Baby Boy Nursery

My dear friend Kristin is having her first boy after two girls.  I was so excited to do her nursery and make it feel vintage boy.  We talked about what she wanted, shopped a little together, then I found some great accessories from my favorite places. Here it is!

 

 

Love this collage wall.  The three prints in the white frames I printed for free and framed in the $4.99 Virserum frame from Ikea.  The red and black frames were $5 each from Forget Me Not.  Love that store.  I found the little ship wheel for $3 from Hobby Lobby.  It fits perfectly layered in the red frame.  I love layering with open frames.  The black frame had this ugly flower in the center.  I simply popped it out and replaced it with another free printable.  The red mirror was absolutely perfect from Hobby Lobby for $15.  The "J" is perfect for Baby Boy Johnson as his parents aren't sure what his first name will be.  In the center of the wall, I framed my favorite quote from Winnie the Pooh.  I layered scrapbook paper on a canvas with spray adhesive.  Then I layered the quote and modge podged the top.  I added the open barnwood frame for the perfect touch of roughness.  The vintage sign was also from Hobby Lobby and is the perfect statement for all things boy.  To finish it off, I added the mustard frame with a simple polka dot scrapbook paper insert and the chalkboard tags.  Love, love, love this wall!!! (And yes, I know I used "perfect" quite a bit in this explanation.  But it really turned out just as I had hoped it would.)

 

 

On the shelf, we did two jars filled with these vintage wooden rods and marbles.  The white barnwood frame and red fire truck complete the grouping.  (The fire truck was only $12 from Hobby Lobby).

 



I did a simple grey and white chevron curtain for the pair of windows.  Chevron is so "hot" right now and adds the perfect pattern for the room.  I love the grey mixed with the blue.

 



 

I so wanted to bring a fun pattern into the room.  I made this chevron fabric backed frame and added the small pennant banners on top.  I love it as it adds color, dimension, pattern, and whimsy.  It is the perfect piece of art.

 

I love the other grouping of the free printable in the navy frame with the green frame and yellow vintage airplane. I got all three frames from Forget Me Not for $14. They were a steal and work perfectly with the bedding. The plane was another steal at Hobby Lobby for $13.

 

Kristin got this giraffe when she found out she was having a boy.  It plays the baby's heartbeat.  I paired it with two of her existing frames.  We'll put Baby J's picture in the tall one and his baby announcement in the other one.  We found this jack at Hobby Lobby and had to have it.  I love the color, size, shape, etc.

I loved Kristin's reaction when she walked into the room.  She loved it,and said it was more than she even imagined.  That is always what I hope happens.  Now she's ready for baby. 

Mya's Room

I wanted to share a room makeover that I did a couple weeks back.  It is for this darling three year-old named Mya.  Her grandma had made her bedding, so I just added the curtain and the accessories.  I love the wall with her name and fabric rings.  I found all the fabric at Hobby Lobby for under $5.  You only need 1/2 yard for most and the rings are $1.69 and under.

 

For her curtains, I bought a hot pink polka dot sheet set from Target for $19.99.  I simply cut it in half and sewed the side seams and top rod pocket.  I added her existing black out curtain panels to the back for extra light control.

 

I love this wall above her dresser.  The mirror, floating frames, circle mirror, and chevron frame came from Hobby Lobby.  The four feminine frames are from Ikea.  At $4.99 each, they are my favorite!

 



 

I wrapped cork board letters in bright colored yarn for her name.  I love the texture it gives and the color it adds to the wall.

 

 

My favorite finishing touch was this little framed quote I created.  It says "happy girls are the prettiest."  Frames don't always need a picture in them.  Frame your favorite quote or even a cute piece of scrapbook paper.  Hobby Lobby's frames are always 50% off.

 

New Wall Grouping

I spent last week helping Shaun redo her family picture wall.  She bought the new shelf and wanted help refreshing her space.  With lots of accessories from Rod Works, I went to work.  I love how it turned out.  I sprayed four of her existing frames cream to tie back into the shelf.  It all ties back to family.

I changed up the clock wall by adding two framed fabric swatches.  It brought such fun texture to the wall.  All of the accessories on the sideboard, with the exception of the cream pitcher, came from other areas in the house.  Shaun's dad worked for the phone company and had the old phones in a garage.  They are such great pieces to display!

I added a new window treatment to the kitchen with the same colors from the family room.  She loved the fabric, so I just whipped out the curtain:)  She's so happy with the update, so that makes it a success.

A Tween Room to Scream for

Last week, Kallee and I decorated our friend Karri's girls room.  She had purchased the bedding and many of the accessories, but needed help putting it all together.  Enter Kallee and I to do some magic.  We bought the circle mirror and layered the initial on top.  We added the ribbon and made it the perfect statement above each girl's bed.

In the bathroom, we added the ribbons and the cute queen crown.

Our favorite touch was the floating frame wall.  We got all of them from Hobby Lobby.  Isn't it perfect with the turquoise wall?

Love how we accessorized the top of the dresser.

 This dresser was Karri's as a girl.  We just added accessories on top and added the "sconces" on either side of the mirror.  They were from Hobby Lobby and added such great sparkle to the room.

Karri had this side table and mirror and wanted to incorporate it somehow.  She had all of the accessories in other parts of her house.  We just gathered and grouped them in new ways.  Look around your house.  You don't always have to buy new things.  Repurpose!!

We loved this little layered statement.  It was a metal flower wall hanging from Hobby Lobby.  We just layered it on one of the white floating frames.  This is a super easy design technique and makes such a bigger impact.  Love layering!

Kelly's New Room

Kelly's bedroom was in need of an update from the paint on the walls to the bedding.

She wanted a yellow and gray room. It was just what I've been dying to design. We started first with new bedding. We found hers here at Target. It was the perfect subtle pattern of gray and white. I had her get a darker gray bedskirt and Euro shams to accent the bedding. Next, we looked on Fabric.com and found the perfect accent fabric here. The other fabric is sold out, but was my favorite accent in the room.  (The wall paint color is Dolphin Fin from the Behr Ultra Home Depot line.) 

I got the rug and lamps at Ikea for $20 each. They were perfect for the room. The lampshade had a basketweave texture that added another layer to the room. I made her new drapes for the bay window and custom frames for the frame wall.

I've been wanting to do a gallery wall in a bedroom but wanted to add more than just pictures.  I fabric backed the frames and mounted Kelly and Mat's initials.  Then we picked six of her favorite couple photos and framed them in the Ikea Ribba silver frames.  ($9.99 each)  In the center, I found this awesome canvas of a tree with a aqua bird.  I loved the pop of color and added the & sign and the "Love" sign to finish off the idea of the room being a couple's retreat room.  It was so much fun to work with Kelly and do this for her.  I hope she enjoys her new retreat.

Hitting the Right Note

I am decorating a room for my neighbor Kelly.  It is her front room/piano room.  We needed a third piece of artwork for a wall grouping.  As I've framed book pages before, this time I thought of framing music pages.  I headed to Forget Me Not, and found the perfect music theory book. 

I cut foam board to size and layered the music pages until I was pleased with how it looked. 

I placed it inside an open back frame from Hobby Lobby. I used glazier points to hold the board in the frame. This is a super easy project and the perfect piece of art! Can't wait to show you the finished room!

Adding meaning to a wall

I found this darling sign at Rod Works last weekend.  It spoke right to what I needed to hear as I've been struggling as a mommy.

The perfect spot for it was the center of my picture wall.  Thanks Kallee and Lindsay for the placement idea.  I absolutely love what it says and how it ties the pictures together.  Happy Mother's Day!

Upon a Shelf

I've been wanting to redo the wall space by my family room window for a while now.  I wanted to somehow incorporate some book shelves decorated with pretty things.  I've been collecting fun accessories for the past few months and was just saving money to buy the shelves.  Thanks to Kristin's "thank you for redoing my front room and kitchen" gift card to Ikea, I was able to go get them.  The shelves are super inexpensive at $15 for the 43" width and $7 for the 11".  Here is the finished product!

I love the big letter "M" from Hobby Lobby.  I layered it with a print from Ikea that I've had in my front closet for the past two years.  I found the bookends at TaiPan.  They were $30.  (Restoration Hardware had the same ones for $70.)  I picked books from my bookshelf that would compliment the color scheme in the room.  I added the ball and the green bunch for color and texture.  I bought an old book, ripped out a chunk of pages, rolled and tied them with jute for added interest.  I love this shelf.  It is just what I have wanted in that space.



On the other side, I added two of the shorter shelves.  I got the @ sign and artichoke from TaiPan.  Again, I placed books that worked with the colors.  I found the cute sign at Rod Works and the darling frame at Forget Me Not.  I ripped up book pages and layered them together to create the inside of the frame.  I LOVE MY WALL!  It makes me so happy when I walk through the door!

Adding to

I've had this beautiful picture of the Savior in my home for years.  This past week, I found some great things to add around it.  Seagull Book had the Living Christ and The Proclamation on sale for $20.  The frames coordinated perfectly with the frame from the pic of the Savior.  I loved the numbers from Pottery Barn and wanted to use them in my home.  In order to balance the numbers, I matted and framed the quote "Journey to Higher Ground."  It was a talk given by Joseph B. Wirthlin a few years back.  I loved it and wanted it to be our family motto.  Now it is incorporated in the right room next to the right inspiration.  This room has always been my sanctuary, and even is more now!