Brittany and Ian: The Nursery

We finally finished Sawyer's nursery! It seemed like it took forever to get all the pieces, but was worth it in the end. We love it. Ian and I look into this room multiple times during each day just wondering about our little one to come. We often end up in here together before we go to bed and just talk about how we can't wait for our little guy. I hope he likes his room as much as we do!

When we found out we were having a little boy, I was lost for ideas for a theme to his nursery. I couldn't find anything that matched our style and I didn't want the "bed in a bag" look with boats or animals. After finding some awesome circus fabric for the bassinet, I decided on a circus theme for the room as well. I looked online and couldn't find anything though. I wanted more of a vintage look and not so much clowns. I ended up finding some old circus posters that were my inspiration for everything, although the original posters didn't make it into the room.

My Motsy and I found the fabric for the bedding in LA. My Motsy sewed most of the bedding, but I did help! I hand painted the letters as well and Ian had a heck of a time hanging them in a straight line!

The three pictures are actually vintage circus posters that I framed. I also hand painted the shelves to match the letters. Ian added a few Star Wars touches and the guitars! Some of the books in the book case were actually mine from when I was little! They say my name and 1980 something inside. You can't tell, but there also vintage blocks on the shelf that spell out his name and have vintage circus pictures on them. They were handmade and are probably my favorite thing in the room!

I hand made the flag banner after seeing some really cute ones online. Mine didn't turn out so cute, but works, none the less. The hot air balloons are another favorite! We got them at the swap meet for a bargain, because the vendor decided to be a jerk, we got them for only about 10% of the original price! Ian also added little wooden cars, trains, planes, and boats to the top of the armiore. He picked them out at Michael's and before I knew it, he had placed them on top in a row. It was so sweet, I let him keep them there.