It's going to be a while before I actually have a room free to start decorating Adalyn's room, but my mom and I got a headstart this past weekend on purchasing some goodies for her room!
I honestly wasn't sure where to begin wtih baby girl #3. The pregnancy was a huge surprise, and I've been under the impression, that I have everything I need, and that I could just re-use what MC has been using. But, my mom had fabric lying around that was enough to make a crib bumper, and she insisted that this baby have new decor! (I'm so glad my mother nudges me into doing things!)
So, we started with the crib fabric- the paisley fabric on the right side of the picture below, is what my mom already had. After looking on Etsy and Pinterest for inspiration, I knew I wanted to add a chevron. My first thought was hot pink and white chevron with some yellow chevron thrown in, but once my mom brought me the fabric scraps this weekend, I wasn't crazy about the pink chevron.
Thankfully, my mom had only sewn one panel of the crib skirt with this fabric, and she was willing to change it, once we went shopping!
We went to the River City Trading Post in Jenks, OK. It's a fabulous little store that has booths of junk. Seriously, some of it is just people trying to sell their junk, but other booths have amazing little finds at amazing prices!
We knew there was a booth of a lady that painted furniture, and besides a crib, Adalyn doesn't have any furniture. The furniture in stock was purple, and not exactly what we needed, but we turned and saw this urn painting and it totally caught our eyes. I picked it up for $15.00
We continued on our journey, and came across the green and cream chevron basket. Hmm.... it was cute, about 3.00 so I picked it up, not really sure what I would even use it for, other than the fact that I loved the chevron and maybe I could use it on her dresser for diaper changing goodies. It also matched the fabric well, so in the basket it went. The booth also had a remnant of the fabric for 2.00 being sold as a "towel". Now, i'm no idiot, but that wasn't a towel. It was a rectangular piece of fabric that had been hemmed. But, it would be perfect framed or even as a table covering, so it went in the basket too.
Eventually, we came across all of the shabby painted frames. Now, I had every intention of taking myself to Goodwill and purchasing frames and spray painting them, but who can pass up a frame for 4.00 when they're already made for you? Not me.
The pink frame has chicken wire stapled to the back of it and a tiny pink clothespin holding a torn music sheet. I think i'll remove the music sheet and add a picture- or leave it. It was more expensive at $15.00, but it also saves me time of trying to DIY.
We stumbled across the yellow chevron pillow and the green chevron pillow, and wouldn't you know that the green chevron was the exact same fabric of the basket I had picked up earlier. So, at that point, it was settled. The pink and white chevron was out. It was entirely too bold of a choice for the look I wanted.
After making our purchases, we headed to JoAnn's in search of the green and white chevron fabric for the crib skirt. I also had a crazy idea to make a burlap bedskirt! But, what we found was even better! See that stripe fabric? That's it! It has the perfect subdued tones of pinks and green, and helps to bring in the shabby element that my heart desires.
We have also found furniture at a shabby country store in the central Arkansas area, that is painted a pale green, and we'll soon be picking it up for Adalyn's dresser. They also have a bright pink night stand that I'll purchase as well, and I have a book/magazine stand that my great-grandfather made that will be placed in Adalyn's room!
I'm still considering adding one more something to the wall space, but i'm not quite sure what that will be. I've looked at prints on Etsy, and I'm thinking a painted canvas Bible verse, but nothing has jumped out at me like these purchases did!
I'm even more excited to get G's room moved upstairs, so I can start decorating Adalyn's room! (I also have to get MC to give up her crib, and we're working on that!)
