Nursery for Twins

So, you are expecting twins and are absolutely thrilled to welcome not one, but two babies! However, earlier when you were planning to make a personal space for one baby in your house, now you have to plan for two! When it comes to designing a nursery for twins, there is not much difference. For instance, the furniture almost remains the same, except for an additional baby crib. Still, you can always use a bit of imagination and creativity and make the baby nursery stand out, from the regular single baby ones.

How to Decorate a Nursery for Twins

Two Color Streams
Since there will be two babies sharing one room, you can actually decorate the room in such a way that it seems like two separate rooms within one. For implementing this nursery ideas for twins, start by painting the room in two different paint colors. You can actually divide the room into two equal parts and paint each of them in a different color. Thereafter, choose the color of the baby bedding, any curtains, shelves, etc. in each part in coordination with the wall paint. This twin room illusion to the baby nursery will lend an all together different look to the nursery.

Theme
In case you want to decorate the room around a theme and are expecting both a boy and a girl, there are numerous nursery decorating ideas pertaining to themes that are gender neutral and thus can be considered. Some of the popular gender neutral nursery themes are " Winnie the Pooh", "Forest", "Hawaii", "Kitty and Puppy", "Clouds", "Farm" and "Invaluable Moments".

Furniture
Most of the furniture is almost the same as for a single baby nursery. The rocker chairs, changing tables, etc. can be shared by the twins. The only furniture piece regarding which you have to make a decision is the baby crib. These days, there are lots of variety with regards to cribs and nursery bedding for twins. There are cribs available in the market which are especially designed for twins. They are however, expensive so if you have a tight budget, it's not something you should go in for. Most parents prefer to keep two separate baby cribs. This option is good, provided you have enough space to accommodate two cribs in the room.

Storage
Not having enough storage can be a major issue, as things of two babies have to be stocked in a single room. To tackle this issue, tall bookcases can be used in the room to store stuff like baby clothing. You may even add a few wicker storage baskets and keep them under the baby crib for extra storage.

Personalizing the Room
There are a number of things that you can do to personalize the nursery. For instance, you can get both of their names painted, by using stencils, on the room walls, in their specific part of the room, just above their individual baby cribs. You can get their names inscribed on their dressers, chairs and other furniture items as well.

Having a single room for twins offers lots of benefits to the mother such as she can indulge in baby care activities like feeding them, changing their dresses, putting them to sleep, conveniently. It's a money saver too as the parents do not have to invest twice in buying the furniture. Not to mention the special bond a single nursery creates in between the twins. Looking at these advantages and the creative ways it can be decorated, a shared nursery for twins is an ideal choice!