Nursery Complete

Well, as of last week I'm finally finished with the nursery and I couldn't be happier with the outcome...

My good friend, Valeria, made the red poufs for my baby shower decorations and I thought they made a fun splash of color above the crib...

My favorite wall in the room with our vintage French Tintin book cover prints...

I made the banner using copies of Tintin pages and enlarged letters from Tintin covers...

Felix's library - thanks to the generosity of my husband's coworkers and my dear friends...

My second hand lamp with a new coat of color...

An enormous thanks to my husband, Seb, for stencilling the entire room. And a huge thanks to my friend Peter Vanderpoel of Vanderpoel Architecture Photography for taking the gorgeous photos. Now I just can't wait to meet my little guy!

Nursery In Progress Update

We...okay, okay my husband is almost finished stenciling the nursery and wow has it been a learning experience. I, of course, chose a difficult allover stencil by Cutting Edge Stencils...

Here is a work in progress image from my cell camera (have no clue where my camera is)...

And here are my Top 5 Allover Stencil Tips:

1. Start the Stencil on the first wall you see in the room. As the stencil gets inundated with paint the lines begin to blur because they have crevices to bleed into from the dried paint...

2. After using the stencil 2-3 times wipe the wet paint off the stencil front and back to prevent Tip #1 from happening. If you don't do this, you'll end up spending 45 minutes scraping the paint off the back of the stencil like I did yesterday...

Or, worse yet, you may turn into a delirious lunatic after scraping for so long...

3. Don't underestimate the amount of time it will take. So far it has taken my husband over 13 hours to complete the task and he is enjoying every minute ;). His tip #3 is DON'T DO IT...hahahaha!

4.  If you want to do the stencil yourself, don't start the process 8 months pregnant. But, on the other hand if you want to pawn the work off, then go for it and begin when you are too huge to do anything. My master plan is working ;).

5. Enjoy because although it isn't as perfect as wallpaper, it is unique and handmade from the heart!