Just had to share this adorable nursery with you. Mom, Katie is a photographer (she took our family photos) and dad is a designer, so you know they’d put together something amazing for their firstborn. Baby Fox is the cutest! Read what they say about the space…
When we moved into our house about a year and a half ago, we originally envisioned the second bedroom as a guest room. Unfortunately it became a space that we started using for additional storage for things we weren’t sure what to do with. The previous owner had painted the ceiling a very dark navy blue and I couldn’t stand it so we ended up just keeping the door closed pretty much all the time. When we found out we were having a baby we finally had a reason to clear it out do something with it. The ceiling was such a pain to paint over, but when it was done it looked so much better!
We decided on a vintage boy scouting/exploring theme for the room and created a moodboard to go off of. We didn’t want to go overboard with vintage pieces (plus we wanted a safe and structurally sound crib), so we decided to get our main pieces of furniture in white to keep the room feeling fresh, while filling it in with vintage details.
Our favorite part of the room is the globe mobile. When it arrived in the mail we were surprised at the size of it (pictured it to be MUCH smaller) and was nervous that it was too big. But now we love it and Fox does too! He just lays in his crib and smiles up at it. We are proud of the room and look forward to the potential it holds for Fox as he grows!
GULLIVER crib, POANG rocker, EXPEDIT shelving unit, LACK floating shelves from IKEA / bookshelf from Target / dresser is vintage find from TFA / triangle curtains, rug, floor lamp from Urban Outfitters / brass monogram tree letters from Anthropologie / globe mobile from Fab, also available at Rosenberry Rooms
photos by Katharine Roberds Photography
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Very French Gangsters…eyewear for kids. Oh my these kids are too much! This is an incredible promotion, I just had to share. Get a load of those curls.
via raneytown.
TOYS FROM GRANDMA: a new series. My gran has been working at her parish’s local thrift store for quite sometime. She is always coming across the greatest toys…timeless treasures that she knows I will love. Every time we go, she has a box (or two) ready for us to go through. By the way, my husband just loves when I bring MORE toys home…ha!
Well get a load of this incredible wooden Cragston piano. My mouth dropped. Jax loves it too! Cragston made mostly tin robots and cars throughout the mid 60s. I haven’t been able to find too much history on this little baby grand, so if you know anything about it, please share.
I am visiting my grandma this weekend…curious to see what she has waiting for us.
Happy Friday! xo
This weeks Etsy discovery…The Little Tiny, owned by Alison Faulkner Robertson. I’m smitten over all of her handmade leather mobiles, made of hand-dyed 100% pure leather with a variety of colors and textures. The Arrows and Feathers mobile above is one of my favorites. I’m obsessed with triangles! I will definitely have to remember this shop the next time I design another nursery.
Swing by Alison’s blog to she what else she is creating. Her little teeny tiny, Ginger is adorable!
Oh So Beautiful Paper
I know this is kind of unrelated but my our save the dates are featured on Oh So Beautiful Paper today! I am still working on our invites…hopefully they will be done soon.
La cerise sur le gâteau…which means the cherry on the cake. The little shop of french designer Anne Hubert is becoming a favorite of mine. With her love for baking, she cooks up some pretty sweet and colorful creations from ordinary kitchen textiles and linens. I just adore the photography by the talented, Coco Amardeil too!
Ahh…saw this ubabub nursery on Pintrest yesterday. It is so soothing…maybe because it is so clean. The nifty timber cot is so mid-century! (Ha. That was for my sister, she is an interior designer and is obsessed with mid-century modern furniture.)
I know you have all been waiting to see photos from Jaxon’s first birthday party…so here are a few. The theme was ✈ airplanes and travel…and Saint Louis too, since that is where we live. It was a blast designing everything…from the party hats to the little passports. (Most of which will be available in my new shop soon, including the travel poster below.) And if you didn’t catch my post of the invitations, see them here.
When the little party guests arrived they each got their passport photos taken in front of a big map. I borrowed my friend Fran’s polaroid camera…she took most of them, including Jaxon’s! (See her blog here.) They got their passport stamped for all the things they did, like eating cake and ice cream!
Everything was exactly how I imagined a little kid birthday party to be. The kids table was in the center of the room, marked with bright red balloons. I love seeing the kids wear their party hats! The tables were lined with brown postal paper and sprinkled with giant confetti. Daddy bought balsa wood airplanes that we placed all around.
It was nice to have a little play area for the some entertainment between activities. Jaxon had fun playing with his friends, Weston and Jack!
We had pizza, yummy snacks…cheese balls, pretzels, and animal crackers, homemade sugar cookies shaped like clouds and airplanes and of course cake! The cake sat on top of the same vintage suitcase as the one in this photo. I made Jaxon a little smash cake. It said I’M ONE on it…but he liked the ice-cream better!
Later we played ‘pin the propeller’ on the nose of the airplane. Some of the kids were blindfolded…hilarious!
Before departure, all the little party guests went to the baggage claim to get their suitcase favor…filled with homemade sugar cookies, pretzels, a notepad for ideas, small toy and plastic airline wings. So glad that I found just enough suitcases for the party…
With some twine and tiny clothes pins, I put Jaxon’s photos from his first year on display for everyone to see how my little peanut grew!
Opening gifts! Daddy was trying to get the last picture of the party. (It was blurry…shhh) Thank you Eddi and London for helping!
Finally the birthday boy and me, Momma!
…and Daddy too. Thanks babe for all your help and for making the slide show!
Took a little trip to City Sprouts with Aunt Jessi today…she bought Jaxon a doll! I know what you are thinking…no, it is a boy doll with a tattoo. His name is Otto, the rocker. We thought daddy would be mad, but even he liked it. Thank you Aunt Jessi! Now we can say goodbye to Mr. glow worm…he was loved.
More wooden goodness for little ones! Momoll, a modern company that designs modular and portable wooden toys and furniture for children. The playtowers look so fun! Their products are minimal and pure in form and strong in color. {via Seesaw Designs}
Um…awesome! Rockid by Ontwerpduo. A rocking chair and cradle in one. Thanks for sharing @N_E_BECKER.
Just love this rocker by STEK…I want it in green!
Wooden cutlery set from co.zen, comes with a spoon, fork, knife, desert spoon and chopsticks. The lid also flips over and becomes a place mat.
Just purchased these pillows over at the Modern Economy online sample sale today! Boodalee circus + city pillows…can wait to get ‘em in the mail.
Loving this signs rug from Dwell Studio’s baby & kids collection.
