My Baby Boy Nursery Inspiration (Puppy Dogs)

When I found out we were expecting a boy for this pregnancy, I felt a bit of a panic wash over me after the initial excitement. After seven and a half years of all girl everything in this house (poor T), my imagination hit a wall when I tried to think of how I wanted to decorate baby boy's room. Today, I'll share some of the inspiration I've used to make plans for this nursery...which still has a long way to go.

The first thing I did was head straight over to my Pinterest profile and start a baby board to corral all the ideas I could find as I scoured the internet. I knew I didn't want to do an entire themed room with murals and complete matching bedding set, etc. etc. I considered doing a vintage cowboy look, but nixed the idea because we did that for my sister-in-law's baby shower a few years ago and I wanted to try something different.

This is what the room looked like when Natalie lived there:

I was wandering through Home Goods a couple of months ago and found myself on the pet aisle. I noticed that they had some adorable dog themed baskets and dachshund bookends and immediately was drawn to the idea of using dogs in the baby's room. We are definitely a "dog" family and some of my earliest memories revolve around my family's Irish Setters and English Cocker Spaniels. I picked up a few things.

With the decision to let the room go "to the dogs," it was time to start hunting for bedding and accessories. I knew I didn't want the nursery to look like one giant dog house, but I thought that some puppy dog accents and artwork would be cute.

I really hit the jackpot with searches on Google, Pinterest, and Etsy. 

My friend Kim from Newlywoodwards co-runs the Etsy shop Sew Midwestern and did a little quilt consult with me. She's putting together the most adorable puppy dog quilt for baby boy that I can't wait to show you! She's doing a stripe style quilt like this one:

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I spotted some cute nursery ideas on various blogs:

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And I looooved the artwork I found on Etsy:

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Ordered this one:

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Like this one, but it's pricey:

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I'm a huge sucker for Norman Rockwell:

Some things I will be DIYing...maybe a cute bunting, some wall art. I need new window treatments this time around, as Natalie managed to shred the roman shade that was in there before. I'm wondering if I can find a plain Roman shade with black-out liner somewhere and just embellish the edges with ribbon?

What's your favorite nursery theme for a boy or girl?

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