Nursery
Erin, November 20th, 2009
I’m exploding with design ideas lately. I think part of it is that I am looking forward to spending more time at home once little Peabody arrives and I have so many projects I want to do! I’ve been getting very distracted by ideas like upholstering a headboard (like this one from Design Sponge), creating an office space in our bedroom, refinishing furniture… I’ve had to try to make myself focus on forming a design for the nursery instead of taking on the whole house at once. Part of my problem is that in my search to get baby room inspiration, I keep coming upon all kinds of good ideas! It doesn’t help that I hit upon some fantastic blogs with all kinds of beautiful things and do it yourself projects like the above mentioned Design Sponge, also Creature Comforts, Decor8, and Apartment Therapy.
Every time I try to narrow down my ideas, I find a new look or color that I love. So far, I have hit upon one thing that I hope will help provide some cohesion for my random thoughts. While sorting through sites for cool fabric, I came upon the designer Alexander Henry and fell in love with his Spotted Owls pattern (perfect for a little boy!):
Although I might also try it in aqua too:
I’d like to make some curtains, the crib bumper, crib skirt, and maybe a couple pillows, but one thing that was particularly hard was finding fabric I actually liked. Here are some suggestions from my neurotic web-searching of good fabric sites: Fashionable Fabrics, Fabric Worm, Sew, Mamma, Sew, and PurlSoho. Of course if you are really enterprising, you can even design your own fabric at Spoon Flower. Just as a seed idea, here are some prints I immediately liked:
Alexander Henry: 2D Zoo, Bird Seed, Cotton, Poppies Bright, and lots more..
Michael Miller: Tweet Tweet
Heather Ross
Anna Griffin Riley: Circus
(I’d love reader in-put on some other good fabric sources though!)
I think birds are going to be my theme, and I ran across this adorable do it yourself bird mobile for above the crib.
I’d like to either paint or apply some birds to the walls. My thought is that I might do the room a muted yellow and paint some white and gold birds on the walls– it all depends on what I find for a chair and a rug in the room though, since those will determine my colors to a large extent. For birds or other designs you can apply to a wall without painting, look no further than MyCurlyCue.
For the crib, I’ve been thinking about a vintage iron one and am drawn to the idea of painting it a bright color that stands out from the rest of the room, like this yellow one:
AND, I just happened to find one on Craigslist
Here are some before pictures so you can see what I’m able to come up with in the next four months of office-to-nursery transformation. The office is definitely the ugliest room in our house, so it will be an easy challenge!
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How fun planning and designing, and preparing! You and your sisters are so creative, I’ve no doubt that you’ll come up with something amazing! So did you buy the crib from Craig’s list…or just look at it?
If only you could just buy fabric and let it sit around and not have to pretend you bought it for a sewing project…
I love the owl theme.
You are one darn lucky duck, finding that amazing crib, I love it!
That’s funny, I’ve been looking for wall decals for my imaginary future baby room too. LOVE this one: http://www.rosenberryrooms.com/481-chalkboard-animals-wall-decal.html?CS_003=2082644&CS_010=481-chalkboard-animals-wall-de
Oh, and the cowboy fabric from my blanket making is that same brand- Alexander Henry…. what can I say? Great minds think alike.
I am so jealous of that crib. People out here don’t get rid of very good stuff, mostly junk.
I’m totally digging the owl fabric.
i like the white owls mo’ betta,
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love the creative approach to the nursery
Love your ideas! I think you would like (for inspiration not purchasing, because really who wants to spend $900 on a crib set?) the Serena & Lily bohemian stuff. Their book, Nursery Style, has some great eclectic ideas. And, I love the fabric, but unfortunately I like the cream and the turquoise–so I’m no help.
http://www.serenaandlily.com/
Lauren– love the website! Thanks for the good resource!
The Craigslist image is gone, but the other one worries me a bit — those bars look wide enough a part for a little head to get stuck in them.
I got what you mean , regards for posting .Woh I am thankful to find this website through google.