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 to create our baby room on a budget! 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 đ
The curtain fabric that inspired the colours in the room:
I’m quite pleased with how it turned out. đ 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:Â IKEAÂ $290
- Crib Sheet (3-in-1):Â No longer available
- Wall colour:Â 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:Â 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:Â $5
- DIY Canvas Art projects:Â $5
Total approximate cost: $450
Looks great!
What a fantastic room this turned out to be! Sienna will sure love this room!
Simple and clean!
Absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!!
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!
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.
I love the nursery, thank you for sharing! It’s nice when you can add in DIY projects to your little ones rooms đ
Delia
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Love it!! Great job đ
love it. it’s beautiful. I especially love the home made items.
Absolutely gorgeous — I too love the minimalist style. Love the ABC art!
It is lovely: simple and elegant. It will also nicely grow with your baby as it is not too infantile style-wise.
It’s just charming! I love the alphabet cards, they’re adorable. I’m sure Sienna will be very happy in her room.
Taya,
Congratulations on a job well done! It is really creative but I was wondering what is a 3 in 1 crib sheet?
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.
Cool – thanks for letting me know!
Us dads are still learning.
Lovely! I prefer a minimalist style, myself. I love your wall colour – what is it?
The wall colour is Martha Stewart Fossil from Home Depot đ