Adalyn's Nursery: The Pretty Much Final Edition

I won't say much, because in this case pictures speak louder than any words I can come up with.  But here is Adalyn's nursery in its mostly finished glory.  There are still two projects looming over my head (bedskirt in curtain fabric and some hot pink & light pink pom-poms to hang from the ceiling), but they are as likely to happen as the supposed sweets ban I've implemented in my house (I made brownies last night), so I'm calling this nursery done and patting myself on the back.

It's finally (almost) done!

We made a mad dash to finish the nursery after being told that baby girl will be here any day, and I'm happy to say it's almost done!  And it's definitely done enough for her to come, and now that I'm officially 37 weeks and full term, she's allowed to come when she so chooses.  Judging from the massive size of my belly, I'm thinking she's good and big and ready now.

So...I suppose it's sharing time, eh?

Here she is from the door!



I wanted to go with a fun rug, but in an effort to be frugal, we just used what we had on hand from Ben's old nursery.  Honestly, I think it works really well and I ended up being totally happy with it.  Plus, we saved some moolah!

And the other view:



Pardon all the incomplete tasks and try to use your imagination.  Her wall shelves need to be filled (ideas?),  the refinished dresser needs new hardware, and that little message board making her floor all cluttered will be getting repurposed into a bow holder sometime soon.

Then there's her crib and glider.  I had new (hot pink!) cushions made for her glider that I am in love with!  Several people recommended baby pink instead of hot pink and I wondered if I was going to regret the bold hot pink, but I totally don't.  Hot pink is just my thing, so I'm happy I braved up and went bold.  I tried a hot pink crib sheet but I couldn't find one to match the glider at all, so I scrapped the idea and just went with a white sheet and hot pink blanket to tie it in somehow.  I'm also in the process of making her a mobile.  It's about half done, so maybe it'll be finished before she gets here.  Maybe not.  And some day I'll get around to making her crib skirt and pillow for the glider out of the curtain fabric.  Someday...



We had some family pictures taken by an awesome photographer friend a few months ago, and we had this one blown up into an 18x24 picture and I mod podged it onto an old canvas from Ben's room to hang above her crib.  I LOVE it because it's personalized, not just some ole nursery art we picked up off etsy or something.



And because it's fun and I love it, here's another shot of the glider.  Eeeeee!  And it's so much comfier than the old cushions!



We have a tiny closet to work with, so I did my best at cramming everything in there without it looking too crazy, but it's not exactly pretty.

 

So...there's still some work to be done but it's at least ready for a baby and I'm so happy with how it all turned out!  Success!  And we didn't really spend that much, which I'm super proud of.  I made the curtains (and got the fabric dirt cheap on ebay!), we rigged up the cornices on the cheap (like, REALLY cheap...I'm almost embarrassed to say how it's all put together but here are a few words: duct tape, staple gun, foam board), the crib, glider, bookshelf and rug are all Ben's old things and the dresser was a $30 craigslist score!  With some elbow grease and paint, it looks brand new!  Even all the clothes in her closet were practically free thanks to some amazing friends.  The new cushions were a bit pricey, but that came out of my Christmas money so I kind of don't even factor it into the cost of the nursery.  

Look at the size of that stomach!  I'd say she's GOTTA be ready, right?  I mean, that is one huge baby!



This was kinda fun to see the transformation in process:

Sneak peek!

I'm totally not in the blogging mood lately (obviously), but I at least have to pop on here and share a VERY SMALL sneak peek of the nursery in progress.  It's completely in disarray right now, but it makes me happy just to see it all coming together so I have to share.



The dresser is mostly done with the exception of reattaching the painted handles, the curtains are done but not hung because I'm making cornices to go over the curtains.  Rather than drop $500 on a new glider like I'd originally planned, I just ordered new, fluffier cushions in pink.  Can't wait 'til they're done!  I still have quite the to-do list to finish up her nursery, but at least it's underway and I've been super happy with everything so far!

Slowly but surely

I remember Ben's nursery came together fast. I guess that's easy to do when you don't have a toddler under foot. So baby girl's nursery is taking some time, but it'll be done when she gets here! That I know.

This weekend we got the nursery painted, so she's now a lovely shade of tan instead of gray. Observe:





Now here's my question. The dark gray doors looked fine when the room was light gray. But now that it's tan, do I need to paint these doors white? That sounds about as desirable as scrubbing toilets, but if I really need to, I will (and I'm guessing it's going to take eight thousand coats of white to cover). Thoughts?

Now I just need to take this lovely fabric and whip it up into some curtains.



Like how I made that sound so easy? Like I can just whip up some curtains in five minutes or something. Please. I can barely sew two pieces of fabric together to make a square. I think it's the whole measuring thing that scares me more than anything. Oh well. Details, right?

Baby Girl's Nursery!

Well, we've finally gotten her room cleared out. Tim still wants to discuss the idea of having the kiddos share a room, which makes sense, but the logistics are just overwhelming me so I'm pretty stuck on the idea of separate rooms...at least until he finds a way to convince me otherwise. So anyway, for now, here's what I have in the works!

First, the empty(ish) BEFORE room:









We'll be painting it this color (Aviary Nest) courtesy of FreshAire:



And I'll be making some curtains and a bedskirt with this fabric, courtesy of Michael Miller:



I'm going to stick with a basic dark pink bed sheet to keep it from being too crazy in the room. I'm thinking this color:



As for a rug, I'm CLUELESS. If I do a smaller pink rug that matches her sheet, is that too much? I'm afraid tan will clash with the floor/walls if it's not the same shade. I think it'd be almost impossible to find a green rug the color of the curtains. I don't know, I'm not all design-y, so I'm totally open to ideas here! What about a pink and brown and cream striped one? Too many different patterns? Obviously I won't be on Design Star anytime soon.

The glider is also up for discussion. We really cheaped out on Ben's and you can tell. It squeaks and it's uncomfy as all get-out. I've already decided to pool together all my Christmas money for a good, solid, comfortable glider. After all, I have zero doubt I'll be spending A LOT of time in that thing. So here's where I need another opinion. Do I go basic with a light tan like this:



Or a little bolder with a chocolate like this:



Or all out with a green to match her curtains:



And of course, no potential design dream is complete without a mood board, so voila!



Thoughts? Opinions? You totally won't hurt my feelings!