Most people ask me "is the nursery done yet?" and while it might seem like an innocent question, the answer is a definite no. While it's totally normal, it definitely stresses me out! Moms expecting their second baby might have pulled out a box of newborn clothes from storage or bought a few boxes of newborn diapers, but most of them would roll their eyes if you assumed they had the nursery done. No sweat, there are 9 weeks left.
I feel like I have to remind myself (and some pushy askers) that I have several upcoming baby showers, and while I don't ever expect anyone to buy us anything, I know that they will (and we are SO grateful!) However, there are several things I would like to do myself for Samson's room because I want his room to be lovingly collected by his mama and daddy. First, we ordered a fun, modern style crib. We didn't want to spend a fortune, so we ordered it from Walmart.com. I'm super pleased with the quality and it arrived quickly. The next thing we decided to do was paint the room mint green and we *gasp* painted over the chalkboard wall. I still cant believe we did it, but the whole room is so bright and airy now.
I posted last week that I found fabric that I wanted to use for a project in his room. I wanted his room to be colorful and fit for a little troublemaker, but I also wanted to stay away from themes and create a place he can grow in to. I planned for most of the bigger fixtures of the room: crib, dresser, glider, curtains, etc. to be a neutral shade and wanted to drop in some fun flavor where I could. Once I picked out a fun fabric to base most of the room off of, I had the designer flip the fabric for me so the pattern would repeat itself and fit into the streamlined crib skirt I had in mind.
I didn't follow any pattern or directions online, I just used all that good old fashioned know-how my momma gave me. I made an adjustable panel for the front, that will adjust easily as the crib lowers and two panels for the sides of the crib.
The ribbon ties I sewed on will just move back further towards to center of the crib to accommodate the shorter skirt length needed in the future. And just in case you were getting too impressed with all my skills, here is how I attached to non-moving side panels to the inside of the crib. 3M tape. Legit. For the record: I meant to get some adhesive velcro squares, but I forgot, and Samson won't be crawling around, tugging on things for a while, so it might stay like this.
Now that that's done, we've got a much better understanding of what the room will look like. We hope to fill it with things we love that Samson will enjoy looking at and exploring. We have a lot of work left to do but the biggest projects include: purchasing a glider, painting the dresser, creating some wooden ledges to hang on the walls to hold his books, tackling the closet organization (this kid's walk in closet is huge!) and finally getting around to hanging things on the walls. Smaller features I plan on focusing on next week include window treatments and the decoration above his crib. I'm leaning towards some gray and white curtains like these at Target... we'd add some blackout fabric to the back so our precious baby will sleep through nap time.
I'm still trying to talk myself out of these $18 a pop zinc letters from Anthropologie to spell his name out above his crib. I've looked into tons of other options and even investigated several DIY tutorials (none have impressed me). So far, I've been unsuccessful, so this might end up being the splurge for the room.
So while there is a lot to do, I think Aaron and I are a pretty efficient team... we might have a room ready for Samson before he's born. If not, he can always bunk with mom & dad until it's done ;)
