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.




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!
Posted by: Paige @ Little Nostalgia | March 06, 2013 at 08:09 AM
This looks like the perfect children's room: bright, airy, colourful, and not too tidy!
Elisa - Wandering Minds fashion
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Posted by: Elisa | March 06, 2013 at 08:12 AM
I love Naomi's blog - Eleanor and Samson are sooo cute!
Posted by: Kerry @ Kerry Cooks | March 06, 2013 at 08:14 AM
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!
Posted by: Marie-Pier | Four Seasons at Home | March 06, 2013 at 08:15 AM
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. :)
Posted by: Jacki | March 06, 2013 at 08:15 AM
yay! the marriage of my two favorite blogs! i just love naomi.
Posted by: Ashley Bouchez | March 06, 2013 at 08:20 AM
Such a lovely space! I love how much natural light there is in the room!
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Posted by: Sonia | March 06, 2013 at 08:22 AM
I love how bright and colorful their nursery is! They are such a great family.
Posted by: Milynn | March 06, 2013 at 08:30 AM
I love this room! Naomi's blog is one of my favourites! What a great feature x
Keri-Anne
http://gingerlillytea.blogspot.com
Posted by: Keri-Anne | March 06, 2013 at 08:33 AM
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.
Posted by: erin @hooleywithaz | March 06, 2013 at 08:39 AM
I love that blog and the atmosphere she let us breath trough her photos!
Posted by: anna | March 06, 2013 at 08:48 AM
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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Posted by: Chloe Moon | March 06, 2013 at 08:52 AM
I love the white walls against the bright dresser. I also love the name Eleanor!
Posted by: Rachel | March 06, 2013 at 08:52 AM
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
Posted by: Elena @ Randomly Happy | March 06, 2013 at 08:54 AM
Such a lovely sunny positive space! :)
xx Kaisa
http://reindeertrails.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Kaisa | March 06, 2013 at 08:56 AM
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!!!
Posted by: ralizabeth | March 06, 2013 at 09:03 AM
Very nice. Perfect childrens room. I like that colors.
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Posted by: Denisa | March 06, 2013 at 09:06 AM
It's a beautiful room. I love the amount of light coming in, and the pop of colour from the chest of drawers.X
Posted by: Victoria | March 06, 2013 at 09:07 AM
Such a beautiful room! Well-worth the five flights of steps. I love the bright, cheery yellow against the white.
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Posted by: Catherine Denton | March 06, 2013 at 09:11 AM
So nice!
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Posted by: Alessandra | March 06, 2013 at 09:11 AM