Gray and Cream Baby Girl’s Nursery

Description

I have one other daughter who has a pink, cream, & brown room.  I wanted something totally different in this baby girl's room.  It started with the gray (Annapolis gray to be specific) walls & went from there.  Only 1 wall is stenciled.  The others were left in plain gray paint.

Design Inspiration

The stencil.  I fell in love with the stencil (which I found on Etsy) & everything revolved around that stencil.

Decorating Style

Fly by the seat of my pants.

Project Details

The furniture came from Restoration Hardware Baby & Child.  I love the gray colored furniture, which is in sharp contrast to the traditional white or brown you normally find.  The stencil came from Etsy & Cutting Edge Stencils.  They have so many options on their site.  The stencil was slow going to make sure it was perfectly level, but this was my first time doing a stencil & it turned out perfect.  Use a small hanging level (which can be purchased from CE Stencils) to make sure as you go along the stencil stays perfectly level.

The chandelier came from Pottery Barn Kids.  The frames on the wall cluster came from Etsy again (www.etsy.com/people/VintageEvents).  She custom did the frames in the same color I have on the trim (Palace White by Benjamin Moore).  Incidentally, the gray on the walls is Annapolis Gray (also Benjamin Moore).

The strange looking "bird" or whatever he is, was a custom color creation from "Boogie Buddies" Etsy shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop/BoogieBuddies)

I had custom done roman shades done (Etsy), but wouldn't recommend the person I used.  I would however recommend Calico Corner's who made my other daughters roman shades.  The fabric on the shades however is from Calico Corners.   I used this same fabric on the crib skirt & small pillow on the non-rocking chair.  This chair was given a fresh slip cover (also from Calico Corner's fabric).  The chair was my husband's grandmothers!  The rocking/glider is from Pottery Barn Kids.

The large wall shelf was custom done.  I'd seen one just like this in a Pottery Barn Kids catalog & decided I needed one like it in my both of my kids' rooms.  They both have matching shelves which is great for keepsakes that you don't want kids to grab!

The mobile was handmade (by me).  It used to be my daughter's & was from Pottery Barn.  I disassembled it using only the top portion of the music box & arms.  I used fishing line & made small nots & put the small blue flowers going down on the mobile.  

The large "M" on the wall was custom done & I painted it.  The small wooden wall decor item stating "We do not remember days, we remember moments" came from a shop in Issaquah, WA called "Lucky You" as did the mirror above the changing table (which originally was black & was painted).  The lamp was an up-cycled project.  A $10 find on Craigslist that I then recovered with the same fabric the chair was covered in.

Favorite Items

The stenciled wall!  Because I hand did it over the course of several weeks (my big pregnant belly fighting me all the way), I just cherish that wall!

Advice

Use a level if you're going to stencil a wall...you have to make sure your stencil ends up perfectly level, or by the time you get from one side of the wall to the other it will be crooked.