Your Home Story - Ep 60: Design, Make, & Live: Nurseries

Ep 60: Design, Make, & Live: Nurseries

03/05/19 • 38 min

Nursery design can be so fun and cute!! But a baby’s room also needs to be super functional. So we did a deep dive into the essentials, ways to add your design touches, and some inspirational nurseries and pieces that work well. Plus, learn how to make a nursery that’s perfect for baby but still fits within your home, and learn who you’re really designing your nursery for!

Resources and inspirations:

Suzannah’s nursery
Suzannah’s nursery pinboard
Suzannah’s ultimate glider/rocking chair
Suzannah’s affordable rocking chair research blog post and how she likes hers
Baby clothing divider tags
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Some great inspiration nurseries we talked about:
1. @carpendaughter’s playful nursery
2. @pricelanding’s elegant, muted nursery (and a recent update here)
3. DIY Playbook’s larger space with great nursery to grow into
4. Cassie Bustamante’s wallpapered nursery closet and simple built-in shelves

You can find us on our blogs or connect with each of us on Instagram:

We’d love to hear your questions and thoughts! Join our Facebook group here and email us at [email protected].

Resources and inspirations:

Suzannah’s nursery
Suzannah’s nursery pinboard
Suzannah’s ultimate glider/rocking chair
Suzannah’s affordable rocking chair research blog post and how she likes hers
Baby clothing divider tags
Blue light-free nighlight
Some great inspiration nurseries we talked about:
1. @carpendaughter’s playful nursery
2. @pricelanding’s elegant, muted nursery (and a recent update here)
3. DIY Playbook’s larger space with great nursery to grow into
4. Cassie Bustamante’s wallpapered nursery closet and simple built-in shelves

You can find us on our blogs or connect with each of us on Instagram:

We’d love to hear your questions and thoughts! Join our Facebook group here and email us at [email protected].

Previous Episode

Ep 59: How we budget for home projects - and how to organize a budget

BUDGETING is a big topic and deserves its own episode! We cover a lot of methods and tips today for large and smaller projects. Ashley and Suzannah have two different ways of doing it, and we shared some tips we gathered from listeners.

Suzannah also shared how she managed working, podcasting, blogging, and (most importantly) taking care of a 9-month-old while her husband was away for 6 weeks!

Listen in to learn:

How to scope and estimate budget for a large project like a kitchen reno
How to keep track of expenses
HomeAdvisor tool--what costs to expect when remodeling a kitchen
Cash-out refinance or home equity line of credit options for very large projects
Tips for budgeting for smaller projects
Tips from listeners on how they budget and how they’ve managed going over-budget on large projects, a great way to track sales, and more.
Our favorite budgeting tools
How to make money during a reno project

You can find us on our blogs or connect with each of us on Instagram:

We’d love to hear your questions and thoughts! Join our Facebook group here and email us at [email protected].

Next Episode

Ep 61: Designing with a Spouse + Small Space Living with Jojotastic

Today we have the design and home styling blogger Joanna Hawley from the blog jojotastic, on the show sharing about how she designs and renovates with her soon-to-be spouse, what small space living looks like (including hacks for organizing) and what she’s guilty of storing in her car.

A few spaces of Joanna’s that we talked about