Simply Sweet DIY

Description

A simple but sweet DIY baby girl's nursery.

Design Inspiration

My inspiration for the project was a pillow I found at TJMAXX one day while I was out browsing. We had just found out we were pregnant and having a girl and the pillow looked so sweet but like something that could grow with a little girl. It is the purple and pink flower pillow pictured. The colors were the inspiration for the whole room. I knew I didn't want a completely pink or purple room and the browns were the perfect neutral base to start with.

Decorating Style

The style became a mod-podge of vintage mixed with modern. I used a little old, a little, new, and it came together!

Project Details

When we first started looking at furniture for the baby room we seriously almost died at the prices, as I am sure  most with children can probably agree. So I decided to put one of my new found skills to work, thrifting! I am one of those people with champagne taste on a beer budget. I picked up my nack for  thrifting the minute I priced out what it would cost to decorate the first place I had when I left my parents nest!

We originally had plans to use the baby furniture set my parents had used with the me & the siblings, but a part was missing and that just wouldn’t do.

We got our crib at the JcPenny Outlet in our area for just $140. Once the crib was purchased, I needed to figure out clothes storage & a changing table. Even though we got all the pieces separately, I still wanted them to look somewhat like a complete set. Both our changing table & dresser were FREE finds from family, but both went through major renovations to match up with our amazing crib! The dresser was a quick update with a little paint and then I stained the top to match the color of the crib. I also changed out the hardware from the original old brass knobs. The changing table was an easy update with a can of white spray paint. Those minor reno’s only cost about $50 in materials & I found awesome baskets at athome for the changing table to match the crib’s wood tone for just $40.

The glider was another DIY transformation. I was extremely picky when I was looking for gliders & I wanted to stay within a reasonable budget. So of course, since my expensive taste kept meeting an expensive price tag, I had to do it myself. The chair itself was originally a 1980's style wooden glider I found at a local thrift shop for $15 & the whole chair renovation cost less than $100 total. I used some tips from a few pinterest posts like this one & then just made adjustments to get the look I was going for.

Her precious hospital picture outfit was made by myself (inspired by etsy) & embroidered by the wonderful ladies at The Prickly Pear.

The light fixture was her daddy’s perfect little touch! I wanted a chandelier, her dad being logical & financially reasonable, wanted a fan or recessed lights (he’s also an electrician, so lighting to him is about function & not looks!) I was pretty dead set against a fan so I did my duty once again! Everything I found that I liked chandelier-wise was way out of our budget, until I stumbled across this bargain! I found this at marshall’s. It was supposed to hang with a candle in it but, excuse the pun, a light bulb just clicked when I saw it! I am obsessed with the gorgeous shadows it creates when it glows! Thank you daddy B for making my lighting dreams come true

The  doll house bookshelf was my dollhouse as a child, just gave it a new coat of paint and added books! The elephant coat rack was in my husbands room as a child & we just updated paint on that too :) If you cant tell spray paint is a thrifters bff!!

A lot of the little decor items were random finds at different stores or pieces out of my own nursery as a kid.

Overall we spent around $600 on her nursery. The bedding bumper & skirt is pottery barn & was my splurge and put me over the $500 mark! I added a pink polka dot sheet from Babies R Us & added a white quilt & pillow I picked up at TJMAXX.

I'm sooo pleased with how her nursery turned out. I can not wait until she graces us with her presence & I can to bring her home to her own little nest!

Favorite Items

My favorite item in the whole room is probably the mobile I made. I found the idea on pinterest & could have ordered it from Etsy here but decided to try my hand at it first. I made my own birds out of felt so it wouldn't be as heavy, I found branches in the backyard I stained the same color as the crib & I ordered the leaves from here and just attached them with hot glue. - did it all for about $12 :)

 

Advice

My advice for anyone trying to achieve any kind of look would be to try it yourself first! If you can do it, great. If you end up having to go buy the one you saw at the store in the first place... at least you tried!