Stars

My clients wanted a beautiful–yet unique–celestial themed nursery for their baby girl. Golds, blushes, and deep coral intertwined with heirloom pieces, yet an overall modern feel

My goal was to design a sophisticated nursery with sweet, charming and thoughtful details that our little one could grow with through the years. I have a deep love for neutral tones and knew immediately that I wanted the nursery to have a monochromatic feel with a little splash of color. The “out of this world” theme lended itself perfectly to provide that boyish and playful pop.

I absolutely love designing, crafting, and creating beautiful things. This was my first baby and I was on the search for a crib that would be different than what you normally see and good quality. I wanted something gender neutral. I stumbled upon this beautiful crib at rhbaby Restoration Hardware Baby and Child’s website and fell in love. I tried to talk myself out of it because it was pricey for a crib. I decided to keep looking but I couldn’t find anything else that I could fall in love with. So I decided to go with my first love. I knew I wanted a wall of stars but I also wanted stripes. I was concerned that the both together would be too busy, especially in a small room. Then I was on the search for themes that I could incorporate in and I came up with a Woodland Theme. I loved the animal photos from Restoration Hardware but they where way overpriced. I was so happy to stumble upon a shop on Etsy that had similar photos at the fraction of the cost.  I took forever to  determine what size pictures I would put on the wall. The animal photos come in different sizes. I end up going with 12 8×10. I had found the garland from hobby lobby but I had to remove the pink. I stumbled upon the teal blue elephant and giraffe and that’s when I decided teal blue would be my accent color. I tend to get carried away with hanging pictures on the wall. I left one wall without photos. I’m happy with how it all came together at the end. Now only if I could get my little one to sleep in there.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A classic nursery that combines both nautical & travel inspired elements.  Not wanting anything too theme specific, we incorporated coastal & travel components into one cohesive nursery using muted shades of blue and gray, natural wood tones, & mixed metals.

I wanted to create a woodland nursery, but wanted it to be more sophisticated and of course gender neutral. I fell in love with gold rub and buff and realized how easy it is to make anything inexpensive look a little more upscale (even plastic!). I was definitely sticking to a tight budget so I DIY’d as much as possible and working in a tiny space for twins.

A light and airy star and airplane themed big boy room.

The first time I read Nancy Tillman’s “On the Night You Were Born”, I was holding my three month old baby boy, Hudson.  The lines in the book brought tears to my eyes because they were so special…so magical…just like my beautiful baby.  When it came time to start planning his first birthday party, I knew I wanted something as sweet, unique, & as wonderful as he is.  “On the Night You Were Born” became the perfect inspiration for his celebration.  I have never seen a party inspired by this precious book so I had to do a lot of thinking to pull it together.  I wanted all of the elements of the party to represent things that were special to Hudson & my family.  We live in the south so Carolina style barbecue was the perfect menu.  The dessert table consisted of the most gorgeous blue ombre cake I have ever seen.  The baker perfectly matched the hues of the night sky in the book.  Grandma made her homemade sugar cookies into “H’s” and “1’s”.  I wanted the party favor to be a fun craft for young children that represented something about the night to perfectly tie into the theme.  The guests & their parents loved the personalized bug catchers!  The centerpieces were mason jars filled  with moss grass and white & yellow balloons to keep the look rustic yet young & fun!  There are elements from the book throughout such as the red cardinal, the polar bears, the night sky peeking in the window, & the stars.

I didn’t set out with any particular “theme” in mind for this room but once I decided to DIY that starry ceiling version of one of my favorite wallpapers, it all came together.  From that one point of inspiration a loose celestial theme evolved – light and peaceful with touches of dark wood to warm things up and loads of different textures.  You can see my original inspiration board for the room here.

We started Nicholas room when I was 7 months pregnant with him. All we knew then was that I wanted a nursery with stripes. The room required a lot of work. We had four drywalls which required sealed and prime. My husband did all the manual labor. I was busy going thru the millions on pins on pinterest trying to find inspirations/ideas and making them my own and unique. The project took us about 2 months to complete.

Hudson’s nursery was designed in baby blue’s and white’s with stars and moons. The stars have a touch of silver in them.

We’re only in this house for a short time before we move to a bigger one, but I wanted to do a jungle theme for my daughter since she loves animals so much. It’s still a work in progress but there will also be a bookshelf and a net in the corner for her stuffed animal zoo.

A gender-neutral nursery with a sun, moon, and stars theme

My first child’s nursery.

A calm, starry space for our little boy

Twinkle Little Star is a neutral idea that can incorporate boy or girl features to make more personal. I started planning before I knew the baby’s sex and just added touches of pink once I found out she’s a girl.

I based Quinn’s room off of the Pottery Barn Kids Haley Collection. We only bought the bumper and then did the rest ourselves! Unfortunately we’re renting so we had to deal with ugly green carpet and an interestingly shaped room. We chose a color for the walls that wouldn’t clash too bad and incorporated the bedding. I have much better ideas in mind for when we have a place of our own!

A TNT/Firecracker-themed first birthday for my son who was born on the Fourth of July.