The Story of a Room Part Dos

You may remember here when I discussed a project for my good friend Leesa, where we decided to turn the sitting area off of her master bedroom into a nursery for her new baby girl (due in September), and then I went off to Texas (twice since then actually) and bought some dirt, and had about a billion other things to do. So now I'm back, and shamelessly spreading out this project for as much blog content as I can possibly get from it #winning

Last we left off with an inspiration board of sorts, not an official design board, but it gave us a good idea of whether we were on the same page. It looked like this:

We combined our ideas, and took it down a notch on the "collected over time" look at Leesa's request.

 We came up with this:

Jamie Young aqua light
laylagrayce.com

Polka dot bedding
landofnod.com

Sunburst mirror
landofnod.com

Lumbar throw pillow
etsy.com

Weave basket
target.com

Aztec throw pillow
etsy.com

White furniture
landofnod.com

Pottery Barn round side table
potterybarn.com

BEHR Premium Plus 8 oz. #500B-4 Gem Turquoise Interior/Exterior Paint...
homedepot.com

HEMNES
ikea.com

I finally convinced her to go with the pure white walls (Benjamin Moore's White diamond for anyone curious), and to paint the inside of the tray ceiling Gem Turquoise (by Behr). The light is my absolute favorite part of the room. It was a splurge for sure, but it brings so much of the charm back into this vintage room and it will stay in here when this room is transformed back into a study for Leesa. We ordered the bedding and mirror from Land of Nod, the glider was from Land of Nod originally as well, but we found a very slightly used one on Craigslist. The side table is not actually the one on the board, but VERY similar, I actually stole it from her basement. The pillows are from Etsy and the baskets (that will soon be filled with baby toys!) are from Target. The Hemnes is from Ikea, and the plan is to switch out the knobs for something more vintage looking, and have her hubby frame it out with molding, hopefully giving it a built-in look. We found a dresser, similar to this one on Craiglist, that she will use (with a lipped pad of course) as a changing table, and it just adds so much storage. The rug (which I want to make out with) is the Leila Rug from Joss and Main, and I have already place-marked a spot for one in my new home too. 

As far as decorative accents go, we are going to fully stock those shelves and bookcases with toys and baby books, and I'm hoping those will shine as the art/decorative accents in the room. 

Now we wait, not only for the room to come together but for the baby to come too. 

What do you guys think? I feel like it's a little too monochromatic, but I know once those shelves are full the room will be spilling with color. 

Now you go. What projects are you currently working on? Do tell.  

The Story of A Room...Part 1

My friend Leesa is expecting her second beautiful baby girl in Septermber. Because her and her hubby make some of the best little human girls in the world, I'm over the moon excited. She's not due until after I will be moved, so we're starting on the nursery pretty early, because of course I want to be a part of that design, like I was for her first daughter, Charlotte's nursery. Plus I can't resist doing some "big girl room" reworking for my girl Charlotte too. Because, Leesa is such a good sport (and I'm working for free), she's letting me share the entire process on the blog (yes, I'm pretty desperate for blog content right now). I've talked about the E-design process before here, but since Leesa is a client turned very, very good friend, we're a little more casual about the whole thing. Casual like, I can drink wine, and tease her about not being able to drink wine while we work.
We've had many a conversation about what she wants this room to be for her new bundle, and these are the basic guidelines:

• No pink
• Bright and fun
• Bohemian vibe (which I'm so excited about...no more "model home decorating" for this gal)
• Needs to work with the architecture of the older home they live in
• Storage, storage, storage

We have very little space. They are not willing to part with their playroom (for good reason), so the small sitting room off of their master bedroom will be baby G's new room. They're adding transom doors, like these (again working with the architecture of the home) to the space so that when she's older and moves in with her big sister, this could be transformed into Leesa's new study/"momcave". There is no closet in this space, so storage will be a must. The room DOES have a large beautiful window, with chunky molding, a tray ceiling (that is just dying for a splash of color) and beautiful wood floors that flow from the master.

From here we both starting collecting images/ideas to create an inspiration board (not to be confused with my pinterest board for her here) and here's what I came up with:

The center picture is the feeling I'm going for....collected over time, vintage, but with some bright colors thrown in. I'm dying to leave the walls bright white (Leesa is taking some convincing, but I'll get her there like I always do). The tray ceiling, will be painted a bright turquoise blue (not quite the color in the above ceiling picture) that I will pull from that gorgeous green rug. Since storage is such an issue (no closet since it's not a traditional bedroom) I thought the Hemnes system (anchored to the wall so sister Charlotte doesn't get hurt when she inevitably tries to climb it) would be great for the nursery, but also afterwards for her in a study. Adding gold hardware and molding around it, will hopefully give it the affect of being built in....again matching the architecture of their vintage home. I've been dying over these acrylic bookshelves (bought from here, so they are also super cheap) and I love that they let the beautiful covers of all of the baby's new books be the art in the room. I'm hoping to find a vintage dresser, possibly one we could leave with the natural wood or paint a bright fun color to use as a changing table (with the proper lipped changing pad attachment of course...no rolling babies here) and for even more storage. The gold side table will sit next to the rocker and I'm hoping to DIY a vintage style Love sign like the one above, or maybe just find the letters in an antique store. I would love to find a vintage chandelier/light, I've been hitting up Habitat Restore/Goodwill and praying for a miraculous hidden treasure that they didn't know they had in our tight budget, but haven't found one yet, so I may have to go with this one by YoungHouseLove, it's really great (I have many plans for this fixture in our new house) and a fantastic price. I've found tons of textiles on Etsy I'm dying to use and am still contemplating window treatments. 

This is where we are now. 
I will be on vacation next week, but I'm excited to create an official mood board with some finalized design decisions to share with you guys in the next couple weeks.

So what's your process when you're designing a new space?