It has been SO much fun putting Collins' nursery together! I think I mentioned before that I spend a lot of time in there just sitting and thinking about how to decorate and imagining him sleeping, or cooing, or screaming ;) Jake has been wonderful at helping me, too. I really didn't have a chance to think on something longer than a day or two because if I said I wanted it painted/hung/etc., he was ON it! Below are details...probably way too many...so we won't forget!
Entrance from door. Thank you, Mama and Daddy for the glider! My Granny made that blanket several years ago...very special :) I found the dresser (changing table) on Craig's List for $20!! It came with a mirror, but it was too big for the room so I gave it to Katie. Jake painted the dresser, chest of drawers (mine when I was younger), and little table (used to belong to Maw)...I love the color! The drapes are from JC Penney. They were a splurge because we had to get them long enough and they're the black out, energy efficient kind. I'm happy, though, because they make the room REALLY dark when they're pulled to (and the grommets make them easy to pull)!
We kept the doors off the closet (people who lived here before us had the changing table in the closet). I think it actually gives us more room because we can have the chest of drawers and hanging rods (really shower rods, hung from front to back). The football prints to the left were some that Jake bought a couple of years ago just because they were on sale at Little Gallery for about $5 each. I think it was a moving sale or something. I had told Jake he couldn't have red (excuse me, crimson) football prints in the nursery, but I would compromise with black and white photos. I didn't even know he already had these sketches! Those little booties were crocheted by Mrs. Loretta Lawson (Granny's friend) with the same yarn as the blanket on the chair.
Mobile Jake and I made. The animals are from Hobby Lobby. They were primary colors so I painted over them to make them pastel and lined the backs with scrapbook paper. This cost about $5 total. I love a bargain!
Crib bedding! It and the crib are from JC Penney. Total cost for bedding was $65...very cool. We bought the bedding and crib soon after we found out we were expecting because I wanted something gender neutral. The ribbons were added later. (They're from Hobby Lobby. Love that store!) I don't know why this pic won't enlarge (why does it do it sometimes and not others??), but that blanket on the right side is one Aunt Shira gave us last weekend. One of her friends made it. The blue and yellow one in the crib (can barely see it here) is one Mrs. Mona Grayson made. Collins is a loved little boy already!
That's a wall decal we ordered from Etsy.com. It actually messed up...was supposed to have three rings around the C and Collins. Basically, the rings came off on the wrong side of the wax paper and were just stickers...looked horrendous when we tried to make them straight. So, we tossed them and used just the C and Collins. It looked pretty good, but was too little to be above the crib, so after some deliberation we decided to put a 'frame' around it. Jake bought a cheap piece of chair rail, painted it white, and cut it to make a frame. We are pleased with how it turned out :) The dots around it are more wall decals from Target...just $10 for the whole pack and you can rearrange them if needed! The memo board was on sale at Anna Kate and Co. I like it when I'm in the room, but for some reason in pictures I think it makes that side of the room look cluttered. Oh well.
"Book shelves" from Target (really spice racks). That sweet little outfit is from my mom! I bought the star hook and initials above the door (not pictured) from Hobby Lobby. They were unfinished wood and I painted them all the same color blue. I think they were probably $1 each.
Wreath my cousin, Olivia, made and put on the door at my last shower in Enterprise. She is so talented! She made a diaper cake too that was super cute.
YAY!!! for Collins' room :)
