home tour continued: baby nursery

a friend of ours made this little bookshelf for us, which looks a lot like the pottery barn shelves i had been eyeing. score!

^^^ the zigzags are covering up his name, which i debated on sharing already since i'm really excited about the letter project i saved so much money on! anthropologie has zinc letters for $18 each, which i didn't want to spend. instead, i got some hollow cardboard letters from hobby lobby on sale for $1 each and sprayed them with titanium metal paint. you would never know they are paper and light as a feather!

one of the first pieces i bought for the room was this pillow, on clearance at target. i loved the color combination and used it as my inspiration for the room. 

those of you who know me, know that i'm a *tad* obsessed with aerosmith... so when i saw this metal art, i knew i HAD to have it for the nursery!

i wanted something untraditional for his mobile, and i thought this fit right in with the room.

i love that fisher price is selling all of these old school toys as new again, with a vintage twist. i found so many rock n roll themed baby books on amazon too... who knew?!

i ordered the free trial diaper kit from the honest company. their diaper designs are super cute and i love that if you sign up, they get delivered to your doorstep monthly. i'm just waiting to see how absorbent they are. if you have used them, let me know your thoughts!

my awesome and SUPER thoughtful friend rachael gave me this framed print after she found out i was doing a rock music themed room. it's the lyrics to john lennon's "beautiful boy" song. and it's possible that i cry every time i hear this song. ;)

one of my all time favorite songs... i loved these music sheet prints i found on easy and special ordered one with these elton john lyrics. 

my favorite little nook in the room. i WISH i could find an actual yellow submarine album cover, but until then i had this printed. i love the colors and cartoon look of it... and of course i love the beatles! also pictured is a little beatles submarine i found on amazon and a few rockabye baby cd's... they are my FAVE! we had the aerosmith one for our daughter and recently added elton john and the beatles to the collection. if you're not familiar, they are music only lullaby versions of artist's hit songs. selfishly i enjoy these much more than kid songs... and i get to subliminally brainwash my kids to recognize the music of my favorite rock artists! bonus!

curtains: target

"dream" metal art: etsy, INSPIREMEtals

chair: ikea

pillow: target

ottoman: target

paper star mobile: etsy, AtelierByElla

lamp: target

floor and shelf baskets: all from target

"your song" print: etsy, TexasGirlDesigns

wood and metal shelf: land of nod

ceiling light: ikea

how wonderful life is...

the smell of lemon pledge filled the air while she she walked around the house using an old frayed rag to wipe the furniture. in the shelf near the television was a record player with the clear plastic lid open and the album spinning round and round. i watched the needle making contact with the record while listening to her sing along to bennie and the jets by elton john. 

my mother always kept a clean house and every weekend i watched and often times helped her with the chores. many times neither of us would feel like cleaning, so she would look at me with big, enthusiastic eyes and run to the record player to put on one of his albums. like pavlov’s dog, i always responded to the sound of his music by standing up and getting in the cleaning mood.

elton john has been a part of my life as long as i can remember. in fact, i was probably dancing to crocodile rock in the womb. still to this day when i need energy to get the house clean, i turn on his music and think of my mom. only these days, i listen to my elton playlist on my iPhone on bluetooth speaker. technology may have changed over the years but one thing has remained the same… elton rocks my socks off and every time i hear him, my heart explodes with love for my mom.

this past saturday night was such a special night. i attended the elton john concert with friends, and most importantly, with the woman who introduced the talented piano player to my life. below is a snapshot taken of my mom and i singing along while he sang your song. mom, i know it’s called your song but i’d like to rename it our song.