Nursery Part 1

Baby girls nursery is almost done.  Picking out a color scheme was the easiest part.  I worked around the buffalo check bedskirt that was already in the room, and then of course added touches of green:) The oil painting was from an antique mall that I purchased a few months ago.

 

I've been hoarding at least 10 yards of this beautiful green and white stripe upholstery fabric in my stash for quite sometime, and then it finally dawned on me to use it for drapes.

I designed a soft scalloped border in chambray blue to accent each panel, and love how they turned out.

 

 I know the bed looks very bare without pillows. I am doing white monogrammed shams, but we still have no idea what we are naming baby girl, so those are on hold. An old silver tray that I hung brings a little girly flair to the room.

 Parallel to the bed is her crib. A white organic crib sheet is on order, and I opted to not do a bumper. I wanted her crib to be very simple and clean.  So simple that I took an old quilt and am using it as the crib skirt.  Done and done. She has a ton of blankets that were mine as a baby that will fill her crib with lots of love, which you can read about in this post.

My baptism dress hangs on a little nail.  

 And my one and only d.i.y project was wrapping the hanger with twine.

 I had a table skirt made in burlap, with a chambray blue piping to match her drapes. There is a slit in the middle for easy access to the baskets underneath. 

  

I did not want to go overboard and buy accessories just for decoration or for staging purposes.  I like to fill a space overtime with keepsakes that mean something to our little baby girl. Harper's room is full of keepsakes from birthdays and his baptism etc, and before I know it, I'm sure her room will unfold the same way. And of course, once we decide on a name, it'll be monogram central up in here!

The two blue and white ginger jar lamps were Christmas gifts from dear friends a few years ago.  The little scale was from a friends garage sale, and I filled the glass jar with blocks, but I'm sure that will be replaced with hair bows once she gets older.

 

That's all for now folks! Part 2 will include her monogrammed bedding, gifts from her showers, and I can see bookshelves in the future as well. I'm working on Harper's birthday post soon, so stay tuned!