Red, White, Blue and Brown Nursery

I've decided to post pics of Owen's nursery...some things I made and some I didn't...but I thought it was time to share them! We (and when I say we, I am referring to Ashlee {my super awesome friend and neighbor} and myself) painted the room and some of the furniture! Now to start off we looked through NUMEROUS blue color swatches and Ashlee picked this one out. I just trusted her completely and we went with it. I knew I didn't want to go with a "baby" blue, but this color is absolutely PERFECT....I am in love with this color. We painted the bookcase, shelves and dresser a wonderful red (also used this color for my other son's's {not sure where to put the apostrophe....teehee} room.) Below is a metal yellow airplane I received at my baby shower...it fits in just right!!

Below is the bookcase we painted (I took pics of the entire process of adding the material on the back...unfortunately I accidentally erased them all)..insert very sad face. :( It was my first experience with a staple gun....OMGOSH...IT WAS SOOOOO MUCH FUN!! I couldn't wait for another project to use it on!! I know...so pathetic!! I was so proud of this project...and again it is perfect in the room!!


Below is a very large airplane (about 4ft long). My grandma bought it for Aidan years ago at a resale shop. It has traveled with us to each house and it will continue to...I love it sooo very much. It was originally a very ugly beat up red/green combo...yuuuuck! So I painted it white and sanded it to give it a little more personality. Happy? Why yes, yes I am!! ;) I still haven't finished decorating it yet....can't quite decide what to display....hmm, any ideas?


And now for the letters....I know I've said it before, but I LURVE the way these turned out. They are from Joann's and they are adorable!! They are about 8inches tall and fit in the space just right. They are paper mache and can hold a good amount of paint. I was worried that the paint we used (the same as the dresser and bookcase) might be too heavy for it...might make it tear....luckily it didn't!! I did have to put two layers on, but I was sooo excited for them to dry so I could sand them and hang em!! Once they were up I decided they needed a little something extra...so I added strips of the same material from behind the bookcase. The letters turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself!!



Another great airplane that I've loved from the moment we hung it up!! So cute!


The changing table....it has baskets below that were once white (okay a dirty white) that I painted brown. Man, SPRAY PAINT rocks!!!

Below is a small shelf that we painted....but my favorite part of this setup are the vintage block letters spelling out Owen (thanks Ashlee)!!! Next to that are pics of Joey and I when we were little....awww!! ;)


And the dresser....the thorn in my side!! It had a slick finish on it, so we primed with latex primer, then painted the same great red. Unfortunately, the paint has not held up well. I sanded it to rough it up, but I didn't want the paint to actually peel off. Every time I put something on top of the dresser it takes the paint off....grr! And the drawers stick...BAD!! It takes all my strength to open them...grrr again. I don't know what I did wrong, but it is quite irritating!!


And another project I am so pleased with....the 10X10 canvas squares that I again covered with the same material I had used on the back of the bookcase and on his letters! I was so proud of the way they turned out. It was not my plan...I had planned on painting sweet scenes on them, but this is so much cuter...okay and WAY EASIER!! They hang just above one of the other shelves I painted.


And finally here are three Dollar Tree frames featuring precious pics of baby O-bug! I H-A-T-E the ribbon...so cheap...but I haven't had a chance to replace them yet...so pretend you don't see them!! Hahaha!
Well, there ya have it. I am thrilled with his nursery and so PROUD of the way all the projects turned out. It has given me such confidence to move onto other projects. I hope Owen enjoys his room now and in the future. Thanks for reading!! Have a great week!