When Robyn sent over some photos of her charming nursery (full of adorable details) we had to share the love. Here’s her letter:
We had our first baby on 9/9/09 and I wanted to share his nursery with you. It started off as our guest room but shower water leaked through the bathroom wall onto the berber carpet so when I was many, many months pregnant my husband ripped it out and we laid tiles from Home Depot that we bought for about $75. We painted one wall Shark Fin blue, put up some old shelves I had for years (from West Elm), used some curtains we had stored away (from Pier 1), moved in a recliner from the living room, and added a rug that used to be in my office. The dresser was a 1950s piece found on Craigslist for $35 (we bolted the changing pad to the back and slipped it into the closet enclave). The book shelf is from Target and the dragonfly magnetic wall art is from umbra.com. The crib is Di Vinci (a gift from the grandmother), the egg lamp is J. Schatz (a gift from friends), and the bedding is Dwell (scored on ebay for 40% off). All told we spent around $700 on the floor, paint, mattress, bedding, the fan (about 50 bucks on sale at Restoration Hardware), the side table (40 bucks on clearance at Hobby Lobby), the paper star mobile, our NYC and BKLYN posters, and the Craigslist dresser. Take care and congratulations on your own little one on the way!! -Robyn
Here’s the nursery before the big baby-friendly makeover:
And here’s the nursery after Robyn worked her maternal magic:
Isn’t that a sweet and happy place to raise a bambino? Everything from the dragonflies on the wall to the origami mobile has us feeling all warm and fuzzy. Thanks so much for sending the photos our way Robyn! And what about you guys- do you have a favorite part? Is it the art? That great vintage Criagslist dresser? Do tell.
Note: While Robyn’s crib sports a bumper in the photo she actually removed it once her son started sleeping in the crib due to the associated SIDS risk. There are definitely a lot of highly personal decisions that are made on the crazy adventure that is parenthood and we love that every family can make choices that work best for them.
Kim @ Yellow Brick Home says
Wow, I am still blown away by that Craigslist dresser STEAL. Literally, a steal. In Chicago, folks wouldn’t let that mid-century dresser go for less than $200.
Great makeover, thank you for sharing!
robyn says
Just FYI about the dragonflies: they’re described as being metallic but they’re actually plastic, though not a malleable plastic like the white flowers.
Also, that is two sets of dragonflies on the wall, not one. We wanted the swarm coming in the window to be pretty big.
m says
ha! I do that tie the curtains up ’cause I’m too lazy to take ’em down knot too
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And ya’ know what? Still have to take ’em down to iron all the wrinkles that darn knot created
sigh,
adorable makeover; I’m esp jealous of the rug
JoDi says
Adorable nursery! Love everything, especially the cool wall color. Thanks for providing so many details about where everything came from Robyn!
You gotta laugh at the irony of a disclaimer included to head off negative comments generating negative commments about the inclusion of the disclaimer!
Y’all just keep doing what you do exactly the way you always do it because you do it so darn well! Your blog is my favorite read every day!
ginimira says
very nice!! ;-)
Liz says
Looks great!
I was shocked to see that 1950’s dresser- I have that exact same dresser, a low matching dresser and mirror, nightstand and desk to match. I have never seen another one exactly like it before. Mine was my mom’s when she was a kid (in the 1950’s) and she used it until after she was married. It then became my childhood furniture and I’m still using it today. Still stylish!
Keri says
Did she make this mobile … or did she buy it? If so, can you send the website? Thank you!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Keri,
Robyn stopped in with lots of info on more than one occasion so scroll up for all the mobile details that you seek!
xo,
s
Eileen says
I like the whimsy of the dragonflies.
robyn says
You’re not going to believe this Liz, but we have more of those dressers. We bought a tall one and the short wide one with the mirror off of craigslist 2 years ago for $75 each from a guy who said they belonged to his father. I was searching for something minimalistic before the baby came along and saw the tall’s twin on CL for $35. What are the odds? They don’t say where they’re made or by whom.
We took the mirror off the short one and attached it to a narrower dresser we had custom made for our entry/living room. They don’t make mirrors like that one anymore and we didn’t want to waste it.
Tara says
LOL thanks to the person for posting the link to the makemebabies site that was pretty cool. About a month ago I was looking at others sites that do the same thing. Some pretty good ones are http://www.babygenerator.org and babypicturemaker.com