Parallel Project - Mystic Wardrobe

Next in the nursery/ baby madness theme - a bit of IKEA hacking. We wanted the yellows and the light blues as a base for the room and craved a yellow wardrobe made of solid wood against a light blue wall. Yellow wardrobes are hard to find so we knew that we would eventually have to come up with some DIY.

We found this closet from IKEA, but the solid wood version was available only in black. Nothing
a few hours of labor out in the heatwave won't fix.

We also needed wood lacquer that would have low or 0% VOC and we used the same company we painted our new house in. Auro has a great selection of products, all fully natural and with practically no nasty chemical odors. When we finished painting the house it smelled of oranges and cucumber. An odd combination, but also extremely pleasing knowing that it is all natural and there will be no airborne nasties from the paint.

The only problem was that pure yellow was not supplied as it is apparently not available in nature. So we got yellow and ochre to mix together until we got a nice light yellow tone. A bit of a deviation in the theme but you have to be flexible.

Birdie Yam Yam - Making The Bird Mobile

Chopping, sewing and filling the birdies up in CocoMat's Natural Latex Foam bits I had stored in a bag from an old sleeping pillow. I went birdie mad for a day. I closed my eyes and had vivid turquise, orange and pink projected on to my eyelids. Next I need to find the branches an finish it up. Hope Serge likes it.

I Don't Want To Chop It

Fabric arrived and it is so beautiful. It was from a surprise scrap pack so there was a bit of gamble as to whether the colors are going to match, but I don't think you can get wrong with designs like this.

Fabric by Amy Butler

Where Do We Start On This DIY Land ?

Baby Serge is coming in less than 2 months and we have to set up a nursery until we are ready to move to our new house.

But this is not going to look like a temp nursery because you only get to do it once, once, right ?

I have been obsessed with this amazing bird mobile, courtesy of Spool. I know we are supposed to start with the main things like where the baby is going to sleep, but small touches are what make it even better.

So I downloaded the pattern ordered some Amy Butler scrap fabrics and searched for my needles and threads.