Category Archives: Nurseries

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Stef says she’s fairly new to blogging, but I say she’s a pro at before/after and DIY! From the moment I laid eyes on her before/afters, I couldn’t wait to share with you. Check out her blog post:

Entryway:

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You can see how I created my wall art here.
Front Living Room
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You can see how I did this CRAZY EASY Wall art here
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Did you know you can spray paint blinds? Holy Moly!
Living / Dining Combo
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Don’t you just love the use of orangy wood and gallons and gallons of poly?
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Okay, I don’t know why my sectional looks purple in photos. I really have to upgrade my camera situation, because these pictures are really bad.
Dining
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See how I made these mirrors here ($40), and how to do this wall treatment here ($35)
Kitchen
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It still needs some major work (and a new vent a hood), but at least you don’t have to shield your eyes from the blindingly (is that a word?) shiny orangy-oak cabinets.
On the list is to get a new backsplash. I will discuss my backsplash disaster and why there is a baseboard on my countertop in a future post.
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Nursery
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Stay tuned for future posts about how I made those floating shelves (and frames) for under $10
and how I made that collection of framed animal prints for under $20 (including frames)
Master Bedroom
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This is actually beadboard wallpaper on the walls
See… beadboard

Hope you enjoyed my home tour. You can look at the befores and afters of our first home flip (1916 craftsman bugalow) here.

AMAZING! So much DIY tutorials and before/afters in one post! Heaven!

Stef! I sure did enjoy the tour (and your first home flip) and I can’t wait to see future projects. You are a DIY superhero! Great job and the details and rooms look GORGEOUS! Thanks so much for allowing me to show it off.

What do you guys think? Love her, don’t you? What are you waiting for? Click her header picture at the beginning of this post and see more!

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The giveaway is coming together! There are some really talented and awesome vendors joining in! I can’t wait to show off their shops and celebrate the milestones with you!

I’m still trying to catch up on visiting a few of you…thanks for your patience. As you can imagine, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks (if you were here early – you might have caught my blooper! Sorry Stef!). Have a great day!
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂

Elephants On Parade – Nursery Details

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I have been preparing for blog parties all week – working on some nursery details for my sister.
I love participating in Kimba’s DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land and I’m excited to join in the fun for Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage too! The best part? We don’t even have to get dressed up for these parties! (Thankfully! Because lounge pants and a tank top is the best DIY uniform.)

I wrote out separate tutorials for each project otherwise this post would be really, really long and I’m not quite sure what would happen if I wrote a novel-length blog post. Are you? Is there a limited # of characters to each post? Does blogger tell you to “zip it”? I don’t want to risk suspension for excessive chatting! So – just click on each link to view the tutorial for each of these projects if you’re interested in the “behind the scenes” details.

Ready for me to get to the point? I thought so.

The cutest little vintage-inspired elephant pull-toy-decor. Isn’t he so cool?

Click HERE for the tutorial.

(I’m not 100% comfortable with it being a real “toy” since I’m not a professional. I tried to make it child friendly by securing everything, but just in case – it’s for decor purposes only.)






I made this cute little elephant/grapevine mobile:

Click HERE for the mobile tutorial.




This is the nursery bedding that I bought. I considered making it, but this set was so cute. It’s where I came up with the color scheme and ideas:



The removable changing table pad and valances that I sewed (no tutorial – I just designed, measured, cut and sewed what I had in mind):

I really want to paint this trim…but “no touchy”. 🙁


And finally, a transformation:

Nursery Lamp – my sister had this old sconce type lamp. Had I known – it’d be mine but she needed lighting for the small nursery space so I accepted that without a “mine” tantrum or tug-of-war and redid it to match the nursery. So easy.

Click HERE for the lamp makeover tutorial.

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After:

This post is brought to you by Little Lucy Willow, childrens bunk beds and other furniture specially designed for children.

This post is brought to you by KidsMuralStore.com, buy childrens wall stickers at Kids Mural Store.
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂

DIY Day – Nursery Design in Progress

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It’s still a work in progress, but my sister has asked me to design her nursery and for me to surprise her with it. Her circumstances present a challenge because she has had several failed back surgeries and with another c-section, the crib/etc. will be in her small L-shaped master bedroom for a while since it’ll be difficult for her to carry the baby up and down the stairs/etc. Accommodating a “client’ isn’t always easy but it’s still fun. My sister has some elephant art on the wall above her bed. Her bedroom is neutral gray walls with tan & green bedding.

So, I chose this bedding (not the accessories) for the baby.

Deceptive photo – the ties for the bumper pad are not long enough to go around the wide ends of the sleigh crib.

Crib and changing table are very similar to what’s in the picture too.


I made this removable cushion cover for the changing table with green/brown fabric and a velcro closure.

And I’m making little DIY felt elephants to make a mobile with ribbon and a grapevine wreath. I can’t wait to show it to you when it’s completed. I’ll do a tutorial. The elephants are so cute, aren’t they? I’ll make some brown with green ears too.

I printed a copy of the bedding/accessories from online and cut out two of the elephants to use as a pattern. This one with his trunk in the air and another one with a lowered trunk. I wish I had a need for a baby elephant mobile.

And I bought 4 of these baskets for storage under the changing table:

I have a few other plans too but this is where I’m at now. The felt elephants are mostly all sewn by hand so it’s time consuming and there’s never enough time in the day to work non-stop on DIY projects, is there?

What do you think?

I can’t wait to show it to you all put together!

Today is Kimba’s DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land! One of my favorite parties! Make sure you visit and see LOTS of DIY projects!

DIY Day @ ASPTL

Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂