Remember how I had a baby? Yeah, it was like five months ago. And poor little guy doesn’t have one stick of a cute nursery. (Except for a fun pirate picture that bee sent him.) I know I said I picked out bedding for him. I even bought it. But after I got it in my hot little hands, well, it just wasn’t hot.
So, now that we are going to be moving in EEK a few days weeks, Asa’s room is my top priority. No one else is getting anything new for like five years. But the pirate? It has to be done.
I really want something different. I know, just saying those words is trite and totally UNdifferent. But I do. I just can’t stand all the lambies and fishies that are littered all over boys’ bedding. And if you get away from the cutie pie animals all you can find is something that looks like nautical bathroom wallpaper.
I still haven’t found exactly what I want. But for what it’s worth (and so you can be on the lookout for something cool, too), here’s my Top Ten Things I Want for the Pirate’s New Rock-a-Bye Baby Nursery. (nice title, huh?)
1. Guitar Pillow. This is really the inspiration for the entire room. You might remember Asa’s monthly picture is with his guitar pillow. I just love the colors and think this would be a fun color scheme for a non-babyish but still cute nursery.
2. Silver Sage Subtle Velvet Paint from Restoration Hardware. First of all, with a name like that you’d think it was a fingernail polish! But isn’t it nice? Kinda like silver. Only not shiny. And not so silver.
3. Chair and Ottoman from Urban Outfitters. I would love a funky chair. Right now I have a glider that my mom covered in pink toile for Lydia’s room. I really really really don’t want to move that into Asa’s new room.
4. Mod Baby Crib from WalMart. I know, WalMart! I think white would look good up against a silvery gray wall. What do you think?
5. Guitar Decal from Wall Creations and More. I was thinking two of these on the wall horizontal above the crib would be super cool. (This is an etsy shop and significantly less expensive than any of the other wall decal places I found online.)
6. Vintage Records. I have a vintage Snow White record that I framed thinking it would be hip for Lydia’s room. But if I could find some cool vintage boy-ish records, that would be a fun addition to his room.
7. Bedding from Overstock.com. This is the only one I like. KIDDING.
8. This cool rug. My friend Yancy has this and I know the color is not exactly right, but the sparkly pieces in it are suh-weet.
9. Pampers. Well, I mean, really. I’ll have more of these than any other thing in the nursery. Plus, the whole one pack=one vaccine thing. (I can’t help it!)
10. Pirate Doll from Manhattan Toy. It has nothing to do with the room but don’t you think my pirate would love his very own pirate to chew on play with?
OK. I officially love this new nursery. Now to sell it to my hubby…or Project Nursery…or one of those reality TV make-over-my-room shows…
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Have a Top Ten to share? I’ve been loving everyone’s lists the past 2 weeks! We had 17 people play last week and *sniff* I’m honored. Some people hooked up late Tuesday night so make sure you come back to see who’s signing the Mr. Linky! It’s a fun way to make some new friends (and get a little traffic to your blog).
You know what to do: write a Top Ten post on your blog, sign the Mr. Linky with your permalink then start visiting the other participants! And if you link back to me in your post, even better!
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You have some great ideas! I can’t wait to see what it will look like, when done.
Love the idea for Asa’s room…. can’t wait to see the finished product!!
Twitter: localmandi
March 10, 2009 at 8:30 am
Oh – I LOVE that paint idea … heck, I LOVE all of them!!! Forget Les – just go for it:)
love the guitar stuff. My boys are 8 & 4 and we still haven’t decorated their rooms. Hopefully this year when we get the extra rooms built on.
Love it!
We’ll have to hit the thrift store for #6.
And I think you should leave #7 as a housewarming gift for the next owner of your current house. It’d be awesome near the shrine.
Oh how fun! I especially like the guitar decals and wall color. This seems like a great design that will grow well with him too, which I’m sure you were going for. He’ll try to weasel that chair into his first apartment, I can tell!
I love the ideas for the nursery. So unique. I cannot wait to see the finished product!
I messed up my link on #7. #8 is correct. I don’t know if you can delete or not. Sorry!!
Have you seen the vintage WDW posters you can buy? They have them from a bunch of the classic rides and you can get them in a variety of sizes. I keep wanting to get the WDW Railroad one for Davis’ room.
Your list is great! This is coming from second-child-mucho-slacker-mom. For example: First child gets crib with matching bedding, wall paper border, painted walls, diaper stacker, you name it. Second child gets crib and a sheet, oh, and someone else painted his walls and I used Buzz Lightyear wall stickers. Maybe it was because they were both boys…or 7 1/2 years apart…or something.
September – where can I buy these WDW posters?
This is a really cute nursery idea! Love it! I was thinking you could take generic 33 records w/o covers and surround your guitar decal like this: http://tinyurl.com/dahecg You could even spray paint one orange or green, or whatever color goes with your bedding, for a fun pop.
Hey
I like the idea of the “Rock-look”, so maybe you could like this here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sale-Dramatic-ROCK-GUITARS-Wallpaper-border_W0QQitemZ110337199029QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item110337199029&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50
I found it on ebay
Very good idea! I love that chair! Records are also good for decorations. Old ones from garage sales and flea markets tacked to the wall would make a great and inexpensive wall grouping.
Sorry not playing along today-have the flu and my brain can’t come up with 10 things. Next week though.
I love, love, love the room ideas – the orange, silver thing is way too cool. I’m thinking black crib though?
Just seems fitting for a rocker room. Maybe a few white bars for good measure.
And seriously – I must meet the little man. Have ya’ll made it up to Tellus Museum? Maybe we could do a playdate?
Everything is so cute! Love it all!
Hey, I think I saw a guitar cling thing at Michaels. I’m sure it is not as cute, but on a budget….
Just wanted to let you know – Hubby and I have talked about it, and decided that we’ll be only putting the Baby Girl Caterpillar in Pampers.
Thanks to you, we’ll be contributing to UNICEF and the vaccine program as long as Pampers is donating (or as long as the Baby Girl is in diapers).
Seems like your dad might have been your influence with the guitar stuff. Your talented brother could step in too and help out.
Be sure if you buy a new bed for The Pirate that it converts pretty quickly as he is growing fast.
Those would make such a cool nursery! Even a couple of those items would be great.
Twitter: vanderbiltwife
March 12, 2009 at 9:38 am
Some of these awesome Spirit of Nashville prints would be so cool!
https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/index_store_details.cfm?S=1&cid=2
Wow, these are some cute baby things! You almost got me with the bedding, though…LOL!
Twitter: brandiofbham
March 16, 2009 at 11:43 am
Fun! You know, Woggie is sooo into guitars right now! I found him 2 guitar tees and a guitar hoodie at the Carter’s outlet a few weeks ago!
I love the guitar pillows and the decal, and, well, everything else!
I painted my nursery silver sage and love it. I actually just took a sample to home depot and had them color match. Black furniture looks really classy against the gray tone and the great thing about black is that any accent you find at a thrift store easy matches after a coat of black spray paint.
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