This Nursery is for the Birds… and Your Sweet Baby

Description

Little girl nursery with vintage feel. Chandalier, tree, birds, wood floor....

Design Inspiration

A lyric from and Avett Brothers song served as the inspiration for this nursery... "She knows which birds are singing and the names of the trees where they're performing, in the morning."  This lyric was painted on the outside of her door so it is read as you enter the room.

Decorating Style

My style is typically vintage, shabby chic, and Anthropologie-esque.  I love birds and the ocean.  Color and accent inspiration often draws from these 2 things.

Mixing textures and layering colors gives room dimension.

Project Details

The brown is a nice cheery brown called interactive cream from sherwin williams.  (I have recieved numerous compliments on what a nice soothing and cheerful brown this is!) The ceiling is white with a crown molding trim.

The chandalier is from Ballard Design.

The wood floor was damaged (We had pulled back the carpet from the previous owners to discover it.)  So we painted it white.

The dresser is a vintage piece painted bright green and then stained over with a dark walnut stain.  The basket sitting on it to hold her animals is an old bicicle basket from an antique shop.  Her lamp, wicker table, and artwork are finds from antique shops as well.

The shelf is actually meant for a bathroom but is perfect for a nursery because it fits thos unsightly odds and ends in cute little mason jars in the compartments and serves to hang her extra blamket and burp cloths on the bar.

Her bedding, bookshelf, and rug are from pottery barn kids.

The curtains are from pottery barn.  I hung 96 inch to make the window appear larger and more elegant.  I hung a sheer/lacy/polka dot panel from ikea over the striped curtains to soften them up and make it feel more relaxed and dream like.

Her name is written with kid letters from Anthropologie above her crib.

I replaced her doorknob with a fancy one from Anthropologie.

The tree and birds on the wall are a decal from deli decals online.  They are fabulous to work with!

2 of the photos above were taken by Jean Smith... the one with the collage of pics and the one with mommy and baby in it.  She is an AMAZING photographer out of Michigan.

Favorite Items

The whole thing...  Each element was chosen carefully so that I would LOVE the enitre thing.  

Advice

Look at antique shops or for items in your house that can be repurposed.  Layer your whites by having cream... off white... white... not everything has to match... nor should it!

Make sure you LOVE every piece you put in there.  It will all come together.