Coming Together: Ending the Nursery Blues

For a while there, I was starting to get real worried. There's nothing worse than looking at a beautifully painted room unused and full of crap. Especially when you're married to a Type A clean freak who doesn't stop reminding you of the nursery's dire condition. Don't get me wrong--I have always been anxious to get cracking on the baby's living quarters. However, without the crib I felt like I couldn't move forward with the design (it's kind of the focal point of the room) and we didn't really have the funds to make such a big purchase. [Insert excited mother/grandmother and her generous offer to buy us our dream crib.]

We were through the roof excited, and my mom actually took us on Saturday morning to order the princess bed from Baby's R Us. It should be here in about 7-10 days, and as soon as that happens I can fill the room with beautiful vintage tchotchkes and old school fairy tale books. See next post for the big crib reveal!

In the mean time, I have still been busy with as many crafts as I can get my hands on. So far I have finished the curtains, hung them up, made the entire tissue paper flower mobile, and painted the chandelier and hung it up. I have also gathered all of the necessary knick knacks for the gallery wall. All that's left to do is purchase a changing table and get the custom crib bedding from a lovely friend who is sewing it for us.

Well, without further introduction, here are the nursery pretties I have been working on as of late. Can't wait to see the final product come together. Stay tuned!

These are the fabrics I decided on for the crib bedding. All three fabrics will be in the crib skirt, and then the two that are together in the photos will be used as big bows that I am attaching to the plain white eyelet crib bumper I purchased (3 bucks at Goodwill. SCORE!).





This is what our new and improved Ikea chandelier looks like (Thanks to my mother-in-law Sally for surprising us with it). I painted it with acrylic paint (pictured below) and then spray painted it with a high gloss clear coat. Jacob cut the wires to make it hang at the perfect height.





Can't forget the DIY no-sew curtains (thank you to Young House Love for the sweet tutorial). I don't have a sewing machine at my house, so I used hem tape to make these easy curtains with some fun fabric (that's also used in the crib skirt). I think the yellow looks awesome against the light teal walls, and these are just the perfect length. I also painted the drapery clips pink.





Check out this sweet before and after. Crazy what a can of spray paint can do! (And for those of you who are crafty DIYers out there, or at least want to try and become one, Fred Meyer has the best spray paint selection! It's a treasure trove.)





And of course, we can't forget about those tissue paper flowers. Now, these things are actually pretty snazzy. I made a bunch of colors (I made a couple practice ones with purple tissue paper, but they won't be used in the nursery). After I made 10 or so, I was starting to whip them out like hot cakes. They are so fun and easy to make.




Thanks for keeping up with these fun projects I am working on. I have turned into a major craftolholic diva, and am proud of how most of these little guys have turned out. Can't wait to keep sharing more with you!