FOR NOW, let me show off Little T's room, which I finally finished this past weekend! Before Little C was born, I created an awesome ABC nursery. Poor Mr. P and my mom painstakingly accepted my challenge to paint one foot of orange at the top, with a 1.5 inch white border, followed by the rest of the turquoise/teal wall. My husband quickly found out how uneven our ceilings are and it lead to a lot of "I'm never painting this room again!" talk. After that, I vowed that when the next baby came, regardless of whether it was a girl or boy, I was leaving it the same and I would never ever change it... only we all know I can't do that. By trade, I am a business owner and part time marketing agent for a realty company, but in my free time, I am a party planner and an interior designer. I wish I could figure out a way to make money doing interior design, but for now, I just enjoy doing it in my own home.
Growing up, Mr. P was somewhat of a baseball phenom. Because of that, there is a deep love of baseball in this house, matched by Little C and his crazy ability to hit a ball, even by a pitching machine, at only 2 years old. When we found out we were having another boy, I immediately knew we needed to have a baseball nursery... so we did! And here it is (and for the record I painted all of the room for the most part with the exception of trim work which is why you'll notice there aren't any ridiculous lines in this room, and instead, there is only a fun baseball mimic wall instead). I am trying to put prices of what things cost me here too to prove that you CAN decorate on a budget! The most expensive thing in this room was the paint.
First, the crib wall. I painted the baseball wall using help from a broom (for measurement) and vinyl to make the threading, which is why the lines are virtually perfect. I am very thankful for my Silhouette Cameo machine. The baseball iron wall art came from Hobby Lobby, as did the letters. They came plain, and I hand painted them, then hung them on a stud in the corner of the room so they are the first thing you see when you walk in. I also made the mobile (for $4.00, better picture below) and the teething bar on the top of the crib (for under $15). (We need to raise the mattress, it's still lowered from when Little C used the crib)
This mobile was given to us for Little C, but it didn't match our theme, so I dismantled it, and with a little help from a few sheets of felt from Michaels, a little acrylic paint, a circle and monogram cut from my Cameo, and stuffing from an old fair toy, voila! A brand new mobile! If you ask Little C, he will say it's his favorite part of his brother's room.
I saw something similar to these on Etsy for sale for $70... but I'm way too cheap for that. I have enough basic stills in Microsoft Word that I was able to replicate these for free and print them on my own printer. I backed them with scrapbook paper (that we already had) and put them in $4.00 Walmart frames. I literally saved $54.00 by doing these myself!
Originally I was going to make my own curtains, but when I walked through the isles of Target, I found these beauties. They are actually shower curtains, but that didn't bother me because they go perfectly with the room. They were $14.99 a piece. I wanted to pin them back, but I wanted it to still look cool, so I picked up a couple of baseballs for around $5.00 a piece and went to town with a drill! The flags at the top of the curtain were made from scrapbook paper and ribbon and cost under $10.00 total (they are all around the room), and the Baeball Boys of Summer picture was a clearance find at Hobby Lobby for $12.00 this past summer! The only thing we have left to finish here is to box our router and cordless phones behind the rocking chair (that's a work in progress).
This is an accent piece we have on the dresser. Matt had several homerun baseballs from his youth, and his parents wrote on all of them. They were too cool to sit in a box in our closet, so we put them on display. I just wish I had bought a bigger Ball mason jar, but this one was pretty good for $3.99 at Michael's.
This was another Pintrest inspired project. I wanted to do something fun and abstract above the diaper changing area, so again, I went to Michael's and got a bunch of wood pieces that I could create on my own. The most expensive piece was the Pellas Stadium piece (I believe it was $10.00), the arrow was around $8.00 and the mirror and home run piece were under $5.00. I had coupons, so I never paid full price, and I bought paint that would match our colors (which I also used for his lettering). The initials frames were in the Michael's dollar bins, and I used my Silhouette Cameo to make the pieces pop after they were painted. On the clipboard, I have a blank baseball run sheet and when Little T is born, we will put his height, weight, time of birth, etc. on the board. The Babe Ruth tin sign was around $11.00 and it was a find we bought on our family vacation trip to Gatlinburg this summer. The silver bins in the diaper changing station were also on clearance at Michael's for $9.99 a piece, but I had a 15% off coupon for them too. They just looked like a locker room to me, and I'm using them to store lotions, ointment, diapers and wipes for easy access.
This is the reading wall! The picture above the books is of 4 little boys outside of Yankee Stadium. My cousin found it on an online yardsale sight for $10.00 and got it for Little T. The lamp was $12 (with the shade) and I replicated a baseball in acrylic paint on the shade for accent (you can't see it in the picture though). The frame was from Hobby Lobby and was 25% off, so it was $10.00 and it's baseball themed, and Mr. P and I won the other baseball light from Frankie's Fun Park on one of our date nights! The only other thing I had to buy here were the cloth bins and they were $6.99 a piece.
As I mentioned before, I like the look of the flags around the room. It adds color and dimension, but it's really cheap too! I put more flags on the formal dresser to dress it down some. Mr. P and I have had this set (it was purchased prior to Mr. P, but it's held up well), but I wanted it to still fit in the room. The only other thing new here is the 12 month picture frame which was on sale at Kohls for around $12.00. Well worth it for those precious memories!
We've also been getting ready for the baby by making some much needed purchases for our growing family including these:
We needed a new car seat because ours expired, so we went with the Graco Snugride Click Connect 30. It was rated one of the top 5 safest in my research and we have had good luck with Graco products. Plus, it's neutral and isn't a crazy color that will bother me if we have a girl in the future. It will look good in our City Select stroller when we are rolling down the street.
We had to invest in new bottles since the ones we used with Little C have since been re-made and we weren't able to find new nipples for the new baby. When we had Little C, we went through bottle nipples like crazy. After we washed them a few times, they would flow too fast and we knew that would be a problem if we couldn't find new nipples, so we ended up going with the Munchkin Latch model. I boiled all 9 of the bottles I bought (using my birthday money) today and only burnt myself 5 times. I've heard great things about these bottles and I'm excited to try them out!
So with that said, we are definitely in nesting mode. I may or may not have a load of laundry going that contains all of Little T's clothes for our hospital bag. Better safe than sorry! I wanted to be prepared for him when he got here, and I wanted to use my energy while I have it... you never know what tomorrow will bring when you're pregnant, hot and tired! Thanks for reading!
Love,
Mrs. P
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