Tour an Adorable Nursery With Hand-Painted Details and Plenty of Whimsy

Creative consultant Elizabeth Cook and her family recently moved to their “forever home” in Columbus, Georgia. Around the same time, she met and fell hard for the work of local painter Emmie Ruth Wise. “I knew I wanted to incorporate her artwork in our home and because I had such fond memories of my childhood bedroom, we started with a mural in my daughter’s room,” Elizabeth says.

“I grew up in a very happy yellow-colored room adorned with hand-painted bugs, butterflies and flowers,” she explains. “The room was painted by a special education teacher who painted on the side. Fast forward almost 30 years, and I wanted to create a similar space for my daughter.” She envisioned a retreat for Louisa, now 26 months old, where her imagination could flourish — and she, Emmie Ruth and her network of talented friends got to work on making it a reality.