After lots of research on Baby Bargains (my go to guide for all things baby) we ended up choosing the Graco Lauren crib in expresso...mostly because Target had it on sale for $160 and it included the changing table. Can't beat $160 and the price made it easier to say bye bye to the sleigh crib. Plus Baby Bargains gave it an A rating.
Emma's name over the crib. Yay for Home Goods (minus the fact that none of the Home Goods near our house had all the letters and my MIL had to search in FL for the final M and mail it to us! The butterflies covering the hooks were Paul's idea and I think they look fantastic!
The changing table. Finally able to use my Longaberger baskets for something and they hold our cloth diapers nicely.
The changing table fits perfectly in this little window alcove.
My glider in the corner. The quilt hanging on the wall matches the crib bedding.
Daddy's gift to Emma (the rocking horse) and his gift to mommy (the Vera Bradley diaper bag)
A close up of the decals I used from Pottery Barn--aren't they so stinkin' cute!!!!
The dresser with an antique mirror from my dad.
A teddy bear made by Sherry for the Little M. (yes, I put a picture of both Paul and I on M's dresser)
A Christmas gift from Auntie Karin. It's a hand made glass ball.
The time out chair Daddy bought for the Little M.
So the one thing Paul didn't want was an all pink nursery...oops! I really had good intentions with the pink and green bedding and decals, but from there it sort of snowballed into this pink cotton candy dream. In case you can't tell the walls are painted a very light pink (but Paul actually agreed on that color--of course this was before he saw the final product). Oh well--hopefully the Little M likes it! (not that she'll be old enough to like or dislike it while we are in here)
And this afternoon I washed baby bottles which means it must be almost time for the Little M to get here! 2 weeks 2 days until my cerclage comes out. Can't believe this journey is almost over, but then the best part begins!
It looks beautiful! I love the letter plaques for her name. We were thinking of hanging our quilt on the wall. How did you do it?
ReplyDeleteA time out chair, she isn't even born yet and you are planning on her being naughty! But on second thought if she is anything like her parents she will probably spend a good bit of time there.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great, and I love the quilt on the wall. Patrick and I were just joking last night about all of the pink in Clare's room - I was adament it be a neutral nursery, and it was for Jackson, but once Clare moved it, it's become pink everywhere!
ReplyDeletePaul will want all things pink once he holds that little bundle and gets upset if anyone thinks she might be a boy if she's wearing anything besides pink:-)
ReplyDeleteTryna, we used a curtain rod and then tied a ribbon to the curtain rod and hung the center of the ribbon by a hook on the wall. The only issue we had initially was the ribbon kept bunching up the quilt up because it would slide towards the center when we hung the quilt so we super glued the ends of the ribbon to the rod. Another option would be to just use the hardware that came with the curtain rod and hang it up on the wall like a curtain, but we're moving in a couple years and didn't want to put such big holes in the wall.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I hope that made sense! I don't think I explained it very well. lol
It did! LOL. I realized after I asked the question that my quilt has a seam made for running a rod through and I had no idea. That definitely makes it easier!
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