Nursery Makeover

For the past month Zachary has been begging us for a big bed. I was planning on switching over Z's room to a full bed but I have been waiting for all of the bedding to arrive. Talk about frustrating. I ordered a lot of stuff back in May however it was backordered until Aug 25th. I should have cancelled the order but it was perfect for Z. Week by week bits and pieces of the order has arrived. So Kevin and I decided that today was the day for the overhaul. I am still waiting on the comforter and bed skirt but we did not really need them anyway since it is so warm. Zachary went to my parents while Kevin and I began the make over. In a way it was kinda sad. As I was taking all of the farm animal nursery things down my mind traveled back three years ago to when I was registering for these items. I thought of the nice friends and family who purchased us each gift and how excited we were for Zachary to arrive. I also thought how I painted his wooden letters two weeks before he arrived and Kevin was scared I hurt the baby from breathing in the fumes. Funny how things come back to you when you see a certain item. So without further ado...here is Zachary big boy room.

Nursery Before: His farm light, Baby photo and foot/hand prints from the hospital

After: John Deere tractor photos and a "semi-new" John Deere Lamp...thanks to a sweet elderly man on e-bay. The seat of the tractor is what turns the light on and off. It makes a very loud tractor sound when pressed. Z loves it!

Before: Farm themed hooks with too much stuff hanging from them :)
After: New hooks with less items.

Before: Farm curtains
After: Big boy plaid curtains



Before: Block letters I painted before Zachary arrived

After: A custom vinyl that I ordered from Studio JK Vinyl for Zachary. I love it!

The big boy bed. I will post a better photo once the comforter comes. The sheets are tractors, trains, planes, and cement mixers. I went for a more "universal" comforter in plaid so that we could change out the sheets as Zachary's interest change. I figured we could uses the primary color plaid curtains, bed skirt, comforter, pillows, etc for many years to come.

Before: The converted crib

Before:
After...I pre-purposed the frames. $3.44 spray paint was all it took to change cream frames into Navy ones. It gave a whole new look.
The room reveal....he noticed his name.
Zachary going to sleep. He's one happy boy!