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?
Now that our little guy is over a year old, the itch is happening for me to start changing out pieces in his adorable nursery!
Our particular piece has W's name + birthdate flying off of a soaring plane.
