darrell's nautical nursery.

It's been long overdue, but here are some shots of Darrell's nursery. I'm glad that I managed to DIY the fabric wall decal during my morning-sickness (a.k.a all day sickness) at the time. Visit my design blog Daily Daydream for a mini DIY on how to make the wall decal!

nursery progress.

30 weeks! Oh my... I'm a little bit in a panic mode now. Where did the time go? Well, we are currently in the process of preparing the nursery for baby D. Although he will be sleeping in our room for the first few months, we still want to get the nursery ready now, knowing that we won't have time to do it once he is born! 

I'm still trying to make my nautical nursery dream comes true. I'm planning to have those fabric decals on the above picture for the nursery walls. I've been cutting out those fish shapes from fabrics last night and spraying some Anti-Fray fabric spray for the raw fabric edges. I also tested a few adhesive method I researched online and decided to just use the iron-on double stick fusible web to attach it to the wall. Some people have used it in the past and it's permanent enough without leaving a mark when peeled off. That's a good thing for a renter like us!

Hopefully David and I will finally have time today to build the IKEA Gulliver crib we purchased a few weeks ago. That way, I have a good portrayal of the dimension and I can start on placing the decals above it.

nautical nursery.

At this point of my pregnancy, I'm a little freaked out of the fact that I made zero progress on baby's nursery. I have a certain look and theme on my mind, though.

I love the idea of having sea life or nautical themed nursery. I've also been gravitating towards turquoise, coral orange, taupe, gray and white as far as the colors. I'm thinking to make the nursery as light/white as possible in terms of color because we live in a small apartment and having darker colors would make it look even smaller :)

Below are some inspirations, taken from my Pinterest board. I'm coveting over that sailboat mobile and the sea urchin + starfish pillows, although clearly those items are out of our budget :) As pretty as these looks, I'm 100% certain David would prefer to allocate the decor money to baby's college fund, lol! We'll see what we can do with what we have. As long as our nursery is comfy and safe for baby, I'm happy :)


Sources: Ohdeedoh | Apartment Therapy | Hepstyles on Etsy | Somewhere Splendid | L'Affiche Moderne | Flensted Mobile |