Sunday, August 26, 2012

Nursery, Registry and Headaches...oh my!

I have a vision. A vision of a shabby, chic, beautifully designed nursery for my two girls. What does this vision look like you ask? Look at the greatness below {thanks, Pinterest for making me overachieve and do extra work that probably will go unseen...}.

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I'm NUTS right?! I really love it though, while I don't believe I can recreate everything, at least I have a vision of what I want. I think I have enough talent to paint the tree mural. I love the designer's blog; everyone on there so creative. Going to try to research more on the paint color, "Cobalt Blue" since in the photos it looks more of sage green {more of what I'm going for}. I'm in LOVE with the pink though, which was surprising to me since I'm not an over the top pink person.

Sofias Nursey - Unique and chic, I created this room for my daughter who was born Feb 1st, 09. Ive always loved shades of "Tiffany" blue - Diamond Vogal paint, "Cobalt Blue". I am so happy with how the hand painted wall tree mural turned out. I taped (double sided tape) large silk peonies to the wall to add demension. The painted leaves are gold metallic. I also painted a peacock last minute. This was all painted in just a couple of days when I was nine months pregnant. I finally got the Pottery Barn Catelina magazine wall rack that Ive had my eye on for a year now (roughly $100). A previously used mirror from another location in the house serves as her dressor mirror (I think it was from Home Depot for about $99). Its a little larger than I think I would have liked ideally, but I think it works nicely. Corner antique cream estate sale table $27. Two white wall shelves, Hobby Lobby. A safe hand me down crib from Grandmas house, and the white dressor is from American furniture, roughly $350. Curtains are discontinued target Shabby Chic collection from Ebay. Chandelier $130. Brown side table, flea market find $30. I had actually given myself a nice budget for this room when I started, but it all just fell together without spending very much at all. Enjoy! *** The bumper and the fitted sheet are from Target from the Shabby Chic collection ordered online. The bumper has a chenille side and a quilited side - I chose to put the chenille side out. ***, The skirt my mom made. , Nurseries Design 
I'm having the hardest time finding something similar to the crib skit - this was from Target originally as the blog mentions, but their Shabby Vintage collection no longer carriers it...AMAZON, maybe?

Sofias Nursey - Unique and chic, I created this room for my daughter who was born Feb 1st, 09. Ive always loved shades of "Tiffany" blue - Diamond Vogal paint, "Cobalt Blue". I am so happy with how the hand painted wall tree mural turned out. I taped (double sided tape) large silk peonies to the wall to add demension. The painted leaves are gold metallic. I also painted a peacock last minute. This was all painted in just a couple of days when I was nine months pregnant. I finally got the Pottery Barn Catelina magazine wall rack that Ive had my eye on for a year now (roughly $100). A previously used mirror from another location in the house serves as her dressor mirror (I think it was from Home Depot for about $99). Its a little larger than I think I would have liked ideally, but I think it works nicely. Corner antique cream estate sale table $27. Two white wall shelves, Hobby Lobby. A safe hand me down crib from Grandmas house, and the white dressor is from American furniture, roughly $350. Curtains are discontinued target Shabby Chic collection from Ebay. Chandelier $130. Brown side table, flea market find $30. I had actually given myself a nice budget for this room when I started, but it all just fell together without spending very much at all. Enjoy! *** The bumper and the fitted sheet are from Target from the Shabby Chic collection ordered online. The bumper has a chenille side and a quilited side - I chose to put the chenille side out. ***, Chenille side out, Shabby Chic Collection at Target. , Nurseries Design 
The crib's wood is a great contrast - I can't find that color of wood at Babies R Us, however I know if we look at a warehouse {I know of one in Whittier}, I bet they carry something similar. This crib looks a lot like mine however when I was a child.

Sofias Nursey - Unique and chic, I created this room for my daughter who was born Feb 1st, 09. Ive always loved shades of "Tiffany" blue - Diamond Vogal paint, "Cobalt Blue". I am so happy with how the hand painted wall tree mural turned out. I taped (double sided tape) large silk peonies to the wall to add demension. The painted leaves are gold metallic. I also painted a peacock last minute. This was all painted in just a couple of days when I was nine months pregnant. I finally got the Pottery Barn Catelina magazine wall rack that Ive had my eye on for a year now (roughly $100). A previously used mirror from another location in the house serves as her dressor mirror (I think it was from Home Depot for about $99). Its a little larger than I think I would have liked ideally, but I think it works nicely. Corner antique cream estate sale table $27. Two white wall shelves, Hobby Lobby. A safe hand me down crib from Grandmas house, and the white dressor is from American furniture, roughly $350. Curtains are discontinued target Shabby Chic collection from Ebay. Chandelier $130. Brown side table, flea market find $30. I had actually given myself a nice budget for this room when I started, but it all just fell together without spending very much at all. Enjoy! *** The bumper and the fitted sheet are from Target from the Shabby Chic collection ordered online. The bumper has a chenille side and a quilited side - I chose to put the chenille side out. ***, Nurseries Design 
 Absolutely ADORE the peonies. Blog said she just used double-sided tape, which is much easier than I originally thought it was going to be. I thought they were paper mache or something like that!

Nursery painting, personalized canvas for girl's room - tree, cherry blossom, bird

I found this gem on Etsy {$75 bucks though!}. This is something I CAN TOTALLY create. I just need to get my paints from my parents house...{hmmmm again overachieving!!}

Other than that, I'm lost for bedding. I don't really care for all the patterns and appliques. What I really want are nice and simple colors that I can interchange with ease. What baby uses the quilt in the bedding set anyway?! Also told to NOT use bumpers. 
Always up for suggestions if any.
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 We also went registry shopping to Babies R Us yesterday; such a headache! I thought I had gathered enough information on reviews, speaking to mommies of twins and my own good judgement. But it was just ALL overwhelming. It came to the point where I just told Eric to scan everything that looks good and we'll deal with it later. LOL. We're still not done registering, but I'm really curious on what other mommies have registered for {what works, what doesn't...what you wish you had, etc.} 
Below are some items I heard are great. 

 Fisher-Price Deluxe Rock N Play Sleeper - Sugarplum - Fisher-Price - Babies"R"Us BOB Stroller Strides Fitness Duallie Double Stroller - Red - BOB Trailers - Babies"R"Us


 

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2 comments:

Carla said...

Those items that you heard are great ARE great. As far as bedding, simple, inexpensive walmart/target type stuff works the best. Crib pad that goes under the fitted sheet, fitted sheet and light blankets are all you really need.

Another item that ended up being GREAT while Lexi was a tiny one is a video baby monitor. We sprung for a more expensive one that could have multiple cameras (especially good for twins). With the video monitor, you can see if they're still covered, etc. without going and disturbing them- especially as they are falling asleep.

August 27, 2012 at 6:17 PM
Tam said...

I love our rock n sleepers. We also have a snap n go stroller which is AWESOME. the carseats snap right in. I got mine second hand for $40 though. But this stroller should work for us until they are no longer in their carseats. We had Sadie's tub from before but I would suggest something that has a removable insert to lay the babies on not a built in because you will need something once they out grow the tub but are still not sitting up. (that's where we are at right now).

Bedding the simplier the better. And don't worry about buying an expensive quilt. We use and used our homemade flannel blankets we got at our shower. We never used the quilt and let's be honest not many people are going to be going in there to admire it. Sad but true.

I'm with your friend Carla on the monitor. We ended up going with regular cameras not baby cameras though. They are better quality and last longer for when you want to put one in the playroom or living room to keep tabs on things later on.

hope this helps. You know I'm an open book on the twins so if you need anything please let me know.

August 29, 2012 at 2:35 PM

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