Nursery Progress

Ella's room will be what has been our guest room up until now. We had painted a few accent walls green in there long ago when we moved in. Her bedding is primarily green and brown, so I thought maybe we could get away without having to paint. Wouldn't that be perfect? Yes, it would...... Until I started feeling bad because we weren't doing up a big nursery for Ella like we did for her big brother. When I was pregnant with Carter, we put so much time and effort into getting his room perfect. We picked two paint colors, added a chair rail, painted tan on the top and navy on the bottom, then added a matching border to coordinate with his bedding..... totally transformed the room from what it had been before, no doubt. And I loved it! But how could I not do the same for my daughter?! Poor thing... second born already getting the shaft and not even here yet! Knowing that we are going to put our house back on the market in the spring, and that Ella may only live in this room a handful of months, I still just couldn't justify going all out and spending not only the time but the money to do my dream nursery for her. Mommy guilt at it's finest.... even still. BUT, I came up with another plan. I decided to put a lot of effort into making her room really special by hand-making nearly everything to decorate it and "girl" it up... something I certainly didn't do for Carter. Everything in his room was bought and put directly into place. SO, with all that said.... here is what I've done so far. I got some ideas off of Pinterest, and ran with them.

I made the letters for her name to hang above her crib using scrapbook paper and mod podge. I really love how they turned out.

This frame is from IKEA. I painted it, added the fabric backing and her initial. I'm working on some other frames to make a photo collage next to it.

We hung this shelf and added a few cute frames, as well as her piggy bank and our Mommy and Daddy figurines. Got to get some pictures of baby girl put in there!

These chalk boards were made by Emily and used at my shower.... and I love that I can reuse them in her room!

I made this on canvas. I love the simplicity of it, and of course, the message.

It's all still a work in progress, but it's coming together. A window valance, lamp shade, and some baskets with cute liners are all being worked on now. Once I get it all put together, I'll post final pictures! Even though we didn't design her room up big, I still feel like I put a lot of energy into making it all special for her. And the major bonus is that once we move, whenever that may be, I can pack it all up and take it with us for her next room!