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My husband and I are both creative people & when we found out we were expecting a boy we both knew we wanted to make his nursery something special. Since my husband has always been into superheroes, we decided to go with that as a theme. The challenge was to update the theme by making it clean, modern & unique.
maggierusso
I am a children's & wedding photographer from the Chicagoland area. We are expecting our first child this summer & are having lots of fun planning his arrival.
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sara1758
Beautiful colors!!! Can you please post a link to the DIY mobile? :)
Melisa
I can’t begin to tell you how much your son is gonna love his room by the age of two. As a mom of two boys, the superheros are a must! And you’ve done them sooo very well. I love your designs and wish you much success. Thank you for sharing a great nursery!
Jill
Can you tell me the brand/color of the wall paint? This is exactly the green I am looking for! Beautiful room :)
momto2boys
Beautiful! My 3 yo would love a room like this right about now lol! My favorite thing is the classy/clean/modern way you did the superhero theme. The shared room for my sons have a Dr. Seuss theme. I wish I would have seen your project before lol! When we move I may steal some of your ideas for a superhero themed toddler room.
Abi
I love the wall color! Please Share!
Maggie Russo
Thanks everyone! Let me take a look and see if I can find the paint swatch for the room. I picked a similar color for the mobile but it’s not exact.
I based the mobile off of this tutorial. The only thing I did different was that I put two circles of the same color back to back so that you didn’t see the printing on the back of the swatch. I also used silver rings to connect each circle instead of string. It takes a little more time but I think it ultimately looks better.
http://www.heygorg.com/2011/09/diy-paint-swatch-chandelier.html
Pam
Mobile is fantastic! Thanks for sharing the tutorial.
Maggie
Ditto on the wall color, please share when you find the swatch.
Thanks!
Kelly
Love the red chevron bin on the dresser – where is that from? thx!
Maggie Russo
The red chevron bin is from Target! They might still have them there.
BriskRain
Whoa color overload! But I meant that in a good way! The combination of colors you have here is simply amazing! You should teach us how to make those lovely mobiles!
Kelly
This is AWESOME. I voted for you! For the mobile – in her tutorial she uses a lampshade, but in yours, it almost looks like it’s just a single metal ring? What did you use? Thanks!
Kelly
Also, how did you hang the mobile? And where did you get the rainbow octopus in the crib? Thank you!!
Justin Russo
We got the rainbow octopus at The Business record store in Anacortes, WA but they available at the Friends of Socktopus shop on Etsy
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FriendsOfSocktopus
I can’t speak to exactly what kind of metal ring my wife and sister in law used, but we hung it using ribbon tied to white ceiling hook.
Thanks for the votes!
Kelly
Thank you! I wasn’t going to do a mobile in my son’s nursery, but you guys have inspired me to make my own! It’s perfect to tie in all the colors. I don’t see any rainbow octopus on that Etsy shop, but will keep my eye out. Thanks again!
Justin Russo
Kelly,
They actually make each Socktopus out of old sweaters, so I guess we just got lucky and got a rainbow one, but you might be able to e-mail them and request it.
Aggie
Love this room!!!!
Rachel
Any luck on the paint swatch? Love the color, exactly what I was looking for!
Maggie Russo
Rachel,
No luck on the paint swatch yet! I would go with a teal that is not too blue & not too green. Right in the middle! That’s what we did. The swatch in our mobile is pretty darn close, do you want to know what that one is at least? I tried to match it the best I could since I couldn’t find the swatch from the wall. We painted the wall colors a year ago in anticipation of trying for a baby & knowing that it was going to be a baby room eventually.
Jazmine
I love the color. It reminds me of Ben Moore Robins Nest. I have the hardest time picking out colors!
Rachel
Maggie Russo,
Sure! Anything will help! I’m sure the mobile swatch will point me in the right direction. Thanks!
Aarti
I wanted to make a colorful nursery, but my ideas ended up looking circus-y. What a clean and fun way to do a colorful room.
Alison Fennell
That aqua blue wall is what does it for me:) Sets a lovely background onto which all the clean cut no nonsense boyish whites and lines are placed. Love the style and that circular strand mobile is so sweet. Fabulous.
Hayley Bishop
Hi there, LOVE THIS! Very inspiring and thanks so much for sharing. Just a question on the mobile – what size circle punch did you use and what was the ring diameter of the circle it is attached to..? Many thanks! Hayley
savannah
OMG! I absolutely love this room!!!! where did you get the quilt from? I really like that primary colors were used bc it makes the room so alive! GREAT JOB!!!
Jere'
LOVE this room! Is the crib skirt grey and white chevron? Also where did you have the blanket made?
Melissa White
Wondering if I could ask a couple of questions about the artwork in the nursery?
Justin Russo
Shoot. (sorry for the late response, just now seeing this)
katie
very col! although I would like to know where you found the crib quilt, or if you made it? if you did make it where did you get the material?
Maggie
Hi, did you find the name of the paint color? i really love it and want to paint this summer!
Kelsey
where did you get the superhero blanket?
Clarity
Hi, my company Friends of Socktopus made that rainbow octopus. It is made from recycled sweaters and it looks fabulous in this nursery- you guys did a great job! I’m happy to make pieces to coordinate with any nursery decor! My Etsy shop is here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/friendsofsocktopus
Jamie
Awesome room! Do you happen to know where you got the rug?
Lala
Would you have an idea of the paint company used and where you found the rug? Thanks in advance.
Taylor
what silver rings did you use for the mobile? I agree, it looks much better than the string. You did a beautiful job!
Lynette
I see where you state that the awesome custom art your hubby made is for sale. Where would that be? Our surprise baby boy is going to be sharing a room with his sister for a while and we’ve decided to do her half rainbows and his superheroes so it’s one color palate. Your art work is exactly what I’m looking for. :)
Leonardo
Hi where did u buy that face’s hero portraits? thanks
Amber
I am sure this post is very old, but I have been searching and searching for that blue rug that is pictured. Where did you get this?!