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First Home

Our first home was a 3-level townhouse in Jamaica Plain, a hip, artsy neighborhood in Boston. It was built in 2004, and became ours in 2008. The previous owners hadn’t done a thing, so everything was quite builder-basic (think greige paint and boob lights everywhere!).

Let’s start with my favorite rooms – the bedrooms!

Boy’s Nursery

My son had a travel-theme nursery because of all the international trips my husband and I have been on. The wall color is Benjamin Moore Hawthorne Yellow, which is just like sunshine. My dad made the wood peg rack, and my mom spent hours making the roman shade and crib skirt.

A blue and yellow nursery for a boy with white furniture and handmade art.

crib, hampers

We had the swivel rocking chair upholstered in Sunbrella fabric, and it repelled baby spit-up like nobody’s business. 🙂

Blue and yellow boy nursery with a cozy blue rocker-swivel chair.

chair, art above dresser, dresser is from Walmart but appears to be no longer available

My son’s book nook was pieced together from random things. I updated an old light from Target with some pompom trim, painted my basic bookcase from college and covered the back with wrapping paper, and used wall shelves from our old apartment.

Nursery reading nook with DIY bookcase with decorative paper backing.

similar lamp

The travel-theme alphabet cards were a true labor of love. I gathered photos from all of our trips and made the cards by designing them in Microsoft Publisher, printing them on photo paper, and gluing them to foam board. We attached them to the wall with Command strips.

DIY travel-theme alphabet cards for nursery

blue and yellow travel-theme nursery

Rug. Photo by Andrea Winchenbaugh

Girl’s Nursery

After we learned we were expecting a girl, I couldn’t wait to start working on her nursery! We transformed this room from a dark brown, cave-like guestroom to a bright and feminine nursery. The wall color is Benjamin Moore Maritime Blue. We re-used the same furniture from my son’s room.

Beautiful aqua, lavender, and gray girls nursery design with lots of handmade touches.

rug, chandelier from Joss & Main (no longer available)

The alphabet cards are a free printable from The Handmade Home, and we dressed up the plain dresser with glass knobs from eBay.

printable alphabet cards for a nursery

IKEA spice racks painted to match the bedroom’s trim were perfect for holding my little bookworm’s board books.

IKEA spice rack book shelves

This paper-covered wood monogram was an easy craft project with paint, Mod Podge, and scrapbook paper. I used some of my grandma’s old buttons to dress up the felt flowers.

girls nursery monogram craft

Master Bedroom

Our master bedroom paint color is Santorini Blue by Benjamin Moore, and I love it so much that it graces the walls of our new master bedroom as well. In my opinion, it’s the perfect blue-gray.

Santorini Blue Bedroom - The No Pressure Life

bed, curtains, ceiling light

The photos above our bed are from our honeymoon to Santorini, and the paint color is a perfect match for the Santorini sky!

Benjamin Moore Santorini Blue Bedroom - The No Pressure Life

lamps and frames (HomeGoods), king shams (West Elm, no longer available), chevron pillows, fretwork pillow (DIY)

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