"You Are My Sunshine" Nursery

We put the finishing touch on Baby Sayler's nursery today when we hung up the video camera for the baby monitor. Before we hung it, I snapped some pics of the room to share. I have LOVED decorating this room and using yellow, which is a color I normally don't like in decorating. The room is bright and light and neutral, just ready and waiting for baby!

The paint color we chose is called Gray Husky (Benjamin Moore) and the accent stripes were done with a pure white sample from BM and a pale yellow color of Ace brand paint. We will be putting the baby's name in the stripe with white letters once we know if we have a little miss or mister.

I couldn't find any bedding that I really liked so my mom, the amazing sewer, helped me pick out fabrics and made the changing pad, pillow for the glider and crib skirt. My dad constructed the window cornices for us, which hide pull down blackout blinds. The fabric totally makes the room and I couldn't be happier.

Dresser - IKEA

Crib, mobile, sheets - Target.com, baskets - Joss and Main, window treatments and crib skirt - handmade 

We'll be adding baby's name in white block letters after he/she arrives.

Glider - Buy Buy Baby, shelves - Smartfurniture.com, picture frames (need to be filled!) - IKEA, pillow and blanket - handmade

 I love the little details in the room too. Here's a few close up pics.

Lamp base (spray painted) - Goodwill, shade - Target, rhino toy - gift

The little elephants in the sheet match the art prints and our humidifier (not pictured.)

Frames - IKEA, art prints - Etsy

Changing pad cover - handmade

Daddy checking out one of the books we received at our baby shower. 

I'm excited to add photos or maybe baby's footprints to the frames and display some personalized items once we have his/her name. Just a few more weeks!

Master Suite Before & After

Continuing the celebration of our one year house-iversary...the before and after of our master suite.

One of my favorite rooms in our house is our master suite. I guess it's technically two rooms but there is no door between them. Our bedroom has huge windows overlooking the yard and forest preserve and vaulted ceilings. Our bathroom has the same vaulted ceilings and is open to the bathroom. The toilet is tucked away in its own room which was a huge selling point. I don't know if we can ever go back after having this luxury. I think it's essential for a happy marriage.

We knew the master had a lot of potential when we viewed the home but the color was so dark and the way the furniture was organized blocked a lot of light from the windows. Here's the before with a dark, wine colored paint.

And now for OUR space...light and bright blue paint with an accent wall (Martha Stewart's Peacock mixed at Benjamin Moore), all our bedding we registered for at Macy's finally broken out for our king size bed and rearranged furniture. And a Casablanca ceiling fan (a gift from my parents) which is amazing.

Wedding day photos were printed poster size and inserted into IKEA 20X20 frames.

The woods look amazing in the summer and fall!

Playing with the panorama function on our camera - the entrance to the master bath is the opening on the left.

The master bathroom was brown. So very brown. Brown paint, brown shower curtain, brown floor and light brown cabinets. Oh, brown towels. I guess they liked brown. And lights from the 90s.

Here's our new master bathroom. I painted the cabinets using Rustoleum's Cabinet Transformations Kit in Espresso (big fan!) and we updated the light fixture. We chose to use the same paint color as the bedroom since these rooms flow into each other. Throw in a new shower curtain, rugs and towels and it looks like a totally different room.

Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Art from my Bachelorette Party which matches the bathroom perfectly

 We love it!