Show off your DIY projects for the nursery!

MrsN092714

I thought it would be fun to show off all the projects we are making for our wee ones! Let's see them ladies! We are team green and are doing a woodlands/rustic theme for the nursery. So far I have some some art for behind the crib which we should have hung this week, re-finished a dresser and am making a quilt. Hubby is trying to find the time to make a book shelf but has just done shelving inside the closet. My dad did cut outs for a mobile we are making and they should be coming in the mail this week. I am very excited to get it finished. I have attached photos of the dresser and the art piece and will continue to update as more gets done. Can't wait to see what you ladies (and your hubbies) have come up with!

gabrielafrnqyepez

i just managed to finish the print on one of the blankies and burp cloths ill also be making a giraffe print of both ... they will both be quilted ....i thought id have more done by now but been so lazy.

xlipservicex

Mobile, big letter and her name

heytallmama

I felt crafty today and painted these baby blocks!

Krysta6

We are doing a tribal/bohemian look so I'm making a couple of dreamcatchers for the room. I was hoping to do 3 but so far I only have one complete.

aah1013

For DD1, I had 7 blank canvasses and asked all the most important ladies in her life to paint something floral for her room. I provided the paint colors so they'd be in the same color scheme. Her 1 great grandma, 2 grandmothers, 3 aunts, and myself all created a unique special piece just for her. They line her room. I figured once she doesn't want them hanging anymore, we can cut them off the frames and put them in a nice scrap book or something.

DD2 will have a ribbon mobile made, but I'm having a hard time finding enough different ribbon. I want a bunch of sheens and textures all within the same color pallet. The stuff is either way pricey or non-existant. I've been picking it up here and there, but it's amazing how much I'll need!

I kinda feel bad that I don't have anything very sentimental planned for DD2's room. Hopefully, some of these projects will inspire me. I am always amazed at how crafty and talented people can be!

kelsojohnso

Picked up a solid golden oak dresser that I antiqued with Annie Sloan paint

aah1013

kelsojohnso said:

Picked up a solid golden oak dresser that I antiqued with Annie Sloan paint </p>

I love this! My daughter will be getting all of my husband's really, really nice oak bedroom furniture. I'm so hesitant to paint it because of the quality of the furniture, but this makes me keep thinking about painting it white. Such an undertaking, though!

You did a great job!

kelsojohnso

@aah1013 I HIGHLY recommend that paint. Pinterest "Annie Sloan Chalk Paint" the tutorial I watched she specifically talks about using oak...! The paint is so easy to work with! -you have to go to the website and find a distributor through... There are only two places that sell it within 4 hours of me ;-))

madisenanne

I've been decorating wooden building blocks that my mom's SO made for us. The alphabet never felt so long!

kelsojohnso

Now I'm doing her name in the same style

MamaOwl15

You want to talk about the alphabet feeling long . . . I cross stitched the alphabet for DD's wall.

I also made this throw pillow - the colors were my inspiration for her color palette. It needed to work with brown to match the glider we already had.

Also, I refinished this lamp with the same mint green paint I made her initials for the wall.

cc47033

I still need to finish it, but I am doing a Game of Thrones cross stitch that I'll frame as wall art. We are going with a "literary" theme with GOT, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. This kid doesn't stand a chance to be cool, haha!!

lindsayp916

My hubby built these two large wooden panels and we put a large wallpaper garden mural on it, which was the inspiration for the whole room. I'm in love with the finished product!!

kelsojohnso

Love that @lindsayp916 !!!

KLopez33

Made burp cloths with my mom this weekend.

carmv01

I love all these projects and the creativity! It's making me excited about getting my nursery decor going!

My no-sew white/navy striped blackout curtain panels. One set down, one more to go.

christina4436

Love DIY and the idea of it but I feel like I have so many other things to do!!!

Knottie16832459

Burp clothes and bibs are done, thanks to grandma! Next is a matching quilt, mobile, crib cover (the first crib tenant chewed up the railing, lesson learned;), and doing the blue/white striped curtains. My mom has apparently been waiting for this moment for some time so she's having a ball with it.

carmv01

christina4436 said:

Love DIY and the idea of it but I feel like I have so many other things to do!!!

Yeah, same here @christina4436. I just try to tackle the projects in stages so it doesn't take up huge chunks of time all at once. A little here, a little there.

skayser7

I am also doing a woodland theme, painted some trees on the wall and built a book shelf. When we get the dresser I'll be painting that white also. I can't wait to get the rest of things together.

heytallmama

@Skayser7 Wow! I absolutely love how the angle of the ceiling looks with the trees -- so, so cool! 

eegan2

I made this clock from the Petit Collage craft book! I also bought some of their adorable prints on wood, and they have tons of other great decor and gifts! www.petitcollage.com

samisargent

This is Baby Girl's dresser that we painted and got new handles for. I am super excited for it to be finished. We put a clear coat on the top and will be putting a changing pad on top as well for a makeshift changing table. I'm excited to have a cheap changing table and dresser! The dresser was given to us for free and we bought the paint and handles, spending around $25-$30!

anikamanibo

i made this crib mobile for my little boy  

his dad is obsessed with super heros, and his influence has gotten to me already! 

i ordered the materials in ETSY and just sew everything together! 

babyhansen15

Only DIY project for our nursery is the closet. I unfortunately don't have much spare time. You are all so talented and have made such beautiful pieces for your baby's!!

JaqiDec04

DH chalk painted an old swinging cradle we thrifted and replaced all the old hardware.

He also built a new split closet design for DD and DS shared bedroom.

I still have a ton of sewing to do as well.

lmetters88

Ballerina themed wall art!

Sweet Sadie Mae

I am so impressed with all this DIY. I don't think I did any DIY for this baby. I did clean out the room and closet hardcore. I do have a small DIY project I want to work on this week though. Great job mommas!

sbailey233

We're doing a pink, gray, and white theme for baby girl. The room is almost done except for a few sewing projects. I'm making her a grey chevron and pink ruffle crib skirt, a pink rocking chair slipcover (to hide the padding since it's a little uncomfortable, and pink curtains. We painted an old dresser and attached new pulls. I made the Pom poms in the corner. I also painted the frame and initial above the crib. I also need to frame a set of elephant prints I ordered for above the changing table. I love how the room is turning out, I can't wait to see her in it!

MrsFirePuppy

We went with a Lion King theme I made his letters out of scrapbook paper and leftover styrofoam. The banner I just made on word and printed and laminated (so baby fluids don't ruin it lol) same with the lion king animals. My husband thinks we should name him Thor, but we aren't so I compromised with a little hammer and picture frame. I had a bed sheet and pillow case from when I was a little kid so I put the pillowcase in a piece of styrofoam and put it up on the wall (concrete walls at an angle so can't put hooks up, yay for 3M hooks) and the sheet I put up on the wall like a canopy behind the glider. Work in progress!

MrsN092714

A few more of my DIY projects! My dad did all the cut outs for the mobile which we got hung and put up last night. My mom has been on a sewing rampage and made these awesome moose crib sheets out of super soft minky material along with a matching change pad cover. She has made a few extra sets of sheets as well. The nursery is slowly coming together! Hoping to get some artwork hung up this weekend.