Mark and Erin's Nursery

When I found out my cousins [Erin and Mark], were having their first child I knew I wanted to give them something special. They were going to need to transform one of their rooms into a nursery and I do love designing rooms, therefore I decided to ask if I could design their nursery as a surprise. Thankfully, they – or at least Erin – loved this idea. I commenced work in August and they have been living with the door closed – surprise inside – since. About a week ago I began gathering the baby items stowed around their house from baby showers to fill the room and yesterday, after a few months of work, I revealed the final result!

Okay, so now for the details of what I did and in some cases had help doing.

painted walls of room and closet; built shelves in closet; painted and changed hardware on changing table; sewed new shade, curtain, and cushion covers; painted frames and made "art" above crib; decorated switch plate; painted lamp; made bumble bee mobile

Over the next week or so I will blog about the details of these projects.  I will outline the source of the ideas both inspired and imagined; the process of each task both well and not-so well planned; and the cost break-down of what was bought, repurposed, found and donated.