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Rhett's Neutral Safari Nursery

It's been awhile! In the mean time.... we had another boy! Our Rhett is already 1 year old! I can hardly believe it! Of course, I had to deck his nursery out like I did Brant's! I truly enjoy thinking up ideas and decorating nurseries, especially when it's for my own baby. Decorating nurseries would be a dream job for me! I love to dream about what I want it to look like and how it will be when that little bundle is sleeping in his crib or playing on the floor. I used to go into Brant's nursery all the time when I was pregnant and just rock and think about our baby. I didn't get to do that as much when I was expecting Rhett, I was a little busy with an almost two year old! But, that didn't stop me from creating his cute little safari inspired nursery... even if it wasn't complete until he was almost 5 months old! SO, here it is! I hope you enjoy it as much as we have! It is probably my favorite room in our house!

His crib is by Jenny Lind. It actually my crib as a baby and has been through five babies so I was excited to have this family gem incorporated into his nursery! The rug is from RugsUSA. I love this rug! It is a shag so it easily hides a lot and is soft for him to crawl around on. It does shed but nothing a few rounds of vacuuming can't fix.

The adorable animals above the crib are from The Animal Print Shop. These particular prints are from their Little Darling collection. I thought the cute animal babies were perfect for this room. He loves them and waves to them! A friend of mine frames so we picked out a gold frame I liked, added a white mat and... voila!

 The bedding is from Restoration Hardware Baby. It is a neutral safari themed bedding with giraffes, elephants, and camels on the bumper, a white and tan polka dot sheet, and white and tan color block crib skirt. The chambray giraffe beside his crib is also from Restoration Hardware Baby. 

This is the same chair I used for Brantley's nursery... and it is easily my favorite chair in the house! Not only because I have rocked my babies countless times in it but it is soooo comfy!! It is the Valentino glider from Little Castle, Inc. The pillow is part of the bedding collection mentioned above. The chest was something we had and it worked beautifully. I've seen similar ones at antique stores.

This lamp was a must have! I have a little lamp obsession. No room is complete without the perfect lamp to accent it. I knew I wanted an elephant.... we are Alabama fans! And I searched high and low until I found this one at Wal-Mart online, believe it or not!

Sadly, this particular frame is no longer available but I did find some similar ones here and here.

The chest of drawers was in the family... can you tell we were trying to keep the furniture costs down and use what we had?! But, I think it stays with the theme nicely. The changing pad cover is also part of the safari collection from Restoration Hardware Baby. I could have bought everything for his room from there but then I would have blown our budget!

His little elephant rocker (did I mention we were Alabama fans?!) is from Pottery Barn Kids. I found the basket at Ballard Designs Backroom. If you have one of these near you... GO! I love it there. They have all kinds of odds and ends that may be slightly damaged or just returned so they are discounted. The adorable lion is from Pier One. Love him and he's on sale right now!!

This rolling cart makes the perfect diaper and burp cloth caddy and can be found at IKEA. I love the industrial look mixed with all of the rustic in the room and it complements the rug as well.

Rhett's room is actually our bonus room. I like it because it is larger than the other rooms, but with the sloped ceilings I knew there would be limitations to what we could put on the walls. I wanted something for the focal point of the room. It was too much unused space when looking into the room so I started brainstorming ideas about what I could do in keeping with the theme. I was on Pinterest (my favorite) and saw some rafters in a room with sloped ceilings and I knew that's what I wanted. My father in law built and stained these for us. If you're interested comment and let me know and I will see about doing a DIY post about these beauties!

I had the window treatment made with his monogram. I picked out two coordinating fabrics to go with the bedding and had them put on a board to make a valance. The lanterns are from Pier One. I couldn't find these online but I did find some similar here and these rope ones would have worked perfectly as well. I went to Home Depot and picked up a pair of plant hangers to use to hang them. I wanted something simple so it didn't take away from the lanterns. The topper for the window seat is an outdoor cushion from At Home (formerly known as Garden Ridge). I bought it first and measured the length and width to make the seat fit to the cushion and it worked out perfectly!

Thank you so much for reading! I hope you found some things that you can use in your little ones nursery! Please leave me a comment if you have any questions! 

Brantley's "All Boy" Nursery

UPDATED 3/26/15 with new links!

I have been wanting to really start a family blog for a while now and I thought doing a post about Brantley's nursery would be the best way to get started. I have recieved numerous comments on my baby Brantley's nursery (who is now 3 months old and cute as ever!) and while I did not do hardly any of the work, thank God for father in laws and husbands who are handy! I did Pinterest my little heart out and actually came up with some ideas of my own. Overall, it turned out exactly how I had pictured and here are the pictures! Complete with links to different websites that I used for inspiration and how-to's. Enjoy... I know I do everytime I go in there (:

The rustic looking frames are from Hobby Lobby. We used burlap to back this one and then nails to wrap the rope around for the clothespins to clip onto. It was perfect for his progressive ultrasound pictures!

This frame was backed with burlap and a piece of plywood so that I could hot glue the wooden letters that I found here http://www.craftcuts.com/painted-wooden-letters.html . This is the URWWOODTYPD font. The wall hooks are Willow House, which is not around anymore. But I have used plant hangers from Home Depot for other rooms and they work just as well and can be painted with Rustoleum spray paint to go with the room's decor.

 The accent wall is made from shipping pallets! Here is an awesome blog with the how-to on the pallet wall. http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/2010/02/nursery-news-accent-wall/

I used to carry a sheepskin around when I was little so Brantley had to have one in his nursery! I think he will really enjoy it throught the years too! I found one here http://www.overland.com/Products/RugsCarSeatCovers-1156/RugsCowhides-1200/SheepskinRugs-1157/SingleAustralianSheepskinRugwithLongWool/PID-86002.aspx .

The curtains are chocolate brown blackout panels from Restoration Hardware. They are no longer available, but I did find these that are almost identical at Target. I actually like these better because of the longer length. And my father in law built the awning from wood and tin bought at Home Depot. The tin was really shiny when we bought it but he spray painted it with a grey paint to take the shine off. We were really happy with the result.

The dresser was my father in laws when he was little. He distressed it for us and put on new knobs. There are a  lot of great websites out there that show you how to do this. I think we used one that I found on Pinterest. We bought a topper from Restoration Hardware so that it could be used as a changing table. The clothes are hanging from a shower curtain tension rod that I bought at Target. Don't worry! It's really tight up there... not going anywhere (:

A lot of the other things we used in his nursery were found at HomeGoods... love that place! Leave me a comment if you want to know about anything that I left out! I look forward to sharing our lives with you all (: