Category: DESIGN

Modern Rockstar Nursery

Truly beautiful homes are created over time. They’re crafted carefully by an artist who loves to tweak a canvas They’re an honest, illuminating reflection of those who live there. 

JAMIN & ASHLEY MILLS; THE HANDMADE HOME

After discovering that I was pregnant, I immediately started to think about the nursery. Planning around a green room in our house, I designed two gender-neutral options. When we found out that we were having a boy, the fun really began. I started to buy pieces around the original design. Since then, the nursery has really taken shape and a few updates were made. Here is the new mood board for the room:

Mood Board Details

Galvanized Letters | Anthropologie.com

You Are My Sunshine | Wallfry

Babyletto Mercer 3-in-1 Crib | Target.com

Modern Rockstar Print Groovy Guitar | YassisPlace

Striped Wall | Weathered Glass and Oyster paint by Eddie Bower

Deer Head | zgallerie.com

White Hemnes Dresser | Ikea.com

White Twill Tiburon Glider | Potterybarnkids.com

Turquoise Fan | T.J.Maxx

Chevron Lamp | Steinmart

Amelia Chain Square Tufted Ottoman | Overstock.com

Faux Fur Rug | Target

How did you start out planning your nursery?

Nursery Glider Options

The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them.

UNKNOWN

We are halfway done on choosing furniture for the nursery. A full-sized dresser is assembled and in place. The crib was finally ordered after much debating. Babyletto was hands down my favorite brand. I adore their modern design and affordable prices. It was a toss up between the Mercer, Modo, and Hudson, but ultimately we chose the Mercer for its extra storage and sleek lines. What’s great about their brand is that it is sold through Target, Amazon, and Babies”R”Us , so you can use any coupons that apply. Our crib should be arriving any day now!

Next on the list is choosing some seating for the nursery. I have a few in mind, but I wanted to wait until the crib is in place to help visualize the design. Both pieces will be up against our blue striped wall. Sticking with the modern look, I want to purchase either a white or grey glider to go with our current color scheme of green, grey, and blue. Here are the grey options I have in mind.

1. Savoy Glider from Dwell Studio for $1290.00

2. Joya Rocker (Heather Grey) from Land of Nod for $995.00

3. Babyletto Nara Glider (Slate Suede with Ecru) from Amazon $699.00 for glider and $249.99 for ottoman

4. Presidio Glider from Serena & Lily for $1095.00

5. Gus Modern Sparrow Glider and Ottoman from allmodern.com $999.00 for glider $399.00 for ottoman

6. Luca Glider & Ottoman (Heather Grey) from Land of Nod $995 for glider $385 for ottoman

As much as I love the grey options, I think a white one might be more versatile in the future. To save on costs, I would pair it with an extra orange geometric ottoman my mom already has on hand. This would change the color scheme, but I think it would still work. My only hesitation is that it would be living with dirty dogs and babies.

1. Joya Rocker (White Leather) from Land of Nod for $1,195.00

2. Babyletto Nara Glider from Babies”R”Us for $594.99

3. Tiburon Glider (White Twill) from Pottery Barn Kids for $899.00

4. Babyletto Madison Swivel Glider from Babies”R”Us for $349.99

5. Amelia Chain Square Tufted Ottoman from Amazon for $78.29

I kind of love each and every option, so it is going to be a hard decision to make. Grey originally was my top choice, but with the extra ottoman price, I am very tempted to go with white. We’ll see what happens.

Which is your favorite glider option? What color scheme do you prefer?

Ikea Hemnes Dresser

If you love something, let it free. Unless it is a tiger.

PHIL DUNPHY; MODERN FAMILY

We officially have one wall in the nursery completed! Now if I can just pumped out one wall a month over the next three months, this little man will have a place to call his own when he gets here. Hopefully, we do not run into as many hiccups as we did with this wall in the process.

After deciding on the Ikea Hemnes 8-drawer dresser, for a steal of a price of $299.00, I had to figure out a way to get it. Ikea doesn’t exactly have the easiest method when it comes to buying online. Their delivery selection is very limited, and it comes with a flat shipping rate of $249.00 to Oklahoma City. This meant that my bargain dresser would have a price tag of over $550.00. Yeah, not going to happen. Our only option left was making a trip down to Dallas.

That is when my friend Kiki intervened. She was heading down there for the weekend and insisted on picking it up for us. Kiki is the kind of friend everyone wants to have. This is not because she would go out of her way to help you out, but because you cannot help but continually laugh in her presence. She is hands down one of the funniest people I know, so when she called to tell me about her losing battle to grab the last Hemnes dresser off the shelf, I couldn’t help but just laugh it off. I was bummed, but with all of our weekends booked up, I was going to have to look into another option for the dresser.

I had given up hope and moved on to Craigslist, when I got a call from Kiki. She decided to go back to the store the next day to pick something up for her daughter, and the dresser just happened to be back in stock. Wheee! I did a happy dance right in the middle of the Jiffy Lube waiting room, I was so excited. Four short hours later, the dresser was ours, and Chris was in full assembly mode.

There were a few warnings that putting together the Ikea dresser was not a one person job.

Besides the universal language directions, it also could have been the fact that the box weighed 119 pounds. Even though, my husband managed to carry it up a flight of stairs by himself. He aborted me from the mission from the beginning. I like to think that it is because he didn’t want me to do any heavy lifting, but the truth was that he didn’t want me breathing down his neck with comments like, “are you sure that’s the way it’s supposed to go?” So instead I caught up on all my favorite Real Housewives tapings while Chris go to work.

Two hours and two dramatic reunion tapings later, Chris had one happy wife, and like Heather from The Real Housewives of New York would say, “Holla!”

The dresser was the perfect size for the space. I am so glad we opted to buy something that he can grow into instead of the miniature baby dresser options. I plan on maximizing the space, using it as a changing table too, so I still have a few items to add. I might even look into switching out the knobs with a more ornate option from Anthropology. Overall, I am just so happy to see everything coming together so well. It is just what I imagined.

What did you think of the Ikea furniture assembly/purchase process?

Mix and Match Dining Chairs

I always put in one controversial item, it makes people talk.

DOROTHY DRAPER

Good things come to those who wait. When we moved into our new house my parents gave us their old dining room table and a set of four chairs. The table came with a leaf that would extend to hold up to 12 people. Since we only had four chairs, we left it out and made do with what we had. After adding a dark stain to the table, which I mentioned here, we left it the way it was, opting to bring in extra chairs anytime that we had more than two guests for dinner.

Since our family is going to increase to five, if you include the dogs, this January, I have wanted to bring some texture to my dining room with woven chairs. I just love the look of the mix and match seating, like the one here from French Quarters.

In the back of my head, I knew I wanted something wicker or woven, so I would not have to worry about a fabric option staining. I feel in love with these Seagrass Chairs from Pottery Barn, and I thought they would be perfect for the room.

But with a price tag of $199.00 per chair, I could not bring myself to buy them. I decided to hold off until a cheaper option came around. So one day when I was strolling through T.J.Maxx before work, I spotted them. The most perfect, woven Waterhyacinth Chairs for only $72.00. I don’t think a pregnant lady has every moved so fast to drag them up to the register. They were just what I had in mind to complete my dining room set.

Their bright, bold design is the perfect anchor for the head of the table.

I can’t wait for the next time we have four people over and do not have to move any chairs. Heck, I can’t wait to have 12 people over now that we have enough chairs and space to accommodate everyone!

By making due with what we had, we ended up saving $254.00, without having to sacrifice what we wanted. When it comes to home design, I have a lot of big ideas in my head. When I use patience in my execution, to make sure I get what I really want it, really pays off. It is always better to buy things that you truly love instead of what you think you might love. Otherwise, you just end up replacing them later and spend more money in the long run. Next up on my agenda is updating to a more modern table setting.

Have you found any good bargains lately? 

Stripe Nursery Wall

You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.

JOHN LENNON

Even though we are just now putting up the paint on the nursery wall, I have been working on the vision of this room for months. I shared my first mood board for the room here, and sticking with that guide, I wanted to bring in a mix of turquoise shades to accent the original green walls.

The room we decide to use, as the nursery, is closest to our bedroom. The previous owners painted the walls a neutral, light green shade for us after they moved out. For some reason I can never capture the true color of this room, but it is much lighter than the color it photographs.

Deciding on a chunkier stripe, we measured the wall and then chose to do 8 stripes with a 12-inch dimentions. To make marking easier, I just used our paint stir stick to evenly space the stripes (or you could use a ruler). I lightly marked the wall with a pencil, and then I used painter’s tape to break apart the sections.

The walls were originally treated with primer and then a coat of Eddie Bower paint in Oyster. After all the tape was in place, the hubby got to work painting the stripes. Most of our accent pieces are turquoise, so we selected a much lighter version of the color for the wall paint. When you match the color exactly it can be overbearing in a room. We ended up using Eddie Bower paint in their Weathered Glass color to blend.

Once the paint had dried, we ripped off the tape to reveal the perfectly lined stripes. Instead of just having one large accent wall, we used the architectural detail of the home and wrapped the stripes around one of the corners.

The main stripe wall will be the backdrop for the crib. I plan on either putting up some simply lined white shelving or the baby’s name in Zinc Letters, like these ones from Anthropology.

The remaining green walls will be the perfect contrast for the Modern Rockstar Print Groovy Guitars Wall Art I designed the room around. It will tie in the shades of green, turquoise, and gray.

Opposite from the crib, we will have a large white dresser, that will be used as a changing station. The Rockstar prints will hang above.

Across from the windows there will be a wall gallery of baby prints and photos. I have been pouring over Etsy for print ideas to go along with the turquoise and white chevron frame I already purchased. Even though I love simple, white nurseries, they say that colorful rooms promote stimulation for the baby. If there is one thing for sure, this room will be rich in color.

Do you have any recommendations for nursery prints or sayings?

 

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