It came to my attention that I neglected to mention the paint colors used in our nursery. They are both Behr (available at Home Depot). The green is "Grass Cloth" and the blue is "Clear Water."
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Showing posts with label Nursery. Show all posts
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Nursery Paint Colors
I'm so sorry!
It came to my attention that I neglected to mention the paint colors used in our nursery. They are both Behr (available at Home Depot). The green is "Grass Cloth" and the blue is "Clear Water."
Hope that helps anyone who is wondering!
It came to my attention that I neglected to mention the paint colors used in our nursery. They are both Behr (available at Home Depot). The green is "Grass Cloth" and the blue is "Clear Water."
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Nursery Sites That Inspire
Ooh, exciting! - there are now a couple pictures of our girl's nursery on the Baby Room Bio site, in the "Girl Rooms / Not so pink" category. Check it out!
When we first found out we were expecting a baby we immediately started speculating how we would decorate the nursery.
We knew what room it would be (the smallest of our three bedrooms), but we also knew that if we have another baby in the next couple years (we hope to), we'd like to move the "children's" room to our larger, current official guest room. The two kids would then share that room and the small - er, intimate - room would become our guest room.
So, although we wanted to decorate the nursery in some great and creative way, we also appreciated the idea that we'd eventually be able to move the nursery aspect to another room. Therefore we opted not to do any fancy or baby-oriented wall painting or semi-permanent decorations.
While searching for inspiration for all aspects of the nursery, I discovered the Baby Room Bio site, which features all kinds of nursery pictures with great ideas. I also love how there are specific categories like "Closets," "Vintage," "Glam Girl" and so many more. It was an amazingly helpful site!
Some other great sites for nursery inspiration are:
Ohdeedoh
Spearmint Baby
Project Nursery
Have fun getting inspired or just being impressed by all the great ideas!
When we first found out we were expecting a baby we immediately started speculating how we would decorate the nursery.
We knew what room it would be (the smallest of our three bedrooms), but we also knew that if we have another baby in the next couple years (we hope to), we'd like to move the "children's" room to our larger, current official guest room. The two kids would then share that room and the small - er, intimate - room would become our guest room.
So, although we wanted to decorate the nursery in some great and creative way, we also appreciated the idea that we'd eventually be able to move the nursery aspect to another room. Therefore we opted not to do any fancy or baby-oriented wall painting or semi-permanent decorations.
While searching for inspiration for all aspects of the nursery, I discovered the Baby Room Bio site, which features all kinds of nursery pictures with great ideas. I also love how there are specific categories like "Closets," "Vintage," "Glam Girl" and so many more. It was an amazingly helpful site!
Some other great sites for nursery inspiration are:
Ohdeedoh
Spearmint Baby
Project Nursery
Have fun getting inspired or just being impressed by all the great ideas!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Finished Nursery!!
Our nursery is done (for the most part)!
Finally!
And only 28 days till D-day. (B-day?)
We started the nursery when we didn't know if we were having a girl or boy (it's a girl if you're just tuning in).
Our goal was to have a nursery that was colorful and a great place for a child's imagination to grow. That's it, and I think we did a pretty good job!
The two things we still need are some kind of letters or sign that says our baby's name, which will go over her crib (on the blue wall), and the mobile that we are planning on getting (one of those "stim mobiles" like the one seen here).
These two pictures are of many. To see all the detailed pictures, complete with descriptions, click here.
Finally!
And only 28 days till D-day. (B-day?)
We started the nursery when we didn't know if we were having a girl or boy (it's a girl if you're just tuning in).
Our goal was to have a nursery that was colorful and a great place for a child's imagination to grow. That's it, and I think we did a pretty good job!
The two things we still need are some kind of letters or sign that says our baby's name, which will go over her crib (on the blue wall), and the mobile that we are planning on getting (one of those "stim mobiles" like the one seen here).
These two pictures are of many. To see all the detailed pictures, complete with descriptions, click here.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Displaying the Name
My days are now occupied with just about three things: work, researching and registering, and enjoying the kicks and movement of a very active baby.
As I go through these days I'm both physically and mentally acquiring ideas and decorations for the nursery. One that is on my mind quite a bit is how to display our daughter's name.
The obvious choice is to hang those wooden letters on the wall, each probably hanging by a nice ribbon tied in a bow on top. But I just feel like that's done so often... I'd love to do something else.
Perhaps I should paint her name on a sign to hang... But I wonder if it would look a little too messy/homemade. Hmm.
I'm curious what other people have done. Anything a little unique, or different in some way? Please share!
As I go through these days I'm both physically and mentally acquiring ideas and decorations for the nursery. One that is on my mind quite a bit is how to display our daughter's name.
The obvious choice is to hang those wooden letters on the wall, each probably hanging by a nice ribbon tied in a bow on top. But I just feel like that's done so often... I'd love to do something else.
Perhaps I should paint her name on a sign to hang... But I wonder if it would look a little too messy/homemade. Hmm.
I'm curious what other people have done. Anything a little unique, or different in some way? Please share!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
2010 Already?
I can't believe that it's already three days into the New Year. Amazing.Got a feeling 2010 is gonna be a good year.
(Bonus points if you catch my reference here!)
I have been feeling our little one more and more - the swirling and twirling is getting much stronger now.
On New Year's Eve I had an ultrasound to finish up some measurements that weren't caught last time due to the baby's position, and we got to see our little girl yawn (twice!), suck her thumb, curl into a ball AND kick me - which I felt! That was the first time I'd felt her kick and it was very exciting. Since then I've not felt her "officially" kick, but instead have felt a hybrid twirl/kick, so I know we're getting there.
In the last days of 2009 we managed to get ourselves over to Ikea and pick up our Hemnes dresser which will double as a changing table in the nursery. We also got a couple fun accessories for the room, like a rug, some baskets and and more. We also did some painting, and put the crib together. I'll post pictures once the nursery is done, which won't be for quite a while since we're not rushing anything right now.
Now that we're getting well and good into 2010, I am just now finding myself considering the coming year, and have begun developing a List of Goals for this year. Not resolutions, but a To Do list, really, for the year. Random things I want to make sure happen.
For example, I want to make sure we make Sun Tea.
I'm considering breaking the list down by season. We'll see.
What are your goals/resolutions/challenges for the year? Is the first to become a follower of this blog? It's easy, do it now and feel accomplished for the day!
Happy New Year!
Monday, December 21, 2009
The Nursery!
Since I finally figured out how to do an inspiration board (or whatever they're called, these boards that all the interior design websites do nowadays), here's one I've put together for our daughter's nursery!
I'll first mention that we're not going with a theme per se, except to have a room where an imagination can grow. It's a room for a kid, so I think the most appropriate things to have are color, fantasy and fun.
Some things to consider: the picture of the crib is the only one online I can find, and it's lovely with the bedding but obviously that's not the bedding we'll be using. Instead our bedding is from Target, and pictured there to the right of the crib. We're registering for individual sheets and blankets, so it's kind of a mish-mash.
I also was unable to picture some Etsy pictures and wall decals that I've had my eye on, so I'll include some links to those below.
Finally, I want to mention that three walls of the nursery are Behr's Grass Cloth (Green), and the one large wall is Behr's Clear Water (Blue).
Star Wall Decals 1 & Star Wall Decals 2
Tree Picture
I'll first mention that we're not going with a theme per se, except to have a room where an imagination can grow. It's a room for a kid, so I think the most appropriate things to have are color, fantasy and fun.
Some things to consider: the picture of the crib is the only one online I can find, and it's lovely with the bedding but obviously that's not the bedding we'll be using. Instead our bedding is from Target, and pictured there to the right of the crib. We're registering for individual sheets and blankets, so it's kind of a mish-mash.
I also was unable to picture some Etsy pictures and wall decals that I've had my eye on, so I'll include some links to those below.
Finally, I want to mention that three walls of the nursery are Behr's Grass Cloth (Green), and the one large wall is Behr's Clear Water (Blue).
Star Wall Decals 1 & Star Wall Decals 2
Tree Picture
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Crib Madness!
If you remember from an earlier post, there was a time, a while back, when I was a bit obsessed about what crib we would buy.
Finally my mother sent me an email with a link to a crib that she saw when visiting Albee Baby in NYC, up the block from her apartment.
She said it was nice and came in different finishes, and seemed tall enough for me, etc etc. I looked up the stats on Consumer Reports and it was ranked super high for safety and all that. Although I hadn't seen it in person, my mom had, and that was good enough for me. So I ordered that sucker!
This is good that I've moved past the crib madness, because yesterday there was a giant recall affecting something like 2 million Stork Craft cribs, and today there's a big piece in the Chicago Tribune about the dangers of drop-side cribs (remember I mentioned that?).
And here's the crazy part - we got the crib four days later! I heard that it could take up to 15 weeks, especially because the finish we wanted was all special order. But, no...four days! So now it's sitting in the garage, waiting for us to paint the nursery and then put it together.
Here's a link to the Albee Baby site that lists price and all the details. And here's picture of the crib in the finish
we went with (Chestnut).
Finally my mother sent me an email with a link to a crib that she saw when visiting Albee Baby in NYC, up the block from her apartment.
She said it was nice and came in different finishes, and seemed tall enough for me, etc etc. I looked up the stats on Consumer Reports and it was ranked super high for safety and all that. Although I hadn't seen it in person, my mom had, and that was good enough for me. So I ordered that sucker!
This is good that I've moved past the crib madness, because yesterday there was a giant recall affecting something like 2 million Stork Craft cribs, and today there's a big piece in the Chicago Tribune about the dangers of drop-side cribs (remember I mentioned that?).
And here's the crazy part - we got the crib four days later! I heard that it could take up to 15 weeks, especially because the finish we wanted was all special order. But, no...four days! So now it's sitting in the garage, waiting for us to paint the nursery and then put it together.
Here's a link to the Albee Baby site that lists price and all the details. And here's picture of the crib in the finish
we went with (Chestnut).
Monday, November 2, 2009
Baby Furniture in Western Massachusetts
So, I'm in a bit of an obsessive rut right now, which is focusing on what has become a nearly dreaded word in my house...
the crib.
See, our nursery isn't huge, so I'm looking for a crib that isn't either. I'd like to avoid a huge, hulking crib that takes up the whole room. That's why I think we'll go with white, too, because it's not as heavy looking as some dark wood (though of course my husband prefers Cherry, which is pretty, but...)
And then there's the other issues:
- Should it be convertible? (And if so, how convertible? To a toddler bed? To a full size bed for adults? Oy.)
- Should it have a drop side? (After talking with a good friend who had a baby 6 months ago and who did a ton of preparatory research, the answer is no... drop sides have been more related to incidents of SIDS and apparently Toys 'R Us has even stopped selling drop side cribs. That makes that decision pretty easy.)
There's a lot going on here. And least of all - other than Babies 'R Us in Holyoke, I don't know where else to look for baby furniture.
I'm on the hunt. I'll let you know what I find!
the crib.
See, our nursery isn't huge, so I'm looking for a crib that isn't either. I'd like to avoid a huge, hulking crib that takes up the whole room. That's why I think we'll go with white, too, because it's not as heavy looking as some dark wood (though of course my husband prefers Cherry, which is pretty, but...)
And then there's the other issues:
- Should it be convertible? (And if so, how convertible? To a toddler bed? To a full size bed for adults? Oy.)
- Should it have a drop side? (After talking with a good friend who had a baby 6 months ago and who did a ton of preparatory research, the answer is no... drop sides have been more related to incidents of SIDS and apparently Toys 'R Us has even stopped selling drop side cribs. That makes that decision pretty easy.)
There's a lot going on here. And least of all - other than Babies 'R Us in Holyoke, I don't know where else to look for baby furniture.
I'm on the hunt. I'll let you know what I find!
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