NURSERY MAKEOVER (Part 3) *DIY Shade Valance, Vintage Changing Table & New Decor*

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hello guys welcome back to my channel

and welcome back to our Nursery we're

going to be doing some updates in here

today cuz I've been waiting on some

things to come in if you guys remember

like a few months ago we actually

tackled kind of a mini renovation of

this area off to the side of our guest

bedroom I think it was kind of like a

seating area that they had not used as a

seating area anymore but they had

actually put some like storage wardrobe

for more wardrobe cuz there our closets

upstairs are quite small but this area

was just a storage space for us so we

felt like it was the first step in

turning this entire room eventually into

the baby's room and we did a lot we took

out all the Cabinetry we added the

beadboard to the wall as like a wains

cotting like wall detail which really

added more interest to the space we

painted obviously we did this DIY Galaxy

wall on the ceiling cuz we wanted to go

with a space theme for the baby and we

added the Moonlight which I love which

is just like such a like a statement

piece in here and brought in some

furniture our crib that has a vintage

Vibe and the rocker which I love which I

wanted to play with a lot of textures

and patterns in the space and I think it

came together really well but we were

still waiting on some custom things to

come in so we're going to do a lot of

updates in this little space as we

prepare for the baby to arrive I am

officially in my 9th month of pregnancy

we have just under 4 weeks until his due

date baby and I are doing very very well

and I figured we should do these updates

now before he comes and also so while we

are very much still in the process of

renovating our kitchen we are actually

in the time where they're building all

of our Cabinetry which is incredibly

custom and specific and needs a lot of

detail work so they're working on those

offsite and then they're just going to

bring all of our cabinets into the

kitchen and install they're coming along

beautifully and they should be

installing them any day now which is

really exciting so if you missed any of

the series of the kitchen renovation

I'll leave it linked for you have a

whole playlist you can get caught up

before the next episode airs in Sundays

I'll also leave our Nursery makeover

video linked as well that was the first

part of this so where we last left off I

measured for custom Roman Shades which

we had to have made which took about 5

to 6 weeks to come in which we're going

to install today I really hope they fit

fingers crossed I hope that they look

good cuz it took a long time to get here

these windows are so specific in their

sizing that I couldn't find anything

that was already pre-made that I could

just order for these windows

specifically the back ones the back ones

are so narrow and when I thought about

the house as a whole I'd like our window

treatments to be cohesive so that it

feels like you know the whole house has

the same kind of like Vibe and theme and

I ordered them from the same company

that I ordered the ones downstairs in

our formal living room from which is two

pages online and I have a link for you

guys if you're interested in their

products at all in a little bit of a

discount that I'll leave in the

description box for you so this is my

first experience with their Roman Shades

I really like the fabric um because the

fabric is the same that we used

downstairs and really went with the

coloring just neutral really went with

the coloring of the room and has the

pull down I like the mechanism a lot and

we did blackout so that we can really

darken this space if we need to for the

baby I have a little hook here

and they pull down and they're so nice

there is one downfall to these that I

kind of knew going into it that would be

a downfall which is there's nothing to

finish out the top of the Roman Shades I

think this makes most sense if you're

able to put your Roman Shades inside the

window um but ours weren't deep enough

you need like 2 to 2 and 1/2 in on the

inside of your window to put Roman

Shades inside otherwise they have to go

outside of the window I wish that they

offered kind of like a valance a little

cover you know that's made out of the

same fabric that you can put around so

you don't see that so we're going to

have to do a remedy for that for sure

but we'll see what they look like these

curtain didn't come with any

instructions on how to put them up but

they come with all the tools to do it so

it's it it's fairly straightforward

there's like little Clips so that's

obvious there Clips on here

like that and then there's the brackets

as well our windows are a little bit

weird I think I'm going to hang the side

ones differently than the back because

we have this like box that comes out

here which is kind of stopping me from

using the bracket so I think I'm just

going to screw these

into the ceiling right here it's going

to be perfect cuz this is solid

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should

just Yay see I don't like seeing those

things I could paint them

blue like the same color as the wall and

they would

disappear or try

and this

cuz it just m those

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on I covered it too let's see the sides

that does not look custom to me you know

what I mean like that does not look good

like we just need a little piece comes

like that and goes back to cover the

same like WID of that plastic piece we

need to build it ideally it would be

made out of the same fabricc but they

don't offer the fabric itself like to

just to get some of this so you can't

use a different fabric we could do

something out of wood and stain it or

paint it let's put them all up and then

we'll find a a solution for it cuz I

don't like that at all

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okay so this is with them all the way up

let's see how dark they get even with

the space on the side U with the

blackout

option not too bad I mean it's it's

pretty dark I mean I think it's dark

enough in here but you can still see you

see around the window cuz that space

I'll of course want to keep them all at

the

same same level whether they're not down

okay the next thing I really want to add

is a light I've been looking for a light

for this space for a while and I cannot

find what I like this was my original

inspiration for what I

wanted and I needed it on the shorter

side cuz you know this this ceiling kind

of slopes back and I've looked at flea

markets estate sales I've looked online

I can't find anything quite like this in

the right size that I need so we have

two options for lights that I already

had I have two that I took out of the

kitchen when we started doing the

renovation we were going to reuse them

in the kitchen but they're too small so

we have that as an option and I tried it

up here when we decided not to use them

in the kitchen and I didn't love it it

it didn't fit it wasn't what I really

wanted it felt too dining room like or

we have this one this one we took out of

Romeo's office definitely more more

French maybe more feminine if we took

the crystals off it might help with the

feminine look it might dull it down a

little bit and we could paint it or

something I don't know let's let's see

what this looks like it hang right about

here is it

too I just don't know obviously Romeo

didn't like it for his office we made it

more like industrial masculine in there

I honestly feel like the lighter color

this like off-white color looks kind of

good with the lighter Furniture like I

was thinking maybe painting it like a a

brassy like an antique brass color like

this but honestly because the ceilings

are so dark it is not bad okay let's see

what it looks like with the crystals off

this was actually a fixture that was

already in the house when we bought it

it was already in that room in the other

room in there and there's a Crystal

Light in this room already in the guest

bedroom part so it kind of like ties the

two spaces together what do we think

now I don't know I'm kind of into

it I I kind of really like it I am glad

that when I took the light down in the

other room it had extra wire like this

because I'm going to need it cuz I kind

of have to swag it over so I think I

have some chain outside and hopefully

some spray paint that matches this one

so I have this chain in my stash that

matches the gauge kind of like the

sizing of the chain that was already on

the light and I have this almond gloss

spray paint which I feel like even

though it's glossy this is going to be

like a really comparable color and might

be even went exact so I'm going to put

on a big safety mask and spray paint the

chain so that we can kind of extend the

wires and make it look more

polished the color is so similar to the

light so we definitely nailed it I

already had the supplies so now we need

to take all this off so that we can

weave the chain onto

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it just kind of weaving through every

other link

so glad that this light had more wire so

now we can kind of you know Swag It kind

of back like that Romeo's here he's

going to put it all together so that we

can kind of put like a hook or something

a little further back so that I can hang

it right in the exact place that I

wanted obviously we don't want it to

hang it too low because we want to be

able to walk freely underneath it and

stuff but taking off the crystals I

think help a lot do you like it better

without the crystals a little bit

better okay so let's try

yeah see but see this is where it would

hang if it was just from the fixture

where the hard wire is so I want it to

swag

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back right there

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like yeah it gives a lot more light this

is the per this was the perfect size

light and I know it's more fr

that kind of makes it tie into our house

maybe a little bit yeah I don't mind it

I like it but I like this and we're

reusing it too so we're it free yeah for

my it was for so these are the curtains

that are the same as the Roman Shades we

just did in the nursery but they're the

ones in our living room and obviously

they're tall long panels right like tall

long panels well something that's always

bothered me about these as well is that

when it turns back at the top it doesn't

quite cut cover the maybe like the the

the infusing that they put at the top to

make it stronger so that it holds on the

hooks and it's white Pure White and you

can really see them but if they would

have just continued the fabric a little

more it would have closed it off what if

I solv this problem and the problem with

the Roman Shades

upstairs by cutting a piece off bringing

it back to here and reeming it so I it

would look the same same as this thank

gosh I went to Fashion school so I know

how to him it would look exactly the

same but it would cover that white spot

and I would have the fabric to use for

the veilance on the Roman Shades okay

well now we got to cut my C

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okay so I got my fabric piece and I've

kind of measured and I think that this

is going to be plenty but if not I can

do the same thing to the other panel cuz

we can fix that one too but this is

enough I'll kind of stop here and I

don't want this to be super heavy of a

valance I just want to be able to put it

up there with ease and have it like kind

of like secured up there with ease so

I'm just going to use foam core so I got

this like presentation board you can get

foam cord really anywhere we're just

going to cut it to the exact size that

we need I'm only going to make it about

3 in and I need two at 22 in wide and

two at 40

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in okay so I got are pieces all cut and

then there's little pieces on the end

the wings I'm calling them to kind of go

back to the wall so the valance will

look like that when it's all on so I'm

just going to lay it down onto my Fabric

and actually use this adhesive I picked

this up at Joann's it's an odive 303

high performance permanent adhesive says

it's for wood metal fabric leather

acrylic paper cardboard felt and more

just like a crafting uh adhesive and see

if we need anything stronger than that

like I don't know maybe hot glue or

something like that

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I did it I hope they

fit I measured like three times

outside

sides inside ain't too pretty I mean you

have to kind of wrap the fabric if you

want to make the inside of something

look really good I could have come back

with like another piece of fabric

I don't think we need to do that it's on

the inside so okay let's

see

oh covering that looks good I mean so

much better I really seeing the plastic

parts was really aggravating me and it

matches same

fabric and it covers the sides so oh we

did it we made a balance it wasn't that

hard um and it's super lightweight so

now we just need to figure out the best

way to attach it I'm thinking I could

glue it to the plastic part on the sides

Like Glue the two sides or I could put

some like 3M velcro I don't have very

many so I think I'm going to cut them

into smaller sizes

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that looks so

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good so another thing that the nursery

is missing is a changing table and

storage of some kind there's absolutely

no storage in this part of course that

we have the closet and the closet would

be all his for life

Overstock of like diapers and his

clothes and things like that but we need

a surface and a changing table so I had

this dresser that used to be in our

primary bedroom that I desperately

wanted to use and repurpose into the

space it was just too big and I found

the most beautiful cabinet from the

roseb flea market it has the same

coloring as the one that we have

downstairs in the entryway so it's

further tying like our home together I

try and incorporate elements like that

as much as I can so that the whole house

feels really cohesive I fell in love

with this little cabinet and the

hardware is beautiful the color of it is

beautiful pretty much the perfect size

for the space so when we brought it home

we actually tried it in this space right

here and where it does fit it does fit

with ways and it's fine it felt so

cramped like it was just kind of like

there's so many pieces in here um so

instead we're thinking it fits better

over here here between the two doors so

this is where you go out to the house

this is the door to the closet so it's

in the same space and literally from

changing table to crib is 1 2 3 four

steps that's that's the distance so it's

still in the same space it's just in the

part of the guest bedroom that isn't

painted or really designed all way so it

looks a little disjointed we'll get to

that eventually but I felt like it was

going to be perfect here and I love it

it's the perf it fits perfectly here

here we could hang a piece of art here

and then stock the drawers and

underneath with all of the changing

table things I have these little storage

containers that we could use to kind of

keep keep everything organized

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and we can attach this on top I can get

like a one of the covers for it but I

feel like we'll use it so much more if

we can just clean it easily and then we

can secure it to the top of the cabinet

I would love to put like little shelves

but I wouldn't want to put anything

above him so that doesn't make sense

could put a piece of art that I could

secure to the wall few options I have

actually two of these they're mates I

could hang one and one but I feel like

it's too much it's like too close the

frames stick out a little bit I'm

obviously not going to have anything

space themed I don't have any space

themed art but I was trying to find ones

in my stash that were more like blue

green I actually love the idea of a

mirror here a mirror in this room he can

see his reflection you know kind of like

I feel like that would be cute I have

this I have this one that doesn't have a

home I had this in our dining room I

love this mirror it has like the darker

wood which picks up the darker wood in

the ladder from the nursery let me just

put it on this nail so we can see what

it looks like it won't be where it needs

to go but we can see

it I really like the mirror I also have

this one that my mom painted that is

more blue like icy you know may go with

the theme of the nursery a little bit

better it's a little smaller get Romeo's

opinion and then we'll we'll put up what

he what we decide okay we've both

decided on the mirror we think it's like

kind of nice to have a mirror in here

going to hang it with a nail for now and

get some 3M strip tape and like stick it

to the wall so it like never moves and

it's super safe over this I love that

mirror so much a few more things that

we'd like to add in here is some kind of

table over here so that we could set

things down like you know the bottle or

something for us to drink while we're

rocking him or in up here um um and I

had this little I think it's a actually

probably a vintage plant stand it's just

a small little side table I thought it

was like the perfect height to go here

and then we can put like a little lamp

you know so that we don't have all these

lights on all the time I saw this one at

Ikea and I thought it was really nice it

had like a little bit of a vintage

traditional kind of look to it had like

a pleated shade

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oh so besides maybe like a poof or a

little autum

you know kind of in the center for our

feet when we're up here the nursery is

complete we are ready for baby boy

stocked it's got everything that it's

that it needs some of the things that

will eventually be in here are actually

downstairs like our baby camera like the

shusher and things so cuz we have a

bedside bassinet for a little bit after

the baby is born so that stuff will

migrate up here obviously um when he's

up here a little bit more often so I

hope hope you guys enjoyed this update

video definitely a huge Improvement

diying the balances for the Roman Shades

it makes it looks so much more polish so

if you're going to get the Roman Shades

and you have to do them on the outside

of your windows do that I'm really

excited to see what they can accomplish

in the next two weeks on the kitchen so

that you guys can see another episode in

two Sundays and of course I have my Vlog

channel for more behind the scenes of

things that we've been buying for the

kitchen you guys can come shopping with

me over there on my Vlog Channel and I

will see you guys really soon for

another video bye guys

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