Liam's Room - made with love

We moved Karsten out of his old room and into his new 'big boy' room with the intention of getting new bedding for Liam to make the room his own.

When I was doing Karsten's room a few years ago, I agonized over the perfect fabric for the quilt and bedding. I scoured fabric sites, Jenn and I went to several fabric stores, Shannon and I went to more fabric stores - then finally I decided what I wanted for him. Liam's room was a completely different story - Shannon and I stopped into a fabric store after we met for lunch one day and found the perfect fabric. The brown fabric with the stars (bottom of the curtains) was the first fabric we found, then we built the room around that fabric. I LOVE it!

I also think it's tough to find art for kids rooms. My mom found this idea where they framed fabric that was used in the baby's quilt and we decided to do something like that for above the crib. I'm really happy with how it came out!


We put this quote on the wall before Karsten was born - keeping it was the primary reason we kept the room color for Liam.

My dad made the clock on the wall - Scott and I found a picture of the clock online and he figured out how to create it. Isn't it cool? He wasn't so sure about it - said it was too modern for his taste, but I hear rumblings that there might be a clock like this appearing at his house in the future. :)

I'm still working on things to decorate Liam's shelves. The bottom one will be mostly books, and for right now I put some of the leftover fabric into a frame to add something interesting to the top shelf. It looks pretty cute next to some stars I relocated from another room and the cute sock gumball machine that Kelli and family gave Liam.

Shannon and I covered the lampshade with the paisley fabric from the quilt and she made the monogram pillow in the chair with other leftover fabric. So cute.


A closeup of the art above the crib - sorry for the crazy color, my flash wasn't on.

And last, but certainly not least, is Liam's quilt. I'm so happy with how it turned out! Shannon had this quilt pattern that we both loved, but it had a ruffle in the middle of it and was super girly. Shannon had the great idea to add these triangles to it (I call them triangles, their official quilting term is Prairie Points) and I think it made the quilt! I know Liam will cherish it forever!