A Nursery ready for Baby!

Well after many months of shopping, planning, and organizing- the day was finally here... nursery install.  I organized the troops- (the designer) my sister Jessica, good friend Kelsey, sister to be Stef, my mom and aunt!  We worked for  the entire day- literally nearly 12 hours knee deep in DIY projects.  But I must say the result is something I think our little girl will love for years to come!! :)

We started the day with our white built ins that just needed a little something extra.

We went with a bold, graphic navy patterned wallpaper.

Here is the final product with the wallpaper and shelving- just waiting for some accessories.

When decorating the shelves we wanted to keep it minimal so you could see the wallpaper-.

Touches of color throughout the shelving

While making sure to keep them fun and child like

Stef has amazing ironing and steaming skills! 

On to other DIY projects- window seat cushion, hemming curtains, crib skirt from a twin sheet, and lots more! 

A big shout out to Kelsey Clark for sewing a crib skirt out of a twin sheet.

I LOVE this wall decal that is on the wall as soon as you enter the room- so sweet.

These built ins are kinda my favorite thing!

Changing table area

We filled in the frames with scrapbook paper until we get some newborn photos.

Love this navy dresser- it just needed to have switch of knobs to be a little more girly.

Just a simple mirror collection above the crib.

Just a little nook to rock little one to sleep.  The table is still a work in progress- needs a coat of paint and a new knob.

A very simple art display of fabric and sewing circles.

We couldn't just stop on the nursery- we had to jazz up the connecting bathroom as well. 

A HUGE thank you to my helpers (missing from pic is Kelsey Clark)- I know one little gal who will surely love this room! 2 weeks left!!

A Weekend DIY

 We had a new table for our kitchen that we loved, but it did not come with any chairs.  So we found some that we liked off a website but did not care for the plain tan cushion color.  We wanted to give them a little pop of color.  So I set off to Joann Fabric and found great yellow fabric with a fun modern geometrical pattern.  Follow the pictures for a step by step...

The before tan, somewhat boring cushion

Start out with cutting enough fabric to cover the cushion with about a 2 inch overhang on each side.  Then use a staple gun to securely staple along each side of the chair.- Shout out to my designer sister Jess- who was doing the work here!

Leave the corners until the end- they can be the most intimidating.

Corners- Flatten the fabric and do one staple in the middle

Then fold down one side at a time and staple.

There you have it... a clean, tailored corner fold.

Here is a final product...

Now the chairs look great and add that bit of color I wanted in the kitchen area.

Nursery Update

 Okay with only about a month left of this pregnancy- it is time to get down to business on this nursery!  It started as just an empty unused room in our home.  I really wanted to give it a little character with built-ins and a cute window seat (something I always wanted as a little girl).  So we found a local handyman to do custom built in shelves with connected window seat that opens for storage.  I LOVE the way they turned out!

The room starting out.

Each side has about 4 shelves that can all be adjustable.

Next, it was time to put the boys to work!  Well Aaron really changed the light out, while Ian tried to be helpful, and  John supervised from the comfort of the glider.  Practicing his baby hold with the monkey in hand!

Out with the builder grade, white ceiling fan and in with the adorable golden,  with a touch of bling chandelier. 

Here are the built-ins and painted.  Next step- we are going to wallpaper the back of the shelves for an extra pop of color and pattern.  Ahh- can't wait to see that finished, then it will be time to stage the shelves.

Then, we needed to finally select a paint color.  With about 7 different options we settled on a calm color called ''sea foam'.

Here is where we are currently:  Built-ins-check, walls painted-check, light changed-check, crib put in-check, glider  delivered-check!! Progress makes me happy- I can start to picture this as an actual nursery- and filling it with a little precious girl!!!

 Now even after all the progress, my to do list is still rather long...

gallery of fabric circles to complete

Need to finish the picture gallery for above the changing table

I am excited to get the dresser delivered and change out the basic knobs with these cute ones!

On a side note- this little gal has quite the closet started all ready!

So as you can see, things are happening around here- slowly but surely!  We have a about 4 weeks left and hopefully all these projects will come together within that time.  I am excited to share the final product!!