Get ready for a picture overload! After months of searching ideas and themes for Nurseries, I decided to go with a Mountain man/ lumberjack theme. I didn't want it to look baby like and I wanted it to look 100% boy. So this is where we started:
We basically used this room for storage and Nate used the closet for his clothes (our closets are mini). So we started by clearing out the room and moving nates "closet" to the downstairs bedroom, lucky guy gets a whole room as a closet.
We then measured the walls for the Baton Board. Baton board is SO easy and pretty cheap too, if you use plywood like we did. We decided we wanted to do short, stalky baton board. After we measured we went and bought the amount of plywood needed and used a table saw to cut it down to size and a nail gun to hook it to the walls.
We then puttied the cracks and nail holes, let it dry for a day, then sanded it down smooth. Then we wiped all the dust and painted the walls and boards cream. We just used better homes and gardens paint from Walmart and it worked out great!
Then the Mustard Walls... I went out and bought the paint, Tan Almond (better homes and garden, again walmart). When I came home and showed Nate the color he said it looked like poo brown/ yellow. Aw crap.. then I second guessed my color choice and asked some family for their opinion.. most of the feedback was negative. After days of contemplation, I said lets just do it. So we did and turns out I LOVE IT! I rolled the walls while Nate did the edges, then he rolled the second coat while I sat in a chair and enjoyed a beverage.
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| Just incase you wanted to see our faces.. we were happy to be done painting! |
Then the dresser. I searched probably over 30 yard sales this summer for a long dresser... nothing! I could not find one for the life of me. So I decided to try and easier route...KSL. I love the classifieds. We have bought and sold tons on there! So the second day I checked KSL I found this beauty:
72 inches long and 9 drawers for $20 bucks!! And all of the drawers work fabulously, it was just missing a pull.. which is no big deal at all. We went and looked at it and bought it that day! It did need some TLC, so I sanded the top a bit to smooth out the nicks and bumps, then I painted it. You can see the finished product in the room below.
Then the gallery wall. The diamond frames on the top, I found at a yard sale. And the mint green frames were from the DI. Other than that I had the other frames just at my house. We bought the wooden puzzle deer from Love Sac (on clearance for $10) a few years ago and had it in our basement. So we basically just pulled together what we had and made a gallery wall. We spray painted the frames and used a cherry spray paint for the deer to match the crib. You can see the finished wall in the room below.
My mom found this rocking chair at a yard sale as well this summer, for $4, you really can't beat that! It was broken and needed paint. So with a few screws and some paint it works perfectly! I love the detail in the wood. She painted it then used brown to distress and antique it. My sister made me that mountain man rag quilt, it matches the room perfectly! And look at that mountain man pillow! My mom bought him for me off Esty and gave it to me at my shower! I love it!
AAAAND DRUMROLL PLEASE..... The finished room!
My mom made all of the crib bedding, she really is so talented!
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| I love this crib skirt! |
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| Bumpers |
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| Quilt |
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| Outside of the crib |
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| Inside of the crib |
And we added a strip of the crib skirt fabric to tie the curtains in with the crib:
We are so happy with how it turned out! Now all we need is the baby! There is 1 week and 4 days until my due date! I went to the doctor this week and I am still dilated to a 3 and I am 80% effaced. I really haven't been having any contractions yet, mostly just braxton hicks. My doctor is going out of town the day after my due date, I told him that I wanted him to deliver my baby so we scheduled an induction for Sunday the 21st (my due date). I really hope I go in to labor before then. I don't want to be induced and I want the excitement of going into labor on my own. But I would rather be induced then have some random doc deliver my boy. So we will see what happens, only time will tell.
