Caleb's Nursery

A little boy's nursery...

If you start looking at the bedding out there for a boy, you better like animals, cars, trains, dinosaurs, cowboys, or sports.

Same with boy clothes.

Why do they make so many cute girls clothes and bedding with fun patterned fabrics but not for boys??

 

I knew from the beginning I didn't want a "theme room."  Nothing against theme rooms, I just didn't want one.  Plus this nursery was going to serve as our guest room as well, and I didn't want grown up guests staying in "monkey land" or something.

So I consulted my favorite resource, pinterest.  I found an amazing bedding full of blue and yellow and gray and white!  And I tracked it down and found where it was sold online- PLUS they sold matching twin size comforters! 

I literally cannot remember the website where I registered for this bedding, but here is the website for the brand... www.cadenlane.com

 

So... here is our tour... the view when you walk into the room.

 

Crib: Babies R Us
Rug: Homegoods
Glider and Ottoman: Buy Buy Baby
Dresser: Buy Buy Baby

The curtains I made, purchased the fabric from fabric.com

 

 Found this cute little side table at a thrift store. I spray painted it gray.

I've had this blue lamp from Pier1 since I was in college.  I love the "Caleb" artwork, a gift at a shower.  The knick knacks on the table were from my nursery as a baby. Fun fact, apparently my hubby and I both had Peter Rabbit in our nurseries.

A view of the "guest bed" (Or my bed on rough nights). 

The balloon art is actually a photo from our Gender Reveal Party- I love having it in his nursery as a reminder of the moment we found out it was a boy.

The other prints I found on pinterest and printed at home.  Frames from Hobby Lobby.  I have actually replaced the yellow one on the left with an AWESOME print from Recipe For Crazy on etsy. 

I don't have a photo of it in the room, but here's a copy of it from the store. It's a quote from the Jesus Storybook Bible (which we read every day and LOVE).

 

 

 Caleb already has quite a collection of stuffed animals. This is only a few of them.  I made the yellow and gray throw pillows, all fabric from fabric.com

the wall when you first come in the room is a plethora of items... apparently it couldn't all fit in one shot, so here are the "parts."

At the top of the wall is a hand - me down shelf that I spray painted gray.  On top of it sits some super cute items that were decorations at one of my showers.  And the red cowboy boots were a gift from Hubby's aunt. 

Under the shelf is this cute "ruler". I saw it at a little boutique awhile back and was so excited that it works in our room!  Everything hanging was also decorations from that super cute shower... his sonogram, an awesome Bible verse about Caleb, and baby pictures of hubby and me.

Near this "ruler," I hung this cute print, also found on pinterest. It says "He's got the whole world."  I love it.

 I was totally inspired by... pinterest (again) and made this shelving unit for his toys and books. I bought unfinished crates at Joann's and stained them.  Then I just stacked them. I may actually attach them eventually, but I'm not sure what configuration I want long term. 

The wooden train on top was made by hubby's uncle when he was little. 

 

Next to the chair, we have a side table that doesn't fit in our living room anymore.  Found this cute yellow tray at Hobby Lobby.  The little "we loved you before you were born" sign was a gift- LOVE it! 

 The lamp is from Target.  And we have a large basket of burp cloths under the table (because Caleb is a "spitter" so we go through the whole basket every couple of days.)

 

Aha!  the star of the show!

 

Here's the shelf wall again...

And to top it all of (and bring in more yellow), we have a ruler growth chart.  I saw something like this on pinterest and wanted to make my own... but then I was 8 months pregnant and found a fabric version at pottery barn kids, and well sometimes it's worth it to just pay for things. 

We use the dresser as his changing table.   This artwork hangs above the table.  He LOVED looking at these and has since he was little.  The bottom left picture is a painting by hubby's grandma of a train station.  The top right picture was the bottom of a birthday invitation.  The other four animals are actually gift bags!  Sometimes you just have to be creative when looking for art.  All frames from Hobby Lobby.

 My sweet boy!

 And his precious hands!

And that... is Caleb's nursery.  It was so fun to brainstorm, shop, plan, and put together!  And the result is a room we love to spend time in!  And hopefully a room that can grow with him.