An enchanted forest nursery fit for a princess

There are so many cute themes out there, but when I was designing our daughter's room, I wanted something that would grow with her for a while. I decided I wanted it to look like she had stepped into an enchanted forest! I used a basic palette of pink and green and added in lots of branches and trees. A bit of hard work and a little DIY later, and here is what it looks like!

 I knew immediately that I wanted a large tree 

as the focal point of her nursery, 

but to get one as large as I wanted 

would have been way too expensive. 

I am no painter, but really felt like 

I could tackle this for her. 

I ended up doing two trees in the room 

and it took me about 12 hours 

between the two of them. 

I just sketched out the trunk design 

and then started painting everything. I really enjoyed 

painting them and am so happy with how they turned out. 

Since I think great design is in the details,

the final thing I added to the large tree was

a heart with the initials 

of hubby and I. It still makes me sappy when I see it!

 

This is the second tree I painted. 

It was inspired by a specific decal I had seen.

I had hubby add shelves to the two

right branches, but we didn't want

to drill into the left because 

the chimney is behind it. So, instead, 

two cute owls were perched there. 

 

These cute owls were completely free as a result

of me raiding my craft closet. I found cute 

scrapbook paper I had been hoarding for years, 

looked at the basic shape of an owl and started cutting. 

Since they are just paper, I used plain scotch tape

to hang them on the wall. It's been more than two

years and they are still holding strong!

The wall above her changing table seemed pretty

bare, so I created this quick mobile for her to look

at during her many diaper changes. 

I am not big on putting mobiles above sleeping areas, 

but I thought above a changing table would be great!

I just took a cherry blossom branch from Michaels, 

clipped butterflies to it and then hung more sparkling 

butterflies from the bottom. She really loved this

and it stayed up until she could reach it during

changes and started pulling on the butterflies. 

If you are looking for something that would be the perfect addition to your enchanted forest or woodland themed nursery, check out the birth statistics poster in my shop! 

It's a great and whimsical way  to commemorate 

one of the most important days in your life!