{ nursery on a budget }

Since we moved into our new place when E was just shy of 2 months old, I didn't have the opportunity to get his nursery done the way I wanted before he was born. 

At the old place, we slapped something together to make it nice enough for him to have a room of his own (even though he slept in our room) and to stage the place to sell it.

However, in my mind was a room that was whimsical, gender neutral and calm. I started out by looking at the house and home section on the Anthropologie website (it's my favourite store and I was looking for inspiration). When I was browsing the categories, I discovered that they have wallpaper and fell in love with this Enchanted Forest mural by artist, Rebecca Rebouche.

Screengrab courtesy of Anthropologie website

Art by Rebecca Rebouche

The dresser is one that a roommate from my university years left behind and I hung onto because I thought it was cute. And we found a crib on Kijiji, that was the brand we wanted - Mother Hubbard - for $100! What I like best about it is that it has a large storage drawer underneath. Great for small space living. I also didn't want the convertible type of crib because I knew I wouldn't use that feature.

Next, I had to find some bedding that wasn't ugly. I didn't like anything I saw anywhere because it was all so busy and I felt like it would be too much against the mural. Then, I discovered Poids Plume. I fell in love with the calm colour and stunning graphic on their Tree of Life design. 

Design by Poids Plume

Screengrab courtesy of the Poids Plume website

Because I didn't want to put the mural up at our old house, I picked up a set of peel and stick decals by Wee Gallery at Baby on the Hip to add a hint of whimsy and thought I could use them as accents on other walls once the mural was up in the new house.

Screengrab courtesy of Wee Gallery website

I picked up some ready-to-hang blackout curtain panels for the bay window at Bouclair. My mom gave me some shelves to hang on the wall and I had them painted sage green. She also gave me the rocking chair she sat in to rock my brother and I when we were babies and the child sized rocking chair that was mine when I was little.

To keep clutter to a minimum, I picked up some storage bins from 3 Sprouts at Silly Goose Kids. I was careful to choose animals that could be found in a forest to keep the theme of the room.

Screengrabs courtesy of 3 Sprouts website

Finally, when we were in Nova Scotia for Thanksgiving, we picked up a sheepskin rug at Lismore Sheep Farm's Wool Shop.

I'm still putting the final touches on the room, so I'll share the reveal in a future post. Stay tuned!