We had such a special day surrounded by family and friends as we celebrated our little guy turning one and most importantly dedicating him to the Lord. It was a beary sweet day.
The Theme for Oliver's first birthday party was bears. Oliver has always loved teddy bears and bear was one of his first words. So we knew that this would be the perfect theme for our little guy turning one! It was so much fun finding different bear themed decorations for his party! The colors I choose for his theme were gold, tan, white, and sage green. I incorportated these colors with the balloons we used and sage green napkins. Some of my favorite decorations were the table settings. I found the sweetest bear plates from amazon and my personal favorite the honey bear cups which everyone drank out of. These were a big hit and everyone loved them even the adults! I also found bear straws to add into the cups and used wooden silverware. All of the teddy bears that I used to decorate for his party were so special to us. They were all of the bears that belonged to me and my husbands families growing up. It was so special getting to incorportate stuffed animals that were meaningful to my husband and I as little kids! 
We also included other bear touches to the party through dessert! My parents made all of the cupcakes and the smash cake for our party! They added little bear toppers with balloons to the cakes. These were such a cute find and added a whimsical feel to the party! They also put teddy bear grahmn crackers on top of the cupcakes. The cakes and cupcakes turned out so cute and it was so special to have my parents make them for Oliver's party! 
A very talented family member and friend made the cutest little bear cookies! They were so adorable and fit the bear theme perfectly!! They were a huge hit at Oliver's party! 
We also added food labels to the food table. My creative husband came up with the bear names for all of the food. 
We wanted to find little ways to include our guests in this special day. This time capsule was one of my favorite ideas to do for Olivers party. People could write a message that Oliver will be able to look back on and read when he turns 18. I think that this is such a special keepsake to have for Oliver. We also did a guess the gummy bear game. This was so fun for everyone to do and we gave the winner a nice little prize. 
The day turned out to be so nice and we really loved the bear theme. It would be perfect to use for any little one who loves bears! There are so many cute decorations that you can find for this theme! I have included the ones that I used below!
 
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  This is my current bedroom design. I created two views so you could see the layouts from different angles. We currently rent our house so we are not able to paint the walls. I choose to keep the room more neutral and use white, black, and brass as my main color scheme. I wanted to use mainly black furniture so chose black nightstands, a black dresser, and a black side table. I love this side table found from Amazon. It fits this little nook so perfectly and looks great with greens on it! I also love the black dresser and nightstands.
My bedroom isn't huge so it was a little challenging picking out furniture that would fit the layout while also fiting my design aesthetic. The dresser and nighstands aren't huge, but they fit my room great! I love brass details in a room. I believe that brass gives a room a more warm and homey feel. I love the brass lamps I found from Amazon. You can even change out the shades and add empire or pleated lampshades. The brass and black frames also tie in both of the black and gold color scheme into the room. The gold velvet curtains were also a great find! They add a nice pop of color to the room! I hope you enjoy my bedroom design. I have attached the links to most of the items found in this room so you can shop them!  I have so many frames in my home. I love adding frames to family pictures, art prints, posters, etc. Frames really enhance any picture and make it look even better. I have found that not all frames are the best quality. I have gone through many stores in search of a frame I like just to leave empty handed. I have created a list of my favoirte frames from Amazon. I personally have every single one of these frames in my own home. These are all great quality frames.
You could even make a gallery wall incorporating all of these frames. I have a few gally walls in my own home and have used some of these frames. If you are on the hunt for any frames I highly reccomend the ones above. Another way to find good affordable frames is to thrift them. A lot of thrift shops carry really good frames for really cheap. This is a great way to find a unique frame to have in your home. I just reccommend carrying a measuing tape to make sure your thrifted frame will fit your speacial picture or art work.  Winnie the Pooh is such a sweet and classic storybook. I think it would be a great theme in a nursery room! You could even use it as a theme for either or girl or a boy. For the decor in this nursery, I created a color scheme to start off. My color scheme was yellow, orange, sage, and blue. Once I knew what colors I wanted to use in my nursery, I was able to more easily find other decorations that would look good in the room.
A lof of the color for this room comes from the stuffed animals. However, I love how the blue side table and blue puff bring in more touches of blue. They add more color to this nursery. Artwork is also a great way to add more color to a room. I decided to include a gallery wall in this room. Gallery walls are nice if you have a blank wall that you don't know what to do with. They add so much character to a room. I really love this winnie the pooh gallery wall. It really tells a story through the pictures. I have compiled a list of winnie the pooh decorations to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for. These would all look so sweet in a nursery!  These would all be such fun rockers to have in any nursery! I love a neutral rocker as it can go with any color scheme. I have the top rocker and it is one of my favorite purchases for our nursery! It is an investment, but so worth it in my opinion! It is so comfortable and comes with an ottoman which is great to put extra items in like blankets and stuffed animals. I also am loving leather rocking chairs right now. They would look great in a traditional, classic nursery. I have linked a great option below. The last rocker is the curved, cream rocker. I think that this would be a uniqueu rocker to have in your nursery. I am loving the curved shape of this rocker! I have the links attached below!
For this sitting room I was inspired by these gorgeous art prints. I knew that I had to create a gallery wall with them! Gallery walls are one of my favorite things to create! I think that they are so fun to make and they can really add some character and color to any room. If you have a blank wall in a room and are unsure of what to add, a gallery wall is always a great option. The colorful floral detailed artwork in this room make me so happy! That is always something that I try to accomplish in any room design. I want the room to make me happy and feel like home. It should include things that you love and items that bring you joy!
I also love all of the ornate brass details in this room. Brass and gold add such warmth to any room and makes it feel more homey. One of my favorite items in this room is the brass floor lamp. This is the lamp of my dreams! I absolutely love the bottom curves and shape of this lamp. I think that it would be such a unique lamp to have in any home! I added a pleated lamp shade which I believe compliments this lamp very well! I hope you enjoy this sitting room design. If you are interested in any of the pieces in this design, I have linked everything I can below!
A lamp can really add so much charm and character to any room. There are so many different styles of lamps everywhere which can sometimes feel overwhelming. I think when choosing a lamp it is important to think of the overall finish and style you are going for in the room. Do you want more of a traditional lamp with brass metal? Or a modern lamp with a black or bronze finish? When you can figure out the vibe you are going for it can help you to narrow down your lamp selection.
I found some nice options that would work in any style of room! Amazon has so many great afforable floor lamps. I narrowed it down to a few of my favorite. I personally LOVE traditional brass floor lamps and I think that they would look great in any room. I have the far left floor lamp in my own home and it is beautiful lamp! I think the other brass, traditional floor lamps would be great options as well! The black lamp is so unique and would be great if you want to bring in more modern touches to your home. The best thing about lamps is that you can change the lamp shade and give it a whole new look! Pleated lamp shades are a trend that I am loving right now. The pleated lamp shade I found below would look great on any of these floor lamp options. If you want to add in more color to your room, you could also use a colored lampshade. The options are endless! I have attached some floor lamps from Amazon below! 
Who doesn't love a good candle? I personally love candles as I think they add a nice touch to any room. They are great for decorating mantles, shelves, tables, the list is endless. I have been loving colorful and floral candlesticks right now. They look so good in any room and they add a nice pop of color to your decor.
I have found a few different candles that I think would look great in any home. I currently have the floral pressed candlesticks from urban outfitters and they are even prettier in person! They look beautiful in brass candlestick holders. Thrifting brass candle holders are a great way that you can find affordable holders. Amazon also has a lot of great candle holder options. Pastels are having a moment this spring. I have been loving pastel colored candles. I think the lavender and different colored ribbed candlesticks are so pretty! The ribbed details add another fun and unique touch to these candles. Bubble candles are another unique trend I have been seeing with candles. The option I have included comes in a lot of different colors. They would be a fun candle to add to your collection! 
Welcome to my Teddy Bear Themed Nursery!
It may not come as any surprise, but my inspiration for this nursery was this gorgeous plaid green wallpaper! As soon as I saw it I knew that I had to create a boys nursery using this wallpaper. This green, preppy, plaid wallpaper adds a special charm and playfulness to the room. It gives you the feeling of being a traditional yet timeless room.
When I think of babys, I often think of teddy bears and stuffed animals so I wanted to design a cozy, moody nursery filled with lots of bears. You can see the bear touches within the room with the bear baskets, bear artwork, stuffed animals, and my personal favorite the bear kids chair. To keep with the moody theme, I decided to add in a dark wood crib and dresser. These are great afforable options if you are on a budget, but still want a nice crib and dresser. We have this brand of nursery furniture in our current baby nursery and love the quality of them. The brass knobs on the dresser are also a nice touch that gives the dresser more of an old traditional look. I love mixing patterns within rooms, so I think this vintage-inspired rug adds the perfect amount of texture to this plaid room without making it feel too overwhelming. This rug helps to warm up the room and it gives it a more traditional lived in feel. The beige velvet curtains also add a little more texture to the room. I decided to keep the curtians lighter to brighten up the room a little more. Like in my Classic Cowboy Nursery, I decided to add in the leather rocking chair again. It is such a unique piece that can be used in so many different ways! This allows you to see different themes and styles that you can incorporate the same pieces within. I thought that the baby bear blanket and bear stuffed animal were a nice touch on the leather chair. Some of my favorite parts of this nursery are the artwork. All of the bear artwork is so sweet and was sourced all from Etsy. I love how the mountain artwork works well with the color of the plaid wallpaper. It uses a lot of similar colors found in the wallpaper while also drawing your eyes to the artwork itself. Adding the wall sconces beside the mountain artwork give this a more sophisticated and mature look. This is great if you want a nursery or kids room that your baby will be in for many years. I also designed another view of the Teddy Bear Nursery so you can get more ideas of decorations or furniture that you can add to your own nursery. This corner shows a cozy kids bear chair next to wallshelves. Babies love books, so it would be sweet to have a spot where the baby/kid can go to and read their own books. The wall shelves here are great if you want to be able to hang items like clothes on or use them as just bookshelves. It is always nice to have different options and ways to use items when picking out furniture and decorations. I hope you enjoyed seeing my Teddy Bear Nursery Room. It was so fun mixing textures and patterns to create a special Room! I have the links below for this room! 
Remember when wallpaper was outdated and everyone wanted just white and grey walls. Over the past few years I have been seeing a lot of wallpaper used in Nursery's and I am here for it! I personally LOVE wallpaper in Nursery's. I think it creates a lot of visual interest and personality in a room. It is also so fun for babies and parents to look at. I believe wallpaper transforms a room into something so unique and special to your home. You can wallpaper just one wall, multiple walls, or all of them. In my Pretty in Pink Room I designed it with all of the walls wallpapered.
When I think of a little girls room I think of pink, flowers, and butterflies. I wanted to create this baby girl nursery incorpating these elements. For all of my pink lovers, this is the nursery for you! This wallpaper caught my attention because of its beautiful floral details. I like how it doesn't feel too overwhelming or too dark. It has the right amount of detail, but also feels very elegant and bright. Adding in butterfly artowork helps to draw your attention to other details in the room. All of the butterfly prints are sourced from Etsy and I think that they would look so sweet in any little girls nursery or room. This brass crib is one of my favorite crib styles ever. It is such a timeless crib that would look good with so many different styles and nursery themes. Incorporating brass and gold really help to warm up this nursey which is why I chose brass accents like the brass mirror, brass frames, and brass floor lamp. The pink curtains and pink rug add more touches of pink throughtout the room. I wanted to keep the rest of the furniture more neutral so I chose white and off white for them. I think that the white dresser is perfect for this room and it is really a unique piece. I love the knobs and little ornate details on the drawers. The cream rocker and ottamon would work great in any nursery. I personally have this rocker in my sons nursery so I can attest to how soft and comfortable it is. This was one of my favorite purchases for my sons nursery. I highly reccommend investing in a good and comfortable rocker as you will use them very often! This rocker also comes with with an ottamon which is so nice if yo need additional space to store toys and nursery items. The white side table also is a great addition to the pink nursery. I have similar side tables in my own home and think that they are perfect to fill small spaces and put little treasures on top. The lamp shown in this nursery is a traditional classic brass lamp. I have this is my current nursery and love the finish and look of it! The brass mirror would also work great in this nursery. Mirrors are a great thing to put on a wall if you don't want artwork on every wall. Plus babies love to look and see themselves in mirrors! This is another view of the Pretty in Pink Nursery. This allows you to see more decoration ideas for this nursery. 
I think that this is the sweetest little corner in the nursery. When I found the pink canopy I thought that it would work great in this room. It would be such a fun spot for babies and kids to play in with their toys and stuffed animals. This would also be a fun little reading nook for kids. I thought that a wall shelf would be perfect next to the canopy. This wall shelf is great because you can hang stuff on it like clothes as well as store your favorite baby books and stuffed animals.
I hope you enjoy my Pretty in Pink Nursery! I had so much fun creating it! I have linked the items in the room below if you are interested in any of them!
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AuthorMy name is Gretchen Horrocks. I am married to my best friend and we have the sweetest baby boy. Ever since renting our first home I have discovered that I have a passion for anything home and decor. I love helping others decorate and create special places! I am so happy you are here! Archives
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