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Gathered Living Design: Bedroom Projects
If you’ve been here for a while, you know I love a good bedroom refresh! You can find a few of our favorite installs shared on the blog below! You can click on the photos to learn more about each install, such as the design thought behind it, and shop the products!
Holiday Home Tour 2021: Classically Vintage Christmas Nursery
John Woodford’s bedroom is so nostalgic for me and houses a lot of my keepsake Christmas items, ornaments, books, and stuffed animals from childhood. I wanted to make this space feel as magical as possible and we have so much fun playing with the Santa train, turning on all the lights, and reading books in here. Each year we add a few more fun keepsakes and it just gets better and better. My favorite thing in the space is probably the vintage toy box I use as a tree skirt for his Christmas tree. It ended up being the perfect size and I’m able to use it for storage throughout the rest of the year! I also love the cozy teepee set up full of pillows, Christmas stuffed animals, and Christmas lights!
Holiday Home Tour 2020: Nursery
John Woodford’s room might be my favorite because it gets the most extra special Christmas decor! Most of the ornaments on his tree are from my childhood and collected since (Disney, hallmark, vintage, etc.); all the stuffed animals in his teepee were mine when I was little; that little wreath on the teepee hung on the door in my parent’s first townhouse where I was born; and most of the books were mine too including his current fave “Christmas Mice” by Richard Scarry (which coincidentally was one of my favorites too).
Little Boy's Classic Americana Nautical Bedroom
If you’ve been following along with my design projects over the past year, you may remember this sweet little girl’s room update with gingham bedding and floral wallpaper. Next up, it was her brother’s turn for a little room revamp! We updated this little boy’s bedroom with some wallpaper, sconces, and a few pieces of wall decor to pull everything together and give it a little more of a grown-up feel that he will be able to continue to grow into! I love how the "faux shiplap” wallpaper turned out and you really would never know it’s not real until you get super close! Instead of lamps, we added these brass sconces which go perfectly with the nautical theme of the bedroom.
Holiday Home Tour 2019: Southern Vintage Christmas Nursery
I absolutely love getting to decorate JW’s room for Christmas each year! Last year I got this cute little tree at Target and it has been perfect for his room. I display all my childhood ornaments on it and some other fun little additions I’ve picked up to add the last couple of years (lots of Disney and keepsake!). This year we also added a cute little train around the bottom of the tree, Christmas tree pillow on the rocker, and a smaller tree near his book nook. One of the first things I did come November was switch out all his books in his reading nook for Christmas books. We have so many I’ve been collecting that it’s easily filled up with just those! This room makes me happy every time I walk in and JW too!
John Woodford's Vintage Southern Nursery
We welcomed our sweet John Woodford into the world on November 26th, 2019, exactly a week after his due date. Almost two months have simultaneously flown and crept by since then, but I am loving every second of watching this precious boy grow. John Woodford has slept in his nursery every night since the first night we came home, so this room is getting plenty of use. I wanted to finish it completely before he arrived, and since he took his time, I had plenty of extra days to work on it! There are still a few things I want to add here and there, especially now that I have a better idea of what we need practicality wise, but overall I love how it turned out. It’s the perfect mix of traditional southern, modern, and vintage with sentimental keepsakes throughout. I loved designing this space as it was just an empty, blank white room when I started a few months ago.
Our Fixer Upper: Nursery Updates
We have less than a month (hopefully) to go before Baby Woodford’s arrival which inspired some serious nesting and nursery work this past week! I dedicated two days to putting away and organizing 2 shower’s worth of gifts and hanging shelves, artwork, curtains, and decor. We also got our overhead light installed this week, so I finally have some light in here when it’s dark out! I feel so relieved that the bulk of decorating and prep in here in complete now and I only really have a few finishing touches left which I should be able to work on this week.
Our Fixer Upper: Baby Riddle Nursery Design
Time is flying by and I already feel like I'm so behind on getting the nursery ready for baby Riddle! I have made some progress over the last couple of weeks, narrowing down crib options and paint colors for the room though. I have a good idea of the overall style of the room that I am going for and have already started collecting a few cute accessories and vintage decor items. I really am leaning toward a more traditional, Americana style overall and this first inspiration below is one that I keep coming back to.