Also, Any ideas for a center light that isn't to kiddish? I have ORB hardware for the doors.

where is the print going? can u post pics of the room?

my first thought is a soft, medium to dark blue gray. gray walls make a fabulous backdrop for anything that u put on them.

BM: bachelor blue#1629 - britannia blue 1623 - blue heather #1620 HC 159philipsburg blue.... i love that u are thinking going dark, but i think i would soften it and do a blue gray....

some examples for light:

found these on lamps plus

This baby has the rest of his life to live with gray walls! I'm assuming that the fabric is being used on a nursing chair or some such thing. If so, then choose a soft, buttery yellow for the walls, and white curtains. It will be bright, cheerful and happy! As for the light fixture - don't spend much money and keep it simple. Get a nice table and a lamp - you won't use that overhead light all that often. If you can, add sconces near the changing table - they will be the perfect light for diaper changes.

The doors and trim are all being done over next week. Sorry it’s my storage room.

My daughters room is yellow right next door. The fabric is the bedding (animal print) the light blue and grey are trim on it. The chair is white, which came from my daughters room. Was thinking navy blue walls.

My first thought was yellow - but since your daughter's room is that color, how about one of the greens in the fabric? I'd go with soft blueish grey before I'd paint the room navy.

Ok I’ll go to the BM store and look for bluish grey.

Thank You, grey owl is my upstairs bathroom. grey tint is my downstairs bathroom and kitchen. I can look something along those lines.

I actually really like the idea of BM Newburyport Blue. I may be biased because I'm currently looking at dark blues for my own bedroom, but I think it would be charming and cozy and appealing to your son as he grows (inasmuch as you can predict what any kid will like as they get older)..

Would you do grey curtains then? I want very neutral curtains so they go for years. Deff room darkening...my daughter 100% needs them and so do I :)

@cawaps I like the idea of a darker blue, because we have so much white trim in that room. Also, if I paint another room any shade of grey...my husband may loose it haha.

i would not do any curtains, but that's just me. more to clean, more to gather dust. with the room darkening shades, they have texture and color, so that's enough for me. also, long curtains are a hazard in my eyes., they can pull them down. if u feel u need 'something', have a valance made to go on top of shades to give u another layer.

kids/babies usually have/get many cute and collectible things, that's enough "busy" for me. i always try to make my life easier and curtains just don't fit in that mold..

Oh! The problem is the bedroom is on the front of my house. So I already have shades and they are not room darkening. So I use room darken curtains to block light. Did think it through 4 years ago and would hate to have different shades on front of house. Most of my house doesn't have curtains except bedrooms :)

ok. i think i would pick the paint for the room first, then do curtains. i would probably do a shade of blue or white/cream.... i don't think i would do gray

when i said room darkening shades, i did not mean roller vinyl shades. i use roman and pleated shades. they have texture and color, so in my eyes, no curtains are needed. just want to be clear on that.

bring paint samples home and put on different walls and look at in the day and night, sunny and cloudy. every color looks different when actually in the room. things from the outside affect the color inside.

my DD's room was getting the reflection from my neighbors very bright yellow house, UGH! had to change her color.

I have wooden shutter blinds on all my windows. I love the look, but they DO NOT block any light LOL. I will look into them...as the door will deff need something other than wooden blinds. It is also a full view glass now.

So I took some advice on different colors. I am actually really liking the bachelor blue now. What do you guys think? Left is Newburyport Blue, Philips burg Blue, and then Bachelor Blue.

What color curtains would go well? I need black out curtains and the blinds do not block light enough we have. I have all the same wood blinds on the front of my house.

There's an awesome color from Benjamin Moore called "Marilyn's Dress" that is almost white but has a lovely blue/gray undertone. Really fresh and airy-looking with bright white trim and ceilings. Then you can bring in the animal print and maybe another print with a darker blue.

Babies need to learn to sleep with light and noise. My late husband was born in 1941 when there were true black-out blinds due to WWII. To his dying day, the may would wake up if there was the smallest crack of light. A baby should be able to sleep in the middle of a Walmart store!

I get that...this is my second. My daughter sleeps amazing, sleeps anywhere, and always has. So, just going to keep with what i've been doing as if i've had zero issues with our first.

What about something like these curtains?

That's sorta what I was looking at or going the other way lines? Just didn't know if I should stick with grey. I bought a grey rug.

Horizontal stripes generally read more fun and casual to me, while vertical stripes are usually more formal. Though wide, high-contrast vertical stripes often look like a circus tent to me and it isn't a look I would choose (there seem to be plenty of curtains like this on the market, so maybe I'm the only one who reacts that way). As far as sticking with gray, I think you should choose repeat a color already in your palette. I think navy would be too much with navy on your walls, so it's between the gray and the light blue (though maybe you could pull green or yellow out of the novelty fabric if it was a small pattern, like a pinstripe; I wouldn't do the wide stripes I showed above in yellow or green), or you could do a solid white. I don't think a gray stripe would be too much gray with a gray rug. I don't know what elements you will have in the light blue, though, and that would affect my recommendation.

thanks for the ideas! I ordered a few swatches. I think grey is my best bet! I feel like light blue is baby and not sure how long that will last. I feel like grey maybe more friendly for an older kiddo :)

@elleN yes deff going more of a medium blue/grey wall. No grey walls :)

I love the idea of a different color ceiling and I really like the bachelor blue color someone mentioned earlier on!

print is on bed sheet and changing table. Grey and blue are on skirt. What do you think of grey strip for curtain?