In yesterday's post, you were able to see our ideas for a little girl's room. Today it's onto the boy side of things. I have to admit, designing a boy's room was a lot harder than I anticipated. I had a very distinct look that I was going for, but couldn't find the products to back me up. In the end, I'm not entirely happy with the overall look...I was going for a more vintage travel feel. But I think if we end-up having a boy, I may be able to pull it off with a few tweaks and DIY'd projects. 

Our Little Boy's Nursery

The main colors in our little boy's nursery would be palladian blue (the background color), a light tan color, and possibly accents of various bolder colors. Thankfully, like our little girl's wall color, we also have this blue paint on hand. My parent's had about two-and-a-half gallons of a darker blue paint (that they used in their living room), which they tried to lighten for use in another space.  Well they ended up going with a different color and thus, we were given the leftovers. The result of the lightened paint was something similar to palladian blue...a color that I had already picked out to use in our house, in the future. Score!

So our paint color, combined with a bunch of white accents, and still going for the vintage feel I mentioned yesterday, should bring out a very cute and dapper little boy's room. Again, I have so many ideas, it was just nice to get some of them out and put together. On Tuesday we will have an official "go" as far as which way we will be decorating. That is when all the real decision making will start to happen :)

Let's get down to the details:

1. Do you know how hard it is to find a neutral quilt for baby bedding? I really wanted something with a vintage feel in very muted colors, but couldn't find anything. This quilt from Pottery Barn Kids was the best that I could do for the moment. Honestly, I will probably end up making a quilt for our little boy based on the fact that I couldn't find something I like 100%.

2. Even though I had a hard time designing a little boy's nursery, this idea has me very excited. How fun would it be to find a bunch of vintage maps and lovely frames and create a whole wall covered in the beauty of our world. I think it would be the perfect combination of educational and decorative. Plus, I'm pretty sure my carpenter would love it too.

3. Just like yesterday, the plans for the ceiling are the same. Check out this post for more info.

4. I also decided to keep the same dresser for our little boy's room. I like the versatility of a basic white dresser and honestly, that is usually why I buy a piece of furniture. If I know that the piece I'm considering would work in multiple rooms of our house, it is a serious plus. That way, if I get tired of it being in one room, I can easily switch it out to another room without spending a thing!

5. This rug seems like the perfect addition to this room. It brings in the light tan color I was looking for and seems like it would be soft, yet durable enough, for little one's room. I love the idea of having an oval rug, so I decided to stick with that idea for both a little girl's nursery and little boy's.

6. Again, thank you to my aunt for the wonderful crib! It would blend in seamlessly in this space too.

So there is our little man's room! Not as exciting as I hoped it to be, but maybe y'all can get a bit of my vision. I'm just getting very, very excited about finding out what we are having and truly digging into decorating. Ahh! I can't wait!

Side note: You guys can all expect a post on Wednesday announcing the gender of our little one. Our sonogram isn't until 6:30 pm on Tuesday, so we will probably spend the rest of the evening celebrating and calling family. We will just plan on announcing it on the blog Wednesday morning, probably. 

Happy Thursday all!

Little One's Nursery: Girl Inspiration

I'm back today with a bit of inspiration for our little one's nursery (Wow! I posted three days in a row?! Yea, don't get too excited...I'm not making any promises :) ) . Y'all know I'm not patient enough to wait until February 26th, when we find out little one's gender, to decide on the look of our nursery. Plus, making a mood board is so much fun! It allows me to get the thoughts out of my head and see them in "real life." Then I can mull them over and decide if I like my ideas or not.

So let's dig in. Shall we?

My idea for both rooms is to keep things decently neutral, so that we can switch accessories in and out to change the theme, versus changing wall color, furniture, etc.  In general, I love the idea of accenting with old pieces and creating a vintage feel. I'm not one to buy all things new. And if I do buy something new, it usually feels old. So, with a combination of new things that have a vintage flair and actual vintage pieces, our little girl's room should come together nicely.

And without further ado:          

Our Little Girl's Nursery 

The main colors would be gray, white, pink, and green. The background color of the mood board is the paint choice we would use. It is Benjamin Moore's Marina Gray and we used it in both our kitchen and bathroom. We have another gallon-and-a-half left over and I thought it would make the perfect backdrop to little one's room. I might have it lightened a bit, but other than that, I think the color would work nicely.

To accent the gray, and help the room feel light and airy, I chose to bring in lots of white. You will notice that I did this by white washing the ceiling, bringing in a white dresser, and picking white window coverings. Let's get down to details though.

 *Oh disclaimer: most of the stuff in this post is very expensive/not exactly what I would purchase. The goal was to do this fast and get my ideas onto virtual paper. Inspiration people, inspiration*

1. The bedding is from pottery barn kids. I ended up loving the colors of the Savannah Nursery Bedding set.

2. Yesterday, I mentioned our ceiling idea. That will really balance the gray well. Plus it adds to the vintage shabby chic feel.

3. I chose a basic white dresser that will also serve as our changing station. I would love to find an old dresser already painted white, or one that we can easily paint white. Then I would find some beautiful knobs, like these from anthropologie,  to give the dresser a bit of color and make it look a bit shabby chic.

4. You can see that I picked basic white valances for the two windows. We will have blinds on them that match the rest of the house, but I thought these cute ruffled valances would soften them a bit. I may be able to DIY something like these.

5. This rug from Sears has the colors I'm going for, but isn't the right size...oh well. Love the idea of a braided oval rug though.

6. We actually already have a wood crib. Thank you Aunt Wrena! My aunt was selling some of her baby things that she didn't need anymore, and we snatched it up before we even knew we were pregnant! I'm still trying to decide if we will paint it white, but the wood tone might be a nice way to bring our wood floor color into the space in another way.

7. LOVE this idea. Once again, Young House Love hits the nail on the head! A couple of vintage bird cages would be a very cute, unexpected accessory to the room. I'm thinking pink, white, and mint green though.

8. Can't remember where I found this darling lamp shade, but I loved that it was white with the pink and green accents. I'm thinking it would be fun to DIY something with ribbon. My mom made me a lamp shade with ribbon when I was younger...I could carry on the tradition! ;)

So what do you think? I also plan on having a bookshelf full of the best kids books for our little one to delve into when s/he is a bit older. And I'm sure there will be other personal touches added, but for now, this is what I'm thinking. Coming up with a little girl's room was fun!

Stay tuned tomorrow for our ideas for a little boy's room!