The Nursery

The nicest room (our favorite) in our house is the nursery. I always had a picture in my mind of what I wanted my baby's room to look like and I love that it turned out even better then I imagined. Here is how it all came together.

Side note: This has been Katie's room but we are moving her into a big girl room. When our next baby comes we will personalize the nursery just for them. It is great that we have a room that will be work for a boy or a girl.

A couple years before Katie was born I found a crib bedding set at Target that I loved...so I bought it. (Since I was a little girl I have been buying things for my future children.) I am a practical girl so I wanted to decorate the nursery in neutral colors and a gender neutral theme. Greens and animals was what I had in mind so what I found at Target was perfect! Don't you agree?

When we found out that "K" (Katie's birth mum) had chosen us, we went to work on preparing the nursery. I told my friend Heather what I envisioned and she helped me make it happen. She is an awesome painter! I had always wanted stripes in the nursery so I was so excited that the bedding had stripes too. It also has a light border of polka dots and I had the perfect spot in the room to bring them out. We hired another friend's daughter to paint a giraffe on an accent wall. Ken wanted to add something to the room as well so with the help of yet another friend they added a chair rail. Next we bought the perfect furniture. Well at least we think it is perfect.

The stripes are different shades of green, the chair rail was painted white and the bottom is a pale yellow.

The polka dots are light and dark brown. 

The giraffe is an exact copy from the bedding. I was amazed at how accurate and how fast she painted it. 

The next project was the toy box. It started off as a light wood color. I loved the red accents on the bedding and wanted to bring it out more so I decided red would be the main color of the toy box. On the top of the box I decoupaged baby pictures that I had been tearing out of magazines since I was a teenager. (Can you tell that I have always wanted to be a mother and was preparing to be one, lol.) I finished the box with vinyl lettering. 

The chair was a garage sale find! How perfect!

Katie has since ripped some of the photos off so I need to redo the top.

When we were down in Utah awaiting Katie's birth I had the pleasure of staying with my best friend. She is very crafty! Thankfully she was willing to share her talents with me and helped me make the curtains. (This is the first set of curtains that I ever made.) We made the red part of the curtains together and they turned out great. There was only one problem, I had the measurements wrong. The curtains ended up being a few inches too short. I ended up adding the light brown polka dot fabric to the bottom and liked it even better than the plain red curtains. Yeah for mistakes!

While we were in Utah we also picked up a beautiful picture of Christ with a child. This picture spoke to us. We knew it would be great in the nursery. 

Here are the rest of the accessories and how it all came together. 

Katie's birth aunt made the adorable diaper box. We love it!

With our next baby we will take down the "BABY" and put their name up there.

We can't wait until a new little one moves in!