bruna's baby's nursery

My friend Bruna and her husband are expecting their first bundle of joy in April and have asked me to help with the nursery.  We have a fun scheme of stripes, greys, whites and some colour to create a not-so-baby-room for the new arrival.  It's a small room, but already is looking twice the size thanks to the stripes on the two side walls.  Stay tuned as we furnish the space!

going monochromatic

The bedroom painted rug has undergone yet another transformation... it's been painted a solid smokey gray to match the charcoal upholstery on the bedframe, new charcoal bedlinens and slate gray accent wall.  With just a pop of colour in the limegreen pillows, the bedroom is a cozy retreat on cold winter days.

painted rug version 3.0

So that time has come for a new painted rug in the bedroom.

I'm currently deciding between this gorgeous rug from Anthropologie

and this rug that I can not find the source for.

Both have the yellows, oranges, blues and creams that I have throughout the rest of my apartment and the smaller patterns will be a great change from the graphic flowers I have now.  And both are warm options for fall/winter.  Which one do you prefer?

pastel dreams

My sister Jen moved this past weekend into a larger home and I was absolutely blown away when I saw the nursery she put together in only 1 day.  It's a perfect - and large - room for Alice, girly and pretty without being too fussy or princessy.  It's full of vintage pieces and pieces with history and memories and lots of hand crafted goodness.  Simply.  Gorgeous.

tools of the trade

In my rummaging I also managed to find a couple old metal toolboxes.  The colour on them is great and they are perfect in the bedroom holding sewing and craft supplies.  Also a great shot of colour along with the steel blue credenza and red cuckoo clock.

I've also tried my hand at my first topiary.  In an oversized vintage mason jar, I now have a jade plant growing and surviving.  Yeah for me.

white & bright

Is there any place filled with more light than David Delfin and Gorka Postigo's Spanish home?  What a great space to wake up to.  And can you spot all the Pez dispensers?

beige

It's back.  And I'm loving it on these bed linens.  From RedOnline.

a place in france

I think I could handle living in this pied-a-terre in France.  From Rive Gauche Rehab.

baby blue & red

Again and again I come back around to this colour combination, to me it satisfies both ends of the colour spectrum - a little bit of cool with a little bit of warm.  This first image even makes me consider painting the walls of my apartment a soft powder blue.  I said "consider", so don't hold your breath.

Image sources : 1&2 Alice in Designland, Desire to Inspire, Apartment Therapy, Desire to Inspire, LivingEtc.

layers

I'm not going to lie - I'm tired.  Dead tired.  With the home show this past week, regular work and basketball on top of that, Lucy's boundless energy and a lack of routine in my life in general - I'm spent.  And all I want is a day snuggled up under the layers in any of these cozy rooms.  And PS, loving all the blue!  'Til tomorrow my friends.  [All images LivingEtc.]