Ok, I know I only post about the baby and/or the nursery, but hey, that baby boy pretty much gets all of our attention already and he's not even here yet! So the only thing I have to post about is the completed nursery. But I'm happy that everything is done and ready, now all we need is a baby to put in there!

View from the door

Shelves above the dresser

Prints above dresser. Designed in InDesign, printed at Costco and put in Ikea frames. Love how they turned out!

My favorite print from Deseret Book, lamp from Ikea, giraffe blanket from Grandma Warnick.

My DIY ottoman. I had before pictures but they got deleted off my camera. Chase found an old leather ottoman/footstool at DI for $5. I cleaned it up, covered it with batting and a pillow on top then covered it with fabric. It opens up for storage and allows me to rock the chair because my feet don't even come close to touching the ground. :)

Hot air balloon mobile and pennant flags, both DIY projects.

Favorite part of the room, my zebra rug

Closet organizers. Cheap wood cutouts from Roberts, some paint, ribbon and leftover fabric. 

I LOVE my blue cradle! Got it as a hand-me-down from my sister in law Kristi and repainted it. Can't wait to put my little baby in there. 

I'm very happy with how the nursery turned out, it makes me smile every time I walk past it. No "theme", just a collection of things that I like! Because almost everything was made by me, I was able to put everything together exactly the way I wanted it for pretty dang cheap! Love it.

Orange Zebra

Oh how I love my orange Zebra rug! I fell in love with this nursery and this rug:

I love everything about this nursery. The green chair, the awesome crib, and of course the rug. I searched and found the rug for a mere $999. REALLY PEOPLE?!?! Because the price tag on that puppy was more than my rent payment and my car payment put together, I needed a different solution. I had all sorts of crazy ideas, and finally thought I would try to replicate the design of the rug and make it into a playmat. I found a pattern here, and enlisted Kara in helping me :) 

Her bro-in-law’s projector was a lifesaver, we couldn’t have done it without it! We taped the fabric on the wall and traced the shape and the stripes. We used two layers of white and one layer of orange. I brought it home and cut everything out, then pinned it all together with a layer of batting. After I sewed all the layers together, I flipped it right-side out then pinned all the stripes down. Many, many, many, MANY hours of tedious appliqué later, it’s finally finished!

I *love* how it turned out, and think it looks so cute on the floor in baby K's room! 

Don't you agree??