More Nursery Projects

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on some more nursery DIY projects.  All of these I got inspiration from the internet for them.  And I love how they are turning out.

First, we have the mobile.  I took two different ideas and combined them into one.
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Mine

Then I found this really cute art piece on Etsy. For about 1/3 of the cost I duplicated it with some minor modifications. I used the same paper on this that I used in the mobile, so they match!

Etsy version

 Mine

And last, I wanted to do something with either Elsa's name or her initial. I found these letters and decided to just do one initial.  

Etsy Version

Mine

Slowly but surely things are coming together. Can't wait to have it all put together!

Nursery Projects

Spent this weekend working on some nursery projects. I am loving seeing things come together, albeit slowly. We had already painted the walls a pale yellow last weekend.  And right now I am praying all of this matches the bedding, which I have only seen online.

My first project was to add a little pizzaz to a mirror I bought at the Just Between Friends sale.  I got it for $8!  I saw this photo on pinterest.com and loved the subtle hint of teal on the edges of the bunk bed railing.

 It gave me a great idea to do that to my mirror.

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After

I saw this lamp online and really wanted it. I talked about this in an earlier post.  It was at target, but I couldn't find it.  Then they finally got it in.  But it cost about $50 with the lamp and lampshade.

So I scored an old lamp from my mother-in-law that had a great shape to it.  It was pretty dated, and was forest green and brass.  With a little bit of spray paint I ended up with the a new painted lamp.

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After

And I made my own lamp shade out of an old one we had, plus some matching ribbon I picked up at Michaels.

Before

And the finished product

After

After

Also got some ideas for the mobile while I was at Michaels.  But that is a project for another day.

Nursery Design

I have begun to start to explore designing the nursery.  We picked out the Layla bedding:

After visiting a few stores today and looking for items, I got a little worried that I wouldn't be able to find things that I like in this color scheme.  But a little bit of internet inspiration, and I think I might be on a roll.

The wall color will be a nice soft, soothing butter color:

I decided to pull the green from the bedding for the area rug.  A nice soft shag rug:

I found this lamp, however, I think it is discontinued.  But that doesn't mean I can't paint a lamp!!

And I heart these hooks!!

The only problem I am having right now is what color curtains to get: (feel free to comment for a vote)

And lastly, I think I will make the mobile.  I went on Etsy and got some inspiration from this one:

So all in all, I think this can work! Just needed to get my creative juices flowing.