Nursery Inspiration

I hope you all had a great weekend! Ours was busy redoing the dresser for the nursery and learning how to use a kreg jig for the DIY I mentioned Friday. So obviously really exciting stuff...

Today I thought I'd share some nursery inspiration and see if y'all have any suggestions for me! I had such a hard time coming up with a plan for our baby boy's nursery. Maybe I'm still a little intimidated about being a boy mom? I'm not into the overly boy-ish themes or bright colors so I decided to stick to something somewhat neutral and calming for Rowan's room. 

After looking through what seemed like a billion shades of grey paint, I finally narrowed it down. Whew! Our top contenders are Benjamin Moore Grey Owl and Wickham Grey. It really helped that I was able to get some swatches of the bedding and rocker that I like before committing to anything.

Coloring is a little warm in this picture, thanks iPhone 4s!

I think I want the room to be a cute mixture of old and new details, hence the antique dresser mixed with the modern zinc letter. I love the Pottery Barn rocker so we are trying to go low budget on other items to make up for that!

Zinc Letter. Braided Basket. Elephant Rocker. Tiered Basket.
Elephant Print (with changes to coloring). Crib. Star Crib Sheet.
Quilted Bedding. Wingback Rocker.

I'm also loving some of Oh Hello Dear's adorable watercolor elephant prints for the nursery. Though I want to make sure the room doesn't get too theme-y with elephants everywhere you look.

And of course I can't go without a few DIY details for Rowan's nursery! My to-do list includes:

• Wool Felted Star Mobile (Not sure if I can pull this off but I'm going to try, stay tuned!)
• Curtains (White with pom pom trim? Blue? Patterned? AH!)
• Crib skirt
• Fabric bunting (If I can figure out where I'd want to put it)
• Throw pillow for on rocker

There isn't a lot of pattern in this nursery plan so I'm hoping I can find something that will jump out at me for an accent pillow or rug. What do y'all think?!

Mamas- what are some of your must haves for the nursery?! The dresser will double as the changing table so I'll definitely be picking up some drawer organizers for that!