Now, onto the nursery reveal.
When I originally finished baby girl's nursery, I absolutely hated it. I told the readers on my family blog numerous times that looking at it made me want to cry. Since then, I have gotten over those silly feelings and have grown to love the space that we have created for our little gal.
So anyway, here's the before picture.
Sorry for the awful phone picture.
Yikes, right? This room used to be my craft room (may it R.I.P.), and obviously I never got around to doing anything special with it. I guess that's what happens when you deal with fertility issues. I was seriously always thinking "there's no use in fixing that room up...NEXT month I'll get a positive test and it'll need to be a nursery anyway"...Sure, it took a few years--but now that room finally gets to be used for what it was intended for--And that makes me stinkin' happy.And, here's the finished product from the same view.
This view makes me really happy because it reminds me how much my hard work paid off. Almost everything you see in this picture was painted by my husband and me (minus the crib)... We seriously did this entire room on a killer budget. More on that in a second!
For now, I'll just keep showing you pictures!
I copied those spice rack bookshelves from here...I just spray painted mine white.
Now, we just need a baby to bring home to this room, and it'll be complete. Ready for the cost breakdown? Okay!
Crib- $75 (it was on sale!)
Dresser- $40 Craigslist find
Frames- FREE
Spice Racks- $10
Banner- FREE (my mom made it for us)
Art-$10
Mirror-$20
Rug- $15
Mobile- $5
Fabric for bed skirt and cornice- $15
Supplies to make cornice- $10
Paint- $45
Chair (this pains me...We "splurged" and spent more on the chair than anything else in the room combined)-$300
Grand total?-$545!
PHEEEW.
Crib- $75 (it was on sale!)
Dresser- $40 Craigslist find
Frames- FREE
Spice Racks- $10
Banner- FREE (my mom made it for us)
Art-$10
Mirror-$20
Rug- $15
Mobile- $5
Fabric for bed skirt and cornice- $15
Supplies to make cornice- $10
Paint- $45
Chair (this pains me...We "splurged" and spent more on the chair than anything else in the room combined)-$300
Grand total?-$545!
PHEEEW.
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26 comments:
this is so cute! i love the colors!!
madisonavenue2011.blogspot.com
Wow! Great job on the baby room. It looks like somthing that would be in pottery barn. Love the book racks and the chair will be well worth it on those long nights of rocking. Best wishes for an easy delivery and a good sleeper.
It's a great looking nursery! Very calm, but happy, too.
I'll have to send a link to my daughter. I think it's exactly what she wants to do.
Wow, what a great nursery. Looks like it was done by a professional designer.
Jessica
The room is awesome. And $300 on the chair? It will be totally worth it when you have some baby snuggles in there!
Wow.. what a transformation! Love the grey.
Cute!
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I'm love love loving the mobile - and I've been meaning to make bookshelves out of spice racks as well. (thanks for reminding me!)
I love the gray you chose (my whole house is shades of gray- inside and out) Your baby will love it.
{hello from alexa!}
that looks AWESOME! love your blog and the title sooo subscribed to ya lol.
New follower via the alexa hop.
Hey from the Alexa HOP! I just saw the name of your blog and can't stop smiling (so funny). I'm definitely a new follower. By the way, your nursery is gorgeous :-)
I love your nursery! it is soothing and calming.
and you will be glad you splurged on a nice chair when you are sleeping in it, more then you want to :) The mobile is precious. Great Job! Sorry you didn't love it at first, I hate it when that happens. But it really is fabulous
Love it...please share the paint color with us. I'm obsessed with grays right now!
Hello...stumbled over from the Alexa blog hop and found such a gorgeous baby room! Great job.
Following you now, cant wait to see more =)
Wonderful! I don't know why you would have hated it- it's beautiful! I'm really digging the $40 dresser from Craigslist. And I've been wanting to make a wall display of my little bambino's name out of those wooden letters from Joanns (I'm pregnant too and in the process of doing a nursery), but I like the banner idea better! (Because it would be free!) I don't know why I hadn't thought of that- I've made a birthday banner before! Thanks for the idea :)
That's a beautiful nursery! I love the name of your blog, it made me smile. I'm a new follower from the Spearmint Baby Alexa Hop!
Nikki
Pretty Opinionated
I love the nursery! Great job on the budget! I'm visiting from the Alexa hop and am your latest follower on google.
LOVE IT. We just found out we are expecting so I am looking for ideas. I have few jotted down. However we have not decided on a base neutral color for the room that will convert to a nursery. We have plenty of time to decide. Open to ideas and suggestions. (we will be first timers :O )
karr05 at yahoo dot com
Great transformation!! Love it!
What a beautiful room for your beautiful little girl! Love your style & blog and congrats on your baby!
I think your daughter and my granddaughter (Little One in blogland) share the same name so I would be loving this very special nursery you created for your very own Little One. Precious and delightful are how I would describe this job very well done!
WOW it looks amazing! Haha! I just posted about the before...like the scarier than your room before and I'm FAR from after! We are doing our nursery gray with pink and yellow accents. What color did you guys use for your walls?
Thank you!!
Jami @ whatthegraham.com
I'm looking for inspiration for our nursery right now and this hit the spot. Did you make your mobile? So awesome. Maybe tomorrow I'll actually have enough energy (and inspiration) to get to work!
-Dani
This is fabulous! I love the gallery over the changing table, and that you used a great dresser instead of purchasing a changing table. I wish we had done that. And your book racks are fabulous - we're making some now for the inside of a window seat we've got. Great, great job. Congratulations on your baby. It sounds like you've waited a long time for her.
So cute!! I love the wall color- looks great with all the white!
The nursery looks just wonderful! I love the beautiful gray wall and all of the modern touches. Thank you also for sharing the difficulties you had getting pregnant. I've been trying for a long time to conceive again and also have a room I keep putting off cleaning because, "maybe this month...". A million congrats on your baby!
The whole room (and your sweetie pie) is DARLING! Can you please share the paint color? Love it!
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