We are likely going to be moving into a new apartment before Hazel is born, but I'd already worked on this nursery, so I'm going to share it anyway! I know I'm a photographer & all, but cell phone pictures are what you're getting. :) We got a lot of really great deals on our larger items, so I wanted to share our finds!
We started with this idea:
And here's what we've got so far. There's a lot less color in it right now because we don't have all the decorations up, but you get the idea.
Crib, mattress, white dresser: $150 from a consignment shop. We got the info off of the crib & researched it to make sure it had good reviews & wasn't recalled or anything. We also got a bedding set with it that's adorable, but just didn't fit in our color scheme, so we're selling it for $20.
Mobile: $15 (or was it $10?) at the same consignment shop. It plays about 10 different songs & spins around. I love that it has the black & white swirls as well, since that's what they suggest for mobiles.
Rug: $5 at a different consignment shop
Canvas with lyrics: $60 We bought the canvas at Michaels' for $40 (was 60% off) & the paints & paintbrushes (what I didn't already have) was about $20. We had the idea & painted it ourselves. It's not quite done yet, but more on that later.
Music = Love small canvas: $5 at Burke's Outlet
Dry Erase Wall Dots: $5 for a 2 pack I run a photography business out of my home, and it takes a lot of space to set everything up! I quarantined most of it to the closet with some careful organization, but I still needed some space for the printer & such, so I used this little corner, which you can't really see from the door. The two blue wall dots are removable dry-erase wall decals. I keep a list of to-do's on one, and other notes about clients on the other. Super helpful!
Large bookcase: This used to be in our living room with China & books on it. I love the cubby organization systems and almost bought a cubby shelf just for this room. But space is an issue in this apartment, so I took the bookshelf that was already in the nursery & moved it to the living room, and brought the large one from the living room into the nursery! There wasn't enough room for all the books, even after giving many to Goodwill, so I double layered them-- there is another complete row of books behind each row you see! The bottom right hand cubby of books is all our baby/kids books.
Canvas Bins: $9 each This was not a cheap purchase, but thankfully, I had enough in Wal-Mart gift cards to more than cover the cost! I can decorate them if I like, and they hide a lot of junk that I know won't always be organized once the baby is here. They will also make moving much easier, and even collapse down to a flat square if needed.
Yikes... I never said the nursery was finished! Here is the closet & changing table/baby armoir (which needs to be refinished & get new knobs). Cloth diapers are in the baby armoir... for now.
Bassinet: Free! It's our friend's bassinet. We knew storage was an issue, but also knew a bassinet would be super helpful that first month or so. So a friend offered to let us borrow theirs they aren't currently using (& they needed the extra space!). Works perfectly-- we don't have to waste money on buying one that we'll just turn around & sell, and they don't have to look at it for a few months. :)
And we've come full circle! Like I said, the decorations are definitely not all up yet (nor will they be until we move). A friend bought us a wall decal with Hazel's name on it, too, and I can't wait to decide where to put it in our new place!
1 comment:
Good job on checking to see if the crib was recalled BEFORE you bought it...not all of us are that smart ;)
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