Grey Likes Baby

A friend of mine, Natalee Lopez posted a few pictures of her son’s nursery and I stocked her until she sent me the photos.  It’s a great nursery is a small space.  Here she is:

“We live in a 740 sq ft apartment and found out we were pregnant the month after we moved in! We had signed a 15 month lease so we knew we were just going to have to make this place work. We have ONE closet and a king sized bed, so it was a challenge. We converted our dresser into a changing table and utilized pegboard and baskets above it for storage of diapers and other essentials. We purchased a mini crib that eventually converts into a toddler bed and it fit perfectly into our small space. We used small shelves from IKEA next to the rocking chair to hold bed time books.”

“We wanted the over all theme of the room to be “Adventure” in hopes that our little Theodore (Teddy) would look beyond his everyday life into the world around him and seek adventure!
-The capitan bust and embroidered flower are vintage from a shop in Santa Paula run by a man named Robert who used to be an ad designer for Nordstrom in the 60′s. The shop is called “Treasure Island” and it’s located across the street from the California Oil Museum 1001 E Main St Santa Paula, CA 93060.
-The bear drawing is done by our friend Kyle Naylor, who has had some of his stuff for sale over a Urban Outfitters, but also has a personal shop
-The giraffe bust over the changing table is from Anthropologie.
-The chevron lamp shades are from Target.
-The AMAZING ship clock is Alex’s Abuelito’s. It is also a nightlight and still works!
-The mobile is handmade (by me) with a vintage embroidery hoop and painted gold stars.
-The “Adventure is Out There” plaque was made by me as well as the door hanger.
-Since we only have one closet — we decided to utilize the living room space for some storage. We purchased a wardrobe from IKEA and a LACK bookshelf from IKEA which we turned sideways and made into a storage bench for under the window. It houses some of Teddy’s toys, books, blankets, etc.”

Who doesn’t love a few beautifully unique handmade items in their home or nursery.  Here’s a few of our favorites:

XO-In my room had so many amazing items I couldn’t just pick one.
House & Hold Doll House

Such Great Heights: Clothes Rack
Liven Up Design: Build your own rocking chair

The Hill at Hopewell: Kids table
Don’t forget to check out our shop for tons of our favorite shops and handmade stores.

Baby Grey has a new crush on Jen Lula! You must see how cute her family is…

First I’ll tell you that she has her baby au natural at home…impressive

Then I’ll tell you her home is so bright, cozy and beautifully designed.  Here are a few shots of her living room that was mostly DIY. The ‘home sweet home’ yarn letters are to DIE for!

Rowan’s big girl room is splendidly childish and bright. It’s perfect for a little girl, a chalk board wall, bright colors and polka dots…it’s a little girls dream.

Their new baby’s nursery is so sweet, complete with a cozy tepee, which I could crawl in right now and take a nice afternoon nap.

And lastly their bedroom wall!!! It’s the centerpiece of their room and takes my breathe away.  It’s an old hymn that has been hand painted on to the wall in perfectly swirly writing that causes your eye to follow the unending line of letters like your dancing along the words of the hymn.  Can I move in?

Trish of Tealily Photography wants something different for the family portraits that she shoots from now on, she wants something real. No posing, no props, no perfectly matching outfits, just a family living life as they do, capturing all of the beauty that exists in the reality and chaos of family life. Eating lunch, playing games, taking baths, goodnight kisses, and the silence when they’re all asleep, it’s all beautiful and it’s all worth capturing and remembering.

One year ago, we posted photos of this little dude on his first birthday.

Now that he is two, his mother Nashara Wisenbaker sent us a little update that is just as cute as the last. Nashara isn’t a photographer, she is just a creative mom that is doing a spectacular job documenting her son.  She even gave us all the details on how she makes his yearly photographs such perfection.  I like that there is simplicity in the photos, and a bit of theme shared between his first year and the second year.  She picked the same spot in her house, a fun modern chair, striped pajamas, light blue props, some yummy dessert, an adorable little boy, and we have some really precious photos.

Leggings/Tank – Goat-milk NYC
Garland – EverlyLane Design
Mylar #2 Balloon
Eames Chair