A Colorful, Modern and Fun Nursery

 

Hellos peeps! I know, I know, it's been a very hot minute since I've been here. If there were a blogging police, I'd be arrested and banned for life for my lack of presence. I've missed y'all but soooooooooo much has been going on with your girl - projects up the wazooo, searching for a new house so the lil man can finally have a back yard to play (lord what a gut-wrenching process that's been), bracing for my 40th birthday in a few weeks - and lord, it's just all been a bit too much.
You can always see bits of the madness over on Instagram but I've longed to share some stuff here with y'all and what better way than a project reveal?
This colorful and fun nursery belongs to baby Jayden, who arrived just a week after we finished installation! Whew. We cut it close with that one. 
Alas, I cannot find my before photos of this room (refer to my manic issues above) but let's just say it was a blank canvass, zero, zip nada was in here but the carpet on the floors.
Background: We were hired early last year to design the living room of Jayden's parents, Chris and Charlene (project reveal of that will be next). And guess what? half-way through the project they revealed they were expecting a little one. Since we did a great job with the living room and building a relationship, we were asked to design and plan the baby shower and nursery. They are a young couple, and it's been my pleasure to watch them blossom and go through so many new stages of life.  
Anyway, enough chatter.
We started with this inspiration board. They loved it and so off we went.

We had a healthy debate about the colors for the accent wall. But ultimately settled on this mix of blues and coral from Sherwin Williams and Bher. Hats off to our fabulous painter Shaggy, who gained some notoriety over on Instagram for being able to free hand his stripes. No tape people. No tape. 

As much as I love the striped wall, this may be my favorite corner of the room. Every new mom needs a rocking chair, a place to prop up her feet and a collection of books to read to her little one.

Yes, I'm officially obsessed with these Read To Me signs from J+J Design Group. Each order is customized with a favorite children's book. Kinda genius. The signed Miami Dolphins jersey is from Jayden's baby shower.

I fell in love with this modern changing table. The white drawers added some lightness to the room since we had such a dark crib.

To stay within budget, we painted the closet doors a deep navy. Way cheaper than replacing them.

 

Daddy Chris is a huge sports fan, so there's no doubt baby Jayden will be learning some sports jargon as well. This light fixture, reminded me of a baseball, and feels right at home. 

 We saved a pretty penny by getting prints for the nursery from Ikea and for free! Hats off to bloggers like ChicCheapNursery for sharing loads of resources like free printable art. 

 

Every nursery needs shelving to display items and to keep items like a diaper warmer and extra diapers in reach and in this case, the head of our furry teddy bear was just the spot for a wee block - mommy's with boys certainly appreciate those cups. 

Photos by Circle Ten Media

And of course, the kid will be stylin in some fierce kicks for sure. 
That's it peeps. Another project wrapped and a little boy is now chilling in his new home. What are your tips and go-to items when designing a nursery?
Now it's time for me to go see what have y'all been up to?

 

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Lady Bugs Please

You may not know this - from the million posts we do on home design projects - but we also do our fair share of events and weddings.
A lot less than in previous years, since the interior design projects have been a bit intense, but this year I was happy to slip on my event planner to plan the baby shower for this client. 
She wanted a lady bug themed soiree so we set out to deliver just that.  
You'll see photos of baby Emmalyse - now 4 months old - in some photos because they are Native American and in their culture, baby showers are done after the baby is born. In fact, nothing can be purchased for the baby until he or she is delivered. 
Once Alexia at Noirstyle Invites whipped up these fun invites we were off to finalize all the other details. 



The shower was at a restaurant and the private room we would use had red walls, so I knew I needed another color in the mix to balance things out a bit.



I settled on polka dot tablecloths, lime green napkins from Over the Top and mason jars with flowers from Flowers by Grace, my neighborhood florist.  
Since no event is complete without a fab cake and dessert station, we called on Myriam of Divine Cupcakery to work her magic. Be warned: her red velvet cupcakes will make a grown man cry! They are are insanely delicious. 

Cake pops, macaroons, cupcakes anyone? 

Our dearest friend (and one of Xavier's God-mommas) Khadeen of Kreativ Myndz pulled together the candy station and handled all the games at the event,  which included some men instantly getting very pregnant. 

Instead of the typical guest sign in book or poster, I pulled together this quick DIY project to serve as both a welcome board and keepsake for baby Emma to hang in her room, and one day relive the memories. I simply used a burlap board, glued the Baby Girl sign to the board, strung some ribbon through a pair of her baby shoes and added a newborn photo of her.

To keep it light and fun, guests simply scribbled some words/thoughts for baby Emmalyse on pastel post it notes, then pinned them to the board.

There were lots of kids at this baby shower so to keep them entertained, we hired a face painter, the talented Linda of LTG parties, who I met at the birthday soiree of this client's son, Dylan.

Our client Samantha with the baby of the hour, Emmalyse.  

Huge thanks to the team, Tamisha, Khadeen, Debbie and Shaggy of course, who photographed the event, Cooyah for our awesome T-shirts, and the staff at Texas de Brazil. 

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