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This nursery comes courtesy of Little Liberty; an Australian interior decorating business, “specialising in designing children’s spaces including nurseries, bedrooms and playrooms”.
Owner Nicole emailed pics of the room, designed for baby Piper, in East Brighton, Victoria. The nursery features our Logan collection crib bedding, pillow and changing pad cover.
Nicole says “I chose my wallpaper first [Siam Trellis by Sanderson] and then thought the Logan collection would be such a perfect fit. I love the magenta pink with the soft pinks”.
The striking, delicate mobile is from Etsy and the pouf is from a wholesaler, and a lot like our CB2 fave. The giant ‘P’ above the changing table is a bold addition that really works.
Nicole used her go-to “print guy” – “he designs it with my brief, prints it and stretches it. It was tricky getting the colors right. We had to print it twice but eventually we nailed it!”
Check out more of Piper’s pink and grey nursery in Nicole’s blog post and visit the Little Liberty site for the full portfolio, including many other nurseries and children’s rooms.
Thanks to Nicole for choosing O&L, and for sharing these great pics. If you’re an interior designer and are considering using any of our products, we’d love to hear from you 
A couple of recent customer-tweeted pics to share now. Erin Smyth posted this fab pic of our Little Billie Wall Art. I’m loving the matching flash of orange on the mat’s inside edge.
And dad-to-be, and O&L friend, Tim Johnson (featured before) tweeted this pic of our George crib bedding last month, on our favorite Oeuf Sparrow crib…good choices Tim!
We love discovering how our customers incorporate O&L into their homes. If you’d like to share an O&L pic, please email or include @olliandlime in your tweet, pin or FB post
I just spotted an O&L inclusion in a children’s room design, on Romeo’s Muse. That’s our George ABC Wall Art, on the right, picked for this “canary yellow and steel grey” room.
“Gender neutral doesn’t always mean you need to stick to beige and lemon”, says the designer, instead going with “bold, industrial style” colors. Thanks for including O&L
Sounds a bit ‘secret mission’…but it isn’t. Just a reference to this orange and grey nursery, spotted over on Project Nursery. Anyhow, here it is, all the way from Hastings, England.
It features our Billie pillow (or ‘cushion’ to give it the English vernacular) and a matching Jellycat Aardvark, in burnt orange. Both are in our Billie range, available from our shop.
Talking of our shop, enter our giveaway now to win a $150 O&L shopping spree!
Time for a peek inside another customer nursery. New mom Angela, from Vancouver, WA, kindly emailed in pictures of her son Liam, born January 29, and his fabulous Charlie-themed room. Liam was 10 weeks old recently, but just 3 weeks in the photo below.
Angela told me how she came to choose O&L: “my husband, Warren and I wanted a room that Liam could grow into. In my ‘Googling’ frenzy, I came across Olli & Lime and the Charlie design and fell in love instantly! I really did not want to change the color of the room that we chose for Liam’s nursery and the Charlie design and colors fit it perfectly!”
“My favorite items in the room are his bedding, the Olli & Lime print, and the three photos above his crib. Liam loves to stare at patterns and darker shades, so his bedding is perfect for that. In fact, one of his first smiles came while looking at the bumper in his crib.”
“The photos above his crib came from avintageposter.com. We wanted something that had a child feel to it, but could also grow with him. I love the numbers print, because my husband is a wiz at math and has made it his personal goal to teach Liam calculus before he is out of high school!” The Charlie 123 print (right-hand pic) is on sale now for $15!
We’d just discontinued Charlie, so we had to track down some of the items Angela needed. “Karen was amazing and helped me with my Olli & Lime purchase. It’s 5 months later and I still have so many good things to say about her GREAT customer service! I have never experienced such helpfulness from a company, until I found Olli & Lime.”
It was our pleasure Angela! Thanks so much for choosing Olli & Lime, and for sharing these amazing photos of Liam (8 weeks here) and his nursery. Talking of photos, these were taken by (appropriately named) friend, Charlie Boucher: charlieboucher.com
How did I miss this?! Another nursery featuring our Egg ABC wall art. In fact, it was this nursery that inspired the inclusion of our wall art in Abigail’s room, posted on Monday.
This nursery has plenty of online pedigree. Originally posted by mom Amanda on MODG, it also won Apartment Therapy’s ‘small kids, big color‘. And it belongs to baby Gavin…
Though I’m more than a little late to this party, and our wall art (below) only plays a minor role, I just had to share it. The bold blend of aqua, green and grey creates real drama.
And the furniture choices are fantastic. Unbelievably, the dresser above (which I adore!) was a $30 Craigslist buy, sanded, stained and painted to achieve a fabulous end result.
Check the orignal MODG post and read all about the room in Apartment Therapy’s Nursery Tour. Thanks to Amanda for making O&L a small part of this amazing room
Topical timing for Easter Monday, as I just spotted our Egg ABC wall art in a recent post – Abigail’s Yellow & Grey DIY Nursery – over on O&L favorite, Apartment Therapy.
Mom Janna had originally posted pics of the nursery on her own blog, TWSST, in January. At this point, before Abigail arrived, it appears she was affectionately known as “baby t”.
Although our Egg range has been discontinued, this teal-colored ABC wall art is available to buy from our clearance section for just $15! Thanks to Janna for choosing O&L
Back in December, I posted a pic of two matching Billie-clad cribs, thanks to Janet, from Burbank, CA; mom of twins Jake and Cassidy, born in August. Time for more pics.
Janet found Billie a logical choice: “this whole nursery was designed around the Billie bedding. I saw it while I was pregnant and fell in love knowing it was perfect for boy girl twins…orange for the girl, brown for the boy and everything ties together so nicely.”
Janet told me, “the mobiles were made by a friend. They are a string/starch/balloon project that I found online and enlisted her to make and she did an awesome job! The wall art I saw online too, created it in Photoshop, personalized it and had it printed.”
Janet got creative with our fabric crib set bags too – a friend created pillows from them! She says “I’m so thrilled with the quality and the customer service…it’s a rarity nowadays!” She also sent this gorgeous pic of the twins, who are “7 months old now and doing great”.
A big thank you to Janet, for letting us inside her twins’ Billie inspired nursery…for a second time! If you’d like to share your own O&L-themed pictures please email me
A customer post now, courtesy of Kathy, who lives in Redmond, WA, a suburb of Seattle. Kathy kindly shared pics of her Logan nursery, created for her soon-to-be-born baby girl.
Kathy’s first child is due mid-April and she’s ready: “I know the nursery is done early. I am such a planner, I couldn’t resist putting it all together early. Now it’s the waiting game!”
“I researched bedding a lot. I always liked Olli & Lime design for the simplicity and neutral colors. I was looking for something modern without a theme that was made of soft and durable material. That limits the choice to approximately 2-3 brands out there.”
“Olli & Lime got me with the ‘no bumper’ option. It annoyed me to pay for something I wasn’t planning on using. When I saw the Logan design late last year, I knew I had a winner. It was modern, girly yet understated and could be used for a toddler as well.”
“The crib and the glider are my favorite two items. I simply love the design of the crib [Oeuf half price: Craigslist]. It is modern and classic at the same time. Very light, lower than most other cribs, making it easier to take baby in and out and it is a space saver.”
“Though the mattress is standard size, it’s so well designed that it takes less space than others I looked at. All my friends who have kids notice that it looks small. It is awesome. The fact it was totally out of our budget and we ended up finding such a deal probably makes me love it even more!” As you may have noticed, this crib is an O&L favorite too!
And we’re also big fans of this Monte Design Grano Reclining Glider in white leather. Kathy says, ”this was our splurge! And we don’t regret it. I already spent hours reading in there. It is so comfortable. I can see myself spending quite a few nights here”.
“The chair is just so comfortable! It is my husband’s favorite! We are already looking forward to moving it to the living room. I think we’ll be fighting over who gets to sit in it…hopefully, he’ll fight over who does the night shifts too!” That may be wishful thinking!
The knitted graphite pouf in front of the glider is another Olli & Lime favorite, from CB2. She says “it is the perfect height for the chair and also perfect to sit on to play with the little one.” Kathy got creative with the window mobile, making it from knitting hoops.
The wall art is a discontinued Dwell Studio range, which Kathy found at a local store in a sell out. She says, “I’m an online bargain shopper but when I saw these in store, at such a great price, I knew it was the right fit! Once again, starting early paid off!”.
Kathy supplemented the nursery with other great shopping finds from IKEA, including the dresser, STUVIA closet organization and a very cool 19″ ceiling lamp. She found the side table at Kasala and bought the boxes and basket at Target a few years back.
Kathy says, “a big thank you to Karen and the Olli & Lime team for a great consumer service. To me, consumer service makes a big difference. Olli & Lime has it all. Good product, great design and out of the chart service. Hats off to you!” Thank you Kathy!
A new customer post to kick off the week…and it’s a little out of the ordinary. I recently got an email from David Brown, an interactive developer from Endgame Labs, in Miami.
David wanted to share an app he’d created, Playtime HD, featuring our our crib bedding. This is a first for us, and pretty exciting to see O&L appear in this relatively new medium.
Not only does this interactive app feature our Billie design bedding (in the background), it also stars David’s son, Desmond, who just turned one year old. Happy birthday Desmond!
As per the app description, you can “touch anywhere in the scene and watch [Desmond] respond. All the fun of having a cute baby boy, without any of the cleanup afterwards!”
David says “the app was originally an effort to capture those precious moments. While trying different ideas, I noticed that the baby loved to hear and see himself. Once I got it together, he loved it. I’ve even used it to calm him down at the doctors office. Eventually I thought maybe other parents and kids would enjoy it so I cleaned it up, and released it”.
Seems O&L was a perfect match for David, who says, “we prefer modern design and had a very difficult time finding a set that we liked. We came across your products at Liapela while out exploring. We loved the set and designed the nursery and themed our baby shower to match. The nursery as seen in the app is his actual room and not a set design”.
David jokes that “thanks to the app, Desmond has already earned his first paycheck”. Sensibly, he’s setting aside a portion of the app’s profits for Desmond’s future education.
Be sure to read about/download the Playtime HD app and also check out the Facebook page. Thanks David, for sharing Desmond’s nursery and for featuring O&L in your app
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