The nursery looks like...well a nursery!

We have made a tremendous amount of progress in the past week on our baby girl's room! I got the rug, then the crib and crib mattress within a 3 day period. Plus Zach and Janet painted the room, so finally it was ready to start adding everything in. The crib was super easy to put together. Zach and I accomplished it in like an hour. I recovered the glider's cushions on Sunday with the help of my mom. Sadly I did not get a before picture. Just know they were hideous. We wrapped the cushions with some 1/2" foam as well to make them more comfortable. We finally hung the curtain and I spent today stenciling the closet wall. I am super happy with how everything is turning out! The room is super small only 8' x 8' 6" so it is really hard to get photos. The only furniture we are missing is the changing table which Janet is repainting this weekend. The hardest thing is going to be arranging everything to fit.


First up here is a peak at the quilt my mom has been working on for the baby.

This is the backing fabric and the trim. She has all the squares sewn together now.

My wall stenciling wasn't too hard, just time consuming. It went faster as I went. This is my nice little plan measuring how far apart I needed to do the stencils to keep them even. 

There was 2 1/2 " between each stencil horizontally and 3" between the small and large stencils vertically. I used a little level to make sure each one was taped on the wall straight. I also used a little canvas board I had tested a stencil on to mark my 2 1/2" and 3" marks to make it a little easier than using a ruler. A little ghetto but it worked fabulous for me! 

 I didn't have any painters tape so i just used some white artist tape I had. I also marked the center of the stencil on each of the tape pieces so that it was easier to line the stencil's up when I was moving them.

Any one who knows me knows that I love glitter. When I found this at Lowe's I knew I had to use it.

I was using the lids to the paint as my paint tray. I just added some of the glitter each time I needed more paint.

I just continued these steps one at a time until I got to the bottom of the wall. I didn't do the top where the shelves go. Also that eyesore of an electrical box will be covered with this piece of wood painted the wall color. We just haven't rigged it up yet.

Here is a close up of the stencil. It was really hard to try and get a picture of the glitter. Also my stencils are not perfect. The textured wall does not make the process easy.

Here is the finished wall:

Here is the rest of the room!

For the ties we used some left over quilt fabric.

This close up is more accurate with the curtain's actual color.

Here is the dresser Janet found on craigslist and refinished.

Before:

After:

The chandelier:

The rug is perfect!

Still have to get the changing table in here, finish the mobile, and put all the artwork I have collected up on the walls.  Most of the hard stuff is done! I finally feel like I am getting closer to being ready for this little nugget to arrive.

Nursery Inspiration

So now that I know the baby is a girl I am starting to think of the nursery. I will have mainly white furniture though the dresser and changing tables may be white with a stained top. My mom has also said she plans on making the baby a quilt which will match my colors... Which will be a light warm grey on the walls. And a pale pinkish/ peach color, plus white, and copper or brown. So pretty neutral with some light pink accents. Also very girly and romantic.

LOVE these knobs for the babies room. on the dresser and changing table. They are on clearance plus I may have a hook up for extra discounts... *wink * Kaelyn... haha

This chandelier I have. It was in my bedroom at my parents house and will be perfect for the nursery. It is way more bronze/copper than this picture looks.

LOVE these curtains. They are 54"W x 84"H. I should only need one panel. But depending on if I can get a good discount or not (they are not cheap) I may be making my own. I am 100% in love with them though.

I love this little mobile and I could definitely make it myself.

Also like this Mobile which would also be easy to make. I also love the little shelves on the wall.

These two art pieces from oopsydaisy.com I may be able to get from a friend. But I love them both and think they would look most excellent.

This last shot not only is very much the color scheme I like but it also has my curtains! Love it.

Headed My Way!

These beauties are headed my way! I am so excited! Especially because of the Excellent deal I got on them thanks to Jessica's extra 40% off at Anthropologie right now. Even better is that the items were on sale!
I don't think I could have done better!

Here are some close up pictures...
First up:
This is why I needed a new bag.... on my trip to Orlando I forgot that I had eye drops in my purse and so the eye drops exploded in my bag on the airplane. So I have been toting this sadly stained purse around for a month.

I had wanted an over the shoulder bag for a while though and this one caught my eye but I just didn't have $150 for a purse. However... after it went on sale for $79.95 and I discovered I could get an additional 40% off it was mine! The purse says it is green...but looks yellow to me... we shall see when I get it!

The knobs I am going to put on my vanity table in my dressing room. I have been eyeing these bad boys pretty much since I got the table so that is probably a good 8 months at least.

And the curtains I got 2 panels, one for each window in my studio/office.  I got ones that are 63" long. I will hang them and hook them to the side. I think they will be perfect in there!

I can not wait until these goodies arrive!

Knobs

Remember these beauties I saw at Anthropologie a while back?

Well I finally went back to purchase 5 for my living room...only to find them gone. So sad! However I did find these which I also like a lot. So I purchased them instead. Another bonus is they happened to be $2 cheaper each! Hopefully they look just as good in person. Now of course today low and behold the first knobs I liked are on the site. What the heck!? Oh well. No telling why theres way more now! Here is what I did get.

These are real cute too.