New baby on the way equals a busy time for a new father. But I'm getting things marked off the list! One major task off the "honey-do" list was his nursery. I had very large dreams for things to build for my son. But decided to simplify my life a bit and be a little more realistic about what I should do.
In my previous post I shared the corner bookshelves I made for him. Here are a couple little artistic fun accents I made. Reclaimed wood arrows and a reclaimed wood picture frame.
The arrows (image on the top) are made out of reclaimed cedar fencing, nice and weathered. I clear coated them to protect the look and wrapped twine around the end. The mounting clips I used let them stand off the wall just a bit. The W we found at an antique shop in Wimberley, TX. It was unfinished and pretty heavily rusted when we got it so I have it a good sanding and nice new paint job. The beautiful dream catcher was hand made by a wonderful friend of mine, the amazingly talented Savannah King. She has an Etsy shop that should definitely be checked out. Visit her online at www.etsy.com/shop/ShopThirdEye
As for the picture frame (below the arrows), I came across a bunch of discarded base molding and chair rail molding. It was all in great condition and solid oak. The glue and nails were an easy clean up. I used some of the chair rail as my frame pieces. Once together I painted it and then sanded to give it that "antique" look. It is simply hung with a picture clip attached to the back. The Bear head I unfortunately had nothing to do with. It was another amazing Etsy find. If you're looking for some great faux taxidermy Wall Charmers are the people to go see. www.etsy.com/shop/WallCharmers
It's a lot of fun working on little things like these. They definitely add a lot to Wyatt's room. Hopefully he loves them as much as I do.
