Nursery Tour
July 29th, 2008 by ariana
The nursery is finally finished! Here is a little gallery of images, I couldn’t get the captions working so here is a list of where everything came from. If I missed anything you have a question about, just post a comment and I’ll answer to the best of my ability.
Enjoy!
Crib: Baby Mod Park Lane from Walmart
Crib Bedding: Orchard Park from Walmart
Monkey Mural: DIY
Safari Mobile above Crib: DIY
Glider: Bought at a consignment sale, but its a dutalier sleigh back
Dresser: Ikea Hemnes 8 drawer Dresser
Drawer Organizers: Ikea Kompliment
Basket with Diapers Etc: Wendy Belissimo from BRU
Mobile above changing table: A shower gift
Art Above the Changing Table: Creative Thursday
Frames for Art: Ikea Ribba in Natural
Rug: Target Dwell Studio Zebra Rug
Nightstand: Ikea Hemnes
Lamp: MiGi Splash Lamp: Available at BRU
Shades: Savannah Roman Shades from JC Penney in Soft Lime
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It looks great! Love the room, you guys have such great taste and talent! Out of curiousity, what size is Jasper’s room? I’m having space issues with Kate’s and there is a rug I’m dying for but I’m afraid it will just clutter up the room and make me claustrophobic. Also, where are those adorable stuffed animals from in the last photo?
So darn cute! I love it all. So cheerful and bright and yet masculine at the same time.
Dawn,
The room is really small.. 8 x 12. The rug from target says it’s 4×6 and in the reviews people said it seemed smaller. I was totally surprised at how much floor it covered. Obviously it’s not a square shape so it’s sort off anyway..
I’ll email you about your other question ;)
I love the nursery and the finished look is amazing. Jasper will be a lucky (and happy) little guy.
To echo Dawn, what size is the room? It doesn’t look very big (in fact, I thought it was much bigger based on prior individual photos), but amazingly uncluttered and efficient use of space.
Thanks Mandoo,
It is small, 8 x 12 and it was a bit like putting together a puzzle figuring out where everything could fit. I initally used a program that I blogged about here:
http://www.becoming-home.com/2008/04/03/its-better-than-moving-furniture/
That really helped with the placement.
The monkey mural is fantastic - did you really freehand it? That’s impressive!
The room looks adorable. Our baby-to-be’s room is even smaller than yours! It does make furniture placement more challenging, but it also helped narrow down our choices considerably. Do you find the baby’s room incredibly soothing? I like just popping into our baby’s room to sit in there every once and a while.
Jason,
Thanks, we did! The “we” in this case being my husband :)
Jaimie, I do find it so soothing.. I love it in there. It also has northern exposure windows which makes it even more soothing. Can’t wait to spend quality time with baby in there!
That looks so great! I’m a little jealous.
SO adorable.
amazing and peaceful!
I LOVE it! The colors are so peaceful and soothing, but all of the accents give it personality and make it so much fun. The DIY stuff makes it so special and meaningful. I also love that it seems like NOTHING you chose was “designer” (e.g., ridiculously expensive) — you are my hero!
it’s gorgeous!! you can tell it was put together with so much love! many happy nights for Jasper in there :-)
What a lucky baby to have such a beautiful room to come home to!
Lucky Jasper! His room is so cute…you’re going to be a great mom!
Your room turned out adorable! It’s funny, I decided early on I wanted a white tree on our brown walls in the baby’s room. We compiled a bunch of pictures of trees and included a pic of your monkey as inspiration to our family friend who sketched the tree for us (she sketched it on the wall, we painted it). Our rooms are SO different, but we have the same zebra rug, too! Yours is so lovely and light and airy - I love it! I’ll post pics of ours once it’s done, so you can see, too. Congrats!
Absolutely adorable!
You did an incredible job! Please send us a few pics and we would love to link back to your nursery for our readers to catch with your permission of course. Really, really well done. Now the fun part begins!Best of luck.
Goodness! It is amazing! And, it has been great fun to watch you compile it over the last few months :) Your nursery could easily be featured on any of those “show off your decorating” websites! What a calm and yet joyful room to grow up in!
That dog really likes that rug! Very nice to have a cool nursery!
Thank you so much for sharing pictures of your baby’s sweet new room. You and your husband did an amazing job and soon there will be a precious little one sleeping in the crib and rocking with you in your chair. Wonderful times are ahead! Was that an i-pod I saw sitting next to your chair? Music was such a special thing for us when my three boys were babies. We played lullabies and beautiful music whenever we were rocking or feeding and had it very softly playing when they drifted off to sleep in their beds. I thought it made for a really lovely transition to dream land … plus it would help filter out any other noises going on in the house. All the best to you in the next few weeks!!
Thank you all so much!
Monica, the clock radio thingy on the night table is an ihome, which is a dock for ipods. I too wanted to be able to play music for Jasper, and also for me if we are having nursing sessions in the glider :)
What a wonderful, wonderful nursery! The animals are precious, and everything comes together so well. Best wishes to you with your delivery and your new baby. The days each of my children were born were the happiest of my life (and I’ve had a good life!).
Oh, can hardly wait to see the little bundle of joy in that happy room.
Was that a kick I just felt…. good luck and get ready to fall in love all over again.
Wow! I have to say - I am not a mural person, but I LOVE yours. It is tres cute. Do you mind if I link your pics from my blog? And you painted it yourself? Aaaahh!!! I l-o-v-e that zebra rug and considered it for our nursery but then went another direction. Seeing it now though, hmmmm… Can I ask how you made your mobile? Did you actually make the individual animals, or did you find them somewhere? I have been wanting to do something like that with birds. Great job!
Patricia,
Congratulations, I didn’t realize you were expecting again!!!
Chickfreakcubed, of course, link away! I did make the individual animals. You may be interested in this post from my house blog about mobiles, it has some good links and pics of bird mobiles too:
http://www.becoming-home.com/2008/06/18/mobile-madness-ariana-gets-crafty/
Your nursery is beautiful! Still sweet and newborn baby-like but modern at the same time! Can I ask you where those cute little stuffed animals are from? (The monkey, lion, giraffe). You have some talent!
Quick question…is the dresser from Ikea a true white or is it an off white? I’m looking for one to match a crib that we have and can’t tell by looking at the Ikea site.
Congratulations on your sweet little guy!
Jenna, the dresser is a little bit off white. Our crib is a true white and its never once bothered me and no one has noticed :)
Hi there - Love your nursery.
The prints above the dresser, I couldn’t get the link to work, it looks like it’s on the Etsy site?
Also — the mobile is exactly what I am looking for! Did you make it? Would you want to make and sell one? ;-)
Love your nursery!