Tag: Nursery
DIY Nursery Closet Shelving System
What started out as a poorly configured beige box of a closet is now a beautiful, colorful, & moody space doubling as functional storage and a mini playroom for our 1-year-old daughter. Want to create a DIY closet shelving system of your own? Read on to find out how we maximized both the space and style in this builder grade closet! Continue reading
How to Create Large DIY Art
Have you ever wanted to create the perfect piece of art to hang in your house – but you lack any artistic skills whatsoever?
The wall over our daughter’s crib was bare for the first sixteen months of her life, despite my grand plans to create a beautiful piece of oversized art to hang in the space. I finally did something about it recently, and it was so easy and inexpensive I thought I would be doing the world a disservice if I didn’t share how to create large DIY art – even with minimal artistic skill!
Vintage Toy Nursery – The ‘Reveal’
Since this is the fifth time I’ve participated in the One Room Challenge, I should have known it would be an impossible challenge to complete within the allotted time frame while simultaneously caring for a newborn baby.
When the ORC began in early October, I had a four week old baby weighing in under 6 lbs, wearing Preemie clothing. Now at its completion, she’s ten weeks, over 9 lbs, and moving from Newborn to 3 month clothes! Of course, with fattening up a teeny, tiny baby as my primary focus, the room is not 100% complete, but we’re making progress.
Warning: This post contains unedited photos of an unfinished room taken by an unrested new mom. 🙂 Continue reading
Vintage Toy Nursery – One Room Challenge Week 4
To quickly recap the project, I’m participating in the One Room Challenge and creating a gender neutral vintage toy themed nursery (with a few easily reversed girly touches) for our seven-week old daughter and any subsequent children. We moved into our house less than three months before she arrived, so our main focus for her bedroom (and the rest of the house!) was to create a functional space without worrying much about how it looked. Now that she’s here, I’m taking it from functional to fun! Continue reading
Vintage Toy Nursery – One Room Challenge Week 3
In Week 3 of the One Room Challenge, I focused on making a few DIY decor items. As with the first two weeks of the ORC, it was a struggle to work on the nursery to-do list. I managed to tackle a couple of my goals and learned how to wear the baby to help accomplish these goals while simultaneously snuggling. Continue reading
Vintage Toy Nursery – One Room Challenge Week 2
In Week 2 of the One Room Challenge, I made a tiny bit of forward progress. This week was a tough one for getting much of anything accomplished. Little Miss had some congestion and was fussy. As a result, I spent a lot of time just hanging out and holding her instead of putting her in her swing or bouncy seat so I could do things. I kept reminding myself that she won’t be tiny forever and has no idea what her room looks like – she doesn’t even sleep in it yet – so whether I get photos framed or curtains hung or decide on a paint color on a certain day doesn’t truly matter. Continue reading