Liam's Nautical Nursery

Hi...J.J. here. So we haven't written anything in a really long time.  There are a few reasons for that. First, its really hard to get things back in order & get in the groove after Christmas...yeah I know its almost June..don't judge me :) Second, we have some exciting stuff coming up that we cant talk about quite yet but it has kept us a bit busy.  Just because we haven't written anything, doesn't mean we haven't been up to crafty stuff.

I just recently finished helping friends put together a nursery on a budget...and when I say BUDGET I mean like under $100. Here are some of the things that went into Sweet Liam's Nautical Room..

Everything was based on this bedding that his mom loved:

Mom & Dad had some old furniture they wanted reinvented & refinished

First a little nightstand makeover-

Next, fix up one of those brown book shelves that everyone had in the 70's.  I think they sent one home with every baby born, like a souvenir or something

Then we needed some stuff on the walls.  First was his name.  This was made by taking hard canvas, 4 to a package, and painted them in our theme.  Then I glued inexpensive letters painted white to the canvas.  To give it a touch more nautical feel I used rope to hang them rather than ribbon.  I bought pre-cut nautical shapes at Michaels & painted them.  Once they dried I glued them to nails & used them to hang his name.

And of course we needed some nautical art

I wanted a few pieces that didn't hang on the wall, and since these are friends from church I thought a Bible verse would be great.  So thanks to Pinterest inspiration & a piece of scrap wood this next little project cost absolutely nothing...and that was exactly what our budget called for

Finally we needed a LARGE piece to fill up a whole wall.  What to do??? Whats big enough to fill a whole wall??? Of course A WHALE. Now Canvas that size is so expensive & that didn't fit our budget.  So I thought pallet art...however I didn't have a pallet & I am way to chicken to "find" one at a grocery store or construction site or something...so time to improvise... I went to Lowes and bought a bunch of wood & stuck it together using all of my carpentry skills & training (ZERO) and voila pallet(ish) art.

So that is Liam's Nursery.  I wish you could capture how cute all the stuff looked in his room with an iphone but you really cant & if you can...well I am not tech savvy enough to do that.  I know that mom & dad loved it, I got a thumbs up from his siblings and I'm pretty sure Liam loved it.  He's only a few months old but I could just tell, either that or he was really just enjoying his bottle.  

I choose to believe it was the room.

If anyone reading this has any need for furniture make overs, repainting or any art similar to that on this page. Please do not hesitate to message us & we would be happy to create custom pieces for you too.

Peace!