Vintage Circus Baby Nursery

I wanted to create a turn of the century vintage circus baby nursery. I came up with the idea on my own. I wanted to have the luxury, gold, and magic of an old world circus.

I created everything from scratch, sewed all characters for the mobile by hand as well as the tent/mobile and framework.

I made the bumper, throw pillow, and lamp by hand from scratch.

I took an antique dresser and shelf that were falling apart and refinished them with paint and vintage circus paper, hand painting scroll work.


What brand and color of paint did you use?

Valspar Ruby, And Olympic teal color.


If you added stripes, polka dots or other paint effects, tell us how you did it.

I taped off stripes and swags and painted them to feel like an original circus tent, as if you are under the Big Top.


What bedding set did you use? Where did you buy it?

The bedding was hand made from scratch using a vintage shelbourne circus fabric collected from all over the country.


Tell us about your window treatments, lighting, rugs, wall decor and accessories. Where did you buy them - were any handmade?

The curtain rod is gold with crystal knobs. The curtains, valance and ties are all hand made from scratch. The curtains are red and white stripe to feel like the Big Top, the valance is tan and red stars tied up with hand made bows of gold teal and red ribbon.

The lamp was made from hand cut out wood, painted gold.

An antique leather elephant, and the saddle and