When we found out we were going to have our 2nd child I knew I wanted to go with a gender neutral room color scheme like big brother. I didn't want to go with the same color of yellow and gray (even though those are my FAVORITE colors). I wanted something that was just for baby #2. So I decided I will go with Gray and Orange instead. Then when we found out Baby #2 was going to be a boy I decided to go ahead an incorporate my husband's passion of cycling into the room and do a vintage bicycle themed room.
We were building our home for most of my pregnancy. We finally did move in when I was 6 months pregnant. I shared my vision of the orange and gray vintage bicycle theme with my husband. I told him some things I thought would be cool to put in there. Because we were both working full time, moving and chasing a 2 year old toddler. And oh being full blown pregnant in the blazing summer heat. We really didn't get to work on the nursery like we did with our oldest son. We had sooo much going on this summer. The nursery was just part of my imagination. We really thought we had a lot of time to work on this nursery since the baby was due in September. The main thing we needed done was painting the room and getting the bedding done. Oh and finding some bicycle type decor.
Well...Baby #2 decided to come into this world at 35 weeks (5 weeks EARLY!). We literally had NOTHING done. All I had was the fabric for the bedding and the furniture that big brother was using. The room wasn't painted. I didn't have a single piece of bicycle decor. It was still a blank slate.
What I didn't know was while I was resting in the hospital my husband was running all over getting stuff for the nursery. Trying to create my dream nursery for Stone. He literally put it all together in one night with the help of some family.
When Stone and I came home from the hospital this is what we came home too..... AWESOMENESS!!
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| My husband got the pallet for free from the paint store that he purchased the paint for the room. My husband took the pallet apart and put it back together staggered. Then painted the bicycle and added the letters from Hobby Lobby. |
 The drapes were purchased from Marshall Homegoods, but the length was not long enough. I had my mother in law add some fabric that we were using for the crib bedding. Love the drapes so full with body. | ||||
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Bike Pedal and reflector are part of Mike's old bike. We use the reflector to hang towels on and the pedal for a diaper hanger. The dresser was my old dresser that Mike refinished for our oldest son's nursery. You can see the before and after here.
Closer look of the pedal. My mother in law created the diaper hanger. She is very talented!
Mother in law created the bed skirt as well. Bumper pads will be coming later. Using the same fabric used for the diaper hanger.
Rocking chair that is from the early 1900's that was in my family. Blanket was made for Stone by his Grammy (mother in law).
How did you mount the bike rim to the ceiling? My husband is a bike tech so we'd like to do something similar but obviously want to be safe since it will be over the crib. Any insight is appreciated! Love this nursery, great inspiration! Kristy
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