Interior Designs for a Healthy Nursery

It is very important when designing your baby’s nursery that is a healthy environment for them to stay in. Doyle + Partners is a great Dublin interior designers outlet you can depend upon to keep the nursery healthy. Your Dublin interior designers can help you to rid your baby’s room of any potential hazards and improve the overall air quality in the room.

Environment Toxins

Infants can be very sensitive to environmental toxins and because of this, it is very important that you plan your baby’s nursery to get rid of as many potential hazards as you possibly can. The lingering odor of fresh paint, new furniture and wall-to-wall carpet can lead of offgassing which should be avoided. Before deciding on which items to put into the nursery, you need to make sure it is going to have offgassing. You should stay away from any type of vinyl content, wall-to-wall carpet, any manufactured wood products, polyurethane foam and fabrics with permanent treatments, and any product that has been treated with antimicrobial chemicals. Just because an item says it is green, you should still not trust it without investigating it further. Even if something that has the Greenseal label is not completely safe because it could still contain levels of toxins that are too high for a baby’s sensitive system. Greeseal labels are good to go with but always check for potentially hazardous ingredients in the items before they are put into the baby’s nursery. All products you put in the nursery should be 100% free from formaldehyde, isocyanates, glycols, toxic adhesives and the odorless chemicals, flame-retardant chemicals, antimicrobial and pesticide treatments and stain resistant chemicals. Any paint that is used in the nursery should be labeled "Zero-VOC".

Allowing Time for Odors to Dissipate

Once the room has been decorated and designed, you must make sure to allow enough time for all odors to dissipate from the room. Never decorate a room and place the baby immediately in the room afterwards; always give yourself extra time when anticipating a new baby coming home. As long as you go into the room and to not smell anything it should be safe but you do want to make sure that you are not detecting any sense of odor before letting the baby into the room. To speed up the outgassing, you need to make sure you have a fresh air exchange, moderate temperatures and low humidity in the room.

Adequate Ventilation

The nursery must have a fresh air exchange. The best way to make sure there is enough fresh air in the room is to open up the windows in the room. If you do live in an area with not good outdoor air quality, you should crack the window.

Controlling Moisture

Many people like to use humidifiers but they can lead to mold-producing moisture. If you want to use a humidifier in the nursery, you need to also use a hygrometer in the room. The moisture level in the room should stay below 50%.

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