Teaser pics

Trying to have the room tidy, the baby happy and good lighting seems to happen once in a blue moon so here are some teaser photos of the room that I've been hinting at for MONTHS now.  I keep hoping to get a better photo shoot and submit the pictures to the steampunk home which has inspired much of the decor.  Shown here is the Team Plushie airship, the balloon wall hangers with vintage baby clothes hung as wall decor, the steampunk inspired balloon from my baby shower and the airship curtains.  Details for all items are in the previous posts on this blog.

Steampunk or diesel punk a la Pottery Barn?

I think careful selection of many of the fun products from Pottery Barn Kids could inspire amazing steampunk or diesel punk kids room.   The many bedding collections of trains, airplanes, and nautical rooms are a nice break from the overly cutesy baby and kids themes I see on most stores.  I adore my baby but "precious" isn't how I want to decorate my house!   Here are a few of my favorites from the current catalogue.  What i don't like about Pottery Barn is that most of the items are made in China.  They look great in photos but I often find they aren't made all that well when you see them in person.  Many of the items like the toybox and shelves could be handmade with basic skills and probably last a lot longer.  This is why I suggest using these images as ideas but not as product recommendations.

Here are train themes for steam punk decor ....  there are also cute bedding ideas etc

There are old airplane themes for diesel punk ideas ...

There are so many great lamps that its hard to choose from them all.  Each could work for different rooms.   They have lamps inspired by ships, trains, train stations etc.  The nice thing is most are classic looking lamps that can be used long after the baby room has to go or could be relocated to other rooms.  Again they are all made in China too, i bought a lantern and had to exchange because the initial one was broken.  Alas making one's own lamps is not as easy so we're stuck buying them .  

We picked the larger, plug-in version of the lamp above but that isn't in the catalogue anymore.

Steampunk Plushies

The Steampunk home had this blimp plushie as link on their page.  This is another great Etsy find from PlushTeam.  After a few days of attempting to resist it I nabbed it for the nursery.  There was an undecorated corner begging for it!  You can find some other adorable steampunk stuffed animals on Etsy. Once i get that up I will finally take and post photos of the finished room.  Days and packed with work and spending quality time with the baby that blogging is precious time to come by!

Baby Blues

I had my baby, Eoghan, on Dec 11.  It was a wonderful birth and we adore our new boy but he's an eating machine at this time  so I haven't had time to add any updates for a while.  We are happy to say that we DID get the nursery completed BEFORE the baby was born.  We're thrilled with the outcome and will post photos soon.  Thanks to SteampunkHome I got turned onto a Mama and Baby discount shopping site Zulily and found this adorable baby outfit.  Its not decor i know but it is definitely a great find for a steampunklet.  We'll have to save it a year before he can wear it but I know a formal portrait it in will be an adorable keepsake for us!

UPDATE 6/24/12 :  My original photo link is broken now but my little boy now fits into this outfit so here's a fun picture!  (As a veteran of baby clothes now I won't buy this brand often because the straps aren't adjustable on the jumper and its lined with satin and the snaps don't stay put so annoying to wear often but totally adorable.  Eoghan likes to run around in the jacket a lot so that much is worth it!)