Maestra to Mama: Nursery Reveal

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Nursery Reveal

I apologize for all the pregnancy/baby posts as of late. I was so good about this whole blogging thing during the summer and posting recipes and crafting projects, but I'm just too exhausted most of the time to do much of anything. But there will be many, many more baby posts to come as we are nearing the end of our first pregnancy journey (yes, I said "first" because we hope there will be more to come in the future).

We are FINALLY done with the nursery and I have been dying to share it with everyone! We are still missing the baby to go in it, but she is very comfy and cozy where she is, so I don't think she will be joining us anytime soon.

In the age of Pinterest, creating a nursery proved to be more difficult than I thought. I pinned tons of cute ideas and wanted it to look like a magazine, just like those pins! It got to the point where I just had to stop going on Pinterest because I felt inferior and it was just too much pressure. However, it was a good jumping off point.

We knew that we wanted something very gender-neutral so we wouldn't have to change it for the next baby. We decided on the color scheme immediately: gray, yellow, and navy. Then came the very tough task of finding the perfect crib, perfect glider, perfect bedding, and curtains, etc. We wanted very simple furniture, nothing big and fancy. While it was a big headache planning it and finding everything to go in the nursery, we are so pleased with how it turned out.

My mom and I made the chevron curtains (which ended up being quite the project.

She also made the pillows on the glider.

The glider is from buybuyBaby (sold in stores not online)

Dresser from Target

Ubbi diaper pail from buybuyBaby

Bookshelf and lamp from Target

I found some artwork on Etsy that was very similar to this and LOVED it, but knew that I could easily do it myself. So I made these canvases (blog post here)

I also made some subway art with the lyrics to "Your Song" by Elton John. It was our first dance at our wedding and has been our song since high school.