Designing a Star Wars Nursery

When we found out we were pregnant we knew right away that we wanted a Star Wars themed nursery. And when we found out we are having a girl I was overwhelmed with excitement thinking of little Leia & Rey, with stars and space themed decor.

I however, had no idea just how little there was out there for a baby girl in the Star Wars nursery department, so I put one together myself.

I went right over to Pinterest and Google and started searching 'Star Wars Nursery'. I was disappointed to see pretty much all the major chain stores carried Star Wars baby/kids decor themed fro 8 year old boys. Lots of black and red and only male characters.

So first I came up with a colors that I could pull some of the 'boy themed' pieces into, gray, sea foam green and baby blue. I know a lot of parents choose pink and purple for girls which is great for them but I really can't stand those colors. And I knew how I wanted the room to feel, soft and cozy with Star Wars accents.

Then things started coming together and after months of searching places like Etsy, Pottery Barn Kids, Amazon and more I had pinned exactly what I wanted and the process of ordering it all began.

While all the orders slowly trickled in we had full on nursery construction on our hands. Danny decided to rip out the drywall and add insulation, which also meant adding new drywall, texturing, priming, painting, adding new base boards and so much more.

Construction took from September to January for completion, but everything came out so beautiful. Looking at it now you could have never guessed it used to be a game/guest/dog room.

Once all of the construction was complete it was time to pull out all the boxes and start decorating, the nesting was out of control and I could not have been happier.

So lets take a walk through the finished room, The Force is definitely strong with this nursery.

The dresser/changing table area was a lot of fun to set up. I wanted to add lots of little accents that were Star Wars but with a very clean look.

The dresser itself is from Oxford Baby Furniture purchased through BuyBuy Baby. We didn't want to buy an actual changing table because I felt like they were a waste of space and I never used the one I had for mt son all that often. So a dresser that she can use through the years with a changing pad on top became our changing table of choice.

Above the dresser is a collection of art prints of R2-D2, Princess Leia, 'May the Force be with you', Rey & BB-8. I found these prints (and the rest in the nursery you will see) from a store on Etsy called WaiWai Art Prints.

The keeping with our color scheme the pad and chevron gray cover are by Boppy.

To the sides you can see the 3-in-1 stars lamp/nightlight from Target, our framed pregnancy announcement, and a glass apothecary jar from Hobby Lobby.

I wanted a teether and binky storage that was easily accessible and also looked clean and that turned functional items into an added decoration.

I lined the inside of the drawers with this gray chevron contact paper from Target.

Because the original drawer bottoms were this ugly brown color.

And I tried my best to organize the drawers and fold the clothes using the KonMari method, which saved me tons of space.

There are 2 shelves in the nursery that we had around the house that we took down from another room and were in storage.

I believe they originally came from The Container Store. As they were not fitting the color scheme I repainted them with a same jar of gray paint similar to the color the furniture in the room is.

I wanted the little details of the room to be Star Wars themed of course, but also to have a little of us in there too. Like the little wooden camera, because photography is such a passion of mine.

These two green frames and tiny fake succulents are from Target. I found the pictures inside them on Pinterest and printed them for the frames.

There are lots of fun things like these Darth Vader moccasins from Baby Gap and this tiny plush Leia from The Hallmark store.

In the middle you can see a Porsche truck carrying 3 small cars. Danny is a Porshe auto body repair technician and he bought this for the baby when we started trying. I did a little photoshoot with one of the cars and my bump, so that got added too. You can also see a Lego Princess Leia.

The crib is from Oxford Baby Furniture as well and we bought it through BuyBuy Baby.

The Star Wars crib mattress, quilt and mobile are all from Pottery Barn Kids. The crib skirt is from BuyBuy Baby.

Pottery Barn Kids had a likited selection for colors for nursery items, but I was able to make them work. I also bought the swaddle blankets seen below in the linen drawer of the dresser.

The plush toys in the crib I ordered off Amazon and the adoable little pillow is from Pottery Barn Kids.

Above the crib is really the focal point of the room.

The decal is from Bush creative on Etsy and the Lightsaber wall mounted lights Danny found on Amazon. The lights have lots of color options like red, purple yellow, blue, green, etc but I prefer the teal option for the nursery.

Now every nursery needs a rocking chair, but we did not want to go with a granny looking option. We wanted something cool and comfortable that really fit the theme of the room.

The seafoam green Tuba Glider by Babyletto really just fit perfectly, and so did the matching Ottoman.

It is rediculously comfortable, I have been sitting in it every day in the nursery since we gotnit. I added little accents like an Ewok plush my best friend got for me from Disneyland for the baby and an R2-D2 fleece blanket from Pottery barn kids.

Above the chair you can see more prints by WaiWai Art Prints.

The curtains are one of my favorite things about the room, they just feel dreamy and magical.

Behind them there are pull down cloth black put curtains we ordered custom from Lowes. Which is where we also got the curtain rod.

The curtains themselves I ordered off Amazon, I did order 2 sets and you will see why soon.

You maybhave also noticed the giant fluffy Wampa rug, this was also a contribution of Danny's.

He ordered it online from Toynk.com.