Hallie's nursery

Today my sweet friend Katie is featuring my daughter's nursery on her blog! She's a great up and coming photographer/etsy shop owner in the Dallas area, and I just love it when she snaps pictures of my kiddos, and in this case, Hallie's room! 

Yes, I went crazy with yellow, pink, and teal. I had fun with my son's room, but this, well, it's just a whole 'nother level of fun with a girl! Hallie's room has been a labor of love, with lots of DIY projects, vintage finds, and more coats of paint than I care to say! Designing her room was a great excuse to go shopping and indulge in all that is girly. 

Here are some details about her room:

One of my favorite parts of the room is the knock-off Anthropologie curtains. I first saw the curtains online, but with a whopping price tag of $200 per panel, I knew it was not in the budget. 

grand total of $60

breaking the bank at $400

What one cannot afford, one sure can make! So with oodles of silky pink fabric, one amazing mother-in-law, two sewing machines, and 1 lovely ruffle foot (special ruffle-maker for sewing machines), we had two curtains in no time! We used silk, so the fabric didn't ravel and hang the same way the Anthro ones do...so if you want to stay true to their design, don't surge or hem your edges and use a cotton fabric.

Another one of my favorite projects was her bed skirt. 

We used 2 of my white West Elm curtain panels that were gathering dust in the linen closet. So glad I kept them! There were 9 pieces total- 3 for each side of the crib (none for the back which is against the wall). We cut, hemmed and ruffled each piece. Then I attached 6 ribbons to the top of each piece and tied the ribbons to the metal crib spring, staggering the heights so they cascaded in layers off the side of the crib. Super simple, and I can even re-tie the pieces later so that when we lower the crib matters, the skirt doesn't hang all over the floor. 


Here is the tutorial I used for this awesome short cut! This is what it will look like before you cover up the mess with crib mattress:

Parisian inspiration...

The prints above her crib were actually the first things I bought for her nursery when I found out I was having a girl. Here's an up-close look at these darling pictures straight from Paris. They helped me decide on teal for the main color for the room.

Final touch: painting her dresser with teal chalk paint. 

I used this tutorial found on pinterest. It went amazingly well and didn't take more than a cup of paint. The trick to a successful DIY "chalkboard" is to treat it with chalk first. Make sure you use the side of a piece of chalk and cover the entire area you want to use first, wipe it off, THEN draw away! 

My shopping list:

Gold mirror above dresser- East Fork antiques in Forney
White lace mirror above crib- East Fork antiques
Glider-Baby's R Us
Art above crib- frames from Ikea, Paris postcards from this etsy shop
Prints behind lamp-gifted, frames from Ikea
Curtains-DIY
Crib skirt-DIY
Crib sheet-Home Goods
Elephant hand sanitizer dispenser- World Market
Vintage Flower lamp-East Fork antiques
Gold tray, milk glass, gold frame, white wooden shelf-East Fork antiques
Knobs on white shelf-Anthropologie
Crocheted granny square quilt-hand made by my best friend Christy!
Crib-gifted
Carousel music box clock-mine as a child
Shutterfly book of Hallie's birth- gift from my sweet mama
Crocheted flower in embroidery hoop- DIY
Pink H- Canton trade days
Bicycle pillow- DIY, bicycle iron-on gifted from this sweet friend! Check out her etsy store!
Yellow chevron pillow-DIY
Pink ruffle pillow-DIY 
Small teal dresser- Canton trade days 
Pink dress-Janie and Jack
White ruffly dress-vintage find

I'm always in the mood to decorate and design, so let me know what I can to help you out! ~Carol