This blog post will be about my baby's nursery bedroom project. Out of all the rooms in the house, this room is one that I absolutely love and cherish the most. One, because it is the only room that is completely finished, and two, it is where I brought my baby home to from the hospital. I remember bringing him home and showing his nursery for the first time like it was just yesterday. We went straight to his bedroom and I gave him a tour of his room, he was looking around with his chinky twinkling eyes. It was the cutest and sweetest moment ever. I wish he was still that tiny and little. Now, he's a big 2 year old with such a huge personality.

Anyway, before it became his bedroom, it was 'my' bedroom. I'll admit, I'm a girl who loved to shop; I had so much clothes, shoes, accessories, and makeup, that I just couldn't let go of. It accumulated over the years and so having a bedroom all to myself was something that I needed... until, I found out I was pregnant. We only have 3 bedrooms in the house, so I had to make a choice, either keep my bedroom and collect more stuff or get rid of a lot of my stuff, condense it and make room for a baby. My baby was the most important to me, though he was only a couple of weeks old in my belly, I knew I had to put him before my needs, wants, and others. I made the sacrifice and deep cleaned everything that was in this bedroom. I sold, threw out, and gave away a lot of stuff. I did pretty good and felt pretty happy with the sacrifices. Below are the before picture's...

After I deep cleaned this room, it was now my husband's turn to do his job... renovating it! He did all the handy work. He sanded the trims, prime and painted the trims, installed the baseboards, and put all the furnishings (crib and drawers) together. He didn't like it very much because it was tough labor, but I couldn't do it because I was 'pregnant'. And, he wan't going to go through the hardest labor yet- pushing out a 7 pound baby! (Yes, Owen was 7 pounds, that may seem normal to you all... but, I am 4'9 and weigh 80 pounds, so to me, he was a big baby). Anyway, my husband didn't have a choice to do the labor for this room. I did, however, design the nursery and bought all the decorations.

Carpet was installed, but it took 1 month for them to come install in. Had to special order the carpet from Home Depot.

The finished look...

Breakdown of all the items and estimate cost: Labor (Free), paint ($40.00), carpet from Home Depot ($450.00), white crib from Walmart ($200.00), rocking/gliding chair from Walmart ($450.00), white drawer from Walmart ($180.00), white stackable toy bin/drawer from Amazon ($200.00), white curtains for closet from Ikea ($60.00), custom made fishy mobile from Etsy ($30.00), black qoute and giraffe wall art from Etsy ($60.00), black foot stool from my niece (Free), blue shaggy rug from Walmart ($15.00), decorative blue pillows from Walmart ($30.00), blankets hand made by my sister (Free), big canvas of Owen at 3 days old from Shutterfly ($120.00), and Owen name plate wall art hand made by my sister (Free).

I hope this nursery blog post inspired you to design and decorate your little one's nursery!!

Love, CXy