The Nursery

You guys, I think the nursery is finally done! Or, shall we say, done enough ;) There's still a few things I'm considering adding and I'm missing some pillows that are on backorder (the ones in the pictures are actually from our living room!), but we're going to count it for here. I'm currently 37 weeks and the doctor may want to induce me at 39, so we're officially in the home stretch here!

I usually have a really hard time decorating a room (it took me months to decide on rugs when we moved to our condo!) but I feel like the nursery came together fairly easily. We already owned the couch, bookshelves, and rug and planned to keep them in that space, so really we just had a few big pieces to buy (that we magically agreed on in one shopping trip!) and a little decorating. It actually ended up fairly close to what I initially envisioned!

I tried to get some photos that showed the space from different angles so you can get a better feel of how the space works. It's a fairly small room and would be tricky to fit in even a double bed, but for a nursery it works just fine!

I included the links I could at the end. Some of the items are repurposed and are actually really old. Like the three little square photographs? I cut those out of a 2011 desk calendar years ago and they've actually been on the wall in that spot since we moved in - I thought they worked so I kept them! The bookcases were a part of the IKEA hack desk Jeff gave me for Christmas back when we first moved in together. And the baby animal photographs are actually from the baby shower I threw for my sister-in-law last summer! Repurposing what I already had helped keep the budget down and added a little more variety into the space - win win win!

Do you love the baby stock image in the frame?? 😂😂Hopefully at some point we'll switch that out! My cousin made this cute little basket for me, it's perfect for holding our baby girl's growing collection of headbands!

Just a note on these baskets - they're all actually slightly different sizes! Since I ordered eight I was able to match the heights for each shelf, but if you're just ordering two or three you might have a problem if you want them next to each other. 

I really would have preferred a bigger dresser. Even though it looks like this wall has a lot of space, we measured and it just wouldn't have worked. I'm considering getting a staircase bookshelf to fill some of the space to the left of the dresser and add something with a little more visual height, but I decided to stall on that. Partially because I couldn't find one that I really loved that got good reviews, and partially because I'm going to see how we use the space and see if we still want to add another piece after a few months. 

Furniture: Crib / Dresser / Couch / Rug

Wall Decor: Rattan Mirror / Bunny Painting / Baby Animal Prints 

Crib Accessories: Crib Sheet / Crib Skirt / Blush Blanket / Pom Pom Blanket / Lamb Mobile / Lamb stuffed animal / Crib Mattress

Couch Accessories: Pillows (pictured / the real pillows on backorder) / Pouf / Elephant lovey

Changing Table Accessories: Cover / Wipes Box / Hamper / Garbage can 

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Nursery Design

One of the first things I started thinking about when we found out that we're having a girl (after I finished going down the Instagram ad rabbit hole of cute baby girl clothing!) was what we would do for the nursery. We live in a three bedroom condo, with a master and two smaller bedrooms on the lower level, one of which is Jeff's office and one of which is my office/craft room/the guest room. Even though on paper it sounds like Jeff would be the one to lose his space, basically as soon as we moved in we decided that my room would be the one that would be converted when we had kids. Mostly because Jeff is actually in his office working every day, and I use my space mainly for laying sweaters flat to dry and work from the living room couch instead ;)

We actually are going to try keeping the nursery as the guest space also. We very rarely host overnight guests since both of our families live nearby (I'm talking four people ever) and have a pullout couch which is going to stay in the room. I also already have a neutral rug (very similar to what's pictured below) that was incredibly cheap that we'll keep in there until it gets gross.

Call me crazy, but we aren't getting a glider or rocker. I know, I know. I guess we'll really see once the room is finally pulled together, but we just don't have the space in the baby's room for another piece. The couch (with a comfy ottoman/poof) will have to function in place of one in the baby's room, and we have a chair that rocks in our living room. What I've heard from other moms is that since the baby won't be sleeping in the nursery at first anyway, it's not as important to have a rocker/glider in the baby's room as long as we have one somewhere else. Worse comes to worse, if we realize OMG THIS ISN'T WORKING once the baby gets here, we'll order one then - I like that this one converts into a regular chair!

The crib and dresser you see below are what we already ordered, and some very nice delivery men came and assembled them last week! I was going to wait to order them, but they were both on an amazing sale so I thought I'd just snag them while I could. We also ordered the crib conversion kit.

So here you have it, all of the blush and neutrals!

pink flower painting / crib / lamb mobile / pink floral bedding / abstract painting / blush blanket / pullout couch / blush pillow / rug / knit ottoman / dresser / basket / changing pad cover / play gym (or more likely, a much less expensive option!)

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