Nursery or office-gym-den? Should prospective parents decorate or hold off until baby arrives

AS A first-grade teacher and admitted kid magnet, Nancy Nielsen always assumed she would have children of her own -- so much so that when she and husband Todd looked for a house in Corona, they bought a place with three bedrooms. Until those spare spaces were needed as nurseries, they used one as a home office and the other as a library and craft room.

By Alexandria Abramian Mott

July 10, 2008