Woodland Nursery Reveal

So I have been wanting to post pictures of my nursery for a long time now and just never really got around to taking pictures of it. I've also been a little nervous because I don't exactly consider myself a spectacular decorator, but I really am in love with how it turned out so I wanted to share. I put a lot of thought into the whole thing, and while it may not be any kind of "I saw it on Pinterest" dream room, there are a lot of sentimental pieces that make the room special to me and are what make me love it so much. It's exactly what I wanted for my nursery. When I first started planning, all I knew was that I liked Woodland theme and I wanted mint walls, so that's what I did!  I LOVE it!!

"Blessed" Sign ~ Hobby Lobby

Woodland Sheets ~ BuyBuy Baby

Woodland Curtains from IKEA

Tall Teddy Bear ~ Target

Picture Frames from Goodwill and Hand Painted White

Honestly, looking back, the hardest lesson I learned was that you definitely should NOT paint your walls FIRST. At the end of the day it ended up being fine because, like I said, I knew I wanted mint walls; but after painting I learned the hard way that once you've painted your walls, you are kind of stuck with the color and now have to try and find linens, etc that match your wall color - and I found that to be pretty challenging. Especially because there were a few times I found things I liked that made me want to change direction entirely, but we had already painted the walls mint, so I was definitely stuck and married to the color at that point. Which is fine! But for the next room, I will wait.

My darling hubby painted the walls for me all by himself while I was just 3 months pregnant. When we bought our house there was this awful dark red and grey/white stripe thing going on in there and I guess it was quite the challenge covering it all up. But he did it without complaint and all by himself and is just the best hubby ever. He was so good to me while I was pregnant - he's the sweetest. <3

Ok enough gushing about my man... One of my favorite parts of the nursery is the dresser. Eric's grandfather made it by hand long ago and it has been passed down through the generations. Eric's mother had it, then Eric, and now our precious baby boy has it in his room. We painted it a nice, soft grey (it was black before) and I found the most adorable silver deer drawer knobs from Hobby Lobby that are just so perfect! They make me smile every time I open up a drawer to get Gavin dressed in the morning.

Dresser Handmade by Gavin's Great Grandfather and passed down through generations

Deer Head Dresser Knobs from Hobby Lobby

It's the little details that matter the most to me, like the deer handles. But some of the other little gems that bring me joy are the items that I hand made myself. Like the dream catcher mobile hanging above his crib, and the little fox pillow I hand stitched by myself. It doesn't look like a huge project, but I am telling you, that little pillow took forever to make! But I just can't get over how cute it turned out and so I am glad I did it and I didn't give up on it halfway through (like I tend to do with most projects I get impatient with). Looking back, it was a good little time-killer that kept me busy during my 3rd trimester.

Dream Catcher Mobile - DIY Project

Hand Stitched Fox Pillow - DIY Project

The little brown teddy bear was Eric's when he was a baby. His name is "Chocolate" and I think he is so adorable. The new, bigger teddy bear is Gavin's. He hasn't named him yet, obviously. ;)

I also made the wire heart decoration hanging on the wall above the dresser. I got the idea from something I stumbled across on Pinterest long ago. It's just an old wire hanger and some ribbon. It was easy and fun to make and I think it adds a nice touch on the wall. You can make a bunch of them with different ribbons and use them for cute Valentines Day decorations or a romantic little girl's room or something.

I am also obsessed with the gold printed sign above the dresser that reads "The best is yet to come..." My best friend, Chaz gave that to me for my 29th Birthday last year, shortly after I had announced my pregnancy. It was such a thoughtful gift and perfectly summed up life for me at that moment. Looking back now, I can see even more how perfect those words really were for me. So much has changed in my life in the past year and it all has truly been the absolute best stuff that has ever happened to me. God is good. Life is good. <3

Wire Heart Wall Decoration - DIY Project

"The best is yet to come..."

The bear rug and bear rocker are from Pottery Barn kids and were gifts from one of Gavin's Grandmothers. The crib, lamp, changing table and glider chair were also gifts. We are so grateful for all the thoughtfulness and generosity we have received from family and friends while we were expecting and since Gavin was born.

Teddy Bear rocker - Pottery Barn Kids

The Pepe Le Pew "Father & Son" print Eric got on a cruise when he was young.

So obsessed with my Fox lamp from World Market.

The storage baskets were a lucky find from Michael's. I bought the white cubby thing at IKEA, but it was one of their cheaper ones and I learned after the fact that apparently none of their cube baskets they sell fit in the cheaper cubby thing. (Instert sad face here). So I had to search high and low for alternatives that would fit. After searching everywhere (most of the cubby baskets out there these days were all too big), I finally found these at Michael's - man I love that place!. Each Michael's store I went to only had one of the right size in stock so I made Eric drive me around to 4 different stores to buy each one. Haha! He thinks I'm crazy - maybe I am a little. :) But hey, I needed 4 baskets, what is a girl supposed to do?

Storage baskets from Michael's

Well, this post is getting entirely too long, but there you have it, Gavin's little cozy nursery that I love so much. There are more things I want to add eventually that I will probably post pictures of once I've got them. Hope you enjoyed this post and like the nursery! Have a great day!