Caitlins Room

I had such grand plans for Caitlin's room.  I was going to do a faux paneling around the walls, lavender paint,  and a vinyl wall decal along with the butterflies.  I was also dreaming of a new rocker.  But alas, my frugality (my brother would call it my tight-waddedness) scaled the project back to what you see here.  I still think it turned out really nice.

 These butterflies on the wall are a glittery card stock that has sticky on the back.  They look like they are actually flying.  I love them!  If you like this kind of thing, check out www.etsy.com.  One of my new favorites.

 The changing table turned out so great!  I took the old oak changing table I have had for all three kids, and bought at a garage sale before that, and painted it with the extra paint from our exterior doors.  The color almost matches the crib perfectly, and unless you look close you would think they were a matching set.  The bins are $4 at Walmart, and spray painted sage.

 These you have seen before.  Grandma Peterson's water colors have been hanging in my house for a decade.  But I thought they would make a nice soft feminine accessory in the baby room.

 The chair.   Ugh.  I love and hate the thing. Again, this piece of furniture has been with us since Joshua was a babe.  We bought it at DI for $10.  As ugly and faded and stained as it is,  it is also very comfy and fits well in the room.  So for now I have the curtain I sewed for the Mayfield house nursery draped over it.  Not too professional, but at least it isn't a big brown furry eye sore.

I sewed all the crib bedding when we lived in Mayfield.  I wanted to add a little something to the floor just to give the room a little distinction.  After shopping online for butterfly rugs I was very discouraged. $40 and up was what they were asking for.  So I went to Walmart, spent $7 on a purple towel, a green towel, and a yellow washcloth, and made my own.  It is so darling!  I have to say I am pretty proud of it.

So there you go.  A nursery decorating job on a uber-budget.  Fun!