:: Nursery - sneak peek

I love Anson's nursery.

The colors. The simplicity.

There are many times when I catch myself staring at the world map,

imagining my family roaming far off places.

Maybe one day, but for now, I'm content with watching my baby sleep. Or cry.

Whichever he's wanting to do at that moment.

Life is grand.

crib/world map/jute rug

:: Inspiration Board - baby boy nursery

The little man will be arriving in 2 short months.
So excited, so nervous, and feeling so unprepared.

We decided to make the guest room into his nursery.
And I'm so excited to decorate it.
Not sure where our guests will sleep now, but we'll figure it out.

Who knows if it will end up looking like this,
but this is what I've come up with so far.

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thank you

Thank you to everyone who wrote those sweet comments about the nursery post and for the four blogs that featured it. It all made me so excited. I've been beaming!!! I'm so pleased with how it all turned out. I love to decorate my new home and can't wait to do the other rooms!


On another happy note, we've already made a few changes to the nursery. Since my baby's not such a baby anymore, we decided to convert the crib into a toddler bed. I thought it'd be a nightmare, but it's been exactly the opposite. A dream! Ava loves sleeping in her "big girl bed" and has done surprisingly well. Now onto potty training . . . .

Nursery Room Reveal

We finally have our daughter's nursery almost finished (just waiting to put in baseboards and putting up a chandelier). Although, she just turned 2 so we'll soon be transitioning to a toddler room soon. We painted the walls a light pink and then had brown and cream accents throughout the room.

Here's the before:

And the after:

This was before my thrift store obsession. If I had to do it over again, I'd find a cute little crib and refinish it and I'd sew my daughters bed set.

I did: cross stitch the piece on the top shelf, was given the vintage Madame Alexander Doll (I know you're jealous), bought cheap fabric bins and tied ribbons around them (that I use to put her clothes, shoes, misc. items in), bought her curtains on clearance, found the bed set on ebay, made the bow holder out of an old frame, bought her book shelf from a thrift store, bought the rug on sale, made her hanging name on the wall, put in the hardwood flooring ourselves, and bought the frames on sale.

I love walking in this room, but most of all love seeing my beautiful, little girl in it.

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