It took awhile to come up with ideas for our baby boy’s nursery. One day I spotted a small sailboat in the basement that was a cast-off when HGTV renovated our sunroom and a bell went off in my head. We love the ocean, we found out I was pregnant the week we got back from the beach, and overall those colors are in the “blue” family. Ding, ding, ding! Nautical Nursery has a nice ring to it…
I didn’t want to go “overboard” on a theme (woah, a pun– so sorry). No anchors or pirates swinging from the ceiling. I dubbed the theme as “Light Nautical”. An airy, breezy, seaside retreat that would calm everyone when they walked in (myself included– I’m a little terrified about how to handle “two under two”).
I wasn’t sure whether to paint the walls blue or green. Then I stumbled upon this blanket (with bedding set) on clearance at Babies R Us:
Well hello, perfect blue! I do realize that elephants are not nautical but like I said I’m not tied to the theme so a few elephants in the ocean won’t hurt anyone. It’s the fabric I really liked; a soft blue for a baby boy but not too “precious”. After analyzing paint chips at different times of the day, I settled on Sherwin Williams “Balmy” in their Harmony low-VOC paint. I did think about using green but in the end the blue paint chips won out.
And a little surprise for one of the walls, I’m attempting stripes with Sherwin Williams “Snowdrop”:
Here it is on the walls. It’s crazy how it changes at different times of day and in different light:
Shopping trips to Home Depot and Walmart yielded rope, twine, and other trimmings.
Visits to the thrift shop unearthed these treasures…
The furniture is ordered.
I have an area rug ready to go.
I snagged a tall bookcase on sale at Target for under $100.
My husband replaced the broken closet organizer with a new, simple one.
I’ve been keeping my eyes open for other accessories at my favorite haunts: thrift shops, consignment sales, and our house and accumulated quite a stash.
Still on the to-do list:
- Wall decor (I need to know his name first)
- Finish a few other projects I’ve dreamed up
- Window Treatments
- Paint the trim… and those stripes!
Lucky you! I never got to decorate a nursery for any of my babies. I love the light nautical theme ;D
Just added your blog to my google reader! Looking forward to following along and meeting Abby’s little bro this year!! I wish we lived closer too!
I can’t wait to see how this comes together 🙂 It looks like a very cool nursery.
We have a gender neutral “jungle” nursery. I had a jungle nursery growing up, and my mom had saved my pillowcase with a giant appliqued elephant – so I of course had to frame it and use it as a jumping off point! We’re in the process of finishing up Peanut’s big by room, and once he’s moved in I have a few plans to spruce up the nursery just a little bit.
Love the nautical theme – very cute. Found you at SITS and wanted to leave a comment. I suffered 8 years of infertility – though for unknown reasons. Finally had my son Jack and was blissfully calm through the entire pregnancy. He was born full-term and very ill. In the last month, unbeknownst to us, he had suffered blood loss, no weight gain, and was born with pulmonary hypertension and a host of other problems. After 6 weeks in the NICU, he made a miraculous recovery.
All this to say, good for you, girl. You made lemonade!
Fabulous! There is nothing more fun than desinging your nursery! I’m trying to figure ours out now…..Happy SITS day!
Our ‘nursery’ is just a mish mash of bright colours, but I’m looking to do a bit of a makeover as the boys get older. Your sounds like fun. Excited for you and your baby to come and pleased to meet you too!
Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest.
I think that a nautical beach themed room sounds beyond inviting. Makes me think of summer. Can’t wait to see it when it’s all done!
thanks for visiting… happy sits day! i love the nautical beach theme… peaceful~
LOVE IT! Can’t wait to see it all finished!
Really love the way that you decorated and love the fabric that you chose with the sailboats. Also beautiful light blue walls.
I realize that this post is several years old, but I have been searching all over the internet for bedding that will match, yet be different, from my first son’s bedding because my newest son will be sharing a room with him. This bedding that you have shown above is EXACTLY what I am looking for. Do you have any idea at all where I could find it? Or do you mind telling me the name of it if you remember? I know you said it was on clearance.. Thanks in advance!
I spoke too soon! I finally found it on a website for $70! You can disregard. Thank you anyway! Love your blog!
So glad you found it, and congrats on the new addition!