Details of the Nursery
I’ve had a few questions asked about sources for the nursery, so I thought I’d share:
PAINT
walls: Rhino by Behr {home depot}
bed & shelves: Raging River by Sherwin Williams
WALLPAPER
Peonies gift wrap by Caskata. I have not seen this line in many stores, but you can look for a retailer in your area. I used wallpaper paste, rolled it onto the paper {you want to make sure your paper will hold up to the paste} then adhered it to the wall. Super easy and I love the result. Keep in mind that many papers are not a continuous design and do not meet up when you put them next to each other. Mine did not and if you look closely you’ll notice, but it doesn’t bother me.
BEDDING
bumper: made myself {!} using linen curtains from IKEA and white piping made from IKEA curtains as well.
crib sheet: 2 yards of fabric folded over the mattress. This material was my first inspiration for the room. Rarely do I find a fabric that I adore, especially one with a pattern. There is just a tiny hint of blue in there and while it doesn’t really go with anything, I sort of like the eclectic feel it gives. And it helps tie in the gold of the wallpaper.
crib skirt: Pottery Barn classic stripe twin bed skirt in porcelain. I cut it apart and remade a crib size skirt. Then I added tulle and grey grosgrain ribbon to the bottom. I run into this problem often: I have an idea in my head and the product just doesn’t exist {or, if it does, it is far outside of my price range}. Thus, I end up making my own stuff. And very rarely is it made properly or expertly, as evidenced by this crib skirt. But it is the look that I wanted and cost very little.
coverlet: about 10 years ago I bought two of these on sale from the Martha Stewart line at K-Mart. Perfect for a little girl’s room {interesting purchase for a 21 year old, but so glad I did!}
pillows: made by me from left-over crib skirt fabric, crib sheet fabric and fabulous velvet given to me by a friend who used to work at the design center and has quite the collection of discontinued fabric samples.
ruffle pillow is from pier1.
MOBILE
created by me {here is the tutorial}
CURTAINS
Again made by yours truly. I bought this satin in the holiday garment section of Joann’s after Christmas last year. It was 70% off and I think I paid $2.50 per yard. They are lined with IKEA white curtains {which makes them thick and dark at night}. They were originally hanging in our master bedroom, but my vision for our room didn’t really work, so I decided they would be the perfect ‘party dress’ set of curtains for our baby girl. I added the ruffles to the bottom just to make them fancier.
They are hung with shower curtain rings that I find so charming. They are from the Rachel Ashwell line at Target {sorry, I couldn’t find a link}.
ARTWORK
The gold frames are old – collected from my mom & mother-in-law. I cut foam core to the size of each frame then fabric glued the same linen IKEA curtain fabric to it. Each little item is just pinned to the foam core.
Hope that helps!
