feathering my nest..

hello & welcome back to my nest!

i have had a wonderful break & thought it time to get back to work & feather my nest!

my site has become a little muddy of late {which i am loving & having loads of fun playing with:)} but in bringing 'mud by nest' together with 'nest styling' this year i will blog more ideas, words & bits n' pieces to inspire you to sort & feather your own nest.

there will be no set days of blogging but there will be a return of some favourite
topics like 'meaning to do monday' & 'feathering your nest friday'

and of course there will still be a few little updates now & then on my little mud pieces!

here is a fabulous idea to kick off some inspiration!

i have been using my boys old white change table to store my clay tags & was close to
selling my cot until i found this idea! 

isn't it amazingly creative & a perfect piece for a little-big-kids nest?

think i might have to keep my cot now to make one for the boys, i'm inspired!

so come along & follow my nest journey - why not feather your own nest?!

have a great day!

image via finlee & me {here}

nest of words

i am finding words so inspiring this week!  

following on from the 'lemons' print i posted earlier in the week,

 i wanted to share these gorgeous posters i found over at humidity gifts & homewares.  

how gorgeous adorning a wall in a little nest! 

such precious words, its all you want for your little ones, especially to host a tea party!

i just love these words, it will be perfect to hang in my boys playroom..

   

i have posted my own take on the tramscroll posters before, but here again is my own canvas of 'words that tell a thousand pictures', some of the many places i have been fortunate to travel & each time i take a peek i see a different place & with that one word it brings back a thousand pictures!

what words would you fill your nest with to inspire you this week?x

canvas image by nest interior styling

3 images via humiditygifts&homewares

little nest by the sea

before

nests been!

with a theme for a little nest by the sea we could go crazy with anchors & buoys & ships & sand!  instead we chose to keep it clean & simple surrounding all walls with an amazing blue 

{dulux deluxe days half} with freshwhite trim just like we are under water

& white furniture with easy reach access for fun play. 

the theme came together with some simple inexpensive wall styling - for a fishing net to catch the gorgeous wooden starfish we used a white hammock for $9.  we found an old fishing rod for $1 at the markets which we painted red & added some line... & look we caught five fish!

            

the canvas above the cot is our own nest creation using the elements from the beach - 

sand, coral, shells & driftwood. 

the trend of coral letters is by my gorgeous & extremely creative friend Jo who does 

some amazing pieces herself. 

 i have shared our nest  'footprints in the sand' creation before but here it is again as an

example of easy & effective wall art using just a little bit creative thinking. 

 

there can never be enough places to hang your hats - a piece of driftwood with dow pegs with

a shell glued to the end of each one is a perfect fit in a little nest by the sea.

we would love to hear from you if you would like more information on our little nest styling

 services or a commissioned piece of art for your bare wall by the sea.

styling by nest interior styling

little nest.. pops of colour

it is not always practical to refurnish or repaint a room, so to achieve a different feel to a room you can simply change the pops of colour (or accent colours)

this is an example of a little nest where the green feature wall & white furniture was to stay for the new little bird in the nest, but a different feel & theme was wanted.   the green may seem a bright selection for a nursery but it was a gorgeous & well loved choice that was easy to bring other colours in to work with it.  by keeping the colour to one feature wall, it meant the white walls, white furniture & neutral carpet kept the room fresh & light.

nest styled this little nest for the first little birdie, with a gentle theme of stars with pops of red, blues & green in cushions, linen, accessories & artwork created by nest.

so for a change for little birdie number two, we styled a gorgeous circus theme by creating wall boarders & new artwork this time bringing in soft pops of orange & soft blue & again using little hints of the same green feature colour to tie it all together.

simple little effective changes, with just a little pop!

spare bedroom restyled to a boy's bedroom

before nest

       

an uninspiring spare bedroom was transformed into a great little boy's space.  at nest we love to create fun, colour & style in little nests without using commercial characters, we save Bob & Dora fun for books & dvds!  personally created themes are so much more inpirational.  although there are some strong colours in this room, the white furniture, natural carpet & walls create a calm fresh & uncluttered feel in the room.  not wanting to make the room feel enclosed or smaller we opted for one feature wall colour & fresh off-white on the rest of the walls.  pops of red & taupe teamed the room together.  the wall borders were made by covering foam board from the craft store with red & white gingham fabric & stuck to the wall with the non-wall damaging stickits.  craft wood transport shapes were painted in the same feature blue, red & taupe colours & glued onto the wall border.  always fun in a little nest to have a chill out space of cushions to sit & read books & play!

nest's been!

nest's been!

every little nester should be inspired to - grow - learn - play - smile!