How I Paid Pennies for my Designer Nursery

   The second I found out the gender of my baby my brain was 99% focused on how to decorate the nursery. I started looking for inspiration at my favorite place: pottery barn. I quickly realized my "dream nursery" was going to cost me over $6,000... That is when I decided that wasn't going to happen, and to see how little I could spend and (to my husbands delight) make a game out of it.

   Believe it or not, I bought most of the furniture from ksl.com/craigslist.com or at a garage sale and finished it. I spent a total of  $483.00!!! (and a lot of elbow grease) BUT, it has so much personality because and its one of a kind.

The break down:

Crib - $50 (Garage sale)

Fabric for bedding - $27(Joanns with coupons)

Dresser - $140(KSL.com) 

Blue paint for the walls - $40

Flowers on wall - $15(Hobby Lobby with coupons)

Paint for crib and dresser - $35(Lowes)

Mirror - $89(Ikea) 

Eiffel Tower - $20 (Target)

Chandelier (Not pictured) -$45(Ikea)

Bird hook -$12 (Hobby Lobby with coupon)

Acrylic paint for mural - $10 (Hobby Lobby and I 

already had some paint as well as 

brushes on hand)

Okay, I know you are still wondering about the mural, right? So I originally found the one I really liked on pinterest, I found it here. As you can see the layout and color scheme are very similar to what I did in mine. But as I searched for more inspiration I decided to go with more of a soft feel and color scheme.

I asked my VERY talented and artistically inclined mom to help me paint the mural and peacock. I would suggest having help if that type of this isn't your strong suit, it made all the difference. She was a huge help in helping my decide on what kind of bird to put in the tree and she showed me some pictures of REAL white peacocks. I didn't even know that they existed before then.

For the 3D flowers I simply took a couple push pins and pinned them to my wall so you couldn't see the pins. It was also an idea I got from the photo inspiration above.

The last thing I wanted to share was the bedding. Notice the bumper fabric is pink peacock feathers. I actually wasn't a fan in the store but my Mom insisted "It's fate!"

Looking at the whole thing finished it came together so beautifully and I can't believe how much money I was able to save doing it myself.