Everly Mae's Nursery

When it came to designing Everly's nursery I knew that I wanted to stay away from anything too girlie, and anything too theme-ey.  When we lived in our flat, E's room was right in the middle of the house, so we wanted to keep the color scheme flowing with the rest of the house with some vintage touches.  When we moved into our house I was excited to paint her room to really bring together the vision that I had and wasn't able to pull together in an apartment that had already been painted pale yellow.  So here we are, and I love her orange, turquoise, grey, black, white, and ultra-patterned room.

I would say that I have been working on pieces for Everly's room for over a year now, and I think I finally have it just right.  Here are a few of of my shopping links:

crib, changing mat - amazon

rug, wardrobe, book ledges, curtain sheers, grey dresser [repainted] - ikea

hanging lamp, rocker, baby scale, E lamp, school blocks & radio - vintage

bumper, owl hampers, "first year" picture frame, grey drapes - target

wooden name, footprint canvas, acrylic paints - michael's

embroidery hoops & fabric - joann's 

quilted pillow & watercolor name art - handmade by two great friends of mine, nicole & kathy

hoho's made by crystal of little bit funky

pyrex inspired mobile made by hiramariya

a little while back I got help from my friend

Jaymee Srp of the Design Hive and owner of the shop Retro Menagerie

thankfully I had her to help me get going on E's nursery walls

because I had ideas, but no real place to start

we made a plan, got what we needed, and executed all in one afternoon

just the way I like when getting things done

and yesterday I ordered the perfect mobile - I can't wait to get it

things are really starting to come together, and I couldn't be happier

nursery prints courtesy of Retro Menagerie

frames: Ikea

book ledges: Ikea

embroidery hoops & Fabric: Joann Fabrics

iron tree: Pottery Barn [gifted to me years ago]

"E" changing table lamp: vintage

owl nightlight: vintage

alphabet print: made by me, printed by Retro Menagerie

keeping balance

yesterday I made some major progress in the nursery

with some help from a great friend, Jaymee from The Design Hive

I can't wait to share what we worked on soon

but here is just one of my favorite additions we added to the nursery

trying to keep balance in the nursery with new additions and still keeping to

our design style of mid-century modern is truly my focus

and adding this vintage nursery scale is just what I needed

getting crafty

well my first nursery wall art project was pretty simple

and thanks to pinterest, inspiration has not been a problem at all

I have been seeing everywhere in nurseries embroidery hoops used with pretty textiles

so I decided to give it a shot

for now they are propped up on the little lady's dresser

but I'll figure out where exactly to hang them soon enough

also, I've been pretty busy the last two days

and things are quickly starting to look a lot more like a nursery

here's just a peek -

over a year in the making

a little over a year now we acquired several pieces of 

danish modern/mid-century furniture

and one of the coolest pieces was a three seat sofa with attached side table

the only downfall was it was super original

meaning some awkward cream pleather cushions [see below]

so I tried to make do with some pretty pillows

but part of making room for baby has also been making sure we do all those "things"

that can easily get put on the back-burner

no longer a questionable sofa, just awesomeness

thanks to the owner's of Scout Living for referring us to Standard Upholstery

we couldn't be happier with their work & our new addition to our home

so nesting is kind of addicting

well I think I can officially say that I am in crazy nesting mode

while working on some masters homework I decided that this afternoon it was dresser makeover time

and that's exactly what I did

in under three hours from start to finish I was snapping these pictures

I was on a crazy mission

and now I am happy

for the day at least, who knows what tomorrow will have in store for me

the best part was getting to put little lewis' goodies away somewhere

and not just sitting in a shopping bag on the floor of the bedroom

the place where they had been collecting for the past couple of months

also, Luna was a perfect angel today for me while I had the house turned into a 

painting war zone

so bottom line, second trimester of pregnancy means more energy than all the starbucks in the world

making room for baby part I

this week the husband & I started officially making room for baby

when we first found out we were expecting 

our initial plan was to move over the summer and buy a house

however, buying a house means leaving our neighborhood

a neighborhood, which, I may be biased, but I do believe to be the best part of 

our state's capitol 

so, as soon as we officially realized we were going to be staying in our one bedroom flat

for at least another year

it was time to start making room for baby

and even though there is only one official bedroom

we technically have two living rooms

and one will be turning into little lewis' nursery in the coming months

here's some ideas I'm currently bouncing around

1. crane mobile  2. colors  3. lamp  4. rug  5. crib  6. alphabet

but for now I will keep organizing and cleaning out what we already have

and only six more days until we find out if we are having a boy or girl!