Nursery Reveal: Window Wall

Things seem to evolve when I put a room together. 

When I imagined how the baby's room would look, I pictured drop cloth curtains.

I even bought the drop cloths and washed them!

But the board and batten was so pretty and white ... 

And I already had these silk ones...

And they were the perfect shade of blue!

Quite coincidently, cuz I mixed paints I had to make the nursery's blue. 

I had my husband rig up this contraption a couple years ago when I first painted the nursery a warm brown. I hung sheers from the curtain rod, then used tacks to hang fabric from the plywood to make a sort of valance. (Sorry no before photos in this post--I'll do a before & after when the nursery is done. Only two more projects!)

I wanted to keep the look of the valance, but the brown no longer matched. 

Enter barn boards!

I tried to use scraps to hold the two boards together, but it didn't work. Oops!

I ended up using 2x4 scraps in three places and screwing them in as screws hold better than nails. My husband hung the boards (very securely, don't worry!) with a little modification to the frame that was already on the wall. 

I love how the pretty, shiny silk looks next to the crusty, grungy boards!

I'm loving how this room is coming together!

Thanks for visiting,