Notes From Our Nest

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have found the perfect baby bedding! It’s cute and the price was right.

The price was so right, in fact, that I decided it was ok to hack apart the bumper and make it into artwork for the baby’s room. Take a look!

First, I cut out sections of the argyle print:

The Argyle Bumper with sections removed

Next, I used 3M Super 77 Spray Adhesive to attach sections of the fabric to heavy paper:

Gluing the fabric to the backing

Then, I took the matting out of the frame (from Michael’s):

Cute Square frames from Michael's

I cleaned the glass–both sides!

Cleaning the Glass

You can’t see it very well, but I just centered the pattern and taped the fabric (on the paper backing) to the mat:

Taping the fabric to the mat

And…Viola! I put the fabric and the mat into the frame. It looks pretty good, if I don’t say so myself!

The finished product

Here are all three of the pieces that we’re going to hang above the crib. Kabe has assured me that he can secure them to the wall so that they won’t fall down on our little one! I’m so happy with the finished project! I packed it up with the piles of baby stuff that is ready to move into the new house.

Argyle Artwork

The next bumper project is going to be turning the other side of the bumper into valances for the windows!

Soon-to-be-Valances

Not unlike the search for the perfect bedding, our search for the perfect crib took hours and hours and hours as well. The problem with this was that I had always pictured a simple white crib for our baby. K wanted a larger dark crib. Take a look at the photo and you can see who the big winner is…

The Hudson Lifestyle Crib from Bonavita

Our Nursery Bedding arrived on Friday! This is a big deal considering the fact that I spent hours and hours and hours searching for the “perfect” bedding for our baby boy’s nursery. I wanted to find something that was not baby blue or themed. It seems like about 95% of boy’s rooms use this shade of blue with some sort of cutsie theme. I know! It’s adorable. But, I just wanted something a little different.

I searched everywhere from high-end stores like Pottery Barn Kids and Land of Nod to the less-pricey Target and Babies R Us. I looked into custom bedding and I considered making it myself. Basically, the problem to me was that the only things I needed were the crib sheet and the skirt. Did you know that you can’t put the bumper or the comforter in the crib? They are just for looks. In the end,  just couldn’t fathom spending $40o+ on things that I am not going to use.

Imagine my excitement when I stumbled upon a post on Ohdeedoh that showed cute bedding from…Walmart!

So, I ordered this adorable Aqua and Pistachio Argyle Bedding Set for…$90 (including shipping)!

Cute argyle crib bedding

We’re thinking of painting the walls the blue shade from the comforter. It’ll look more blue than this sample shows:

#618 Robin's Nest from Benjamin Moore

I’m hoping to capture the happy feeling of Megan’s daughter, Paige’s Room. I LOVE this room! The paint color in Paige’s room is the same as the above sample, so you can see how it would be a perfect match for our argyle room.

Wee's Gorgeous Nursery

I’d love to find a recliner like the one in this post. If anyone has something I could recover (in chocolate with the white piping), let me know!

love,

m