Inside the Red Clay Strays Nursery: Baby Vivian's White & Baby Pink Dream (+ How to Get the Look)

Some nurseries you design. This one, we got to help dream into being — and when the photos finally arrived, we understood why they say the best rooms tell a story. This is the nursery Brandon and Macie Coleman created for their baby girl, Vivian Jane: a white and baby pink dream wrapped in ruffles, anchored by a gold crib, and stitched together (quite literally) right here in Alabama.

Yes — that Brandon Coleman, of the Red Clay Strays. And if you're wondering whether a Red Clay Strays nursery could possibly be as soulful as the music, keep scrolling. This post is the full nursery tour, plus exactly how to get the look — including the brand-new White and Baby Pink Ruffled Crib Canopy Set that Macie designed and we now make to order for your nursery, too.

Table of Contents

• The Story Behind Baby Vivian's Nursery
• Inside the Nursery: A White & Baby Pink Dream
• Get the Look: The White and Baby Pink Ruffled Crib Canopy Set
• Which Ruffled Crib Canopy Is Right for Your Nursery?
• How to Style a White and Pink Baby Girl Nursery
• Dream Up Your Own: Custom Crib Bedding Colors
• FAQs About Crib Canopies & Made-to-Order Bedding

The Story Behind Baby Vivian's Nursery

It started the way our favorite pieces always do: with one mama's very specific vision. Macie placed a custom order for a ruffled crib canopy set in a combination we'd never sewn before — crisp white cotton framed in soft baby pink ruffles — to crown the gold crib in her daughter's nursery. We handstitched every piece in our small Alabama studio, the same way we've made heirloom crib bedding for over eight years: made to order, made by hand, made to be passed down.

What we didn't fully appreciate until later is how much this collaboration would feel like a family affair. The Red Clay Strays and High Cotton Textile grew up out of the same red Alabama dirt — they're Mobile, we're Glenwood — and there's something deeply right about Alabama-made music and Alabama-made bedding meeting in one baby girl's first room. Two crafts, one home state, and a whole lot of gratitude.

Inside the Nursery: A White & Baby Pink Dream

If you've been searching for baby girl nursery ideas that feel timeless instead of trendy, study this room. Every choice layers softness on softness: delicate floral wallpaper, blush pink drapery on brass rods, a hand-me-down-worthy gold crib, and cream carpet under a vintage floral rug. It's a masterclass in the vintage heirloom nursery — nothing matches exactly, yet everything belongs.

And then the textiles bring it home. The white ruffled crib canopy falls from the ceiling in gathered fullness, its leading edges traced in baby pink ruffle all the way down. A gathered ruffled crib skirt pools below the mattress line, and oversized baby pink crib bows punctuate the gold rails like the finishing bows on a gift. This is what we mean when we say bedding can carry a whole room.

Get the Look: The White and Baby Pink Ruffled Crib Canopy Set

Macie's design was too beautiful to keep to ourselves — so with the family's blessing, the White and Baby Pink Ruffled Crib Canopy Set is now a permanent part of our collection. Every set includes the three pieces you see in Vivian's nursery:

• The ruffled crib canopy — 96" long, 18" diameter, fully assembled, hangs from the ceiling for a side or center placement over the crib
• The gathered ruffled crib skirt — four-sided, 22" drop, fits a standard crib mattress
• The oversized baby pink crib bow — draped front and center on the canopy

Each set is handmade in Alabama from 100% pre-washed cotton — impossibly soft, machine washable, zero shrinkage — and sewn to order in 7–10 business days. If you only want the canopy (maybe you already have a skirt you love, or your grandmother made one — we respect that deeply), the White and Baby Pink Ruffled Crib Canopy is available on its own.

Which Ruffled Crib Canopy Is Right for Your Nursery?

We now make our ruffled crib canopy in three colorways — plus anything you can dream up. Here's how they compare:

Every option is available in mini crib sizing — just leave a note at checkout.

How to Style a White and Pink Baby Girl Nursery

Want to recreate this room top to bottom? Here's the formula Vivian's nursery follows — and it works in any home:

• Anchor with a gold or brass crib. A vintage-style metal crib gives pink-and-white rooms structure and warmth, and it photographs like a dream against soft textiles.
• Let wallpaper whisper, not shout. A small-scale floral in faded pinks reads as heirloom; oversized prints read as trend. This room's delicate repeat is doing quiet, beautiful work.
• Layer your pinks. Blush drapery, baby pink ruffles, and rosy wallpaper tones are all slightly different — that's the point. Matching everything flattens a room; layering shades gives it depth.
• Ground it in white and cream. White canopy panels, cream carpet, a white armoire — the neutrals are what keep all that pink feeling airy instead of saccharine.
• Finish with one heirloom moment. A monogrammed pillow, a floral-topped vintage pram, a framed christening gown — every room in this style needs a piece with a story. (The bedding counts.)

Dream Up Your Own: Custom Crib Bedding Colors

Here's the part of this story we hope you don't miss: this colorway exists because one mama asked for it. White and baby pink wasn't in our collection until Macie dreamed it up. That's how made-to-order works around here — every High Cotton Textile piece can be sewn in custom colors, two-tone combinations, or with a monogram, whether it's a canopy, crib skirt, rail cover, or full bedding set. Visit our Customizations page or simply leave a note at checkout, and we'll sew your vision the same way we sewed Vivian's.

FAQs About Crib Canopies & Made-to-Order Bedding

How does a ruffled crib canopy hang?

Our canopies hang from a single ceiling point above the crib, positioned for either a side or center placement, and arrive fully assembled — no frames to build and no setup beyond the ceiling hook. The 96" panels fall in soft, gathered fullness around the crib.

Can I order the canopy set in custom colors?

Absolutely — that's exactly how the white and baby pink ruffled crib canopy set was born. Any color, any two-tone combination, monograms included. Leave a note at checkout or start from our Customizations page.

Does the crib skirt fit a standard crib?

Yes — the gathered ruffled crib skirt has a 22" drop and fits a standard crib mattress perfectly. Mini crib sizing for both the skirt and canopy is available on request; just leave a note at checkout.

How long does made-to-order crib bedding take?

Every piece is sewn to order in our Alabama studio and ships within 7–10 business days. Nothing sits in a warehouse — your set doesn't exist until you order it, which is exactly why it feels the way it does.

What happens to the canopy when baby outgrows the crib?

This is our favorite question. The canopy panels repurpose beautifully as sweet curtains for a big-girl room — so the piece that watched over the crib gets to keep growing up with her. That's the heirloom part.

A Nursery Worth Singing About

Thank you, Brandon and Macie, for trusting us with Vivian's first little corner of the world — and for letting us share it. If this room has you dreaming, the White and Baby Pink Ruffled Crib Canopy Set is made to order and ready when you are — or browse the full nursery collection to find (or dream up) the look that's yours.

AUTHOR

LAUREN DONOFRIO

Lauren Donofrio is the founder and seamstress behind High Cotton Textile, where every piece of heirloom crib bedding is handmade to order in her small Glenwood, Alabama studio — and where the sewing machine occasionally competes with the piano.