His Bedroom

Welcome to the nursery! It's finally complete. It has no theme.  It's just a bunch of stuff I've gathered together over the last 4 months that I really love.  It might just be my favorite room in the whole house.  It is so nice to start a room from scratch!  I usually end up trying to work around an item I already have but this room was completely new.  And I must say, for Iphone photos, they turned out pretty good.

Enjoy!!

light: Restore, rug: O.co, pouf: Amazon, rocker: Salvation Army, Sheep skin: Target, Fuzzy Pillow: Target, crib: IKEA, crib skirt: The Land of Nod, Garland: DIY, art: DIY, Mobile: Amazon + DIY

Engineering Prints

hooks: The Land of Nod, chair: garage sale, shelves: IKEA, art: online + DIY

dresser: family

art: found online

lamp: Target, horns: the woods, mason jar: DIY, rocking horse: gift

baskets: Micheals

Brady's Mom picked the quote!  N I made the art

I embedded toy dinosaurs into the art with Caulk

The mobile is a photo hanging mobile, but you can clip WTV you want from it.  I'm not sure I love the stars.. but they will do for now

zebra and owl: Pier 1, monkey: my Mom found a lady who makes them, dog: gift

Now all we have left to do is install the car seat.. Oh, and give birth.. EEEEK!  Wish me luck!

Garland

Look what I made for my baby boys bedroom..

Craft Paper Garland:

I'm pretty pleased with myself for accomplishing this project.  It was really quick and easy.  They add so much character to the plain white ceilings and add color to the black and white room.

Originally, I was planning on painting the ceiling with this insanely awesome design from Vintage Revivals...

BUT who on earth has that much time on their hands?  I sure don't at the moment.  But I do love it!

So the comprimise was garland.
www.thelandofnod.com has some seriously cool garland for cheap!..like...

But, sadly they weren't long enough to cover the ceiling and aren't big enough to make an impact.  Oh and I am cheap, so I decided to make my own. 

So off to JoAnne Fabrics I went.  I should have bought felt and sewed the garland.. but that is also too time consuming.  So I picked up 16 sheets of orange, grey, green and blue craft paper in the scrap booking isle.  I also bought a spool of twine, small diameter hole punch and a pack of tacks.  A whopping ten dollars later I was headed home.

Cut each paper into 4 triangles, then make a few smaller triangles out of the 4 big ones.  I like them to be differnet sized, but you could really do wtv you please...  punch two holes in either end of the triangles, string the twine through. 

BAM!  In about 1 hr I had 4 strands of garland hanging across my ceiling!

Spaghetti: Part two

I said I was going to start updating my blog more often, then I take almost a month long break...  geesh!

We got around to hanging the Spaghetti chandelier.  I couldn't be more happy with it.
As I mentioned, I was nervous about painting over the antique brass.  After spending about 20 minutes in the spray paint isle I stumbled across a dark glossy grey that was worth a shot.  Long story short, it's the icing on the cake.. or umm, the parm on the spaghetti?!

This room is still far from done.  It needs art above the bed (which is already taken care of, just not in this picture), the nightstands need more styling, the closet needs finished, and the there is an entire blank wall to dress up. 

We also added a ceiling medallion.  I just think a light feels naked without one.  Brady hates them.  But he will survive.

Craving some Spaghetti!

My Mom n I stopped at a garage sale last weekend and I found the most amazing light.  It's an acrylic Spaghetti Lamp from the 1960's.  $25!  It was too dated for the sellers homes, but it will feel right at home in my house!

Love at first sight

just waiting to be hung

 I'm hoping to get it hung up tonight.  The delay.... Brady vetoed the antique brass.  Sad face.  I love it so much just as it is.  But it's his house too.  He rarely has an opinion on my decor choices so I figured I'd better let him win this one.  He took it outside n sprayed the brass white.  I think I'm regretting letting him touch my new found love, but I'll just have to suck it up and deal with it. 

It's going to hang over the bed in the basement guest bedroom.  The acrylic goes well with the acrylic knobs on the yellow dresser..

this room really needs a chandy!

This is the nightmare of a mess that I am dealing with in this bedroom.   That's what happens when Brady's friends spend the night.   At least hanging a new chandelier makes washing the bedding seem a bit more exciting.

Bedroom

I am slowly beginning to like my bedroom. I keep tweeking it to make it more
"me".

 Remember this table used to look like this?  Now it is one of my favorite peices of furniture.