Nursery: Before and After

Before, the nursery was just a (messy) office.  I work from home, so it was a functional space that I spent a lot of time in during the day.

After, we combined the guest bedroom and the office (by moving my desk and our book cases along one wall in the guest bedroom).  I actually love the space in the "new" office because there's more natural light during the day.  Plus, the way the room is set up, it feels like there's more space in there now.

Now, the nursery is pretty much completed (except for hanging a mobile made by a sweet friend and sewing the curtains).  I'm really happy with how it turned out.  It's not too baby-ish, not to girl-y, not too matchy, and full of bright colors and books.

I love that "M" that Meredith made me for the shower!  It's perfect!

The crib has beautiful bedding made by my older sister.  She used to have a business of making custom baby bedding on etsy.  She's incredibly talented.  The crib and mattress were a steal from Craigslist and Bryce painted it white for me.

The bookshelves were made by Bryce.  Ikea sells picture ledges exactly like it, but I figured we could make some for cheap.  Unfortunately, when I was buying the wood at Home Depot, I accidentally bought the expensive wood that is sold by-the-foot, so it ended up being the same price as the Ikea shelves would've been.  Oh well!  They're more special since Daddy made them.  I saw the below picture on Pinterest and I loved the idea of using books as artwork in the room.  I love children's books, especially the classics.

Source: projectnursery.com via Elissa on Pinterest

The glider was given to us by my older sister (THANK YOU!) and Connie and I recovered it.  I got the ottoman "pouf" at TJ Maxx.

The brown chair on the other side of the crib doesn't fit anywhere else in the house, so it stayed in the "office" now nursery.  I have to mention the beautiful cross-stitch quilt that my Aunt Christie made for Madison.  It is amazing!  I marvel at the talent and time that it took for her to do that.

Because we have a serious lack of storage/closet space, I wanted to use a long dresser as the changing table.  Above the dresser, I did a collage of things.  I saw the below picture on Pinterest and loved how she arranged the mirror and pictures, so I basically used that idea.

Source: bowerpowerblog.com via Elissa on Pinterest

I started by using scrap paper to lay out where I wanted to hang everything.  That way, Bryce would have no questions about where each should go.

I also love this lamp from Ikea.  It has a dimming function, perfect for a nursery.

After spending too much time looking on etsy for cute nursery art, I decided to try and make my own artwork for the wall using etsy finds as inspiration.  It was my first time playing around on Photoshop, but I managed to make some cute additions for the wall.

I love this verse.  I also included some maternity photos that we may or may not switch out for newborn photos later on.

There's a picture of my older sister and I playing dress-up at Nanny's house when we were pretty young.  I thought this picture is perfect for a little girl's room.  And because this part of the country is extra special to us...

There it is, folks!  Now we are just waiting for the little one to arrive so she can love her nursery and care about each detail that I spent time on (NOT).  That's okay, because I wanted to make the room one that I enjoyed since I will probably clock a lot of nursing hours in here.