Nursery inspiration - Gillmore girls and vintage tea cups.

With a huge renovation on the go, a 21 month old just out of a Spica cast and a traveling husband my second pregnancy seems to be flying by with little to none of the attention Curious George's pregnancy was given. I am by told, those in the know around me, that this is very normal with number two. Especially if the two are close together.

I've been craving some way to kick that mother-daughter connection into gear. Now in the third trimester, she's much bigger and bouncer than ever and I am now in the truly broody phase and desperate to do some nesting. Unfortunately as you can see on Going Up, Growing Up our house is not in the same phase as I am and so there is nothing to decorate or make nesty yet. In fact at this point only the shell of the nursery exists, no walls or floors. What a pain, I'm desperate to do something..... so I'm planning and shopping. Both are very extremely fun but unfortunately not particularly fulfilling. Oh well.

My best friend is a big Gilmore Girls fan and recently she lent me the first couple of seasons. I've really gotten hooked and it was during one episode that inspiration for the nursery first struck. Impressive right - inspiration for a colour palette from a TV show. Well its unusual but not unheard of (I hope or else perhaps pregnancy has just wired my creative juices strangely).

So now I'm on fire and going great guns with the nursery planning - 0 to 100 in the 45min span of one Gilmore Girls episode. Thanks Nici and Lorelai. So here's the inspiration and colour palette for my baby girls nursery. For a mother who is a designer at heart this is super exciting and has really forged the connection I was craving with my little swimming daughter.

So here is it. Turquoise, Pink and just a hint of gold (not the shiny ostentatious kind the mat antique jewelry kind)

Pink, Turquoise and a dash of dull gold.

When I was searching for the turquoise, pink, gold combo I found a beautiful vintage tea cup and was inspired by them as well.So here's a 'board' I put together of the tea cups I love.

Colour palette inspiration from an awesome site called Design Seeds. These were my favs.

Oh dear can't remember where I found this but the colour scheme is perfect.