Baby Britt: The Nursery…
This was one of the projects that I was really excited for, however, whenever I start a new project I start to stress and with your arrival just around the corner you can imagine how I am feeling. I would say that at this point the nursery is about 90% done. we just need to do a deep clean and closet sweep before you get here. I want you to know that as easy as it sounds putting your room together was not a breeze. I immediately had an idea and knew what colors I wanted to do and as I mentioned in an earlier post, I just had to be different from the usual baby nursery, in other words, I had to make it difficult. first, we had to find bedding. When I started my baby bedding search I couldn’t find one that I liked that wasn’t out of my budget. this led me to the idea of having it made. My bedding adventure now turned into my fabric adventure which ended in total failure. Everything I liked was too expensive and although I wanted you to have the cutest most perfect bedding set, I am realistic and spending $400 on 3 pieces of bedding is crazy! I know some of you reading this have gone to the lengths of spending that much but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Babies grow faster than my pocket book and I thought that with a little creativity we’d get what we needed AND we did just that. I found this bedding set on Wal-Mart.com for a whopping $100!
Doesn’t the price tag make it that much cuter? it originally came with a polka dot sheet set but I swapped it out with the aqua in order to make it a little more masculine and to stand out from all the black and white in the room. I also bought a matching changing table sheet to add color.
as for the décor, my goal was simplicity. you don’t have the biggest room so I wanted to make sure we didn’t clutter it with decorations. I saw the idea of hanging Japanese lanterns and was going to do that but then I thought, we aren’t Japanese! Haha. no, I then thought I would try something a little different so I could use the colors that I wanted and wasn’t limited to what Zurchers had in stock. I took some Styrofoam craft balls, a little fabric, and VOILA, this is what I made. They turned out so cute and they were exactly what I wanted.
We already had these shelves in the room for our RSL pictures and I decided to keep them. The books were originally put there just to get out of my way but I actually kind of like them, so they’ll stay. Your Aunt Stef also gave us her glider. I wish I would have taken a before picture to show you just what a little spray paint could do but I am a slacker and totally forgot. this was originally a nude wood color and we painted it black to match your room. I’ve covered the ottoman with the same fabric as the hanging craft balls and Stef is working on the cushions for me now. I’m sure glad we have a handy dandy sewing lady close, she saved us some money by throwing this together.
Now I can’t take all of the credit for your room, your dad helped me out with one of the cutest parts. Once we decided on your name I went to Hobby Lobby and bought the letters to hang on the wall. I also bought some paper that matched your bedding and modge podged them to each letter. I then added some fabric and buttons to add a little texture and went around the edges with paint. Your dad built me this awesome frame to go around your name. right when you walk in the door this is what you see. He did such a good job and he was excited to be apart of the creation as well Ü
Now, for the baby bedroom finale….. THE RUG.
You see B, I had found a rug online that would have been perfect for your room BUT as usual, it was well out of my price range. so, I again thought, I’ll just make one. I jumped online and Googled “how to make a rug”. there were so many results and I found a blog from a lady who had made one for her nursery. it looked so simple. nothing more than a couple t-shirts, a latch hook, and some spare time. it was simple B, so simple that it took me about 50 hours to make! Haha! I bet when you read this you’ll think that I’m exaggerating a little, well, I’m not. although time consuming, and causing arthritis, it is EXACTLY what I wanted and it turned out so cute! here is how I did it…
Instead of using t-shirts I used fleece (again, I wanted colors to match) and we struck gold when we found the latch hook canvas we needed for $6. I went to JoAnn’s and spent about $40 on fleece, cut it up, and got to work. Cutting the fleece alone took hours on hours to complete. Each row took me at least an hour and as you can imagine that got old really fast. I would have finished it a lot sooner had I just buckled down to do it but I had to take breaks in between or I would have gone insane. I also made a pillow for the glider, turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself….
Now, we have a while before you turn destructive but I’m warning you now B. this rug will be your favorite thing around and you will not damage it in any possible way. you will never get it dirty or even think about getting it dirty, you will protect it with your life. Who am I kidding? this rug will probably have a short life BUT I can say that I did it on my own and it was exactly what we needed for our finishing touches.
I hope you like your room B, it was so much fun putting it all together, now all we need is you to make it complete.
Love you Baby B,
Mom
My toilet overflowed while I was at work (for a long time). The whole room smells of urine. The carpeting is indoor/outdoor and no padding.Does anyone have a suggestion? Except hiring a pro or total removal. No budget to work with.