A Nursery on a Budget
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 It was a long and FUN journey creating our new baby girls nursery. A project like no other we have taken on in the house. My husband and I completely worked as a team, and he surprisingly compromised with everything I wanted in the room, probably because I'm pregnant! We were working with a tight budget, and I didn't want to go crazy on a room that will change in a couple of years, with lots of fancy furniture, that is no use to us down the road. I wanted pieces that could work in that room forever or in other places in our home.
When I found out I was having a girl, I'm sure you can imagine what happened pretty much the minute after my ultrasound, I started shopping for treasures! Over the summer our surrounding neighborhoods having amazing garage sales. I found about 50% of the items for the nursery there.
The finished product! I think this dresser is my absolute favorite part about the room. It was $25 from a thrift store and I can not be more trilled with how it turned out. Also what makes the room is my very talented mother was kind enough to sew all the textiles for me so I had so much freedom selected fabric, which I found from Hathrowne Threads.
I created the custom art work of our pets! Just a cheap and fun way I can use my own resources to add some color, personal touches and warmth to the room.
The decals were originally from BILK which I had previously bought when we moved into our home 2 years ago! Talk about perfect fit for the nursery.
Thrift Store and Garage Sale Finds:
Dresser $25 / Gold Shelving $1.50 plus Spray Paint $3.50 / White and Gold Cabinet $10.00 plus paint $7.50/ Rocking Chair grandmothers Free/ Fish Wall Art $2.00
New Items:
Crib and Mattress Babies R Us (gift from my parents) $400 / Wall Shelving DIY $35 Lowes / New Closet pulls $8.00 Hobby Lobby/ Sheep Skin Ikea $40 / Rattan Elephant Hamper (gift from sister) $79/ Rug Urban outfitters $48/ Bow & Birdie Hooks Urban outfitters $22/ BILK Wall Decals left over from previous project/ All toys and art previously owned, made, or gifts/ Lamps Christmas Tree shop $25/ Wall Mirrors Christmas Tree shop (previously owned) $5.50/ Blue bookshelf Christmas Tree Shop $20
Supplies:
Decorator white BM paint $50 / Pink Trim Paint $20 / Fabrics $55
DIY:
Mobile had all supplies / Pink Lamp Shade a DIY found on Poppy Talk $2.00 ribbon
Grand total costs of the room without crib: $462
$862 Including crib
DIY, for da baby, graphic design, illustration
Reader Comments (5)
This room is too sweet for words! So nicely done and i love all of the touches. Your daughter is going to love it!
Oh my goodness... you guys did a fantastic job! Now we just need the little jelly bean to come out and play! xoxo
Wow, what a great job you've done! Really inspires me to get on with decorating my boy's room! Thank you so much
Your nursery is just divine, as is your store. I would love to feature both on my blog http://shoppegirls.blogspot.com/. If you mind me showcasing your nursery please let me know and I will not do so or if I have before I hear from you I will remove the feature..
Good luck with everything.
Vicki
You have such done a wonderful job decorating the nursery. I am just beginning to discover the wonders of garage sale/ secondhand furniture. So many unique items for a small price and with a lick of paint and some TLC, items can look more beautiful and interesting than buying brand new- furniture that has some character- and a story to go with it.
Best wishes for the New Year and for the arrival of little Clara Eden