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Vintage Toy Nursery – One Room Challenge Week 4

Laura

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!Creating a gender neutral nursery using vintage toys and old children's books as inexpensive and easy decor over the course of six weeks.

One Room Challenge Week 4 goals

Week 4 of the One Room Challenge saw some progress!  Continuing to wear the baby has been helpful for both of us: she naps better, and I don’t feel guilty getting stuff done.  Plus, I have a pretty cute view every time I look down!

The to-do list for the week was reasonable and included:

Of course, with a seven-week old baby as my primary focus, nothing quite got 100% completed, but all the items are in progress…

Add pink or navy ribbon trim to a plain white lampshade

Nope:  I intended to finish this project in Week 3, and then again this week, but no dice.  I made it out to buy the adhesive today, so perhaps in Week 5!

Hang DIY Medal Display Shelf as curtain rod

Calling an audible:  The windows in our new house are very wide, so this option doesn’t work.  I decided to still use the shelf, but on the other side of the room above the dresser/changing table instead.  For the window, I’ll use one of the DIY curtain rods from our old den, which are easily adjustable to accommodate wider windows.

While I figure out exactly what to do with the shelf, I draped the bunting from one of my baby showers over the rod. I really like it and just might leave it!

Make/hang book art and photos

In progress:  I struck out at the first thrift store I visited, but I got a home run (see what I did there?!) at the second one.  For 12 bucks, I got a box full of awesome old books – some in better condition than others, which works well for my purposes – and four old kids’ Christmas records, which will be so much fun to start playing in about a month.

I scored some great pre-1970s kids books, along with some newer ones, including an awesome illustrated copy of the Wizard of Oz and a 1957 version of Snow White.

The pages had separated from the binding, but a few dabs of glue should reattach them. I’ll leave this book intact; it’s too cool to tear apart.

These albums will be so much fun!

Interesting timing for this find as Mickey turns 90 this year!  I couldn’t find a year on the record, but I’m guessing late 1950s based on the art and presence of the Mickey Mouse Club logo; it originally aired around that time period.

How cool is this vintage Mickey art?!  Notice Pluto the elf and Bambi the reindeer!

Order light fixture

In progress:  Not only did I order the fixture, I received it!  It hasn’t made it out of the box yet, but it will…

Goals for Next Week

In Week 5, I hope to:

Some of these items will be more challenging than others.  For example, the curtain rods currently reside on the other side of the Sea of Unpacked Boxes behind the couch in our den, and the hardware is hiding in a bedroom closet.

When you move while pregnant and travel between the move and baby’s arrival…you wind up with a large number of unpacked boxes sitting in your living room!

While I play another game of hide and seek, you can take a look at the other great One Room Challenge projects!

Vintage Toy Gender-Neutral Nursery

Items in bold are complete or in progress; items in italics are goals for the coming week: