I wanted a lamp for the baby’s room to cast some soft light on those midnight feeding and changing sessions. I didn’t want to pay a lot for a cutesy lamp, so I got a very simple one ($9.50) from the PX and pinned a stuffed animal a former student had given me around the base. Cute and easy!
The waiting game has begun! I’m done with working, and my due date is past, but still no baby. What’s a girl to do? Apparently, make cute boxes for the adorable baby clothes everyone gave me.
Super easy, super cute, super cheap. My mom came up with the idea of using two thrift store stuffed animals as tie-backs for the nursery curtains. Originally, we were thinking monkeys, but the thrift store was having a conspicuous shortage of stuffed monkeys, so we found an adorable tiger and lemur. We took them home, wrapped their arms around the curtains, sewed their hands shut, and now Alex has jungle animals climbing up his curtains. I think they look pretty fun!
Alex’s nursery used to be the study. Right over where the computer sat, I had four canvases covered with very girly fabric (I like pink, okay?). Now, we’ve got the comfy couch there, and the pink flowery canvases don’t quite fit.
Enter the Walmart fabric section. Fat quarters are just the right size to cover my 16X18 canvases, and we managed to find several in animal print – zebra, giraffe, cheetah, and snow leopard. Continue reading
Our little guy is coming in October, so we’ve been working hard to decorate the nursery. Since we live in an apartment, we’re not allowed to mess with the paint job or do anything that would leave giant marks. This pretty much knocks out most of the really cute ideas on Pinterest :(.
I did run across one tip that worked really well. My mother and I found some pre-painted wooden animal cut-outs and wanted to hang them on the walls. Running a nail through them would have ruined them.
Instead, I modified an idea I saw at The First Grade Parade for hanging things so they come off easily. Continue reading
Homan at Home 