Sunday, July 26, 2009

Bargain Baby Room


A while back one of my friends down here gave me this baby book. It is so cute and as you page through it there are all kinds of animals and trees. So I took my inspiration from that and created this wall hanging:
I took one large piece of background fabric(yellow) and cut out pieces for the trees, bird, etc. I then zig zag stitched them onto the yellow fabric. I used the trim pieces that I had used in our old house from the wall hanging I had in our living room to frame it.

I bought this "wish" sign at our Navy exchange on clearance for $1.97. It was dark blue so I painted it brown.
I have a very comfy chair in the babies room from Ikea that I plan to nurse in during the night. I needed a small lamp to provide a little light but I really didn't want to spend much. I was at Baby's R Us one day and found this lamp shade for $2.90 (regular $15.99). Just needed a lamp to go with it. I found the lamp at Target on clearance for $7.48 (regular $29.99!!) I took off the cowboy lampshade it came with and replaced it with my bargain one! Love it!

Another Baby's R Us clearance find. A changing table organizer for $4.98 (regular $15.99)!
And lastly I found this little valance on clearance for $1.90 (regular $19.99)! I have been so excited about finding these bargains! You can kind of see the paint color I painted one wall in the picture above. It is called April Mist. It's a bluish green color. I have Lane's old crib bedding on the crib for now. If we have a girl I will be getting a skirt and bumper that is brown with white polka dots on it. I think this is all I will do before the baby is born. I have plans to spell it's name on the wall using something (??) and I do want to make a pillow for the chair using the same fabric that I used on the wall hanging. Now all I need is a baby!!

5 comments:

michele said...

OH MY!!! I am crazy about it!! That wall hanging is sooo cute and creative!! Love your bargains!

Lesha said...

Very cute. Wall hangin,awsome and love the curtains. Fun for you to do that before the baby and it is so cute for a boy or girl.

Elaina said...

Very , Very cute! I can't wait to see it in person with baby in it!!

Maria said...

So cute! And who can't love a bargain! Great job. The wall hanging is also adorable...what an artist you are!

MOPS said...

another creative work of art!
cute, cute, cute..... name???
time is flying... and soon i'll be flying down to see that baby and you all. getting another grandbaby put on my ankle while wer'e here. the guy asked is it a boy or girl? it's a unisex !
love ya all