Nursery Diaries, Part 2

Finally, the nursery is {for the most part} put together!  {To see Part 1, and my inspiration photos, click here}.  And just to see what we had to work with, here's the gorgeous before picture (catch my sarcasm?):

And after:

Where to begin?  We painted every surface possible (walls- Benjamin Moore Beacon Gray, trim and doors-Benjamin Moore Swan Wing).  And then...I attempted a sewing project that was a little too big for my lousy sewing skills, but somehow it ended up turning out somewhat decent {fabric from here}.  At least so far...just don't tell anyone it's a faux roman shade!).  ;)

You'll see it's really just a compilation of junk and spray paint, like this mirror {before picture of the thriftstore-find mirror here}.  I found some hot pink spray paint at the fabric store and went to town.  :)

And, the best part...my mother-in-law's craftsmanship {I am so lucky to have her help me}!  She sewed the crib bedding with a hodge podge of mostly Amy Butler fabric -great deals on fabric.com (oops don't look at the imperfections  in the crib rail - it's our second crib that I found on craigslist!).  

And two more gorgeous things sewn by my MIL...She (so far at least) sews these beautiful quilts for her grandkids.  She also sewed the pillow made from leftover crib bedding fabric.

I'm not sure what this pink trim is called, but I hot-glued it onto the lamp shade.

Little lampstand is another spray-painted-thrift-store find.  It was black, now it's pink!

Of course, Clara's wall letters.  I haven't put them up yet (or figured out how to make them stay on the wall).  Cute story- the week or two before Clara was born, I got them out of their "hiding place" in her closet (since we hadn't yet announced the name) and when I picked them up, Callie said, "C!"  We had tried to teach her some letters (particularly C for Callie), and I was shocked she recognized the letter totally in a different context!  Oh, letters are plain white and modge-podged with paper also from the fabric store.

Another spray-painted item from our original dining room (with some fun crystals from my mom)...

And of course we're stocked up with lots and lots of newborn diapers, and are going through them quickly!

All right, time to go feed the baby...hope you enjoyed the tour!