https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:15:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1502744 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:54:09 +0000 regberadaisy 1502744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GrapeCrush: haha I was thinking of you!!! Now that you offered! ;) childcare services in exchange for sewing. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1501987 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:53:25 +0000 heffalump 1501987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom still had my room at her house set up from when I was a kid, so I stole a lot of artwork and pictures from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1501846 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:17:00 +0000 GrapeCrush 1501846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: if you ever need anything sewn, let me know...I'm not too shabby with straight lines! haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1500475 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:21:41 +0000 bpcmarj 1500475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing we really have in her room is some prints that I downloaded for free and printed at wal-mart in cheap frames. Then I bought a frame for her monthly pictures. </p> <p>We re-purposed my dresser, my sister bought the crib set, and IL's bought the crib. Super cheap, but pretty plain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1500369 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:51:57 +0000 LovelyPlum 1500369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: Scandinavian was our inspiration, too! We wanted something that wasn't going to look too cluttered. It ended up being about the bright colors and having minimal things used to maximum effect. I'd love to see yours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1500349 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:48:25 +0000 LovelyPlum 1500349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a second time Mama, but our nursery (AKA half of our bedroom) cost us somewhere on the order of $500 or so for everything:</p> <p>$70 IKEA crib<br /> $80 Sealy mattress<br /> $40 mattress pad<br /> $60 two sheets (one nice Giggle one, one cheap Target one)<br /> $20 new throw blanket for when I'm nursing from IKEA</p> <p>$20 IKEA rug<br /> $20 IKEA wall storage<br /> $30 wall art cannibalized from a Rifle Paper Co. calendar<br /> $10 wall art from IKEA<br /> $50 hanging globe from PBK (this was our splurge)<br /> $90 frames for the art and mobile supplies from Michael's<br /> $10 bins to organize cloth diapers on clearance at Target</p> <p>That's it. Without a crib, mattress, and sheets, on the list, we could have done it for $250.</p> <p>The glider came from DH's grandma, a side table came from my aunt, and the dresser came from another aunt. We used one lamp that my MIL gifted us for our wedding and another from my mom that she used to have on her desk at work. We also have a small wire rack that we bought from Walmart about 4 years ago that we're using to put wipes, cream, etc. on. We don't have a changing table and plan on using a portable wipeable changing pad on the floor or bed for that. We're also reusing sheers that we bought for the living room in our old place and are using green curtains that my sister had in her apartment in college. They work really well in the room, and they were free.</p> <p>I'm making a mobile for the one side of the room, and another aunt gave us another hand-me-down mobile for the crib. We were given a brand new, never used Angel care monitor (weren't going to use a monitor before), and we've also been gifted a humidified (that, we would have purchased had we not been gifted it). The rest of the pieces in the room (fan, clock, knick-knacks) came from other places in our house.</p> <p>There are a few things I'd like to still get (a colorful throw pillow for the chair, a better second sheet, another mattress pad), and a few things I'd like to upgrade to (a better changing pad, new pads for the glider), but overall, I'm thrilled with how it is turning out. We spread out the purchases over a few months, and we've been able to put together a pretty sweet nursery without taking a major hit on the wallet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1500277 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:22:40 +0000 mrs. wagon 1500277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just reused our nursery and moved Wagon Jr. into his "big boy room", which was the guest room. We bought a new bookcase for him for that room, but we already had the bed, nightstand, and dresser in there. I had to buy blackout curtains for his room too, so that was probably the biggest expense. I just bought the liners and put regular curtains over them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1500275 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:22:18 +0000 looch 1500275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: I can't believe you don't sew!!!!</p> <p>You can also use clip rings to attach blackout panels, I really like the ones from Country Curtains.</p> <p>Also: I've done some reading online about using chalk paint (specifically $$$ Annie Sloan brand or making your own using plaster of paris as an additive). No sanding required, you can paint right over stain, paint, poly, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1500260 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:16:03 +0000 Beebug 1500260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: no tips, just be prepared to eat a lot of dust, and it's a shit ton of work and time, but so worth it! We asked the Home Depot paint ladies for all of the help we needed, and we got through it great! DH did most of the sanding, I did the staining. I know we cheated with some of our more detailed spots to sand as we have always been removing a lighter stain and going significantly darker, so have gotten away with it no prob. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499705 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:50:39 +0000 spaniellove 1499705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: There are a lot of tutorials online on how to use iron-on hem tape to attach blackout fabric to curtains! I have a sewing machine but never learned how to use it so that's what I'm doing. I'd hoped not to have to use the blackout stuff but the room gets warm. So I got fabric and am attaching it to the back of a pair of $15 Ikea curtains! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499690 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:44:11 +0000 regberadaisy 1499690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: thanks for the link! Great tip about just painting lumber for shelving! I'm sure we got extra laying around from renovations. ;)<br /> Any tips on resanding and refinishing furniture with intricate details?</p> <p>@Mae: nice job! I love the mobile you put together!</p> <p>@CupQuakeWalk: nope, definitely not a priority. But it will be needed at some point and I'm unemployed now so I have time to do all this stuff. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499678 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:37:20 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1499678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use foil to black out windows at my parents/inLaws. A super cheap option if you don't want to spend on black out curtains. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499656 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:21:12 +0000 Beebug 1499656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Link to free printables:</p> <p><a href="http://www.sprikspace.com/2011/08/nursery-series.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sprikspace.com/2011/08/nursery-series.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499647 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:12:20 +0000 Beebug 1499647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first pic is the paint job in #2's room, just finished last week. Still not sure I love it, but didn't cost anything as we used existing paint leftover from other rooms in the house.</p> <p>Second pic is something I did for #1, but was less than $10 and so fun to make! Also there is a link online (courtesy @Running Elley: I believe) that we did the rest of the nursery wall decor from free printables. I bought cheapie frames from a store going out of business.</p> <p>We are also sanding and re-staining all furniture (my childhood furniture!) to match the crib. We did buy a new crib, but the stain was $16! The work to sand and refinish will suck, but the end result is soooo awesome based on past projects we've done.</p> <p>I bought pine board and sweet talked the Home Depot lumber kid into a zillion free cuts and had shelves cut to width and depth perfect for one wall, will use same stain as above, and that lumber was like $11, hardware was $7 or so.</p> <p>Our nursery will definitely end up costing more than $100, but I try to go as cheap as I can!</p> <p>[attach=2471/14/n2lv8t.600x448.image.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=2471/14/n2lv8v.450x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499646 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:11:37 +0000 matador84 1499646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd is in our room and DS has his room. In one year they will share a room. Small house, right budget. I've gotten tons of compliments on their room. I need wall art but have a crib and twin bed in there, chest, nightstand, and glider with ottoman. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499610 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:55:07 +0000 regberadaisy 1499610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: oh, I would love tips on the the sanding and painting. Our bffs gave us a old twin frame solid wood. But it's 80's hideous so we want to refinish and paint it white with lavender accents for M. But it has detailing too like your crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499601 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:52:42 +0000 regberadaisy 1499601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: it's laminate and we installed it. So we won't need anything immediately. But it's cold here so we like to have a rug for when s/he is mobile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499600 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:52:39 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1499600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't need to do much for a second LO.<br /> We will need:<br /> A crib<br /> A mattress<br /> And NOTHING else.<br /> We already have sheets because LO had like 4-5 sheets to switch in&amp;out and his dresser and closet are plenty spacious so we literally would just need a space for a baby to sleep.<br /> Even that isn't a priority for the first month of life, seeing as newborns likely won't use the crib anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499599 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:51:49 +0000 Running Elley 1499599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: We already had the shelves that are on the tree. They were dark brown and we painted them white. The E on the wall was made with a canvas and buttons that I already had. 2 of the decorative pillows on the bed were gifts. I love the crib too!!! The crib started out regular oak- we sanded it and painted it ourselves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499596 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:50:10 +0000 Mae 1499596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay so I'm not doing a second nursery and my first one is costing me over $100, but I do have some DIY ideas that might help! If you already have all the furniture really the biggest thing to make the nursery pop is going to be the wall decor I think. I'm DIY'ing most of ours on the super cheap. I recommend getting canvases and supplies at Michaels, if you have one near you. I spent $50 a few weeks ago and it bought me two big canvases (a 24x30 and a 20x20), some paint, one frame, card stock, and a bunch of felt with glass beads and an embroidery hoop. here is what I'm making with it… some of which is still in progress. And excuse the crappy cell phone pics. </p> <p>So we have here… a big canvas I painted this weekend for over her crib, a mobile (still in progress, I think I might add some clouds with white felt and maybe more beads?), and some "Ohio art." I still have another canvas I plan to paint (not sure with what yet! probably something simple and graphic). And then I ordered a print on etsy (the hedgehogs, only $15) that I'm going to print myself, and I also just made this quote in Word which I am converting to a jpeg and getting printed as a photo (which I've done before and works really well) for practically nothing. </p> <p>I feel like all the art gives a room a ton of personality and it's so so easy to do it on the cheap!</p> <p>[attach=4140/14/n2lu7p.600x450.crib-canvas.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=4140/14/n2lu7r.450x600.mobile-progress.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=4140/14/n2lu7t.450x600.ohio-art.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=4140/14/n2lu7v.600x480.hedgehog-print.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=4140/14/n2lu7w.463x600.Screen-Shot-2014-03-17-at-7.46.46-PM.png] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499595 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:50:01 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1499595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: what floors do you have in that room now? We didn't have a rug at first and just found a basic 1 ,2,3 rug in eclectic colors for $20 at Costco. We did kinda an eclectic look for DD big room and it helped save on cost because I could be flexible in shades of color etc. We went for a small floral pattern on the bed and a big bold pattern for curtains and a solid color rug. It was easy to piece together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499593 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:48:37 +0000 regberadaisy 1499593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: haha no worries. M'S nursery literally had a old curtain held up by thumb tacks because I couldn't find curtains I loved enough to pay the price for them.</p> <p> @Running Elley: were all the decorative items and shelving repurposed from your house? I love the crib! So vintage and feminine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499588 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:45:42 +0000 Silva 1499588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sure you could ask someone to do the sewing for you, if you measured and pinned. Its 4 straight lines. The only problem I had was that the blackout material is slippery. But I"m not a perfectionist....so it worked fine :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499586 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:45:15 +0000 Running Elley 1499586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only things that we bought for our second nursery was basically the paint. We got a crib and dresser (used) from my MIL, used embroidery hoops (we bought those too- super cheap) with fabric inside as wall decoration, made the mobile from felt that I already had and my mom made the curtains. </p> [attach=699/14/n2ltzi.400x600.IMG_2421.JPG] [attach=699/14/n2ltzl.400x600.IMG_2422.JPG] [attach=699/14/n2ltzo.600x399.IMG_2436.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499585 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:44:53 +0000 Silva 1499585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: I used a sewing machine. But I've read other people just buy curtain clips and clip them together in someway.<br /> I don't know what kind of windows you have or if this would work, but in addition to the curtains I literally nailed a big piece of blackout material to the inside of the window frame. I can sort of fold it out along the sides of the inside of the frame, and it blocks light really well. When she's awake, I just tie it back with the same tie as the curtain so that its tied in the center. Its not noticeable unless you are staring at it.<br /> Not fancy- but it works really well.</p> <p>Also- sorry for all the terribly constructed sentences above, I'm having a hard time explaining what I did :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499565 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:38:24 +0000 HLK208 1499565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really only bought a crib mattress and a crib sheet. We knew we were going to move and both LO's had to share a room so there wasn't much I could do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499563 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:37:37 +0000 regberadaisy 1499563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: did you use a needle and thread? I don't have a sewing machine nor do I know how to use one! </p> <p>DH is in flooring so finding a rug cheap at cost shouldn't be a problem. The problem is me! Haha finding one I like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499561 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:36:29 +0000 Silva 1499561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was a first time nursery- but still budget! I will take a photo tomorrow if you want- but google Scandinavian nurseries- that was our inspiration.<br /> Eclectic, colorful, simple. I'm really happy with how ours is turning out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499560 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:35:14 +0000 Silva 1499560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sewed black out material onto the backs of panel curtains we already had, and then for an extra layer just tacked some to the inside of the window. We tie it all back when we want to let light in. It worked really well. The curtains were from urban outfitters a long time ago, and i just ordered the material from fabric.com</p> <p>Maybe look for free online images that you can print off and put in inexpensive frames? I am constantly seeing rugs on sale on all the various online deal stores.<br /> I made some other decorations out of felt- I just cut out stars using a cookie cutter, and am going to string them up. All the decorations in her room have been made by me or re purposed from elsewhere in our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-budget-nurseries#post-1499553 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:31:14 +0000 regberadaisy 1499553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone care to share their extremely budget second nursery? </p> <p>I'm talking like I'm hoping to spend under a $100 kind of budget. </p> <p>We'll be re using #1's crib, changing pad and glider. The ILs offered to buy the dresser.<br /> Possibly a fresh coat of paint, a rug and maybe some. Black out curtains. </p> <p>I never got to really do up M's nursery so I'm bummed I won't get to for #2 either. </p> <p>Anyways show me your super budget inspirational nurseries for #2 and beyond! </p>