Olivia & Grayson's Toy Room: Stencil it up!

This very long overdue post dates back to last fall, when my husband tackled nesting project #435.  When designing our home, we purposely placed the study by the front door in hopes of me one day starting my interior design business.  Fast forward through eight years of marriage and three children, and we ultimately decided it would be most functional to temporarily serve as a play room.  You may have seen initial progress from this post.  I wanted to have a bright and cheerful space that they could call their own.

Welcome inside!  Yes, Grayson is allowed to ride his tricycle inside of the house.  He is a professional and has never nicked a piece of furniture even when speeding through the dining room!

After debating whether or not to have built-ins made professionally, we decided to hit up IKEA and spend less money on more kid friendly furniture!

I love organizing.  I cannot get enough of the chevron boxes that magically hide all of their clutter.

We turned an IKEA shelf on its side to serve as a bench.  The baskets below are from Target and have luggage tags with pictures of what is inside for the kids.  Gotta start 'em young on the cleaning!

 

This is my favorite area.  Jeremy made a table for them to use when coloring or crafting.  I proudly display their preschool artwork above on magnet boards.

 And...the infamous stenciled wall.  I believe it took Jeremy about 2 hours a night for 12 nights in a row.  He loves to paint and didn't purchase the zero-VOC paint, so I pulled my preggo card and opted out of this project.  I'm not sure I could have helped much anyway since we only purchased one stencil.  Everyone thinks it is wallpaper - that is how much of a perfectionist he is and how great it turned out!

Lastly, this was a Pinterest project that will allow us to keep track of their heights for years to come.  I much prefer this idea to drawing on a doorframe so that we can move it around within the house.  We were able to use all moveable pieces that can later be integrated in their bedrooms or other parts of the house.  The kids have thoroughly enjoyed their own space and mama has enjoyed not having toys all over the house (when everything is in its place, that is).

If you need help designing a play room for your child, I would love to help!

Harrison's Crib

Welcome to our newest addition's crib!  We welcomed Harrison Jude to the world on February 25 and I am finally getting around to sharing his nursery.  Although we have yet to really use it, it is my favorite room in the house.

Jeremy designed and installed the board and batten treatment on the walls back in the fall.  They are painted a light grey with a navy accent on the above walls.  I found a small tufted chair at a local thrift store and had it reupholstered with new padding and fabric and painted the wooden frame a darker grey.  The side table was a project I dreamt of during my nesting phase in the last trimester of pregnancy.  Thankfully, my husband is fabulously talented and can whip up something from a sketch!

The dresser is my favorite part.  It is a vintage piece I scored about 6 years ago at an antique store in Farmville, VA with intentions of turning it into a vanity.  I decided not to last minute and thankfully hung onto it for later use!  Jeremy sanded and painted the frame a bright neon green.  The chrome cargo style hardware was installed to bring a more masculine definition to a curvy piece of furniture.  You can see the wood grain detail better in a picture below.

In honor of my pilot brother, who flies a C-17 for the USAF, we scored a 63" wide vinyl sticker of one on EBay.  We then stained a hodge-podge piece of wood to give it a vintage vibe and then trimmed it out with a darker stained and polyed frame as a finishing touch.  This fabulous piece of artwork cost us less than $50 and serves as a main focal point in the room.

Two week old Harrison in his nursery

*some pictures by me, the better ones I credit to Ginny O. Photography

Client Study Facelift

This client wanted some quick and easy updates to her current study to help brighten the room and make it a little more feminine.  Her only requests were to keep the paint color the same and the desk/shelving unit in the room.

We added:

• a gallery wall of eclectic frames
• new rug
• new seating area furniture pieces
• some new accessories while also incorporating some existing pieces handmade by her children
• new window treatment, installed higher to allow for more light in the room

And just because I know you love a good "before and after," here are the before pics...

We said goodbye to the traditional and dark rug!

We decluttered the shelves and updated the accessories to add more personal touches such as children's artwork and more modern pops of color.

If you are interested in a project as small as a cheery facelift, contact me at Jessica@OliviaGraysonInteriors.com

DIY: Industrial Chic Side Table

In the midst of my pregnancy nesting and insomnia, I thought of this little gem while falling asleep one night.  The side table next to the reupholstered chair was the missing piece to the puzzle of Harrison's nursery.  Having worked for a plumbing company and being the daughter of a contractor, I knew galvanized pipe would give me the exact look I wanted.

Notice the highly appropriate notepad I sketched this on...

So the next morning, we all set out in search of the sizes we needed.  One trip to Ferguson, Lowe's and Home Depot gave us everything we Jeremy needed to execute my table!  Thankfully, my husband was psyched and could whip this up in an afternoon just based on my sketch!

Didn't he do an amazing job?  We used a piece of wood that already had a reclaimed vibe and stained it in an espresso color.  Jeremy was also able to stack two pieces together to give the surface a more substantial look.

I promise to get the entire nursery photographed soon... it is now my favorite room in the house!

 

Client Overhaul Complete

I have a confession; I feel like a blog-post hoarder.  I have been slacking on posting the work I have actually been doing because I have been that busy!  My business has truly been a blessing for our family over the past year.  It has allowed for me to pursue my professional dream of becoming an interior designer, a more flexible schedule, and more time to devote to our children.  I figured a day of being snowed in with two two-year-olds and an infant is the perfect time to catch up.  Who needs a nap when you are getting increments of sleep two hours at a time?

Remember the progess pictures I posted a while back on this client's home?  Well, here are the final snapshots after our install!  We were waiting on one console table when I took these, so I will try and make it back sometime so you can all see the true finished room!

And just a recap of the before pictures...so, what do you think?

If you need help creating a space you love, please contact me!

Jessica@OliviaGraysonInteriors.com