Our Baby Boy's Nautical Nursery Theme

by Jennifer Hamilton
(Houston, TX)

When I got ready to decorate our baby boy's nautical nursery theme, I knew this was a great opportunity for me to make my first attempt at using faux bead board on the walls.

It wasn't until I found out that we would definitely be decorating a baby boy's room that I made the discovery that navy blue and white walls would look amazing with bead board.

After browsing through several Pottery Barn Kid catalogs, I couldn't help but notice that they had TONS of nautical themed decorations for sale but being a momma on a budget I can't afford to decorate my house, let alone one room in all Pottery Barn.


But I love their stuff and I wish that I could so I just borrowed some of their baby nursery ideas and tried to "make them my own".

After I had the bead board in wall paint colors nailed down, I bought a bunch of nautical themed decorative items that I found at my local craft store to paint.

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I made the hanger and frame then painted each ship to accent the colors in the crib set. When they were dry, I glued them together and hung the mobile in place. That's how I made my very own, one of a kind, handmade mobile that wound up costing me about $5 total.

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I bought yards of fabric that I loved and my lovely mother-in-law sewed the crib bumpers and the crib skirt for me.

That's how I decorated our baby boy's nautical nursery theme that looks even better than the pictures of nurseries that were in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog on a budget!

Thanks for looking and if you have any questions, you can ask whatever you need to know using the comments form and votes on my entry to win the baby nursery picture contest are appreciated, too!