Before & After of Elle's Nursery

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I got so excited posting the pictures of Elle's nursery that I almost forgot to post the before/after shots! 

 BEFORE

For reasons I'll never understand, the prior owners had this HUGE mirror on the wall in her bedroom. Which of course reflected directly across from her mirror closet doors...so we had the infinity look going on. Awesome. Actually, not awesome. Which is why we removed it as soon as possible! 

 Thanks to Truman and our brother-in-law Jake they successfully removed this atrocity

 Unfortunately, it was adhered to the wall with liquid nails. Geesh!

 Luckily, my awesome Mom (yes, the one who is also amazing at sewing) knew just how to fill, smooth, prime, spackle, and texturize the wall. 

 Then Truman primed the wall again for me & we could finally work on painting over my not-so-fav tan color. 

AFTER

I chose Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray for the wall color

I touched up all the baseboards and door trim and also painted the matte's gray on these two framed prints


Mobile

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Decorative Boxes 

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Elle's "You are my Sunshine" Nursery

I am finally getting around to posting photographs of Elle's Nursery. This was a long project for me and a good dose of fun! I wanted an atypical girl nursery and fell for a fun color combination. Mustard Yellow. Steel Gray. White. Blue accents. 

I always sing "You are my Sunshine" to Elle so it seemed fit for her nursery to sing it to her as well

This pom pom mobile took an absurd amount of yard of fabric and a looong time to make

My Mom made this darling 'E' for Elle's nursery & I have it right on the door for when you come in

My sister-in-law Tracy made these custom prints for me from her print shop LilyGene & I am in love!

My Mom and I made this cute polka dot diaper changing pad cover

My sweet little baby girl and me

This angel picture was in my room growing up and my Mom let me have it for my little girl, the sweet angel makes me think of Elle. 

Love these mustard yellow rose knobs

My Mom & I slaved away for weeks making Elle's crib bedding... a crib bumper, crib skirt, 3 sheets, and a quilt later...I am feeling pretty proud of my self. 

It was hard! 

I couldn't find any pre-made bedding sets that coordinated with the nursery colors which makes me all the more lucky to have a Mom who has sweet sewing skills. I had some incredible sewing lessons from my Mom and we found these adorable fabrics from Fabric.com. We added this little touch of black piping to the quilt, the crib bumper, and skirt. 

                                           Elephant sheet                                                          Giraffe sheet

Flower sheet

I found a lot of inspiration for Elle's nursery from Pinterest, one of which was this name board. For my birthday, my talented mother majorly improved upon the original design and surprised me with this beautiful name board. 

I refinished this night stand and added basket and hardware to be Elle's book holder. I also made these little modge podge covered boxes. 

My Mom sewed me this Chevron pillow for my glider. My sister-in-law Tracy made this perfectly coordinating blanket for Elle's nursery. 

Alphabet print custom made by LilyGene

I love how it turned out, thanks Mom for all your amazing and wonderful help!