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I may or may not be squealing as I type this because I am SO excited to finally get to share Caleb’s rustic neutral nursery with you! It has been such a fun process to turn this room into a beautiful, cozy space that we can bring our son into and I am so excited and honored to invite y’all into our home to see it today.
First, here’s a glimpse of the before. The walls were a faded yellow, the trim was orange, scratched wood, and the whole room just felt very warm and yellowy (is that a word?), especially since the sun shines directly into it in the afternoons and evenings.
From the beginning, I envisioned this space to be bright, airy, and full of grays and whites that would bring out the beautiful light this room gets (you can check out this post for some of the neutral boy nurseries that inspired me). We started by stripping all the baseboards and adding new, taller white trim. Next, we painted all of the wood trim on the windows and closet Behr Ultra Pure White, the same trim color we have in the rest of our house. Finally, we painted the walls a dreamy white/gray by Behr called Silver Drop. I’d say it’s a pretty dramatic difference, wouldn’t you?
Once we’d gotten the walls how we wanted them, we started dreaming of the furniture. I wanted the furniture to be light and gender neutral so we could use it again if we ever have a baby girl, so we decided on this Ikea crib, this Target glider, this Ikea dresser turned changing table, and that cute little end table I’d scooped up at Target last year and moved into this room. I love the combo of whites, creams, and the textured element the twine-wrapped legs of that end table bring in.
From there we moved to the wall above the crib. I wanted a statement piece and ended up falling in love with this beautiful sign from House of Belonging. Jordan ordered it for me as my Christmas present and I pretty much swoon every time I see it. The pop of wood and black is a beautiful contrast to the whites and grays of the room and adds a masculine touch that I love for our little man.
To fill the spaces next to the sign, I wanted something quirky, rustic, and with a pop of color. You can check out the tutorial on how I made these bad boys HERE, but I basically just grabbed some deer heads, wood plaques, and spray paint from Hobby Lobby and went to work. The handmade pom-pom garlands were a fun extra addition that add some color!
The glider is another little nook I love and I’ve already gone and sat here to put my feet up and dream about our growing family many times since we bought it. That pouf from the Land of Nod is the perfect place to put my feet up and I love how the charcoal curtains and lamp (both Ikea – do you notice a theme here?) bring some darkness and depth into the room. Don’t you just want to curl up in that space with a little bean asleep in your arms?
To save space on the opposite wall, we used a dresser from Ikea as our changing table. I love Ikea furniture, but sometimes it needs a bit of an upgrade. Adding new hardware is my favorite way to do this! These pulls are from D. Lawless Hardware, the same family-owned hardware company where I got the pulls for my Ikea Rast Hack nightstands and my distressed wooden hutch I made over.
D. Lawless Hardware has been my favorite source of hardware for quite a while now (better than Hobby Lobby and cheaper than anywhere else while still being quality – seriously, y’all, I’m a big fan) and they have lots of great options! If you want to spruce up a basic piece of furniture to give it more style, you have to to check out their selection of knobs, pulls, and lots of other hardware at their website!
The gallery wall above this changing table was so fun to create too. I gave all my secrets for creating gallery walls that are balanced, beautiful, and personal in this post, but I can tell you right here that this one started with these adorable little fox and bear prints from Hobby Lobby. I’ve admired them at Hobby Lobby for almost a year (Is that weird? Do other people wander the aisles of Hobby Lobby and dream about things they want to buy one day?) and they were one of the first things I bought when I found out we were having a boy. I love this initials pennant too it was so easy to make! (Check out the tutorial for that initials pennant here)
This little cart from Ikea currently holds diapers, burp cloths, and a few little blankets. Its purpose might change in the months to come but I love how functional it is! We’ll probably eventually put a laundry hamper or toy basket and a little trash can on the other side of the dresser but I think I’ll wait on that until we get a feel for what we’ll really need.
The closet is a space that I have a feeling will evolve a lot. We removed the doors and filled the holes for the hinges, figuring that this closet will probably always be open to make more space for other things in the room. We painted the shelves on the inside and added this Ikea square organizer to hold all of Caleb’s many books, toys, and other knick-knacks we seem to accumulate.
I love walking into this room and dreaming about the little man whose heart and silliness will one day fill it. It is bright, whimsical, and airy with the perfect touches of color, rustic textures, and neutrals, and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out!
Olive is a pretty big fan too. I have a feeling we’ll find her here for many a feeding and snuggle sesh!
Thanks for following along with this whole journey, friends! Feel free to comment below if you have any questions about the sources or different pieces here. We got so many great deals and I’d love to spread the love! Also, big shoutout to my sweet friend Haley of Haley George Photography who helped me finish some last minute projects here and took all of these beautiful pictures. She rocks, her blog rocks, and her photos rock, so make sure to check her out!
If you love this nursery space as much as I do, make sure to follow my nurseries board on Pinterest for more inspiration and swoon-worth baby spaces!
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Oh my goodness. I absolutely love this. It is so cute but still masculine. I love how bright it is.
Thanks, Kimberly! That’s what we were going for…airy and cute but still something to show he’s a boy 🙂
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His room came out so beautifully!!! I love your thoughts and the theme. I wanted a similar theme to Sophie’s but I was too harebrained to paint her room, but her room is finally coming together only two years later. I also have that bin you have in the closet too! Hobby Lobby for the win! we have two for Sophie’s toys.
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Thanks, Liz! That little bin is so cute! 🙂 I’m sure this space will evolve and change as he gets older but for now I love how it turned out!
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I know this post is so old! but does this glider rock as well as turn around? Looking for a new one for my daughter’s room.
It does! It rocks and swivels. It’s still in great shape and super comfy. I definitely recommend it!
Love this nursery! So cute. You’ll enjoy spending time in there! The wall above the changing table is absolutely perfect.
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Thanks, Paige! 🙂 That gallery wall is my favorite part!
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Gorgeous. You have such an eye for design! This is the cutest nursery ever! Obsessed with the neutrals!
Thanks, Annie! I love all the neutrals too. They’re so calm and peaceful!
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It turned out SO cute!!! I love his open closet!! I need you to come and decorate my house 😉 We’ve been there a year and a half and I’m struggling to finish every room perfectly!
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Ha you’re so sweet 🙂 It’s such a long, never-ending process and we constantly change or update things based on function or what we like better. As long as it’s a space you love and feel at peace in, I’d say you’re good to go 😉
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WOW Lauren! Oh my goodness. I can’t imagine the work and planning this took! I’m so proud of you and think it looks gorgeous. You really have an eye for this sort of thing! Can I hire you to do my nursery some day? 😉
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Thanks, Chelsea! Haha I would LOVE to help you with your nursery one day! 😉 I have so much fun doing this kind of thing!
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Absolutely positively adorable! What a transformation!
Thanks, Chrissa! It’s crazy how different it looks now!
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It’s absolutely gorgeous!! I love how you put the selves in the closet. Baby clothes are so little that big closets can be a big wasted space!
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Thanks, Rebekah. I totally agree! And closet doors just open up and take TONS of space that could be used for other things too. I think we’ll be really glad we took them off!
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I am seriously obsessed with this nursery. You did such an amazing job, Lauren! I want to just take this room out of your house and attach it to my own–would that be weird? 😉 But really. I’m gonna need you to come over and help me find motivation to get our Jonah’s nursery done, and, clearly, your eye for design is what I need in my life. I LOVE it!! Plus, you are so adorable.
Aww thanks, Maegan! Hahaha feel free to steal any and all ideas. So much of what we did was inspired by things I saw on Pinterest! I’m excited to see what y’all do in Jonah’s room. As long as you love it and it’s a cozy space for your little man, it’ll be perfect 🙂
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I am so in love with this nursery. It’s such a bright and airy feel, and it looks just so sweet for a little man. We have some real deerheads on the boys walls, but yours look cooler 😉
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Thanks, Lauren! Real deer heads? That’s awesome! I think my dog would have a heart attack 😉
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Oh wow! The nursery is adorable! You are such a good decorator!!!!
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Thanks, Susannah! 🙂 It’s been fun to try my hand at decorating and grow more confident as the years go by!
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LOVE LOVE LOVE! I love how bright and airy the room has and that main piece of art work is STUNNING! I would hang that in my own bedroom!
Thanks, Chelsie! Bright and airy is exactly what we were going for. Aren’t those signs so pretty? I would order a million of them if they weren’t so expensive. So, so pretty!
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LOVE that! A girl I know is about to have a baby girl and her nursery is adorable too! It makes me kind of wish I had done a nursery, but just kind of, haha. I know it isn’t practical with us moving in the next year, and I honestly just didn’t want to spend the money on it! Maybe that’ll give us some time to see what Jackson likes so we can decorate his “big boy room” for him with what he likes when we move! I also really like what you did with removing the closet doors! I just want my actual house to look like this though! I love light and airy colors because our house has NO daylight and was all brown and yellow when we moved in! So now I need light colors all over the place! You should just become an interior decorator when you’re ready to go back to work after Caleb is born! People would definitely pay you to come do their houses! Your house is gorgeous!
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Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense with your life season and I think that’s totally fine! As long as your little man has a place to sleep (probably your arms for a while!) you’ll be good to go 🙂 Our house had lots of yellows and tans too and we’ve gradually been switching everything to more open, bright colors. It makes a HUGE difference! And thanks for your sweet words. I’ve loved trying my hand at decorating in our house!
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You did AMAZING decorating this nursery! I am in love with it all!
Thanks, Kara! 🙂
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It’s beautiful! Such amazing pictures too. You’re almost at the finish line, I know you must be super excited 🙂
Thanks, Danielle! I’m lucky my photographer best friend was in town to capture the prettiness. Her pictures are much better than mine would have been!
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I need to look into that pouf!! I also love that lamp!! You guys did such a great job!!
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I love this so much! And YES to those prints from Hobby Lobby, I look at those ALL the time and it always makes we wish I had a nursery to decorate!
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I just want to curl up in that room and take a nap… which is to say, you TOTALLY succeeded on making a stunning nursery for Caleb.
I love how you opened up the closet, and the wall decor over your changing table.
Your little man is lucky to have such a wonderful Mommy and Daddy waiting for him!
I love this whole room!!!! So fun. Did I miss where you said you got that little triangle printed storage bin on top of the kallax shelf? love it.
This is a super late response, but it’s from hobby lobby. Hope that helps! 🙂
So cute!! Where did you get the little banner from with his initials on it?
I made it! 🙂 If you search initials pennant on my blog you can find the tutorial!
Love it! Are those curtains the ikea ritva?
Love the nursery! Would you share where you got the little bins for inside the storage cube! I have been looking for something exactly like that!
Absolutely! They are from ikea. They have a ton of cute baskets and stuff like that. Hope that helps! 🙂
Can you tell me the paint on the walls? i love it- and this is the exact look i’m going for, for my sons nursery and i just haven’t been able to put it together. Thanks for the inspiration.
I think she said Silver Drop from Behr. That’s the color I want now too for my son’s nursery!
Yes, Jane is right! Silver drop by Behr. We love it! We used that color and the two other ones on that paint chip in our whole house. They are the perfect white/gray neutrals with few undertones. I love it!
Where did you get the accent table next to the glider? I love it!
Thanks Jane! It was one of the seasonal decor pieces target switches out each season. I don’t know if they carry it anymore or I would totally buy another one! Isn’t it so cute?
Absolutely love! Do you remember the name of the paint you used on the walls?!
Thank you! 🙂 It’s Silver Drop By Behr at Home Depot. We’ve used that color and the other two shades on the paint chip in lots of rooms and we love it!
This is so cute! Where did you buy the 8 shelf cubbie unit?
Hi Jenny! I know this is a little late, but it’s the Ikea Kallax shelving organizer. They sell similar ones at Target and Walmart but they’re just a little bit flimsier. We love this one from Ikea!
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I LOVE the decor above his bed. I am literally tempted to copy and do something similar in our son’s room. Where did you find the wood planks and the pom poms? Michaels? Where were the stag heads from?
love love love!!
Ha feel free to copy away! I’d be honored. 🙂 The wood plaques and stag heads are both from Hobby Lobby. If you search faux deer head on my blog you can find a tutorial! The Pom poms I made using little Pom Pom makers and yarn. Good luck with your son’s room! I bet it will turn out super cute!
So cute! Where did you get the pouf? Thanks!
Thank you! 🙂 It’s from the Land Of Nod. I think I actually linked to it in the post if you wanted to go check it out!
How’s the glider holding up? Is it comfortable?
Hi Cindy! Yes, I LOVE it! It’s the perfect size and it’s still super comfy. It’s gotten milk and spit-up on it many times and it wiped clean easily without seeming any worse for the wear. It’s definitely one of my favorite purchases I made! 🙂
When I saw this room on Pinterest I had to stop. Youl literally did everything that I have in mind for our baby boys room. Thank you so much for this amazing post and details. What an amazing job you did and I may have to steal a few ideas. Thank you again 🙂
Aww Jen I love that! I’m so glad you were able to get some inspiration from our nursery. Good luck with your little one! I bet your nursery will turn out beautifully!
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I love this design! What dresser did you use for the changing table? I am looking for something about that size.
I love this so much! It has given me so much inspiration for my little boys nursery! I’m just wondering what color the glider is, in some pictures it looked grey and in others it looks like a light beige?