Baby Room Crafts

Okay, I fully admit: I suck at blogging.  It's been 3 months since I last posted, and it's not like I haven't been busy doing crafts and getting the baby's room ready, because I have!  I have even taken pictures along the way...I just can't sit down on a regular basis to edit and post the photos:(

So, here I am at 37 1/2 weeks, Bennett James Coady was born on Friday, and that means I'm next.  If don't catch up today with all my baby craftiness, it's never going to happen.  If I don't credit my inspirations, I will--there have been so many.  Also, you can check my Pinterest boards because I post there more often.

The baby furniture project:  Inspired originally by Mod Podge Rocks, and my sewing screw-ups (having to buy more material, then having so much still left over).  I started with my sister-in-law's old bedroom furniture in stained oak--bed frame, side table, and dresser--which my husband then sanded, primed, and painted white, added new hardware and cardboard inserts covered in the accent fabric.

The curtain & valance project, plus wall treatment:  Inspired by a blogger's bathroom project.  I also loved her diy chair rail, so I made sure my husband put his carpentry skills to work.  I bought the accent fabric from Hobby Lobby on sale for $3.99 a yard, the curtains from Wal-mart for less than $10, and the chair rail (actually base molding) & slats (actually wainscoting panels) from Lowe's for less than $100 total.

 


The light switches and outlet covers project:  Again, a Mod Podge Rocks-inspired project.  I used the excess valance/curtain fabric, just like I did with the drawer fronts, but all I needed was modgepodge!