Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Baby Boy Nursery

I have finally uploaded pictures of my baby boy's nursery. I started designing his room around his crib bedding passed down from my sister. I was trying to stay away from colors that were too gender specific because we kept the sex a surprise, so using her bedding worked out perfectly because it has a mixture of bright colors that could be used for both a boy and a girl's nursery. My father-in-law gave us this gorgeous antique rocking chair given to him by his mother. It is sweet to think he was rocked in this chair as a baby. The seat is needle pointed, so in order to keep it from getting destroyed by spit up and such, I draped a blanket over it. For artwork above the bed, my mother-in-law brought me an old and used Mother Goose nursery rhymn book to cut from. I had so many black frames I was not using, so to save money I spray painted them white instead of purchasing new ones. To create the skirted bed side table I bought the base from Target and draped blue and white gingham fabric over it from Hancock Fabrics. Another DIY project were the letters above his crib. I purchased the plaques, letters and ribbon from Michaels and painted them myself.

3 comments:

  1. A lovely nursery, just the right amount of blue.. the mother goose art is perfect for a childs room.

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  2. This is ADORABLE! And these are really great pics Sarah! Did you take them? I hope all is well with the fam!

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  3. Hi Sarah

    I love your nursery! Especially the letters - How did you do the black and white polka dot part?

    I would love to feature your nursery in the gallery on my site.

    You could enter it in my contest too if you like.

    The contest closes 31 December and the prize is $100 from thelandofnod.com

    Here’s the link if you are interested:

    nursery contest

    I hope to hear from you soon.

    Best regards
    Helen Burroughs

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