How you can recreate Olivia Bowen’s gender-neutral nursery

Olivia Bowen inside her jungle themed, gender neutral baby nursery

by Rosie Floyd |
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Former Love Islander, Olivia Bowen, who rose to fame after appearing on the ITV2 show back in 2016, announced that she was expecting her first baby with her husband and fellow Love Island contestant, Alex Bowen, back in January. Olivia has been sharing every step of her pregnancy journey since, and the next step in Olivia's pregnancy journey is revealing the transformation of the nursery for her little bundle of joy.

Since the couple has opted to not find out the sex of their baby, the nursery has a gender-neutral design. Olivia has worked closely with the brand The Modern Nursery to bring her jungle-themed baby room to life. It has a soft colour palette and features tonal, rattan-style furniture.

Related: How to create a gender-neutral nursery

Shop: Items from Olivia Bowen's nursery and alternative gender neutral must-haves

If you love Olivia Bowen's nursery and want to recreate the look for your new arrival, we are here to help. We've sourced some of the key pieces from the Olivia Bowen X The Modern Nursery collection, as well as some of our favourite dupes.

Olivia's Nursing Chair

How beautiful is this Gaia Baby Serena Rocking & Nursing Chair? We adore the fact it features a low armrest for relaxed feeding, which will be a blessing for those night feeds.

Dupe for Olivia's nursing chair

This beautiful natural coloured rocking chair has a high back design with thick foam cushions for comfort.

Olivia Bowen nursery wallpaper

This wallpaper was designed specifically for Olivia Bowen's nursery, but it is available to order if you would like to feature it on the walls in your little one's bedroom.

Dupe for Olivia Bowen's nursery wallpaper

The I Love Wallpaper mural also has a jungle theme and features eye-catching colours and safari favourites.

Related: The best safari-themednursery inspiration

Olivia's Alphabet rug

This is the soft and elegant alphabet rug chosen by Olivia for her baby's nursery.

Dupe for Olivia's alphabet rug

The cute black and white tasselled rug will give you the same look as Olivia Bowen's nursery at a fraction of the cost!

Olivia's bear storage basket

The bear storage basket will be ideal for storing baby's toys or dirty washing.

Dupe for Olivia's bear storage basket

This storage basket with its bear face and poking out ears would make an adorable addition to your little one's nursery.

Olivia's lion cushion

This soft, velvet lion cushion helps to tie together the natural look of Olivia Bowen's nursery.

Dupe for Olivia's lion cushion

This cushion gives us the same feel as the one in Olivia's nursery. The lion face is made with a bold lion print and tassels around the edge create the mane.

Olivia Bowen's nursery lamp

Olivia has opted for this bronze giraffe table lamp to tie in the wildlife theme of her nursery.

Dupe for Olivia Bowen's nursery lamp

This quirky giraffe lamp will add an element of fun to your own jungle-themed nursery.

Olivia’s rainbow mobile

This beautiful rainbow mobile adds a subtle touch of colour to Olivia’s nursery.

Dupe for Olivia's rainbow mobile

We love the pastel colours and cute pom-pom details of this rainbow mobile.

Olivia Bowen on pregnancy, her fears around childbirth and nursery planning

In a chat previously with Mother&Baby, Olivia said, “We're not finding out the gender because so many of my friends have been like it's the best surprise and we don't have many surprises in life anymore so I think it will be fun to try and wait it out. So the nursery itself is going to be quite neutral.

“We've gone for a safari theme which will be really cool with giraffes, elephants and all sorts. It's really fun because I think you can go a bit more wild with a nursery. I've got quite a muted taste in the house, but in the kids room, you can kind of go a bit mad, which is really fun. We've been working with the modern nursery to help us design it and they’re a great one to follow if anyone else is trying to plan a nursery.”

If you’re not following Olivia’s home interiors account already, we recommend you do as her home is goals!

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