Ahhh the blessed nursery. Within 2 days of finding out it was indeed a girl, my mind already conjured up brilliant plans for baby Lucy’s nursery. It has become quite the undertaking, but I must admit I love it! And of course I would never be able to produce my desired outcome without some major help from my talented friends and loved ones.
First, my amazing (and dead sexy) husband, James. He is my go to guy. I find I start a “simple” project that ends up being way more work than I had anticipated and then he lovingly steps in and finishes it for me. He is also amazing at building things I think of, that don’t exist, and “jimmy-rigging” thrift store finds so they are workable again. Besides all of these amazing things…he is a great husband and dad. I love him.
My husband, James (told ya he was dead-sexy)
Next, my pal, Char. Oh where would I be without this girl in my life? For how many times I call her for advice, opinions, directions, instructions, and to borrow just about everything, including her amazing input on craft ideas, I feel like I should be paying her a monthly fee! She has become my crafting comrade. Not only is she talented in all crafting areas, but she also provides some great comic relief to any scenario. We have had our fair share of fun crafting adventures, and fun “non-crafting” adventures. (Like the time we packed my van full of 6 boys all under the age of 6 so that I could double check a faulty pregnancy test with my doctor. But, hey…that is another story for another time).
She has been kind enough to help me out with Lucy’s nursery by helping me with some decor and also by taking on the huge project of sewing all her bedding and window dressings. I can’t wait to see them all finished and adorning Lucy’s room. It will be great!
Char and me, I feel, make a pretty good team. I feel confident enough to say that I can conjure up some pretty crafty ideas, but then to back it with brains… I am pretty much screwed.
Enter, Char.
The woman can figure anything out. Half the time she is explaining things to me I just have to nod my head and pretend to understand what she is saying just so I don’t look like a complete fool. What can I say? I am blonde, and I am a hairdresser, not a brilliant person like, Char. (no offense to hairdressers) we have our place in this world too. After all, we make people pretty! Can you imagine what an ugly place this world would be without us?
Okay, moving on…
I decided to use Jett’s old room for the nursery, because it already had bead board hanging on the lower half of the walls. I chose to re-paint the bead board using paint by Valspar called, “Craft-White”. Next, I rubbed a glaze in the creases to accent them using a tintable glaze by, Valspar. I cannot remember the color of paint I used to tint the glaze. I bought a light tan in a sample can that you can get for around $3.00 at Lowe’s.
You can kind of see the bead board in this picture
Next came the upper half of the walls. I originally wanted this wallpaper by Amy Butler, since I love everything Amy Butler (I’d probably lick her toe jam, I love her so much) but then realized this was not going to be very practical considering the price! I’ll let you research that yourself, I don’t want to have you pass out in the middle of my post!
Bummed about the wallpaper, I called, Char and she mentioned these cool stencils. I liked the damask one myself, and I almost bought it even though it was a bit more than I’d like to spend. Then, on an outing to Hobby Lobby, I came across some wall stencils there and found a worthy comparison for only $16.99!!! I could handle that! So, I bought it. We primed and painted the upper wall using, “Baby Blush” by Valspar and then began stenciling, once the pink had dried.
For the stenciling, I wanted it very subtle, because it was a “busy” design. So I took the left over pink (1/4 gallon, give or take a few) and added the left over, “Craft-White” paint (1/2 gallon, give or take a few) to lighten it up. Next we followed the directions on the stencil and painted away. Over all the stenciling wasn’t too hard to do, just some prep work, and a lot of time, but fairly easy.
The stenciled wall. Remember, it is subtle, so look closely.
And here’s a digitally enhanced version of the same pic. The color is not that crazy in real life, I just wanted you to see the detail.
-Jami
Thanks for sharing Jami! I finally had a girl six years after my last boy, and it's wonderful! When we brought her home from the hospital and for a long time after, I would get a little thrill every time I saw something pink or girlie in our car, truck, train, and BOY filled house! Enjoy your little Lucy
I can't wait to see the rest of the room! I love love love the green crib!
I can't wait for these posts! I find out today if I'm having boy/girl and then I can start planning my own nursery!! YAY!!!
omg, two crazy women on the loose decorating!! Sounds like a blast.
I love the work you do! It is really GREAT!!
That wall treatment is gorgeous! Can't wait to read about the refinishing.
That is my favorite color green of all time, you are so creative. keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more. yes your honey is dead sexy….I agree. he he
Holy Heck! I was just randomly blogstalking and thought this title was way cool. Then, I read this post and thought the decor looked strangely familiar. What do ya know? I was on a walk one day with a friend and “Neighbor Jami” invited us in to see her nursery. After looking at all her other cool furniture she has done, I asked her some questions and was inspired to paint my own furniture. Now, I’m addicted to it. All because of Jami, who met me for 5 minutes while I was walking past her house (and probably does not remember me at all). By the way, the nursery looks even better in person :). Anywho, I’m off to kill more braincells with Kilz.
Woopsie. I gave you the wrong blog address. I corrected it in the reply :).
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