Thursday, July 3, 2014

Newborn Cradle Refashion

After much reading/debating about what to do with baby boy as a brand new little newborn, I was really leaning toward a cradle. Mostly because my mom used one for all five of her babies and my sister used the same cradle for her baby. I'm a sentimental person, and wanted the same. Too bad my sister couldn't easily ship over my mom's so I could use it too.

But the only cradles I was finding online were starting at like $100 and the cheaper looking bassinets were still like $50. It's only going to be used for a little bit, so I did not want to pay that much. If you can't tell already, my whole mindset with all of this baby supply business is to try and get a bargain: mostly because that means more money for our travel fund ha.

Then one day I walked into my favorite Japanese thrift store and found this!

 It looks very very similar to my mom's cradle. Maybe a little crappier. But for the price tag of thirty dollars (!), I snatched it up. It was pretty dinged up, and I wasn't super crazy about the pad, but I really did like the stain of the wood because it matches our bedroom, so I didn't want to strip it and paint it.

So I gave it a good cleaning with lemon oil, then used some wood scratch touch up marker things a friend let me borrow. I covered the pad with a water resistant crib mat thing given to me by another friend, and sewed two separate envelope type covers for easy removal for cleaning.

And this is my finished product!

 I am really happy with how it turned out. I also made the minky blanket because I fell in love with that animal fabric. It's a completely different color scheme than the baby's actual room, which I like because I love the softer colors for a newborn, and that it goes well in our bedroom.

And honestly nothing makes me feel better than the fact that the total price of all of this was like $50. Yay for thrifting and refashioning!

Now we just wait and see if baby boy actually likes sleeping in it. I sure hope so.

8 comments:

  1. Very cute! I love the way it looks in your master room!

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  2. Millicent T July 3rd 2014 2:52PM I love the lemon color cushion and I want that blanket for Char! I loooove thrift shopping. This is very nice :) bravo mama

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  3. Look at you! Making your bed and everything. There doesn't happen to be a sick ducky in the bed is there?

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  4. I love having a cradle for the first month or two. They are just so tiny and the crib seems so big. The cradle is more cozy! I love that blanket!

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  5. This turned out super cute (crib, blanket, all of it!) I do hope he likes it. Ava never slept well in her cradle.

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  6. Great job Annie! That does look a lot like your mom's cradle. I used it for my first baby as well. If I remember right a king size pillow case works well for a pad cover in the cradle.

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  7. That turned out soooo cute! :) I love how vintage it looks!

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  8. So cute! The minky blanket is darling. I'm so happy you found your cradle. Now get the string tied to it so you can rock the cradle from bed.

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