Baby Nursery on a Budget

I’ve been wanting to post this for ages. But the weather’s been too gloomy for good pictures, and life with a newborn keeps me pretty busy. :)

So here it is. I found five minutes on this beautiful day to snap a few pictures of Evelyn’s room. I’m so in love with the colors!!! And it’s like icing on the cake that Pete will randomly walk in there to get something for me or her and say “I love her room.” He’s my favorite.

When we found out we were having another girl, I almost went all out – like I could honestly justify spending a good fortune on her room, for so many reasons. But… I’m a thrift store girl at heart. I’m ruined. So after creating a dream board for our sweet girl on Pinterest, I set out to make this my personal project of ‘handmaking’ her room, as much as possible by using blocks of color, pattern and knick knacks to make it come together. It’s still a work in progress, but it’s ‘done’ enough to make me happy for now. Except for the empty frames ha! They will be filled soon.

butterfly chandelier c/o little dreamers // white on white canvases tutorial here

basket found at a garage sale for $5 // pendant banner handmade for under $10 // DIY Antro-inspired curtains $20

dresser, garage sale for $50 // changing mat c/o Wal-Mart $12 // grey+white striped pillow cases c/o Target $12

found this frame for $2 at a garage sale, repainted and added some lace with a staple gun to hang her hair pieces

black shelf, thrift shop for $5 // butterfly c/o World Market $5 // bird cage, antique store $5

reupholstered lamp shade using a glue gun, fabric scraps, tulle and beads (original was polka dotted white and pink)

shelf, craigslist ad $35 // hanging birds c/o World Market $10

found this idea on Pinterest! Gathered up a bunch of old buttons, repainted to match room, drew a large letter ‘e’ on canvas. laid them out on canvas within the letter and glue gun did the rest!

you can find some of the pins that inspired a lot of these ideas here

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