atmosphere she let us breath trough her photos!

[Chloe Moon]

Oh what a beautiful nursery her little ones have!! I've followed her blog for years and they are just cutest munchkins! I love all the different knobs on the bureau and I love the letters of their names everywhere! Oh and the fake fire place! Very pretty!

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[Rachel]

I love the white walls against the bright dresser. I also love the name Eleanor!

[Elena @ Randomly Happy]

I've followed Naomi's blogs for ages so it's great to hear a bit more detail about her favourite room in the house. Looks like such a fun place to live!

x Elena @ Randomly Happy

[Kaisa]

Such a lovely sunny positive space! :)

xx Kaisa

http://reindeertrails.blogspot.com/

[ralizabeth]

I am in love with this nursery! Definitely my favorite!! Thank you so much for sharing! I was so excited to see Naomi on ABM this morning! She is my absolute favorite!!!

[Denisa]

Very nice. Perfect childrens room. I like that colors.

http://www.fashiondenis.com/

[Victoria]

It's a beautiful room. I love the amount of light coming in, and the pop of colour from the chest of drawers.X

[Catherine Denton]

Such a beautiful room! Well-worth the five flights of steps. I love the bright, cheery yellow against the white.
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[Alessandra]

So nice!

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