Logan's Monster Nursery!

Long before I knew my sweet baby was a boy, I started dreaming up how I would decorate a little boy's nursery. I knew I didn't want the typical baby blue room with sweet teddy bears, monkeys, or you name it- animals. I came across this blanket from Bed, Bath, & Beyond online and instantly was in love! I never know exactly what I am looking for until I see my first piece of inspiration, and for Logan's nursery this was it! I am a little bummed I didn't buy this blanket when I saw it, so unfortunately we don't even have it! But it was the inspiration piece none the less! When I found out we were having a boy, I was so excited to get started on his nursery! I knew I wanted it to be an extremely bright and fun room, and I think that was accomplished. :) I decided to do happy monsters, not scary ones! I still have people look at me funny when I say that Logan's nursery theme is monsters! Hasn't anyone seen Monsters Inc? They can be friendly! :)

Took me a little while, but I found a bedding set that I fell in love with and ordered it right away. I ordered several extra crib sheets too so I could make many of the things in his room to match his bedding. Here is his bedding, thank you Target! We decided not to use bumpers this time around based on the new recommendations for SIDS safety by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Time to pick out paint colors! Remember I said I wanted it to be bright? I was not kidding, I really meant BRIGHT! I know there are some people who based on color theory research say it is not good to paint a childs room orange, but I went ahead and did it anyhow! (I even wrote an 8 page paper on this subject in high school!) I will let you know how Logan turns out! Haha :)

Once the bedding arrived I got to work on deigning the accent wall. Here is the design I came up with!

Time to get started! This wall took me about 5 days to do. I was pregnant while I painted it so I chose to take my time and only paint one color a day. With my doctor's permission, wearing a mask & with the windows wide open I was only in the room for 5 minutes, 3x a day. :) My sweet husband always measures out the accent walls for me, otherwise these never would have turned out looking like squares!

I added one color of squares each day!

I looked around for a mobile but could not find one I liked, so I decided I could just make one! This was a really time consuming project, but I am really happy with how it turned out. I sewed fabric around embroidery hoops and scrunched the fabric to get the look I was going for.

I cut out all the monsters out of felt and got started stuffing & hand stitching them all together. I used some ribbon to put the whole mobile together and we hung it from the ceiling over his crib. He really loves it!

Here they are finished!

A friend was giving this chair away on Facebook (thanks Jamie!) and I quickly asked if I could have it! I have always wanted this chair from Ikea, but had completely forgotten that I now have the perfect room for it to live in! I was so tickled with how well it matched Logan's room! I made a little cushion for it because it just looked like it needed one! I took scrape pieces of fabric I had leftover from sewing the curtains, and sewed them all together with ribbon in between. It was a quick and easy project that makes it look like the chair was made for Logan's room, I love it! Plus now its a little more comfy for the kids to sit in, and they love to sit and spin in it!

The part I was most excited about was the artwork for the room! My Husband said he would paint the pictures and I couldn't wait! It was the main way I had planned to incorporate the monster theme into his room. We did all the artwork to match the mobile monsters I had created, I love that they match!

Here is how they turned out! I painted the two small ones and William painted the two big ones! :)

I found this idea on Pinterest, my favorite place to waste just about all of my time! ;) I bought the letters at Michaels on sale and painted them with the leftover paint from the accent wall, so they would match exactly. The shelves are actually spice racks from Ikea for only $3 each. They came in a neutral color so I just spray painted them black to go with everything else in the room. I did a DIY blog post on this project already, you can see it here. Fun random note, that Tickle Monster book is my very favorite book ever I think! Love how it portrays monsters in a friendly manner rather than all the things out there that make monsters seem scary! We love monsters here in our home! :)

Are you ready to finally see how it all looks together? Take a peek!

I sewed these curtains out of the extra crib sheets I had ordered, and used red ribbon for the edging. They are backed with the blackout fabric so when they are closed it is nice and dark for naps & bedtime.

I made this changing table pad cover out of a soft fleece, I would have loved to have just bought one but they didn't have any color that looked good in the room. Turns out I was happy to not have bought one because these are the easiest things ever to make and I did it for so much cheaper!

Here is my little cutie enjoying his room! It is time to move the mattress down now, its amazing how fast he is growing up!

Hope you enjoyed seeing his nursery, so much love went into making this room! I spend a lot of time in Logan's nursery, and it makes all the hard work seem worth it! I hope Logan loves it as he grows up!

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think! :)