modern nursery

June 29, 2015

NURSERY REVEAL: WILDLIFE UNDER THE STARS

Is that really a theme? Wildlife under the stars?? Haha! I am not a super fan of nursery “themes”. I prefer to just create a room that is full of pieces I can’t live without… hoping that in the end, it all comes together and looks cohesive. To be honest, life was chaotic during my entire pregnancy. We were doing so much to our house because we thought we would be putting it on the market (and moving) before Remy got here. YEAH. FREAKING. RIGHT!! So glad that didn’t happen! Although it nearly killed me, I am glad we made so much headway ( painting the inside of our entire house) because there were things that should have been done to our home a long time ago just for US to live in and enjoy.

After working on our home so much and gratefully enduring the busiest season yet for Love & Lion’s Etsy shop, I looked up and realized about 4 weeks out that we had a tiny bit of paint on the wall and that was it! I immediately just started online shopping madness, and just hoped that everything would come together and look like what I was envisioning. I truly work best under “pressure”. We kept the walls neutral with Behr’s Chocolate Froth, which is also the color we have chosen for our entire house. I. LOVE. IT! I wanted a bold navy color somewhere in the room! We chose Behr’s Rush Hour

for the ceiling to create a “night sky” for the room. I truly love how it all came together! I think I even had more fun doing Remy’s nursery over Amara’s ( our first) simply because I didn’t think about it too much. My husband picked up a Petit Collage print on one of his work trips, and brought it home. I loved that he was already thinking of this baby before we even knew the gender! It meant so much to me that I immediately decided to build the nursery around the colors in that print!

So here are all the deets…

I really focused on keeping the room simple and clean! It isn’t a super large room, so filling it with clutter is senseless to me. I didn’t want things hanging on the wall or sitting on shelves just because! It is so much easier for baby no. 2, in my opinion, because you know what you actually put to use and what you don’t.

I thoroughly enjoy walking down my hallway and peeking into this little gem in the corner of our home. Making a space for this little guy in a room that literally served as a storage room just solidifies his presence in our home and our family. It makes me happy to see my home lived in! When we bought our home 6 years ago, we thought 5 bedrooms sounded ridiculous for just the two of us. However, we envisioned filling these rooms with babies and having room to host friends and family. I could have never imagined that two of these rooms would be filled with two of the most perfect little humans on the planet! 😉

Sources:

Rocker / local baby store (purchased and used for Amara’s nursery)

Throw pillow / Dwell Studio

Accent table / Target (clearance)

Lamp / Land of Nod

Rug / Land of Nod

Ottoman / Land of Nod

Curtain Rod & Finials / Land of Nod)

Curtains / DIY ( don’t look too closely at my sewing skills) Fabric was a Nate Berkus print!

White Honeycomb shelf / Land of Nod

Crib Skirt / Land of Nod

White Dresser / Babyletto at Target

Changing Pad cover / Aden + Anais (also got this print)

Crib Sheet / Aiden + Anais (also got this print)

Triangle garland / DIY

Giraffe head / White Faux Taxidermy

Wonder Print / Petit Collage

Mobile / Petit Collage

Gold Bear Print / Sycamore Street Press

Star decals (ceiling) / Fairy Dust Decals

Pendant / DIY

Elephant blanket / Orla Kiely (Target)

Crib / Babies R Us

Elephant Toy Chest & Lion Hamper / 3 Sprouts

Book shelf / Ikea – can’t find online.

Collage wall / DIY – I used old frames and some new ones from Target. All prints (except ones sourced above) were free printable prints offline. Gold mirror was a thrift find.

Hanging Letters / Michael’s find

Have a great week!!

XO!!

February 16, 2015

FEATURED: DEVAN’S WINTER WOODLAND NURSERY

She did it again! Our dear friend Shara (remember her Shark Party HERE?!) is blowing our minds with her son’s dreamy gray and aqua nursery. It is styled. to. perfection. We’ve been ~~stalking~~ gently convincing her to let us show her whole house! One day, Shara, one day…. mwahahahaha!

SHARA:

When I was pregnant with my second, I was so sure I was having a girl that I went ahead and bought crib bedding and started planning out a perfect baby girl nursery. I was just SURE. Halfway through my pregnancy at the big ultrasound, the tech waved her magic wand, paused, and then asked me if I still had the receipt for that bedding… I was having another boy! I was shocked and kind of in denial, so I decided I didn’t need to do up another room for baby boy – he would just share a room with his big brother once he was old enough to move out of the bassinet in my room.

Fast forward to a month before my due date. The urge to nest suddenly kicked in haaaaaaard and I just HAD to have a nursery. Jenni had thrown me the most perfect “snowy sprinkle” baby shower (see it HERE), and I worked from that idea to create a gender-neutral winter woodland nursery. The room was already painted grey (Valspar’s “Cement”), so I left it as is and used that as my starting point. Anyone who has been to my house knows how much I love the color aqua, so I (unsurprisingly) decided on a grey/aqua/white color theme, accented by warmer tones here and there to keep it from being too matchy-matchy or cold. It took more than a year to finish up the room – I had my hands kind of full with two little ones! – but I think that the extra time allowed the room to evolve into something even better than I had originally visualized. Now it’s one of my favorite rooms in the house!

PS. I never did return that girly bedding… it’s packed away carefully in hopes that maybe one day my pretty pink nursery will become a reality 😉

SOURCES:

Tree decals – WallDecorative

Arrows – Mineral and Matter

Feather mobile – DIY

Dreamcatchers – DIY

Crib – Babyletto “Hudson”

Bedding – skirt from Land of Nod, sheet & chevron knit throw from Target

Aqua book cart – Land of Nod

Rocking moose – Ikea

Chair and ottoman – Little Castle “Charleston”

Polar bear blanket – Land of Nod

Polar bear “skin” – eBay

Lamps – Target

Squirrel nightlight – Modcloth

Tree wood bead puzzle – Skip Hop

Bird mobile – Boon

Changing pad cover – Land of Nod

Curtains – Amazon (blackout lining added DIY)

Dresser, end table, book ledges – Ikea

“Things” organizer – Land of Nod

Grizzly bear wood block calendar – West Elm

Fox, raccoon and owl art – Sass and Peril

Antlers – White Faux Taxidermy

Clock – Target

Rocking bird – West Elm

Ceramic fox figurine and white fox speaker – Target

Moon globe – Urban Outfitters

Marquee arrow light – Target

Forest Love screen print – Sass and Peril
Young & Brave print – Billy and Scarlet
Paper deer – Template from French Melody
Name letters – DIY
Woven baskets – Walmart, spray painted teal
Owl vase – Target

January 28, 2015

BABY BOY NURSERY + VALENTINE GIVEAWAY (GIVEAWAY CLOSED)

My husband and I literally just dreamt up what we would like to see in our baby boy’s nursery a few days ago. We are in the process of getting our house ready to put on the market possibly, and since we are going through and taking things down, painting everything neutral and not really taking too many risks decor wise, I felt like I had NO freedom to do what I really wanted to do.

It has actually occurred to me that what I love fits right in with our neutral colors and my husband’s ban on wallpaper. I love the idea of a woodland/under the stars kind of feel in the room. I also put my own personal ban on the use of gold….. silver tones have been calling my name.

My husband brought home a print that he picked up when he was traveling ( the Wonder print), so I kind of just started there. I love that he picked something out on his own and brought it home ;).

mobile / zinc monogram – Michael’s craft store / wonder print / moon print / giraffe / lamp / crib /

arrows – found on etsy, but no longer available, so on the search for something similar / rug / accent table / dresser / ottoman / industrial bins

GIVEAWAY….

ALSO…… WE WANT TO SPREAD THE LOVE!! Leah and I are giving away goods from our Valentine’s Day party from this post. A party in a box if you will! Then, you can host your own little breakfast/ Valentine decorating soiree for your little and their friends!

Comment below and tell us your favorite Valentine’s Day memory or tradition. That. is. it! The box contains the following items:

– 2 mini mailing tubes (purchased at Michaels if you want to add more)

– custom mailing labels

– 4 children’s plates

– 8 red and white heart napkins

– 6 pink striped cups

– 4 hand painted mini scoops

– 8 mini ice cream cups (used for cereal)

– 6 paper straws with mini pink hearts

– “You’ve got Mail” banner

– 8 mini paper airplanes on twine

– fiber fill for clouds

– 3 handmade heart “globes”

Amanda!! You are our winner! Thanks for entering everyone!

January 3, 2014

AMARA’S SIMPLE WHITE TODDLER ROOM

I just recently did a wall of gold dot decals from urban decals. I am totally in love with all of their designs. The customer service is awesome as well! (my product plug for the day! 😉 Moving on….

This is not the room we started with when my daughter was born. She was in a different room in our house, there was a lot of pink, a chevron wall, and it was right at the top of our staircase with two french doors. As Amara grew, I realized it wasn’t the most practical room to have her in. So, I decided to start fresh in a new room with white paint (Glidden’s parchment white color matched in Behr). It is the “perfect” white. I even have it as my dining room color. I love fresh white walls with pops of color.

Overall, I just wanted to create a simple, sleek space for her. It is one of my favorite rooms to be in!

^The kitchen was a DIY gift from our dear friends for Amara’s first birthday! I fell in love with Vivi’s kitchen from Lay Baby Lay , so that is what they mimicked! Amara loves it!!! ^

Gotta have a place for tea parties 😉

^ There is no really great shot of the curtains due to the lighting in this room, but they were my first real sewing project that I did on. my. own! I splurged on some of the most beautiful white linen fabric and some seafoam pom pom trim. I even lined them with a blackout liner. I followed this tutorial if you are ever interested in giving it a try. Take it from me…I can’t even sew a straight line. You might surprise yourself! There is no way I could have afforded the curtains that my little beginner skills made me. ^

^ These wooden photos from Picture Bungalow are one of my favorite things in the room. I love these photos so much, and was so happy with the print quality! ^

^ I found a pedant shade at West Elm for $15 dollars. I knew I wanted something yellow against all of that white, and I scooped it right up. My husband installed it using a light kit and I simply wrapped the cord in fuschia pink yarn! ^

^ I ordered a pack of felt balls and strung them myself to create this garland. Easy Peasy, and half the price if you do it yourself. I don’t remember who I got them from, but they are allllll over Etsy! ^

^ Amara’s first piece of artwork she created at the top is my favorite! ^

^ I saw this idea on Pinterest and totally copied it! 😉 I just cut some little plastic animals in half, spray painted them, hot glued them to card stock and voila! ^

^ I wanted something with Amara’s birth details on it, and I found this cute little alphabet print (you can customize your colors) on Etsy! ^

^ Found this old french provencial looking dresser on Craigslist. I painted it gray and added my own handles. I lined the drawers with Snow & Graham wrapping paper from Rock Paper Scissors ^

^ Hooks for hanging and a toddler height mirror, which I found at Goodwill and spray painted! ^

-J

December 23, 2013

MAX’S NAVY AND GOLD NURSERY

Very excited to show you all Max’s nursery! I had so much fun finding little details to personalize the room. Max loves looking at all of the animal-themed artwork and the shiny gold details, and I love the cozy retreat from the chaos of toddler-world.