Baby Room: Window Treatments

After brainstorming on what to do for the windows in the baby's room, I came across a couple of blog entries like this one and this one to make pelmet boxes. They looked so easy to make I had to give it a try.

This is what I had to buy:

2 42'' foam boards

duct tape

hot glue gun

batting

1.5 yards of fabric

exacto knife

First I cut the front of what the box would look like. These boxes I cut out are about 14'' long and about 42'' wide.

Then I cut out some pieces for the back of the box that will allow it to hang from the wall. The long ones are 3'' long and 42'' wide and the small ones are 3'' long and 14'' wide.

After I had everything cut out, I taped them with duct tape to make the shape of the box. I put the piece of board on top so that it can rest on the curtain rod and I don't have to screw anything to the wall.

Then I cut out the batting and fabric and laid it out under the box and started gluing it to the foam board with the hot glue gun.
After a lot of burnt fingers from the hot glue gun and a lot of creative pulling and tugging of the fabric, I came up with this final product. To make it stay up, I actually put a couple of drops of hot glue on the the ends of the curtain rod and pressed on the top of the foam board that goes directly above the rod to keep it in place. Tadahh! hope you liked it!

Nursery

After buying 3 different bedding sets for the crib online,

going and looking at fabric so my mom and I could make our own (because I got too impatientfrom waiting for them to arrive),

deciding I didnt want to spend all that time sewing,

and receiving and returning all the bedding sets I bought online,

I finally found one that I fell head over heels over.

and I'm in love.

Complimentary Room- Boy

Here is room number two. This is definitely a more masculine room with a couple more punches of color throughout.

I love the bedding (from Target) and since it's blue, I decided to pair it off with its complimentary color-orange. I think it is a fun room full of life and any kid would love playing in a space like this. I love the collage look with frames (I have a collage in my living room) and I think it adds a lot of personality. The bird mobile is gorgeous and simple and it is something you could probably even create yourself with a little bit of creativity.

I will create a couple more rooms tomorrow, before we are off to find out what our little baby decides to be.

Simplicity Room - Girl

Ok, I love everything about this room and I think it would work perfectly for a girl's nursery. I love all of the neutral pieces with touches of color here and there. I love how you can square off a part of a wall (E.) and make it a small decorative spot. I would probably do it in the seafoam green (F) to add some color, since I would probably keep the walls the tan color they are right now. The circular rug would look amazing in the center of the room for some interest. I love the mural (B) and think it would be a perfect way to get yourself very involved in the process of decorating. I think I might do something like that whether it be in those colors or even something a little different.

This is a dream nursery for me. I for sure want a small chandelier if it does happen to be a girl because I think it adds so much femininity to a room. Anyway, a lot of the pieces in this room are reaaally expensive or found somewhere online so I dont have prices but I would only be using this as inspiration (except for the crib, which we own) since if I tried to recreate this room entirely, I would end up without a leg, an arm, and maybe an eye.

Do you like?