It’s finally finished! And I’m anxious to show you the room we created for our baby. Keep in mind that I like simple and minimal so it may be boring to some of you! I had a lot of fun doing this because I have a bit of an interior decorating background and hadn’t really done any designing for a long time! Decorating to me these days, is about creating a comfortable room that is done on the cheap. That means I DIY’d and repurposed quite a few items! Oh, and since we didn’t know the gender of our little one, I tried to make it as neutral as possible.
At the end of the post I’ll have a source list with our approximate costs and links to my crafty projects 
The curtain fabric that inspired the colours in the room
I’m quite pleased with how it turned out. We obviously decided to forgo a rocking chair due to space restrictions since we have the single bed in there. We traded our double bed for a single bed my parents had since they couldn’t store all the beds! I was going to buy one of those thick changing pads to put on top of the dresser, but decided that the bed could work just as well.
I hope you enjoyed the tour! Here’s the source list and approximate prices:
- Crib & Mattress: IKEA $290
- Crib Sheet (3-in-1): Etsy $29
- Wall colour: Martha Stewart Fossil from Home Depot $29
- Curtain fabric: Fabricland $30 for 5m
- Crib skirt: Fabricland $0 (I found it in my stash)
- Bedding for single bed: Zellers $20
- Dresser: an antique from my Grandma $0
- White lamp: Walmart $10
- “Be Happy” wall clothes hanger $0
- ABC wall art: Etsy $32 (my “splurge”)
- DIY Hot Air Balloon mobile: $5
- DIY Canvas Art projects: $5
Total approximate cost: $450
DIY projects:
Lovely! I prefer a minimalist style, myself. I love your wall colour – what is it?
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Simply Frugal Reply:
April 3rd, 2012 at 6:39 pm
The wall colour is Martha Stewart Fossil from Home Depot
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Taya,
Congratulations on a job well done! It is really creative but I was wondering what is a 3 in 1 crib sheet?
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Simply Frugal Reply:
April 3rd, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Hi Steve,
The sheet is actually a waterproof mattress protector, mattress pad and top sheet all in one. Seems great, but we actually haven’t used it yet.
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Steve - Grocery Alerts Reply:
April 4th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Cool – thanks for letting me know!
Us dads are still learning.
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It’s just charming! I love the alphabet cards, they’re adorable. I’m sure Sienna will be very happy in her room.
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It is lovely: simple and elegant. It will also nicely grow with your baby as it is not too infantile style-wise.
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Absolutely gorgeous — I too love the minimalist style. Love the ABC art!
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love it. it’s beautiful. I especially love the home made items.
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Love it!! Great job
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I love the nursery, thank you for sharing! It’s nice when you can add in DIY projects to your little ones rooms
Delia
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Very nice room. I like the idea of having a single bed in the room. I know that some nights it was hard to get my kids to sleep and I had to stay in the room until they nodded off. I often wished I had a bed in their room because I was very tired too.
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Very cute! Love how the canvass art turned out….Pinterest? I’ve been wanting to make a quote on a canvass in that same style! Another idea which is cheap and easy are tissue pom poms! I just made a group of them above my 3 year olds bed and saw many pictures of them in nurseys! And you can co-ordinate the colors with your theme!
congrats and good luck!
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Absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!!
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What a fantastic room this turned out to be! Sienna will sure love this room!
Simple and clean!
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Looks great!
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