Rosie’s New Nursery

I’m so excited to share Rosie’s room with you guys today!  I know I haven’t shared any progress on this room since before we moved in and you guys have been asking for it.  Poor Rosie got the shaft when we first moved into this house.  Her room was filled with boxes.   There was a pathway to her crib and her closet door.  I was painting the changing table, which took me like two months to finish, so we changed her on the floor on a little mat.  At that time, we didn’t spend much time in here at all except for her to sleep, so our attention naturally went elsewhere.  I finally started putting her room together after the new year and have steadily made little progress here or there.  It’s not 100% finished in my mind (though what ever is), but I wanted to go ahead and share it.  If you look close, you’ll see mis-matched curtain rods, missing hardware, pictures not hung, etc., but I’m loving this room so much, I’m choosing not to notice those things.

First, let’s take a step back to when we first bought this house.

You may remember that Rosie’s current room was actually the living room and the entrance into the house off of the front porch.  (You can see all of the house before’s here.)  We turned that door into a window, closed up this opening to the kitchen area (now our entry and laundry), and put in a closet.

The last update I shared was Rosie’s room painted my color of choice Benjamin Moore Verdigris.  In that post, I shared the painted room and the decor plans – you can see it here.

I decided to use pretty much everything from Rosie’s last nursery, but I did want a slightly different feel.  

{Rosie’s first nursery}

She only lived in it for six months or so!  But I wanted a different feel, so instead of everything against a white palette, I went with these dark green walls.  Now that we’re caught up on all things past nursery, let’s check it out today.  Prepare yourselves for a lot of pictures, guys.

What made me initially choose this wall color was knowing I would keep the curtains.  I love, love, love these floral curtains.  My mom made them for Rosie from this floral fabric.  I held a lot of different paint chips up to this fabric when I was deciding and ultimately, loved how they popped against the dark green.  We kept her doors the same as the rest of the house (BM Iced Marble) and I love how that goes with the dark green too.

I wasn’t sure about the dark grey chair against the walls, but I lightened it up with a sheepskin and pillow and don’t mind it at all!  The chair was a $10 thrift store find that I had reupholstered.  It’s so comfortable and I love that it rocks.  

While we’re mostly going to be playing in her playroom once it’s done, I do want some toys in here for her.  I still love this vintage doll highchair I found at a thrift store when I was pregnant with her.  And she loves this little rocking lamb that she got for Christmas from her Mimi and Papi.

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I love the silver flecked cowhide in here.  It really brightens up the space and I like it even better with the dark green walls than I did in her last room.  The fur stool is from Target last year.  And one of my favorite things: the white antler chandelier.  I’ve wanted one of these forever.

This one is actually from Home Depot and we sprayed it white.

We still love this crib so much!  I love the modern lines and two-tone finish.  And thankfully, her crib is one of Rosie’s favorite spots.  The tassel garland above is from Project Nursery’s shop and I love the pop of metallic and whimsy it brings in here.  Rosie just stares up at it.

We played with several different furniture layouts for this room.  While it’s bigger than her last, so many windows, two doors and a fireplace do limit you.  But I love that her room has a mantel!  I’ve had fun with it.

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The bricked up fireplace bothered me, so I added this vintage trunk for toy storage in front of it.  I’m thinking of painting the trunk, but it works well for now.  When we decided this would be Rosie’s room, I LOVED that it had a mantel!  I could just picture leaning different artwork and decorating it for different seasons.  For now, I’ve leaned some of my favorites.  I bought the blue vintage floral for her when I was pregnant.  The word print is the words to “Come Thou Font.”

Chris actually gave that to me for Christmas last year when Rosie was almost here.  He’d gotten the print on Etsy and made the frame for her.  Y’all, I can only think of a few times I’ve cried harder.  I walked down the aisle at our wedding to this song and on the back of the frame, he wrote a letter to Rosie about how that song started our story that led to her.  He shared his hopes and dreams for her and I will treasure this always.

One of my maternity pictures and the vintage copper baby shoe I found at a thrift store finish it off.  Now, let’s talk about that bow garland!  I desperately needed a way to organize all of Rosie’s growing bow collection.  We’re overrun, y’all.  I decided to hang this tassel garland I made for her birthday party and then clip the solid color bows onto it.

Rosie does have some printed bows, but the bulk are solid.  I love them hung in this rainbow pattern!  Now they’re waiting and ready for us and they’re pretty.  Most of Rosie’s bows came from Bloomies Handmade.  Do y’all follow them?  They do weekly deals and 99 cent bow deals. I got all of the bright colored ones in a package that was 34 bows for $34.  Not too shabby.  We also love Forever 21 bows.  They’re super cheap and cute.

Rosie’s changing table is the same as her last nursery, but I gave the navy finish a coat of white paint.

We lost the original hardware I was still planning to use in the move, so I’m trying out different options to find one I like.  The lampshades are from Target last year and I love how they bring the peach out of the curtains.

I love this little area right inside the door.  The mirror is from my grandma (one of the people Rosie is named after).  And the bookshelf is Rosie’s favorite.  As soon as she gets in here, she crawls over and pulls nearly every single book onto the floor.  I’m telling myself it’s a wonderful thing she likes books and they can be picked up!

Little miss and I love hanging out in here these days.

And yes, Rosie somehow lost her pants during the photo shoot.  Such is life with a babe.

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Complete source list:

Crib- Babyletto (discontinued, but here’s the current version)

Crib Sheet – Suite Baby Shop

Pillows in crib – Target & Home Goods

Mexican blanket on crib – thrift store, but can be purchased here

Tassel Mobile – Project Nursery Shop

Curtain Fabric – Online Fabric Store

Cowhide Rug – Rugs USA

Moroccan side table – Yard sale, but similar options here

Bamboo lamp on side table – thrift store

Glider – thrift store, then reupholstered (similar option here)

Sheepskin – Ikea

Chair pillow – Home Goods

Fur Ottoman – Target

Changing Table – Walmart then painted

Lamps – vintage

Lampshades – Target

Changing Pad Cover – Suite Baby Shop

Bows – Bloomies Handmade & Forever 21

Tassel garland – DIY

Floral print – yard sale

Gold mirror – given by grandma

Wicker bookshelf – thrift store, but similar option here

Rocking Lamb – PB Kids

Antler Chandelier – Home Depot then painted (here’s an already painted option)

If I missed anything, please ask in the comments and I’ll add it!