Come Fly With Me

Weston's Nursery has been a work in progress for almost a year,

 before we were expecting him, 

before we moved across the country, 

before we knew he - was a him.

We wanted something different, something that wasn't sports, or princesses, 

or pink or blue.. 

a room that wasn't a typical nursery, 

because we're not entirely into all the cute-sie baby colors or decor.

With that in mind, we chose a Travel Theme & found this canvas map of the United States 

with colors we loved & started collecting pieces to match it.

The chalk board above was an antique mirror originally purchased for Emma's vanity,

once it broke, we de-mirror'd it and painted it to coordinate with the nursery.

With the map's color scheme we matched paint for the 

dresser and found accessories in stores, 

at antique malls & estate sales across the country.

Before I ever got a positive, 

I also began collecting cloth diapers in every brand imaginable.

(more on those later)

We've never painted as much in our lives as we did preparing this nursery;

 the dresser, the crib, plane mobile, (soon to be) monogram'd canvases & the name letters!

Weston's Mobile was created by hanging vintage toy planes (painted to match the nursery) 

with clear fishing line to embroidery hoops & then stringing them from tiny hooks in the ceiling.. 

::the vintage baby scale came all the way from Brooklyn,NY::

I wanted giant (even bigger than here) letters for his room,

 but with a lack of wall space these were the biggest I could have.

 These were hand painted, then hung together with ribbon 

& eventually attached to the ceiling with a hook.

I chose this vertical configuration vs a standard horizontal wall decoration 

to brighten up a corner and save space for other prints!

Painting these letters was a total labor of love.

I scored this lamp on a clearance at Target, it couldn't have fit more perfectly!

The wooden camera can be found on Etsy & Vintage Kodak is part of my personal collection :)

{sweet W looks SO much like daddy there}

We collected prints from all over as well

 and think these are some great rules to live by for all gentlemen, 

regardless of age!

Weston's Nursery will always be a work in progress, I envision it morphing from a Vintage Travel to a Vintage Circus theme over the next few years as well.. who doesn't love circus tents & hot air balloons?

UPDATE :: See how far W's Nursery has came this year  | view it now :: Weston's Nursery UPDATE