My husband and I had way too much fun designing our little bear’s nursery! Essentially, I found lots of ideas on Pinterest and he executed them all! I say we made quite the dream team 😉 My first piece of work I wanted to do was this amazing giraffe piece to hang directly above the crib. When I saw it I fell in love. It’s so unique and really brings a lot of playfulness to the room! I am obsessed with grey’s and white’s right now so I thought this would help bring out a little more cheer for a lil man’s nursery. I followed this link on Pinterest and made our run to Home Depot where we got all the wood needed. We had someone at the Depot do a few cuts for us, and we also finished up some cuts at home (All you need is a basic circular saw to get the job done). At this time, we had also been painting cabinets so we used the same Behr “Polar Bear White” to paint the wood after cutting. (It totally does not matter what white you decide to use) From here you can choose to screw all the board pieces together after the white base is dry or you can paint each board individually. I chose to paint them before screwing them together because it made it a little easier to maneuver while painting. I free-handed the giraffes with pencil then painted over my lines with the acrylic paint. You can choose whatever colors/fill in designs you please for this! Amazon has amazing deals for value packs of acrylic paint! I purchased this one along with these brushes because I knew I would have many more art projects in my future. After letting the giraffes dry we took them to the garage to be screwed together. When it came to the safety of this piece I let Reid handle the anchoring system…we wanted to be extra cautious since this is hanging directly above his crib! This project did take a bit of time, but we had such a fun time doing it and the results are amazing! I’ve posted a few pictures above and below of it hanging in the nursery. I will post a full nursery tour soon! Just waiting on a few more trinkets to arrive before the final reveal 😛 Thanks for reading guys, hope you enjoy!
