Description
Nursery done in teal and green with a lot of handmade touches. The antique furniture is balanced by the modern fabrics and colors.
Design Inspiration
Sweet William fabric in teal, found here: http://tonicliving.com/productsdetails.asp?productid=1185
Decorating Style
Shabby chic and found/antique items with a little bit of contemporary thrown in. A friend once described my design style as "contemporary cottage." I sew and create a lot of my decor by hand.
Project Details
This nursery is for our first baby, a little girl due next week! I sewed the curtains from Sweet William fabric in teal (available from Tonic Living), and lined them with black out fabric. I sewed the ottoman using Amy Butler's Gum Drop Pillow pattern (http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/patterns_display.php?id=31). The fabric is Zig Zag Village Green/Natural by Premier Prints (http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/p/SW9557/Zig-Zag-Village-Green-Natural-by-Premier-Pri-Apparel-Fabric). I used the same fabric to make the crib skirt, adding teal pom pom trim to the bottom. The mobile was made using a picture frame, crocheted beads, and needle-felted animals.
The rug is from FLOR (Feelin' Groovy in the color "Breeze", found here: http://www.flor.com/feelin-groovy-breeze.html), and the white turned wood crib is from Amazon.com. The changing table is a craigslist find that I painted white and added new drawer pulls.
The chair belonged to my grandmother and I had it reupholstered in a neutral linen. The quilt hanging over the side of the crib is an amazing gift from two of our friends.
More details on my blog: http://ournestingground.blogspot.com/2012/07/nursery-progress.html
Favorite Items
So hard to choose but probably the handmade mobile.
Advice
You can never go wrong if you go with what you love! Blue and green are dominant colors throughout my home, and even though we are having a little girl, I didn't feel the need to do a pink nursery, but rather I stuck with the colors I love.
Hi lovely balanced nursery. My fav is the corner armoire/hutch. What color, brand did you paint this?
Absolutely stunning!!
Thank you so much for the inspiration!!!
angthompson,
Here’s a link to the closet divider tutorial: http://ournestingground.blogspot.com/2012/06/closet-divider-tutorial.html
angthompson,
Thank you! I made the closet dividers myself. Here’s a link to the tutorial: http://ournestingground.blogspot.com/2012/06/closet-divider-tutorial.html
I love your nursery! Where did you get the size dividers for the closet? Wonderful idea!
Absolutely gorgeous nursery! All the special handmade touches are what set it over the top for me. Great job, and congratulations!
Mrs.Echon,
I found it! My iPad kept spellchecking it without the “e” in Minnie…
sarah,
Oh wow! I am an etsy shopaholic! I just tried that address and it’s not working nor the on etsy under search :( it must be me! I must see your shop! :D
Uber stylish
Mrs.Echon,
Thank you, and yes I made the felt animals. I sell them in my etsy shop, minniemillery.etsy.com, but this was the first time I’ve made some for myself!
Dandelion,
Funny you mention that. I actually had a set of Sylvanian dolls when I was a child, the bear family, and will be passing them on to our daughter. Maybe I was subconsciously inspired by them :)
The handmade mobile is adorable! It reminds me of those cute little Silvanian Family dolls.
Cutest ever mobile! Did you make those felt animals? They’re very sweet! This room looks refreshing!
I love it, so cute!! Your color scheme is so nice. Baby K has a beautiful room to come home to :-)
C’s_mommy,
The paint color is Hopsack by Valspar, in satin.
This nursery is so beautifully put together! Its lovely! I love the closet dividers–such a neat idea to organize baby’s clothes. Could you share the brand and color of the wall paint? It’s a great neutral backdrop to let the colors and patterns of the fabrics pop. Thanks!