My Lil' Shepherd Boy {DIY Nursery Reveal}

Okay, I have been waiting for this post!!

I have been enjoying my lil' shepherd boy David soooooo much...my heart has never been wrapped so tight around a tiny little finger :)

When we were getting ready for our Wiggles (my nickname for him...even in the womb, he is just so wiggly lol) I knew my studio, which took up the second bedroom, would have to be relocated. I had a ball with his nursery projects and though I was stressed by the end, it came out so cool!

Without further ado, here is the smattering of photos...I will also be sharing my project tutorials for this room in future posts.

One of my favorite things about the nursery are the multi-colored IKEA curtains!  I scoured the internet for the right curtains for this room. When I found them at IKEA, I knew we HAD to get them. Sure enough, my husband drove his very pregnant wife 45 minutes late at night to the nearest store. It was SO worth it!!

Past post of a nursery project:

- DIY Motivational/Subway Art Plaque

 Future DIY nursery project posts will include:

- Revamped Red Mirror

- Recovered Striped Bumper

- Chevron Crib Skirt Tutorial

- Mobile/Nightlight Corner Fixture

Stay tuned...

He's here!!

Wonder where I've been, blog world?
Oh just bringing a new soul into this world :)

HE'S FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAVID JONATHAN PULFORD

BORN APRIL 27, 2012 @ 8:43PM

6LBS 4OZ 19.75IN

Let the hunger games begin...lol

Motivational/Subway Art Plaque for Nursery - DIY

 I have been obsessed with inspirational/motivational quotes & sayings since I can remember. Probably started in middle school, collecting cool things to read and jot in my journal.

So when I've been seeing all the neat subway art signs/plaques lately, it got me all giddy!

Which usually leads to a project...nothing new, right?

I knew this was something I desperately wanted to incorporate into my son's nursery, and make it myself.

After seeing this sign at Pier 1, I was on a mission:

 I loved the idea of inspiring my little one with a sign, but I wanted something horizontal.

Here are some other cool signs:

Source: media-cache5.pinterest.com via yvonne on Pinterest

Source: tarahlowry.blogspot.com via Tia on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Heather on Pinterest

Equipped with what I wanted to say and do, I asked my handsome man to cut some old wooden planks we had in the basement and adhere them together. I didn't want a square, but a decent rectangle. Small enough to look good over the crib. The wood came out to be about 2x3  feet:

BEFORE

He had one long plank and cut it in half, then used metal brackets to screw them together in the back. I wish I had taken more project photos...

It really was okay that the wood was not new! I love the distressed look and really, wood has awesome characters, I didn't want to take away from the roughness...

I spray painted it red, very lightly in some spots, not perfect. It was so fun not to worry about having everything look nice and neat! The style I was going for didn't call for that. Then I wrote out the words by hand and painted them white with a small brush. I am comfortable with my style of handwriting, since I can get letters pretty straight by hand. If you are not, you can always try a projector screen, stencils or vinyl lettering...

Lastly, I took some sand paper and went to town! Okay, maybe not all the way to town...but enough to get get the white letters to not be so, well, uptight and boring haha

AFTER

All done!! Here it is, up and ready to enjoy!

It was so fun to do, easy, quick and I had everything on hand.

My handsome man made sure there were studs in the walls, this thing is pretty heavy. Also we made sure it was high enough so when baby was bigger, he wouldn't mess with it and pull it down (ouch!)

What a special touch for our son to have in his nursery, something handmade and personal!

Can't wait to have a BIG nursery reveal post soon, with tons of photos...muahahaha, stay tuned....

DIY Revamped Nursery Dresser

Okay ya'll, remember at the beginning of the month when I shared this post about the new paint in the nursery and this teaser pic of the revamped dresser:

It's not a HUGE change that you can really tell in photos, I guess...I mean I didn't go from white to lime green damask or mod podge the entire thing in gold fabric...but trust me, sometimes all something needs is a little refresher, not a huge facelift...

Here's how my awesome vintage dresser looked before:

Not too shabby, right?

Confession time; I LOVE this dresser! It was a freebie from an old boss who is an interior designer. When I got my first apartment five years ago, I was helping her clean the studio basement (talk about an artist/designer's dream! Vintage furniture, luscious fabric scraps and then some...oh yeah.)

when she spotted the dresser and says "Hey, if you want this, you can take it for free."

"Uh, what? DUH!!"

I said in my mind, when in actuality I tried to put a cool face and eased a simple "Sure..."

This baby was mine! I painted it white and spray-painted the original hardware silver.

BUTTTTTTT....cut to now, and the dresser just needed a little TLC and some color to match my baby boy's room. See the paint chipping and white fading? That's not cute...or safe.

  First thing's first, I took all the drawers out and unscrewed the hardware.

 See the nice pile of silver knobs? I can't part with them...they are originals, people!!

Such sweet detailing, and they remind me of mini door knockers hehe

Anyways...

I laid out the drawers to be painted. The original piece only had the paint done halfway...so I stuck with it. Eh, why work harder if they didn't? Right? Psh...

I used the same paint that I used on the trim...it's not a bright white, but it's called "Frost" from Behr. Totally the perfect shade of white if you are not wanting stark-hospital-room white...you know what I mean!

**Note: I'm a pregnant goober and "thought" I took a photo of me actually spray-painting the hardware a candy red color...fail. So I'll just take you to the after look, where you'll see them anyways**

TA-DA!! Ahhh what a refreshing look!

Instead of chipped/faded white, we now have a new fresh "Frost" white and instead of drab silver hardware, we're poppin' with some red ones, yo. Fo' realz...

I'm DYING to show you all the cool tutorials and stuffs I'm making for my lil' man's nursery. I'm trying to give you a little at a time as to not blow your brains out with my awesome makeover skillz (you're welcome btw) ;)

So that is all until next time...let's move on to why you are really here, shall we?

 THE NEARLY GROWN PHOTOGRAPHY WINNER!!

**drum roll pleazzzeee...and thank you...**