After a looong wait we are back in action and I am ready to blog! I thought I would start with Cru's room! It's the first room we completed upstairs and I absolutely love how it turned out. The finished product came out exactly how I hoped and it all fits perfectly together with the perfect amount of eclecticness. You may remember my post about the nursery plan...
When we bought the house, Cru's room looked a little like this...
Yeah, bad. We ripped out the carpet and primed all the wood paneling and I picked out the paint.
I decided to go with a bright blue and subtle grey desk color. We actually painted this room a long time ago and it ended up being perfect for our baby Cru.
About a year after the paint went up, the new carpet padding and carpet went in!
After that, I started making it a nursery! The first thing I did was put up the bookshelves. They are actually frame shelves from IKEA but they make the perfect bookshelves if you want to face the covers forward like I did. There is a little lip on the edge of the shelf so they can't slide off! The rug is also from IKEA and the other accessories were things we already had or little pieces I found!
The desk chair is from a set I received from a family member. They are just sitting in the basement so I put one here!
The little rocking chair is another family hand me down and the bin to the left of that is all homemade blankets and quilts Cru received. He really is a loved boy!!
The chair came from my moms house. It's not beautiful but it works and is super comfy!
I added a subtle touch of Disney with the vintage attraction ride posters and they look great! I would like to add a little more Disney items and will do that gradually. :]
The closet and window coverings are actually shower curtains I found on clearance at Target. I purchased cafe curtain clips and new rods and they work perfect and add a punch of fun and color!
One thing we did was bring in a full sized bed. I wasn't sure if I wanted to but it has so far proved to be the right decision since we have had to use it as a guest room a few times since Cru has been born! It will be the bed he graduates to after the crib. It's a little big but we can figure it out :]
Another little decor nook...
We received a photo session as a gift from my brother and sister in law. I wanted her to take a photo of Cru in his crib. As you can tell we have played with the room since then and have changed things like the bed pillows, removing the mobile and rotating the crib but it's such a great picture and I wanted to share! Also, I wanted to mention that we received the crib we wanted from all the grandmas! I love it soooo much!
If you go back to the nursery plan, it looks pretty right on! We didn't have room for the red desk but other than that we did it!
So there is the nursery! Up next is the master, stairway and other rooms that have gotten face lifts! Thanks for bearing with us and I hope you enjoy these next posts!!
