DIY Ava's Baby Room Reveal

Hey guys! I'm so excited to portion Ava's babe room amongst you lot tonight. It's 1 of my favorite rooms I've created, ever. Ava was amongst me piece I was photographing the room yesterday, in addition to thus she is inwards every picture. Fun fact, toddlers don't aid what you lot are trying to accomplish. 

You are land of report to their terms.

Also, I had most 10 minutes to create clean this room, which basically involved opening the blinds in addition to pushing Ava's toys into the corner. This is my electrical flow version of 'styling'. It's authentic in addition to existent in addition to oh so janky.

I hope you lot relish it.

Okay, so room reveal. 

These are the pics that I saved from the original existent estate listing. It was laid upward every bit a genuinely cute footling boys room, in addition to when nosotros came to await at the house, Ava in addition to I sat inwards this room for a skillful fifteen minutes, playing amongst this footling boy's toys. They had already moved out, supposedly years ago, so it was kinda only staged, I guess. But, the betoken is that Ava loved this room in addition to it had a skillful vibe to it.

It was huge, but had yucky carpeting in addition to a giant segmentation wall splitting the room inwards half. So, I knew nosotros would receive got to brand unopen to changes, but I saw the potential.

This whole solid is funky in addition to weird, but from what I tin give the sack deduce, I call upward this was originally 2 small-scale bedrooms (the solid is currently 3 bedrooms in addition to peradventure it was originally 4), in addition to they must receive got knocked downwardly that wall. Now, at starting fourth dimension I assumed that the one-half wall housed a back upward beam, because why else would at that spot last a one-half wall inwards the middle of the room? But, upon farther investigation, it was non a back upward wall. I receive got no sentiment why it was kept there, but coin doesn't grow on trees, so that commonly has something to exercise amongst the answer. In my experience.

Anyway, I wanted to portion the existent estate pics of this room because it does a much improve project of showing you lot how this room functioned earlier nosotros gutted it.

The below photos were taken yesteryear me, days after nosotros moved in. It was so difficult to photograph an accurate representation of this room at the time. Essentially, it was a giant room amongst a mini wall cutting it inwards half, it had severe textured ceilings, pet stained carpets, tan walls, in addition to so many lite fixtures. There was a ceiling fan, 2 boob lights, several tin give the sack lights, in addition to and so 3 ceiling air vents. We narrowed it downwardly to 1 lite in addition to the air vents. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 existent vetting process.

Gives me a footling anxiety looking through these sometime earlier pics. It was a lot of work, in addition to when I am genuinely going through the renovation process, I receive got a lot of stress in addition to major insecurities, in addition to these pictures remind me of that. I tend to forget most it every bit I motility on. 

It looked similar an sometime aeroplane building. That's in all probability a large source of the stress.

So, hither is a pic from after nosotros ripped upward the carpet in addition to removed the one-half wall. 

Oh yeah, at that spot was also no door on this room. Or inwards whatever room inwards this house. So, nosotros had to frame inwards a doorway in addition to install a door. I'm non a high maintenance person, but I demand a door. I don't fifty-fifty know what else to say. It was only so bizarre. This solid sat on the marketplace for iv years, in addition to it's kinda like, howdy man, there's no doors.

Here's a pic of us stopping yesteryear the reno (back when nosotros were living amongst my mom). So cute to meet her so little, only stompin' 'round that room.

Here's a pic from when the hardwood floors were finished. No bring down or doors yet, in addition to the walls were a beige patchwork disaster, but it was getting there.

The side yesteryear side footstep was paint. We had a drywall guy redo the ceilings, mud the doorway, in addition to patch the expanse where nosotros removed the one-half wall. At that point, the room looked similar a patchwork quilt. 

I got samples of all my go-to grays (below) in addition to painted unopen to swatches inwards the room. I ever exercise this, because pigment looks dissimilar inwards every room, in addition to peculiarly depending on what else you lot convey into the room. I ended upward using Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray, a trusty favorite. (My other favorite below is Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray. That was the color of her final nursery in addition to our electrical flow original bathroom. It only felt besides black inwards this room though.)

I call upward it was the absolute perfect color, too. 

The disputation slice of the entire room is this Silky Road Vivid Medallion carpet from Rugs USA. You guys constantly inquire me on my instagram where my rugs inwards the photos are from, in addition to they are ever from here. I'm obsessed amongst their selection, every bit it's constantly evolving, in addition to the character of the rugs is incredible.

Anyway, this carpet undoubtedly makes the room. Here's a movie of Ava reading on the flooring side yesteryear side to her mass bin.  Obviously, I'm so proud. I won't pretend similar I did anything to brand this hap though. I call upward she is only a bookworm at heart. And it's so precious.

That tan outlet is an eyesore in addition to a hazard. Pretend it's non there, in addition to don't you lot dare read this entire ship service in addition to locomote out me a comment most the outlets. There's commonly a monitor plugged inwards correct there. Why am I explaining myself. Carry on in addition to trust.

I created a footling reading corner for Ava amongst the sometime hot pinkish couch.

Remember that sometime couch? It's covered with post. I hung a gilded 'A' higher upward the couch, from Homegoods.

The floral artwork was from a local store.

The crib was from Pottery Barn.

Ava's dresser is an sometime thrift shop buy that I painted, tutorial tin give the sack last flora here. The rocking chair inwards the corner was handmade yesteryear Jesse's belatedly grandfather, who was a skilled woodworker inwards his spare time. I spray painted it cream (tips here).

The curtains are from Target in addition to the cribsheet is from BuyBuyBaby. I took the mattress out to modify her sheets in addition to it turned into a hectic race to pile everything she owned on top. I honey watching her encephalon work.

I'm inwards a toy swapping phase. I pack upward a bunch of her toys in addition to motility them to a dissimilar room or pack them away. Then a calendar week or so later, I swap them out. I've flora it to last a corking means of keeping her interested inwards our electrical flow toy hoard. Sometimes all it takes is only moving her living room toys into her bedroom...hours of entertainment, I tell you. 

And unopen to days I only lay on the couch watching RHOBH, hoping she volition accept a really long nap. This is my truth.

Just passing along my ideas. If you lot receive got a toddler amusement idea, delight transcend back. We all demand help. 

I've been seeing a lot of ridiculous children's closets on Pinterest. And what a freakin' joke. I mean, it does inspire, but stahp. 

So, here's my version. We hung upward every wearing clothing Ava owns, most of which are besides small, in addition to and so she picked 1 to seat on. Just happens to last the 1 my mom made for me when I was Ava's age. Her cupboard is also stacked amongst random mirrors in addition to assorted junk. It's a process.

Mowing the lawn inwards the dress.

With a ponytail. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 ponytail in addition to sideburns.

Here are the novel doors... I painted the top dog door Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze.

The closets got novel doors, too, but I haven't painted them yet. They are currently only the tan primer color. Mama got tired. They are gonna last this color until she goes to college.

I removed all of the random lite fixtures inwards this room in addition to replaced it amongst 1 corking one...a semi-flush crystal tear drib chandelier.

It's been awhile, but I call upward it was from Home Depot. Jesse did non honey the assembly process.

I made unopen to fine art for Ava's room.

I've been paradigm a lot upstairs inwards my sleeping room at night. Just a hobby, currently. I planned on making 3 canvases, spelling out 'Ava', but nope. It took me multiple nights to complete the A, in addition to I thoroughly loved the process, but there's something most repeating a slice of fine art that takes the joy out of it. So, it turned into a singular piece. :)

You guys. I meet you lot on Instagram. I take heed you. I hope to exercise a ship service most the paradigm stuff. I'm only non at that spot yet, in addition to receive got to larn over my insecurity hump. You're helping amongst that. Thanks.

So, here's a closeup of the slice I created for Ava. It's all mitt drawn in addition to painted. I genuinely am proud of this one. I experience skillful most it.

And that, friends, is the destination of Ava's room tour. She says hi. 

Thanks for beingness hither in addition to caring most our footling world.