It has been almost 2 months since my last post, and I swear time is just flying by! We haven't really done much of anything too fun, just getting things ready for the little mister that will be here any day now!
Before I fill you in on how the pregnancy is going, I will show you how cute his nursery turned out! I had a REALLY hard time deciding how I wanted to decorate. I had millions of ideas for another girl room, but as soon as they said it was a boy I freaked out! I lost so much sleep over what we were going to name him and how to decorate the darn nursery. I was really against baby blue, and the brown/green combo, and didn't want anything too babyish. Brian said he didn't really like navy blue, but I over-ruled him when I decided to go with a "Nautical" theme :) The room was already tan, and we didn't want to re-paint. So we added white and navy accents.
We decided that instead of getting him new furniture, Brian and I would give him the stuff we were using and get new furniture for our bedroom...Everyone wins! I am so in love with our new stuff (which Brian wanted in white instead of dark brown!) and our old stuff get's a new life with baby things on it!
Anyways, everything in the room was either moved from a different place in the house and refinished, or it was built and/or painted by Brian and I! I am so proud of all the crafty things that I did for that room and for the baby.
The curtains really pulled the room together...It actually looks finished now! I wanted to get a curtain rod that fit a bay window, but Brian had the idea of using some metal piece sold at Lowe's for a mere $2.50! He painted it and I just need to find some kind of decorative ball for the ends! Brian built the little sail boat and I sewed the sail. I made the 3 fish hanger on the door (inspired by a seller on etsy.)
I really wanted to put his name over the crib, and thanks to pinterest, I thought of hanging a fishing pole over it. of course Brian loved this idea! I bought the letters and Hobby Lobby and just painted them to go with the theme.
The paddles were built and painted by Brian. I got this idea from Pottery Barn. Brian didn't even have to buy wood for them, he had it in his garage so the price for that project was pretty much zero! I got the unfinished frames at Hobby Lobby and just painted those with acrylic paint. Now we just need some pictures and we are all set!
I had the stars in storage from Christmas decorations, and knew they would look great in this room. The banner is from the "sprinkle" that my best friends threw for us! I didn't want to throw it away so we will just hang it across the dresser for now! The top of the dresser will be the changing table as soon as we get Jocelyn out of diapers and move the pad into Fishers room!
I am so happy that the crib we wanted matched the furniture perfectly! The quilt, blanket and bumper are from Pottery Barn, I made the taggy blanket and the minky crib sheet! Both were so simple.
The anchor was what caught my eye in the very beginning of this room process. I saw it on etsy and HAD to have it! It looks even better in person than I thought it would. I really think it just makes the room. Those frames were the hardest to paint. I had Brian spray paint them white and I taped them off and painted the blue on them. Of course, my paint didn't mesh with the shiny spray paint and I pulled half of it off with the tape :( Oh well, I figured it wouldn't be THAT noticeable and hung them up anyways. I'll fix them one day when I don't have anything better to do ;)
There you have it, now we just need to add a baby and we'll be golden.
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