Nursery Progress

The title of this post may be over-promising a bit. There is actually no progress. Still a basically empty room with primed walls, waiting for a makeover.

But I have started buying! And I've nailed down my design concept, more or less.

After debating a nautical theme and an adventurer theme, I've landed on "whimsical adventurer," I think. It's really not going to have a theme, honestly, and it's going to be something that feels like a kid's room without being babyish. Hopefully it will grow with our little lad for a few years. I want it to be a room that I can tolerate and enjoy (not overloaded with muscle cars, dinosaurs, jungle animals, footballs) -- fresh but boyish, bright and cheery but not over-the-top silly.

I have lots of ideas, including thoughts on storing books and toys, a lamp redo, possibly making some paper lanterns and/or pendants, and of course I've been thinking about the art on the walls. But for now, I'll give you a sneak peek of things I have bought or already own that will end up in the room. Before you look at all the fabrics and think "pattern overload," I have plans for simple ivory drapes, an off-white or tan rug, and generally just lots of spots for the eye to rest. So don't worry. :)


WALL COLOR
"Water Mark" by Behr

What can I say about this color... It's exactly what I wanted. And its name is the same as my church's name (Watermark). It was meant to be. Hopefully I'll love it when it's on the walls! I am crazy about the fact that it's a COLOR, but it reads kind of as a neutral. Totally soothing.

FABRICS
I have plans for most of these fabrics, at this point. I own them all. Some will turn into bedding, some will line shelves, at least one will be a book/toy sling... You'll just have to wait and see!

The next three fabrics and the trim are from Hancock.

I bought this hexagon fabric in both cotton and laminated cotton. 

This stripe will run vertically, as I envision it. I'm pulling a lot of the colors for the room from this (grassy yellow, aqua, ecru, bold orange).

I tried to find a swatch of this fabric online and couldn't; it's the same exact fabric/pattern that's on this journal, only it's in fabric form, obviously--not a journal.

This is a trim I will be using on the curtains. It's not as day-glo as it looks here. It's just a fun, vintage-looking pom pom fringe. 

All fabrics below this point are from Tonic Living. Highly recommend the online store's selection.

This one with the kids playing is so precious. It actually looks a lot better in person than it does in this picture.

EXTRAS

 

Knobs for the closet doors. I love them. They are actually already on, so I guess that is one thing I've done in the room. From Anthropologie, of course! 

A bowl that was on sale at Anthro. Figure I can use it to hold pacifiers or something.

 Jelly Cat corduroy lion from Anthro (I had a coupon and a gift card).

This world map served as the jumping off point for the whole room. I had originally bought it for the living room, but the orange was way too bright. It's magnetic and has a nice white frame. Baby G has already been to five countries since he's been incubating, so we'll put magnets over those. From Future Maps Co. online.

 

I have two of these IKEA pails for diaper purposes. Thinking about spray-painting them, but maybe not.

IKEA faux sheep skin for layering over... stuff.

FURNITURE

Jenny Lind crib in white. I bought it off Amazon the other day. A little earlier than I planned, but I noticed it said it takes up to three months to ship (?!?). Oh and don't worry, I didn't get a drop-side crib. It's stationary. I just used this picture because it didn't have bedding on it.

Grainy image of a storage cube. I got two of these after I mistakenly bought a Groupon to Ashley Furniture. Well, buying the Groupon wasn't a mistake, but I thought I could get lamps and -- long story. Anyway, I have two beige storage cubes now. 

This isn't exactly the chair I have... but it is close enough to give you an idea. Also has an ottoman. We might add a rocker (TBD) in addition to this chair. 

Weird picture, but that white shelf behind the lady is what I'm going to be using as a changing table. It's just the right dimensions, and we don't have a place for it anywhere else. I bought it from one of my favorite bloggers in October, intending to use it as a bar cart, but I realized once I got it home that it was not the right size for the space I hoped to put it in. Supposedly it was sold through Horchow and retailed for $500 (I got it for MUCH LESS than that). Probably sacrilegious to use it as a changing table. Oh well.

More updates soon, I hope!