Hellobee Boards Topic: What was the budget for your nursery?

Hellobee Boards Topic: What was the budget for your nursery? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:27:55 +0000 CupQuakeWalk on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-557398 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:15:06 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 557398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We spent $1500 and then got a ton of gifts (like diaper genie..sleep sheep..mobile for crib..baskets for stuff) from our registry. sera_87 on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-557381 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:01:41 +0000 sera_87 557381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had no budget but we ended up spending 150 for a crib and about 40 for curtains. Everything else was gifted or passed along. sylvie_b on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-557328 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:23:10 +0000 sylvie_b 557328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ crib + crib mattress + changing table/dresser = $900 glider = $900 ottoman = $125 rug = $175 curtains = $100 paint = $150 so far, we're at $2350. The goal was to spend as little as possible, but I REALLY want the oeuf mini library, and that's $699! kml636 on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-232326 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:44:51 +0000 kml636 232326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have no budget, but I'd obviously like to keep it in the $1000 range. This is going to be kind of hard because the only glider I liked was the Dwell studio one that was over $1000! It's beautiful... looch on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-230896 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:19:54 +0000 looch 230896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think I budgeted something like $1000, including all furniture and linens. We probably spent around that, we had very little that we could reuse. LuLu Mom on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-230893 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:15:50 +0000 LuLu Mom 230893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We really didn't set a specific budget, we just knew we wanted to keep it reasonable but purchase furntire that could be used for future children. Mrs. Tricycle on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-230716 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:55:51 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 230716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No budget, but I should keep track out of curiosity. We did spend a crazy amount of money on a chair, but it's not specifically a rocker or glider, so it will be used for the next 30 years (I hope!). My mom is buying a crib and mattress, and we're DIY-ing a Craigslist dresser. I'm making curtain panels, sheets, bedskirt, etc., but my fabric tastes aren't cheap, so I don't know that that is a big money saver. DH and I dig original art, so we'll probably spend on a few nice pieces - but looking for stuff that doesn't scream BABY so it can be reused for a long time. lemondrop on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-230697 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:12:57 +0000 lemondrop 230697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No budget here, other than keeping costs at an absolute minimum since I wasn't going back to work full time. Crib, mattress, and changing table were gifts. We added beadboard around the room for about $200, a remodel we had been planning since we bought the house. Wall artwork, decals, and decorations ended up around $150. The rug was $20. A bookshelf for $30. Mobile for $10 on clearance. Everything else was what we had around the house (curtains, valence, shelves). I was looking at it yesterday amazed at how well everything came together! stargal on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-230693 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:55:58 +0000 stargal 230693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we did everything really cheap but nice for his nursery, we bought expensive furnitureoff craigslist that we wouldnt be able to buy new, like a babies r us rockerfor 80 bucks! our crib was 150. changing table and basinette were gifted and eberything else we put in his nursery we had already in our house. Also we DIY alot of decor which wsa fun and sabed a ton of money! loveisstrange on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214906 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:37:23 +0000 loveisstrange 214906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ As cheap as possible? lol. I think with everything it's less than $1000. We did a LOT of DIY. I painted custom artwork. My mom made her curtains. I refinished/reupholstered DH's dad's dresser and his great-grandma's rocking chair. I am making her rug. My friend knitted a blanket for the rocking chair and my mom embroidered a pillow to go on it. I made closet size dividers. We bought crib, crib bedding, changing pad, bookshelf and a lamp as well as some accessories and storage/organizational items. @caffeinated: Our organic mattress was $95. It's not a super high quality one but we could only choose from 3 mattresses in total. We live overseas and the US furniture store only carries 3 models. UK cribs are different sized. Freckles on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214879 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:10:44 +0000 Freckles 214879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrsjyw: how on earth did you find an organic mattress at that price? I couldnt find any less than $400. :( Freckles on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214878 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:08:51 +0000 Freckles 214878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We spent just under $1000, though my husband likes to show me the first email i sent him with estimated costs (<$500). It was the natural mattress that took a big chunk of the budget, but everything else was either reasonably priced or off of kijiji. Err, ok there was the dwell studio bedding i convinced him was necessary because it was organic. Haha. LemonLong on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214868 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:11:25 +0000 LemonLong 214868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We spent just over $2,000, I think. Crib, mattress, changing table, window seat and wardrobe were probably about $600 from Ikea. Recliner was $400, curtains were $100, and then our biggest expense was a custom closet for $1,000. Our nursery is super small and awkwardly shaped so we wanted to maximize the space as much as possible. petuniasandpearls on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214857 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:33:55 +0000 petuniasandpearls 214857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're hoping to keep it in the $1000-$1200 range and I think we can do it since the glider was the most expensive piece and we received that as a gift. DillonLion on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214796 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:28:03 +0000 DillonLion 214796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are trying to figure this out right now, actually. I'm not planning on any help financially from either side, but DH's family might help buy some things that we don't get as hand me downs. If we have to lay out everything ourselves I'm thinking we will be somewhere in the $1000 range. MamaMoose on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214794 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:26:17 +0000 MamaMoose 214794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just spent $1900 for the crib (plus the conversion set to make it a double bed some day), the dresser, the changing station that attaches to the dresser, and the mattress. But my MIL paid for half. She wanted to pay for all of it but we wouldn't let her. We still need to buy a glider, paint, and materials to add a chair rail. Everything else we expect to be gifted. PrincessBaby on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214790 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:15:48 +0000 PrincessBaby 214790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We spent $1000 already on crib and dresser/changing table. I think by the time we get a rug, curtains, crib bedding, and the big tree decal I want on etsy, it'll be another $500-$600? We don't have to paint....We just paid to have our entire house painted last year so we're sticking with the color it is! Minnie_Girl on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214778 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:59:49 +0000 Minnie_Girl 214778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Like, $0. Buying a house right before having a baby has its disadvantages! Rubies on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214739 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:09:25 +0000 Rubies 214739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We didn't set a budget...We just bought the things we needed that were reasonable in price. mrsjyw on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-214728 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:42:22 +0000 mrsjyw 214728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This is our nursery spending so far, right on budget: $90 paint $340 glider + ottoman $189 organic mattress $1000 crib, changing table/dresser, nightstand We will spend a few hundred dollars for lamp, rug, blinds/curtains, changing pad, and decorative pieces. Total for nursery $2000. keiki_mama on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-85162 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:51:37 +0000 keiki_mama 85162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We live in a one bedroom apartment so we've had to spend zero on the nursery! Aside from buying a dresser that will also function as a changing table from Ikea for $120, everything else has been borrowed from friends. ecogirl on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-85159 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:41:12 +0000 ecogirl 85159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My husband gave me a $5000 budget for Grayson's nursery but I came in about $2000 under! We did a venetian theme and found some great venetian masks at a boutique for cheap and had Long Live the Queen stenciled on the wall with some painted columns and scrollwork. That part was not as expensive as I had thought it would be since painting isn't as expensive as other treatments. I got lucky that Liam was ready for toddler furniture so we took his dresser and changing table and shelves for Grayson's room. The only big piece of furniture I bought was her crib which I love. <a href="http://www.poshtots.com/baby-furniture/baby-cribs/all-baby-cribs/venetian-iron-crib-in-slate/18/2661/1313/19735/poshproductdetail.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.poshtots.com/baby-furniture/baby-cribs/all-baby-cribs/venetian-iron-crib-in-slate/18/2661/1313/19735/poshproductdetail.aspx</a> BananaPancakes on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-85081 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:05:30 +0000 BananaPancakes 85081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We haven't budgeted, and I don't want to know how much I've spent. The only large chunk we've spent has been for our crib, which is the Oeuf Sparrow, but I still feel like I am constantly buying things for the nursery. mrstilly on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-85036 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:22:53 +0000 mrstilly 85036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We spent very little. I'm not a decorative kind of person though, so we didn't do a lot. The crib was a gift, we bought the dresser second hand, and used a recliner we already had in the house. We painted and I have a monkey decal that went on a canvas with modpodge that we hung. Very basic and efficient. winniebee on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-84993 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:57:24 +0000 winniebee 84993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't have a firm budget, but so far have spent $1200 and I don't think we'll spend much more. We bought a dresser and a glider (that is more of an accent chair and can be used in future nurseries/other rooms). My parents bought us our crib. We registered for bedding and other small items and if we don't receive them as gifts, we'll purchase, but it won't amount to more than $300, so probably the room will be $1500 total. duckduckkristen on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-84982 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:52:06 +0000 duckduckkristen 84982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We also don't have a budget, just looking to spend the least amount possible! So far we've only spent $50 on paint! My mom bought us the crib, we are using an old dresser as a changing table, and my SIL gave us her old glider. All I plan on buying is a rug and some inexpensive art for the wall. My theory is kids will damage anything nice, so why spend a lot of money on their stuff? LuLu Mom on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-84981 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:50:37 +0000 LuLu Mom 84981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We haven't talked about it, but I'm guessing we spend around $1200 when it's all said and done, depending on what is gifted to us from our parents. Both are very generous when it comes to this stuff, so I could see them purchasing crib & such for us. The chair & ottaman I really want is very expensive, so I'm still trying to convince DH that it is necessary, we will see. mediagirl on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-84977 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:36:03 +0000 mediagirl 84977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not much. We spent $100 on the crib, $30 on the changing table (used) and we are hoping to get the glider ($175) as a gift. Everything else in the room is something we are re-purposing. If we buy a dresser before she is here, it will be used off of Craigslist. We will probably spend $25-$50 on paint, depending on how much we need and another $20 for a closet organizer. We really didn't have a budget for the nursery other than, be as frugal as possible because these items are not going to be used for very long! Total I would guess we plan on spending $300 tops. If we don't get the glider, we'll use a la-z-boy we have in the loft as our feeding rocker. Mrs. Yoyo on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-84975 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:32:08 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 84975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I didn't go into it with a firm budget, but I think we spent $800ish when it was all said and done, but that includes a lot of little things as well as furniture. Mrs. Sunglasses on "What was the budget for your nursery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-budget-for-your-nursery#post-84966 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:25:11 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 84966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ You can definitely go overboard because EVERYTHING is SOOOO damn pretty. But I will DIY stuff. I just hate that my husband is telling me NOT to spend money. I mean, we did for our son, gotta be fair. no?