No sew, ghetto crib skits

After putting up our cribs, we realized that we would need to add some crib skirts.  First, because our internet router is in this room.  (Yes, we could move it, but Nate drilled a lot of holes and wired it so the router was going to stay.)

Plus, I really wanted to be able to store extra stuff under the beds, because like I said before, this room is SMALL.   So a trip to JoAnns led me to a white and gray hounds tooth pattern that I LOVED.  Only problem, there was only 2 yrds of it.  I thought what the heck.. I buy the 2 yards and make it work. (Yes, I heard Tim Gunn in my head - you only get that if you watch Project Runway- but I promise it makes sense).

The 2 yards of fabric was just enough to cover any showing part of the underside of the crib, and my ghetto crib skirts were born.  I cut the fabric, and was about to stitch the bottom, when I realized that I had some liquid stitch, which would be better, because there would be no need to worry about the stitch showing.  Yep, the crib skirt just got even more ghetto :)

I used double sided sticky- velcro to attached the crib skirt to the crib.  That way, when we have to move the mattress down, I can adjust the crib skirt so it still just brushes the ground.

What do you think of my make sift, now sew, ghetto crib skirts?

Nursery Window

Sorry if you are getting tired of nursery updates... but I can't help it.  It is by far my favorite room in the house.  Mostly because of who will be living there in a few weeks, but also because I decided I was going to not follow any design rules or common nursery themes.  I am just going for what Nate and I like and what is baby friendly!

So, onto the window.  The wall with the window on it needed some help.  First of all, the window was not exactly centered, which really annoyed me.  Second - I wanted to add some fun color. 

I had purchased a tablecloth at HomeGoods about a year ago - I had no use for it, but just loved it.  It sat in my craft room until now.

Nate built a box, then with some batting, the tablecloth, and a staple gun, I was able to build my valance:

Nate hung the mounting board on the wall... and the valance was ready to go up.

If you look closely in the picture above, you can see the the curtains are covering up the un-centered window.  By hanging the curtains wider than the window on the right side, and even with the window on the left, it suddenly looks like the window is in the middle of the room.  

So much better. 

Now, there is still blank spaces above each crib... and I have plans for those, but they will have to wait. 

The nursery is getting closer to being done!! 

Nursery Colors

I was only 13 weeks along when I found my nursery inspiration.  It was the PERFECT rug at HomeGoods.  But who starts buying stuff at only 13 weeks along.  Not me - thats for sure.  But my friend Ali talked some sense into me, there is no way that I was ever going to find this rug anywhere... and at HomeGoods, you can just hope that it is there in a few months.  So, nervous and excited I bought the rug.  And here she is in the room that is starting to come together.

Yes- it is a rainbow shag run... and I LOVE it.  You can see the cribs are both together and the changing table/dresser in almost there.  But there is still a long way to go in the room.  See the pillow hidden on the changing table - that was a gift to Nate for Christmas, made by yours truly.  He is a little obsessed with Rhino's lately.   And the fabric draped through the crib, is a start to the crib skit that I am going to make.

Like I said - I couldn't go without DIYing a few things... and the first one I started was creating 2 mobiles:

 

They don't look it from these pictures, but they are level.....What do you think?

And a few more hints as to what is going in the room.  Yes that is a table cloth in the top right corner. And random painted numbers?  Trust me... I have a plan :)

Oh - and that orange container... a Christmas gift from my awesome cousin.  Now there is baby lotion and diaper cream in it (from my awesome aunt), and soon it will be filled with cotton swabs, and all the other little things that we will be needing.