Nancy’s room for her son Owen is a great example of how a nursery or kids room can be cool and sophisticated while still being playful and fun. Which is pretty awesome, especially when the price tag is a mere three hundred beans. And since we get a bunch of folks asking for kids rooms, we couldn’t wait to spill the pics along with Nancy’s note below:
Hey guys! I have been living in my home for four years now, and I finally decided it was time to decorate it. I started with my two year old son’s room, and now I am questioning why I didn’t start with my room first. I may just have to kick him out.
His room evolved over the course of a few months as I decided what I wanted and didn’t. I spent a total of $305 to makeover his room thanks to doing my best to be crafty and resourceful (I definitely don’t mind shopping at thrift stores).
To help keep costs low, I made a lot of the items in his room myself, including the shelving, the curtains, the wood accent wall, his toys, his blankets and pillows, and most of his art work.
I painted his dresser, which was a dump rescue. The antique rocker was a Craigslist buy, and his crib was a baby shower gift from my father.
I am really pleased with the end results, so tell me, do I get six YHL thumbs up? Here’s hoping! -Nancy
Nancy, not only do you get six thumbs up, we’ll even throw in four Burger paws just for those awesome chevron-gradient curtains and that cool accent wall alone. So let’s call it an even 10. There are more pics of the reveal on Nancy’s blog plus a source list chock full of links to all of her DIY-ed items for ya, but first let’s play the favorite part game. Sherry is all. over. that. dresser. And I sort of want to steal that little gold whale.
Wall art next to window, framed by curtain? Me likey.
hmmmmm – again no pictures. Is it jut me?
Anyone else having issues? Maybe try clearing your cache/cookies/data or disabling any anti-virus stuff you have (often Norton and McAffee blocks pics for a few days and then they pop up).
xo
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Not just you. The past few visits, the pictures have not appeared at first. If I visit YHLife and then go back to the main page or click the comments section, the pictures usually appear.
So odd! I wonder why they would slowly come back like that? I wish it was something we could fix on our end, but we haven’t changed anything on our site having to do with pics/loading/hosting for years!
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No troubles for me. Both the iPhone and laptop see everything ok.
I’m having the same problem–just started about a week ago.
So sorry Carol! I can tell you there’s nothing we changed about our site/images/hosting/uploading/server at all, so we’re sure it’s some sort of external browser or spyware/virus-scan glitch that will hopefully clear up! One idea is to try another browser and clear your browser’s (and your entire computer’s) cache/cookies/data which might help them pop back up.
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Those curtains are AMAZING!
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I also would love to see more kid rooms on YHL. Love the trend of doing grey with an accent colour in a boys room rather than the traditional (sometimes boring) blue. Well done Nancy! Thanks for sharing!
the pictures between the curtains and the window to even things out is genious!!
wow. and clearly i’m not a genius for spelling genius wrong. errrg.
Haha, I knew what you meant!
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LMBO!! Thank you Mollie!
My first thoght also. And all the better for me, I have this problem and didn’t have a solution for it, untill now, that is.
Oh my gosh! I’m SO digging that accent wall! I love the fact that it doesn’t go all the way up and instead ends with the shelf. I definitely wouldn’t have thought to do it that way – and I LOVE it! Kind of want to do that in our guest room now… off to pin it on Pinterest!
I love the colors and the Chevron Curtains!!
I’m all over those ombre chevron curtains! Love!
And that mid-century-ish dresser is amazing!
Love the curtains! In fact, love the whole room – nice job at such a low cost.
I am all over that accent wall. Meooowwwwww!!!! Gorgeous room. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, looks fantastic! I love the wall treatment behind the dresser, and I’m a huge fan of the chevron curtains as well. Nicely done. :-)
I don’t usually go for the all white color palette. I’m a deep, rich earth tone gal but she seriously did this right. What a lovely place for her boy!
I love the curtains! And that rocking chair, and its’ pillow!
OMG OMG OMG @ the art hung next to the window frame. I have a weirdly off-center window as well and I would have never thought of this in a million years. Absolute GENIUS!
Love the curtains! Definitely bookmarking that for our nursery, or maybe even our own bedroom!
LOVING that wall!
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Totally in love with the accent wood wall, and the curtains, and the dresser.. I want. :)
Those curtains and the half-planked wall are awesome! Great job, Nancy! Off to visit her blog in hopes that there is a tutorial on those drapes. :)
that rocking chair…swoon!
THOSE CURTAINS!
I swoon.
I am TOTALLY with Katie!
Me too! Ombre! Chevrons!!
Man it makes me wish I could decorate a nursery instead of just a corner in my room!! But I am much to lazy to get up and walk all the way to the guest room during the middle of the night. This looks amazing.
This looks amazing! I can’t wait until we can start a family to get a baby room… I know, priorities, right?
I love the curtains! Love, love, love them. 16 thumbs up over here!
Oh. My. Goodness. I’m in love with the curtains and the wood wall! Mostly the curtains, though. My jaw dropped at those curtains. Luuuuurrrrrvvvveeee!
I LOVE THE CURTAINS! Absolutely gorgeous
The rocking chair! The rocking chair!!!
OMBRE CHEVRON CURTAINS?!?
I think my heart is going to explode with glee. This is absolutely gorgeous.
I also love the curtains and the accent wall, but I am really obsessed with the way the wall opposite the dresser is arranged! I love how the mirror is below the 2 staggered shelves because it is so unusual yet works perfectly for a kiddo! Plus it reflects the whole stellar set up on the opposite wall!
You said exactly what I was thinking. Loved that the mirror was low on the wall.
THAT WHALE!! Oh gosh, I’d fight someone for that…
I love how the mirror is at kid level. Pretty smart!
Those curtains are amazing!
LURVE the chevron curtains, but the entire mood of the room is perfect with that wall color! and I MAY be stealing the wood accent wall idea!
Chevron-ombre curtains? Be still, my heart.
If those were mine I would just stare at them and pet them ALL THE TIME. People would be looking in the window like “Whats wrong with that girl? She’s so weird.” Haha.
Is it wrong that I want a room made for a 2 y.o. boy to be mine? Because if so, I don’t want to be right!
(still hyper…)
Haha, loving the hyper.
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Awesome room! Gosh..kick him out..i’m moving in..i’m sure i’ll be able to squeeze my tiny self into that crib :D
Love the curtains and that wood plank wall. Nice work.
Curtain LOVE
whaaaaaaaaaat???!!! holy crap man! words cannot express enough gratitude for sharing my room. thank you guys!
Aw, so happy to share the goods Nancy!
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That’s so cute, and could easily be modified for a little girl as well! Love it.
LOVE this! Every details gets me. Baby fever here we go again. LOL
I’m digging the curtains too.
And the wall art.
Oh, and the boards behind the dresser.
Love the curtains!!
I want/need those chevron curtains!
They would be killer in my dining room in greeeeeen!!!
My jaw literally dropped. That nursery is beyond fantastic! I love the cute idea of hanging art right next to the window to make the window appear bigger!
What a fantastic job! I love the graduated chevron curtains and I’m a sucker for the wood accent wall!
looove that wood wall!
I am TOTALLY crushing on those curtains. LLLLOOOOOVVVVEEEEE them.
That accent wall is amazing. And I need to figure out how to make those curtains.
I love that the room is soft, soothing colors but not babyish at all. I especially love that so much of the room was DIY and on a low budget. That gives me no excuse to not finish my boys’ room! We moved in almost a year ago and the walls are still bare.
LOVE those curtains!!! She did an amazing job on the room!!!
Do you know there is an AARP link at the end of the post? Under the posts that you suggest…the last picture/link is about dementia :)
Thanks for the tip C! The plug-in that we use to serve those random related ads works by sharing four of ours and one from an outside source, but it’s usually home-related so it ties in. Off to check it out…
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That’s a beautiful decorated room. Love the colour scheme and details and wood wall.