My color inspiration came from (where else) Pinterest. I had been browsing for some time and pinned a few ideas like this, this and this. We went to visit our paint friend at Lowe's and chose some Olympic paint in eggshell. The colors (shown below) are Forsythia Blossom and Stormy Weather. We used some white paint already at home for some touch ups. We also painted the ceiling a lighter shade of Forsythia Blossom called Butterfly Bush.
Here was our after with the room still empty. You can barely see the ceiling color, but the white crown molding shows the different between the ceiling and wall color well. I like our decision to go with a lighter yellow instead of the standard white.
And here is our nursery today. I literally took these pictures this past weekend after we cleaned up and found a home for all the baby clothes, toys, cards, etc. I'm sure this will all change a bit more before (and after) baby arrives, but I love the (for now) finished product.
You'll notice a few blankets draped on the crib. Like I mentioned before we've received some great gifts. My mom sewed the one in the middle (with characters from Where the Wild Things Are) and my aunt Deb bought us the blanket on the right which fits perfectly with the nursery colors.
This is our little reading nook. Some of the books you see were gifts and we we've purchased a few ourselves. You'll also see a few fury friends hanging out on the rocker, again gifts from family.
Update: instructions on making the floating shelves here.
The double doors lead to the closet, which needs a lot more work. We need to move lots of boxes out and find new homes for them before we can hang up little baby clothes and such.
I'll expand on a few of the details in the room too. Here is a closer view of the paintings above the crib. Once again I got my inspiration from Pinterest, found here, here and here. I shared my thoughts with Joe and we each took over with our own canvas.
The canvases were bought at Michael's with a coupon making only $4 (originally $10) for the pack of two. Then we just took wine corks and dipped them in the paint we had left over from the walls and ceiling. It was a fun project for both of us to put our own touch on the nursery. Can you tell who made which one above?
We bought the crib on Wayfair online. It was a store I had never purchased from before, but once we settled on the style and color we wanted, they had the best price. We were pleased with the price and how quickly it was delivered. The more I look at this picture the more I think we need a crib skirt. Nothing fancy, just maybe a white one to cover up the wood board you see below the mattress. Another project!
Of course the night the crib was delivered we were anxious and took the time to put it together. It maybe took us an hour in total which wasn't that bad. This picture was taken from my iPhone, hence the different color tones. Funny thing is this picture probably shows the wall color better than the ones above. The yellow is a nice soft color, I love it.
The pillows I bought off Etsy from here and the pillow inserts came from Amazon. I wanted something to spice up the white chair which believe it or not I got from my grandparents back in college and we slip covered. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for contributing to the nursery. Bet you never thought that would happen 8 years ago when you gave me this chair!
The curtains (which are one of my favorite purchases for the nursery) are from West Elm. I found them here and you'll notice, it's actually a shower curtain! I actually got this idea from this blog and fell in love. I knew I wanted gray and white curtains and the wide stripes were perfect. I shouldn't refer to plural curtains because we only bought one. It's plenty wide to cover the whole window. If you clicked on the link and saw the inspiration blog post you'll see that she added an orange panel to the bottom of the curtains. I decided against this for two reasons: 1) the length was good and I didn't feel I needed to add to it and 2) I don't have a sewing machine so adding the panel would be somewhat difficult. One more victory for this purchase... I got the 10% off for signing up for West Elm emails. Gotta love saving some money! Oh and don't let the first picture below fool you, we use to have the rocker in front of the window, but moved the furniture around recently.
I plan on telling you more about the changing table, dresser and shelves in separate posts. Joe and I got crafty and did some major DIYing!I'm so happy with how the nursery turned out and I feel very accomplished with how much we've done. It was fun to have a blank canvas to work with and Joe and I really put our heads together to come up with a fun room for our baby.
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