Would you have been able to resist this? I couldn’t. It’s a beautiful hand-made, solid wood baby cradle. I can just imagine the love carved into every inch!
I am not generally a fan of hearts in furniture or jewelry…but I made an exception for this piece.
I see beautiful vintage-style nurseries on the Internet all the time now, so I thought I’d make over this cradle to go along with the theme!
I painted the body in a barely off-white, and then dry-brushed some cream over it. I distressed the edges and details, and then glazed the whole thing with dark brown stain.
The baby quilt is ‘vintage,’ too! It was made for me when I was a baby. My mother never used it because she couldn’t bear to see it worn out. I take it out of my linen closet to admire every once in a while!
I used a bassinet to keep my babies close to me in their first few months…
…but now I’m wishing I had had a cradle!
Note: Even better, this cradle went to a mom expecting her first baby girl
....after SIX boys!
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