Nursery Tour

Welcome to the tour of the nursery! For some reason the color of the room in almost all the photos is washed out (I had to use the flash on the camera, it was early and the room was still a little dark. . .I think that's why) Anyway, the first photo is pretty close, so let's pretend that's the color in the rest of the photos.

The whole room is basically themed around the quilt for the bedroom set that we hung on the wall. I liked it because it was wasn't too "over the top" with cartoon animals, but still had a cute baby feel to it.

Here is what you see when you first open the door

We opted for a dresser instead of a changing table. The crib is also convertible; that way this will hopefully be his bedroom set when he grows up. The floating shelves above the dresser we got at Kohls (love that store!), and we put various knick knacks up there that we thought were cute.

We got a glider with a really high back so Jared can sit and lean his head back. . .for when he does those late night feedings. . .right Jar? :-)

You can't see it in this picture because it's pulled up, but we got new room darkening shades. We also put the valence above the window that matches the crib bedding. Originally we bought the night stand for later use when we convert the crib to a double bed (I didn't think it would fit in the room with the glider in the corner). After they brought all the furniture in the room I realized that it would probably fit under the window, so now we can use it as a side table for the glider.

We got the lamp at Ikea. It's not my favorite store, but every once in a while you can find really cheap cute stuff. This was one of those times. The lamp only cost 20 dollars!

The book case was another last minute decision we got at Ikea, and I'm SO glad we got it. It's the perfect fit for that corner of the room and now we have room to put story books out. Don't worry, Jared anchored it to the wall so it won't fall and crush him.

Here is his crib and the art project I did.

A close up of the "ABC" art.

Now I know you aren't supposed to put anything in the crib, but the stuffed elephant and blankets are living there until he is born. I love the bumper, but again, I'm not sure if we are going to keep it in there. It's not "pillow like" which is what the books warn against for SIDS and suffocation dangers, but as a nervous first time mom I will probably chicken out and end up taking it out. . .we'll see.

The crocheted blanket was made by my bestie, and the quilt was hand made by my next door neighbor. He is one lucky baby to have such thoughtful hand made gifts.

And finally I also painted some letters and we spelled his name out over his closet. I'm not going to reveal his name on the blog until after he is born :-) I modeled the colors and patterns on the letters from the letters on his quilt.

Here is a close up of Darth Vader on the floating shelves. It's a bank from Jared's childhood, and it's what sparked our first conversation when we first met nine years ago. Darth Vader has a special place in both our hearts (ok that sentence just sounded really funny to me, hehehe), it's only appropriate that he watches over our son. I really hope this kid is a Star Wars fan, he really doesn't have a choice.

When I was little my parents collected music boxes for me. This Noah's ark one was from my first Christmas, I thought it looked cute in the room.

And there you have it! It's a relief to finally have it all done. Now we just have to interview a pediatrician and pack my hospital bag and I THINK we will officially be ready for his arrival. . . 9 months sure went by fast!