treated her daughter Harper Seven, now seven months old to a £50,000 ‘pink, very girly and OTT’ nursery. It’s French-inspired handcarved furniture included an £1,800 wardrobe featuring rabbits frolicking around the frame, and a chaise longue. “A traditional choice of pink for a girl remains popular,” says Mackey. “One particularly glamorous nursery had a centrepiece of a fourposter cot upholstered in pink linen with drapes pinned with huge crystal buttons.” Mariah Carey’s style
Singer Mariah Carey and her husband, Nick Cannon, created a serene nursery in ivory and pale green for their boy and girl twins, Moroccan and Monroe, now nine months old. Carey’s aim was to conjure a “beautiful, tranquil, cosy environment” and it was embellished with her signature motif, butterflies and featured a huge toy giraffe, which was a gift from Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. “Personalising the space
is essential and those little touches are very important to celebrities,” says Toks Aruoture, owner of specialist nursery company Punkin Patch. “Mel B has hand-painted violet orchids on her nursery wall in Los Angeles, and a Big Ben wall clock to remind her of the UK.” Christina Aguilera
Singer and actress Christina Aguilera made a feature of an 11-foot crescent moon structure, a prop from her 2007 Back to Basics tour, in her son Max’s nursery, which also had a round cot and a mural. “Safari murals are particularly popular for boys,” says Mackey. “Usually they feature on one wall, but we decorated a whole room with one which spanned four scenes - the African jungle, polar bears in a snowy landscape, geese flying over Canadian mountains, and monkeys in Indonesia. “It’s all about stimulating the child’s imagination and creating a fantasy setting.” Murals, from Dragons, start from £5,000. FEBUARY2012
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