138: under the sea nursery

Hey, that rhymes!  I'm a poet and I didn't even know it.

This is Theo's room before the "big boy bed".  It was really designed as a nursery in the true sense of the word.  He slept in our room for over a year, but I loved to sit in the rocker and nurse him.

 

 

This before shot is how the previous owners had the room.  

 

Of course I made lots of things in the room.  I've shown you the quilt and numbers collage before, but here are a few more:  

Pillows, roman blinds, a turtle and two fish, covered lampshade, and, of course, the border mural. 

Instructions and all the supplies you might need for blinds can be found here.  There's a bit of math involved, but they're really not that difficult.  The turtle and fish are from patterns by Rumpled Quiltskins.

The border was another of my past-the-edge-of-sanity projects.  

Truly.  

It's painted from a stencil, but instead of using one color for the waves and one for the background, I felt the need to make it more like actual tiles by painting each square individually with a range of blue hues.  And no, one coat wasn't enough.  They all needed 2-3 coats.  Do you have any kind of idea the kind of time that takes?  Well, I do, and it's no picnic.  100s of hours.  

And this is how I spent the nesting energy of my second pregnancy.  About 1/2 way through I wanted to quit, but I can be plenty stubborn when preggo.

Here's hoping Theo develops a love for fish.  Right now it's all trucks, race cars, and trains.  I really don't want to have to change this any time soon.

JT

Comments

[Yael]

this is the most beautiful baby room I have ever seen!!!!
WOW!!!!

[Sandra]

We have a nautical theme in our sons room ( Léo)
and even taught he`s in to knights( Cars and trucks. spider man, space shuttle and rockets before) at the moment he never wanted to have an other deco for his room!

[amy]

Wow that relaly looks straight out of a magazine catalogue! i really can't believe you hand painted the mosaic! what a huge amount of work... the whole room looks like it took a year of solid work to put together. Beautiful!

[Sam]

It's a beautiful room, full of handmade love. How can he not love it :-)

The mosaic border is beautiful. Lol at the amount of work you put into it! It's those "halfway through" moments - when you realise it was a big mistake time-wise, but the only way is onwards ;-)

Well worth the effort.

[Nichole]

wow. the nursery is really incredible. especially the painted wave border. what a project!

[Blakely]

WOW! I love this room. This nursery looks like it came out of a magazine. Amazing border, I thought it was wallpaper.

[Amy]

I decorated my son's room with a sailboat theme and he is turning 7 next week. He has never asked to change it even though he went through a cars phase, train phase, dinosaur phase, and currently is in a Star Wars phase. So, you are likely to get away with it for some time! You did a wonderful job. The border is "bordering" on insanity...

[Scott at BlueNickelStudios]

You are crazy!! You painted every tile by hand...with multiple coats!!?!??! Wow!
oh, and I Love the turtle...my mom made something similar, tho' not as nice in the 70's for my little brother..it was great for watching TV with...(back when there were only 3 channels!)
Good luck on converting Theo to Neptune's side!

[Bayla]

this is so inspirational! its so amazing to see the care and love you have designed this room with!

[Lori Porten]

This is so beautiful and creative! I LOVE the turtle! Thanks for mentioning the source for the pattern. The transformation from the old room is amazing! You can tell that you put LOTS of love into this room and I'm sure he loves it!

[Doris]

Oh, Jess, that is truly beautiful. And I think a truck and car theme could definitely be incorporated in with waves. It has to. How could it ever get painted over?!?

Is the canvas over the bookcase printed fabric?

[Stephanie Soebbing]

I LOVE the turtle.

[Carmelina Lounsbury]

great job...vibrant colour scheme...from one sewing lover to another....you're great!

[Rachael]

You are crazy amazing. That is the kind of room movie stars hire out for their kids! And while my daughter's room is nowhere near as amazing as this, you really lit a fire under me to take some photos of it. She might like to see what it was like one day, and I'm sure we'll change it a bit before she's really old enough to remember it!

[Julie @CalleLillyCafe]

GORGEOUS & love the colors!

[Mary Carlson]

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Come in and see or we'll send you some if you can't!
It's AWESOME! Check it out at http://tumbletalk.blogspot.com/

[properties philippines]

I love the cabinet and wall paint color. Great job!

Deirdre G

[Term papers]

Of course you made lots of things in the room. you've shown me the quilt and numbers collage before, but here are a some Awesome Pics. I loved it and i really appreciate Your Idea.

[Julie moyer-gates]

Wow, the painting is pretty amazing. I love the sea theme.

[olivia]

that room is amazing. You can tell there is a lot of attention that went into to.

[Process Management Training,Brisbane]

I love the rooms .... very cool and neat.... well done congrats.. thanks for sharing

[Rerto Jordans]

I'm glad to be of your space. The pictures are good-looking, and writing is very good!

[Juicy Couture Bags]

where did u find the bird, does it not on the tree?

[Tree Nursery]

That was a super cool nursery! So beautiful! Your baby must be lucky to have a mom like you. :) Such a great work.