Baby Boy Willms Nursery Ideas

So this last weekend was a wonderful, packed and totally draining time with about 350 of my favorite people out at Camp Agape. I have a so much to process from this weekend, so many amazing things happened, but this morning I'm overwhelmed emotionally, spiritually and am just plain tired. 

So to give myself a little break I decided to take some creative time and brainstorm ideas for Baby Boy Willms' nursery! We're six months along already and it's time to get cracking on our plans to welcome this little man we're so excited about in the middle of December!

Nursery Thoughts

I always love an all white, neutral nursery, but when push comes to shove, Kirk and I just love color too much. So, I picked a few colors that didn't feel too baby but still communicated fun and the things we love. Then I brainstormed some items I already have in the house that we cherish and could see in there, and added in some "theme" ideas. What it all boiled down to was a little bit of a "Adventure" nursery, with a good mix of modern, rustic and classic. 

Paint

(Today) we plan to paint the room white, but are considering adding a floor-to-mid-wall border in black chalkboard paint, about 1/3 of the way up. I love the idea of a lot of these furniture pieces popping against the black, and chalkboard will be a fun (and totally messy) element down the road as baby grows.

Artwork

The School House Electric print has a fun mid century vibe to it, making me think of the "golden age" of national parks and I love the scout-like colors in the print especially the olive green. That's the piece I took to pick a color scheme from. 

I found the sweet, geometric animal prints on Etsy by Tiny Fawn. I've also always loved the Animal Print shop photos for a nursery, but I've seen them in everything lately so it was fun to stumble across something that was affordable and new to me.  I love that they have a bit of a Charley Harper vibe to them, and the colors work well with everything else going on.

I have a black and white photo print I found at an estate sale years ago that's in a gnarly great old (kind of wonky) custom frame. It's of some folks headed down the Rogue River on a raft and attached to the back were a number of notes and brochures from the previous owners adventures. I'd love to put it above the changing table so I can look at it often and the black and white brings in a nice vintage feel to the room, especially with all of the new furniture that will be in there.

Furniture and Storage

The crib I found is from Wal Mart amazingly enough. They have some great affordable and modern looking options. 

The chair is from IKEA, and has some great "hack" tutorials online to turn it into a rocker. Still might be better to just go for a rocker or glider, but we both like the look and shape of this chair, so thought we'd try it!

The dresser/changing table is also from IKEA. A number for friends have used this one and the storage is excellent for organizing baby's items and the height of it is great, especially for Kirk who is taller than average and looking forward to changing hundreds of diapers.

I found the rug on All Modern and loved the shag coziness, charcoal and cream colors and the random pattern that I think will offset of the clean lines throughout the rest of the room well. It's a splurge so it's not on the priority list, and I'll keep my eyes peeled at Home Goods for a large area rug that would work at a less expensive price.

The tee pee is a total kitschy "Ashley" thing, but I do love the rather loud orange and white stripes. Call me crazy, but I think it will make a good hiding place for some of baby's toys, and the dog, and someday will be a much loved play item. 

I have used horse bridle hooks in a number of places both in my home and other spaces, they cost a whopping $3 at the local feed store and add a fun, rustic element. I found the fun canvas bags at Harbor Freight of all places for $15 each. They remind me of the green waxed canvas army surplus bags my grandpa would use on our middle-of-nowhere family camping trips to store water for washing our hands and faces. I'd like to use these for storing toys, so I can pull down one bin at a time. 

Other little things

I'll be on the hunt for a good ottoman or pouf to go with the rocker, something that ties in the orange and blue or green.

I love the painted oars from Norquay but there ain't no way we'll be buying that, so Kirk has decided to take on a couple of similar art projects to put in the room. 

I also have a beautiful arrow made from one of the first Turkeys I ever shot to put on the wall, seems fitting for a little boys adventure room. 

And I love the lighting options I pulled on this page. The green flush mount reminds me of a park lodge and the target table lamp has a fun geometric shape while pulling in the blue and it's cheap!

This was a fun, totally rewarding little morning project and put a little fire under me to get started. This will be so fun!

Now if only landing on a name for baby could happen in a morning.....

Much love,

Ashley