I am SO excited to finally show you the baby’s nursery! Venturing into boy territory is a whole new world and the nursery was kind of my first run at it. The hands down best part though is how involved Court was on everything. You guys. He has literally no opinion about decor ever. But this room? This room is apparently wayyy more important than anything else we’ve done in our house to date.
The space itself was sort of a hodge podge of crap. It had 3 different paint colors on the walls (its like America’s Test Kitchen for my house apparently) it had no flooring, no closet doors, was the catch all for project contraband, AND had a giant recliner in it. This room is seriously embarrassing but I didn’t want to just decorate it to decorate it. It needed a higher purpose.
I wanted the room to feel boy-ish and fun, with some really heavy childlike elements without making you feel like you stepped into a Fisher-Price catalog. Ya know? I had a really hard time deciding on a color scheme and ultimately went with a really great rust, mustard yellow, olive green and navy. It still feels classic, but is an updated version.
So do you want to see what it looks like now?
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There are just so many things to talk about!
Lets start with the wall color. For this room I teamed up with my family (we’ve moved past the friendship phase, we are full on blood related at this point) at Sherwin-Williams to announce their 2016 Color of the Year (you can see my 2015 announcement here!)
The 2016 Color of the Year is SW-7008 Alabaster and is the most perfect slightly warm white. I think sometimes people feel like if they love color, then they need a bold color on the walls, but that is so not the case! If you love color, white walls give you freedom to use it WAY more than you would be able to if you committed to something dramatic.
The floor got a major upgrade when we decided to continue the engineered hardwood from the main living areas into this space (its something that you’ll see in the future in the other bedrooms too).
There are so many things in the little gremlin’s room that play nicely together its hard to pick a stand out star.
The jumping off point was the stacked animal block wall. I love a good plywood project and when I was trying to come up with something babyish without being cheesy or too trendy. Animal blocks just seemed like the perfect answer. It frustrates me to no end how hard it is to get the size of the room to translate into photos. This wall is 10 feet tall and 12 feet wide, just for reference.
Everyone in the fam has their favorite critter (mine are the porcupines). Aren’t they just the cutest?! We’ll delve pretty deep into this project, so stay tuned! The hardest part designwise was to make sure that none of our wooden friends found themselves in um… compromising positions?
One of my favorite elements in the room is the crib. We had big plans and actually built new sides to upgrade a basic IKEA crib, but when we finished, it just wasn’t special enough. So we scrapped it and decided to do something else. The house frame is completely removable (when he starts getting big enough to use it like a jungle gym). We can just move it to a different part of the room and have an adorable little playhouse, so it grows with him! Tutorial coming on that! (Don’t worry, we are still using the hanging cradle, its just going to be in my room)
The sock sloth was a quick 30 minute sewing project that just melts my heart! Don’t you just love him?!
Speaking of sewing, it would not be a true Vintage Revivals room without a cactus right?! Well obviously that wasn’t going to happen, especially the giant floor cactus of my dreams. I took the path of least resistance and and most huggablitliy and made a giant plush cactus, complete with stackable squishy stones to fill the pot. (Psst, that little bear cub in the bottom corner is Court’s favorite animal because it reminds him of the old school Cubs logo. Adorable.)
The boy scout giraffe just kills me. I fiercely love his weirdness.
On the other side of this little room we have the changing station.
Remember last week when I hinted about the Himmeli Letters? We are just finishing up all of the video tutorials and they should be ready in the next week and 1/2 (hopefully!!) The little guy’s name is still undecided, though we do have a front runner (I love it more than Court does so we’ll see…) so I need to come up with something that wasn’t the baby’s undecided name. And I didn’t want normal nursery stuff (like Sleep, or Dream, or Baby) Wee Boy just has such a cute ring to it.
The hanging diaper holder is an awesome way to clear up more space on the dresser (and it only took 15 minutes!)
The triangle shelves are just so good. I had them staged all adorable with little plants and vases and Court vetoed it immediately. He then proceeded to go to his mom’s and find all of his old baseball cards and stage it himself. While it might not be the most pinterest-worthy vignette it just makes me grin like a fool every time I see it, so it stays just the way it is. Obviously there are no expectations for the kids future.
I LOVE how this room turned out. I cant wait to start sharing the tutorials with you guys, hang on tight cause there are a lot! (Source List, Crib, Wall Treatment, Cactus, Sloth, Crib Sheet, Triangle Shelf, Changing Tray, Closet Doors, Installing Hardwood, Himmeli Letters, Hanging Diaper Caddy, Rope Fringe Pillow)
So now lets chat a little bit more about paint. After I did a ton of research about the safest/best paint to use in a nursery I ended up using Sherwin-Williams Harmony on the walls and ProClassic on the doors, trim, and house structure on the crib. If your wondering about why I chose the paint formulas that I did, read that post and educate yourself.
So what do you think? Are we ready to have a baby?!
Need more kiddie room ideas? Check out Dylan’s Dream Room!
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Adorable!! That little guy will have so much fun growing young in that room! How fun is it to give kiddos such a space to explore and make memories! Ignoring my husband’s protests I just recently re-painted our whole house Alabaster! After doing our own nursery in that color I loved the white! It left no pink, blue, or yellow tones in our home. Good job Momma!! XOXO
Yay!! Alabaster lovers unite!! Its such a good white right!?
Insaaaaaaaane. I love every detail, Mandy!
This room is beyond amazing. You can legit feel the love you guys have for him with all the cool little details.
Also – the old school Cub’s bear that Court likes looks like he if kneeling in prayer next to where your little man will rest his head. Totally dig that.
That. Wall.
You nailed it Mandi. While this look is not my particular style, there is no debating how beautiful it is. This is probably my favorite reveal since the Nugget.
Once again, I am in awe of your work. Well done.
Thanks Jaclyn!
I agree with this completely. That cactus has my heart. So well cone!!
*done
The crib is a fantastic idea! I would totally have used it a few years back…
Cutest nursery I’ve ever seen!!! I love every single thing in there! I can’t wait for the tutorials! My first baby just turned one. I wish you had yours before mine so I could’ve decorated his room like this! Did you make the plaid crib sheets? I want them! It’s so hard to find baby bedding that’s not too cheesy!
Yep I did make it! It is so hard finding stuff that isn’t gaggy right?! The fabric is from Target sheets!
xo
m
This is AMAZING!!! I love all of the animals on the wall, but I think my favorite animal in the room is the sock sloth!
He is for sure the mascot of the entire space (sorry boy scout giraffe!)
xo
m
The animal wall is seriously the freshest most awesome thing I’ve seen in a long time. Really good work. (And the boy scout giraffe was the key to classic funkyness.) Take a well deserved bow!
Thanks lady!
xo
m
Oh my… I absolutely love everything about this room! E-ve-ry-thing! But I must admit my favorite is the wall decor with all those super cute wood animals 🙂 You made them, off course, right? You have to show us how! And I sincerely think you should consider start selling all of those wood things you make. I don’t know how you manage to do everything being so pregnant, I remember I was always so tired… Congratulations on the great work you always do!
You just might be predicting the future…..;)
xo
m
I’m truly impressed with the amount of creativity that went into every corner of this room. Every detail is unique and adorable. Hats off! Can you please tell me more about the closet doors? Is this another DIY or did you buy them that way?
I am so in love with this room!! Adorable but not cheesy! I love the white walls and was wondering what finish you used and then what did you paint the trim? Same color? different finish? Keep up the good work!
Very cute. I have to ask, where did you find the dresser?
This is seriously SO gorgeous. It’s pulling at my heart strings!
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Love it!!! Seriously a stuffed cactus, leave it to you…it’s adorable! The whole thing turned out great!
God Bless your family and soon to come addition Mandi. You hit it out of the park, again-I love your kids rooms!! Can’t wait to hear the little guys name. His room is awesome????????????????????????
This is absolutely perfect!! I love everything about it! And those himmeli letters are so insanely good!! Congrats on you new little guy!
Every detail is perfect! I love the animal wall!
What color blue is the frame over the bed?
Ooookayyyy. Obsessed with this space. I’m due with my second boy in April and this gave me nursery fever. That dresser. I want it so bad. I absolutely LOVE the hanging diaper storage as well. BRILLIANT! Please come design my nursery for me too. Mmkay? Thanks! 😉
xx, Cheree
Cheers to the best nursery of all time!!!
This is gorgeous! You’re style is so inspiring to me! Little boy is going to love his room!
I LOVE IT! Although the first thought I had was that I could never do something as cute as that critter wall for my 4 yr old son because he is part mountain goat. He would get his little toes and fingers worked in there and be at the top of that wall in a flash!! He begs to go to the rock gym constantly and he can already make it up the 4 story slanted wall. Boys!
I am slow clapping right now for this room!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE all the details!!! I’ve loved a lot of your projects, but this is my favorite!
Love! You are amazing!
LOVE IT! This nursery is going to blow up on the internet!
The animal wall, the giant fabric cactus, I just cant! Great, Mandi now I want to have another baby. See what you have done? 😉
Everything looks awesome! Please tell me more about the closet doors!
It looks incredible Mandi. Your creativity is beyond control. The room looks lovely and full of cute details, I love how simple yet interesting it look. That is a lucky baby!
Love the nursery! All your work is gorgeous, but this might just be my favorite room that you’ve done yet. Those animal cutouts are genius!
EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING! This is so perfect and you are a true creative genius! Can’t wait for the Himmeli letter tutorial!
Sock sloth for the win! Amazing! Love every detail. I’m so glad there is going to be a tutorial for those closet doors. They’re so much more interesting than typical bi-folds.
What a stunning room! I don’t know what I like more, the gorgeous dresser, that animal wall or that super unique crib!
OH! I LOVE IT!!!!! Your skills with wood never cease to amaze. I love it all, and it’s totally you! Great work, Mandy!
You kill me with how creative and awesome you are at pulling the best spaces together!
It’s perfect, Mandy!
xo
MANDI- goodness I knew this. 🙂
Forgive me!
WOW! Seriously amazing and very original. I love the wall stacked with animals. You just keep getting better and better 🙂
AH-mazing! Those animal cutouts……. So unique and perfect! I just revealed my little guys nursery on my newly started blog, doesn’t even compare to yours but check it out! http://www.kemleydesign.blogspot.com
Kemley it is so cute!!! That buffalo art!!!
xo
m
Mandi – holy SH!T! I never comment on blogs. I never ever leave my feedly reader, and I NEVER swear, but when I saw this room, I was almost on the floor. You knocked it out of the freaking park. The WALL is amazing. THE CRIB IS AMAZING. THE DIAPER HOLDER IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please give me your house. Now… tell us the name! 🙂 JK, JK.
Wow, this is absolutely the most original, beautiful nursery I have ever seen. I love everything you do but this is my favorite project I think. That animal wall… Is beyond description. And the stuffed cactus! I just don’t have words for how amazing I think this is. Well done!!!
This is so, so cute! The animal wall is amazing.
wow! The amount of cool in here is staggering! The animal wall is truly outstanding. Fabulous creativity and execution!
I love that animal wall and the triangle shelves! The feel of the room is just SOOO GOOD!
I love that you and your husband both worked on this room together…more important than a darling room for your little guy (and it is perfect) is your teamwork and ability to love him and each other unconditionally! As a maternity nurse, too often I see the focus on things less important. New babies are definitely the closet we get to heaven on earth here! Best wishes to you on a safe delivery and healthy baby! Mary Wilding
Oh my word! You are killing me with those animal blocks! I can’t get over it! The whole room is amazing, but those animals… Can I just keep talking about those animals!?..
I have a girl and a boy and I love that you went non-blue in your little boys’ new room! That crib is rockin’!
Boys love their mamas forever no matter what and you will love him and your hubby even more than you think possible when you see them doing guy things together. What a wonderful, nurturing home you are creating. Your strong faith and commitment to living the good life is inspiring. I love to look at your blog because of your really unique design voice. What truly sets you apart from the others is how a total stranger can read your words or see your pictures and feel like she knows you. God bless you and your little family! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing gifts. And certainly Team Porcupine all the way!!!
i am having a baby boy in just shy of 3 weeks! (Eeek) i wish the nursery that i came up with was as good as this!! You’re right, it is hard to come up with something that doesn’t look like out of a catalog. i wish i could step more outside the box and have your brilliant mind!!! this really is amazing.
that light fixture is fantastic. where did you get it? the whole room really is smashing. great job!
My first thought when I saw the first after picture was, “WHYYYYY? Why does she have to be so much better than me?” I’m insanely jealous of your creativity AND execution. It’s just not fair that you have it all and I have none. If I could change one thing about this room, it would be to put it in my house. Great job!
Words fail me. Just stunning. Also, how awesome that you actually thought about the animals being in a compromising position? I can totally see my husband and I finishing the project and THEN realizing that the porcupine was sniffing the squirrel’s butt (or worse). I really did laugh out loud when I read that. I love it!!!
Wow. Just wow. Love!
OF COURSE you would make a soft fluffy cactus. Of course.
Oh my cuteness!! LOVE it!
Mandi, I can’t even describe how much fun this room is and you have so many amazing projects in it!! I looks awesome! Great job, and I love that Court had his say…can’t wait for the tutorials! High five!
This might be one of my favorite nurserys ever!!!!! This is amazing! The colors, texture! Oh my! I love it ALL!!!!! Well done!
WOW, I mean WOW! This room is insanely fantastic. Every details is incredible. Heck change out the crib for a bed and I want to move in to this room! Fun, whimsical and so versatile for a growing baby. I do love the color, it lets all the other colors shine! The mid-century furniture is to dye for! As always you outdid yourself! BRAVO!
That dresser/baby changing station is. Ah. Mazing. Where did you find that piece?! ?????
WOW.WOW.WOW. Makes me want to get pregnant with a baby boy. Of course, no chance as I am beyond child bearing years! Hmmm… maybe I need to convince one of my daughters to have another??!!
Congratulation on a job well done, now go rest before the baby is here cause you won’t be able to take naps when he’s arrives.
What a TRIUMPH!!! The perfect degree of whimsy and fun and BABY! Can’t wait to see the little life that gets to live there! I only JUST designed my first nursery last spring with #5 and I LOVE them. You outdid ourself, lady. Congrats and be well! xx Charlotte
Love. It. All. Like I knew I would! Couldn’t even pick a favorite part if I tried. AND I have a 6 wk old nephew, Janssen Harvey, who I can’t get enough of… Let the DIYs begin!!
I’m starting to feel bad at my lack of creativity after seeing this post. You are truly talented! Sloth tutorial to come?
This room is so stinkin’ adorable, I can’t stand it. I absolutely love the cactus! Good job on the wall as well, very original and I love how it’s wood because it looks very minimal and its not too much color all at once.
Love the closet and the hardware SO much. The cactus. The changing table. The wood animals. YAY.
Girl, you are brilliant and talented!
I love the animals, the cactus,
That cool door(where’d you get that?)
Love your blog!!
Absolutely stunning! I so enjoyed your creativity with the animal cut outs. They are perfect and you didn’t spend 5K to do a room like so many I see these days. Way to go mama!
Amazing ! You’re so talented ! One day, I will sew a giant cactus ! Or try to… I love the animal on the wall too !
That wall of wood animals is amazing!!! You have so much talent (not to mention energy for a mama-to-be). I always love your projects!
GIRL! You are AMAZING! The whole room turned out fabulous! That wall is unreal! So amazing.
Amazing as always! Great job! We can’t wait to meet your little man.
First of all. … Your animal wall reminds me of this children’s book: A Mountain of Friends by Schoene. You have to check it out. It’s a winner of a children’s book.
Secondly, this is probably my most favorite reveal you have done! It is perfection!
I’m a little late to comment, but your son’s nursery is so wonderful. I love all the animals and I think my favorite is also the porcupine (although, we’d say hedgehog because my son is a little obsessed with hedgehogs. Enjoy that little boy of your’s when he arrives.
Mandi! It is darling! Congratulations!
WOW! This is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!! I love Dylan’s Dream Room too! Love the colors!
Excited for more info on those stacked animals!
Did you post the sloth tutorial? I mean, at some point between having a baby and being a mother to the other kidlets. 🙂
I know you are super busy with the new baby and life but I was just curious when you might be planning to finish posting the tutorials for this room. Thanks!
I love this room. Where did you get the wooden animals on the wall? Or is there a tutorial? I am having a little girl in July and she has a woodland theme.
I love this so much when I first saw the reveal. Then I found out I was pregnant in January and I’ve come back to look at is many more times!!
I have a question about something more in the background. The closet doors. I even shopping for some and they’re all so ugly, but I really like those! Are they bifold doors? Custom? Im up for making some because I’m OVER the curtains on my closet!
Thanks for sharing your crazy-awesome ideas and DIYs and congrats on your new family edition too.
Have you posted a tutorial of the nursery closet doors yet? If so, I can’t find it! I know you have nothing else to do – right?!
Hey Kat!
I haven’t posted it yet, stay tuned!
Hi there,
Did you make the timber wall animals yourself? Or were they store bought? If so, what shop! I love.
Emma
Hey Emma!
We made them but are working round the clock to add them to the Vintage Revivals Shop shortly! Make sure that you subscribe to the posts so that you get the email announcement!!
xo
m
wow! Ewverything it’s perfect. You made an amazing job. Full of good ideas.
we love your cactus. did I read you made it? did you have any type of pattern at all. Or suggestions?
becky
Love this nursery. There are many amazing features, but I really live that light fixture. Can you share the source?
Hey Carlee!
Its from the thrift store!
xo
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Have you posted the tutorial for the critters yet?
Hi, I love your animal wall art! I would like to create something the same but glue it on wood panels. How could I get the wooden animal cutouts like yours? Thanks!
Mandi – I am loving the closet doors in this bedroom. Did you write a post about them? Can you tell me more…where did you get them? or did you make them? where is that hardware from? 🙂
Thanks,
Katie
Love the reveal! Hoping to see a post soon about the DIY changing station (maybe I missed it?)! Love love love it all.
Hi Mandi!
I’m in love with the dresser/changing table from your reveal. I know this was posted a year and half ago, but if you can share where you got the dresser I’d really appreciate it! I also love your stuffed cactus and layered rugs. So cute!!
Thank you!!
Any tips on looking for a really expensive credenza like the one in the nursery for $100? Is there a method you use to find steals?