A Baby Boy’s Nursery Alongside Blue Paint And Floating Shelves

When Robyn sent over some photos of her charming nursery (full of adorable details) we had to share the enjoy. Here is her letter:

We had our first baby on 9/9/09 and I hoped to share his nursery with you. It began off as our guest room but shower water leaked through the bathroom wall onto the berber carpet so when I was many, many months pregnant my husband ripped it out and we laid tiles from Home Depot that we picked up for about $75. We painted one wall Shark Fin blue, put up some old shelves I had for years (from West Elm), used some curtains we had stored away (from Pier 1), moved in a recliner from the living room, and brought in a rug that used to be in my office. The dresser was a 1950s piece found on Craigslist for $35 (we bolted the changing pad to the back and slipped it into the closet enclave). The book shelf is from Target and the dragonfly magnetic wall art is from umbra.com. The crib is Di Vinci (a gift from the grandmother), the egg lamp is J. Schatz (a gift from friends), and the bedding is Dwell (scored on ebay for 40% off). All told we spent around $700 on the floor, paint, mattress, bedding, the fan (about 50 bucks on sale at Restoration Hardware), the side table (40 bucks on clearance at Hobby Lobby), the paper star mobile, our NYC and BKLYN posters, and the Craigslist dresser. Take care and congratulations on your own little one on the way!! -Robyn

Here is the nursery before the big baby-friendly makeover:

And here is the nursery after Robyn worked her maternal magic:

Is not that a sweet and glad place to raise a bambino? Everything from the dragonflies on the wall to the origami mobile has us feeling all warm and fuzzy. Thanks so much for sending the photos our way Robyn! And what about you folks- do you have a go-to part? Is it the art? That strong vintage Criagslist dresser? Do tell.

Note: While Robyn’s crib sports a bumper in the photo she in fact took out it once her son began sleeping in the crib due to the associated SIDS risk. There are certainly a lot of highly personal decisions that are made on the crazy adventure that is parenthood and we enjoy that every family can make choices that work best for them.