We have now gone from a family of 3 to a family of 4. For our first son we had plenty of time to shop for the "perfect" nursery. We found it very challenging because we didn't want the brown and beige colour schemes and we wanted something modern. As soon as you shop for something modern prices go up. We finally found a crib on Walmart.com by Baby Mod - modern, simple, nice and inexpensive. Walmart.com has a huge selection of cribs from inexpensive to very expensive.
We thought it looked a lot like the Oeuf crib we were eyeing that was 3 times the price.
We are so happy with the crib and even more happy that we didn't pay a lot for it because our son ended up destroying the edges with his teeth - we had a beaver on our hands!
This is how the crib looks in his room.
We painted the walls with Benjamin Moore
Aura paint in the colour
Stone. The pain quality is great and very easy to clean. Until this day, his room is my favourite room in the house because the colour scheme is so calming. The grey was really the perfect choice.
The rest of the furniture was purchased at Ikea mostly because we liked the colour and finishing.
To add colour to the room, we framed pictures of cartoon characters we like. I bought the frames at Winners/Home Sense (in my opinion the best place to buy picture frames).
The rest of the colour was added by his books, mobile and stuffed animals.
Finally, the light fixture is one of my favourite pieces. The hanging glass bubbles reflect on the walls and make it look like floating bubbles. We made sure to also get a dimmer. We purchased the fixture from Living Lighting in Ottawa.
We also recently added this wall decal from
Wall Talk.
His room is still a work in progress with other touches I would like to add, like shelving. For our second son, we went with the same wall colour and even furniture but the layout is different and so are some of the small touches. Unfortunately, the room is not finished and everything is still a work in progress!!
