We put the finishing touches on our nursery this weekend, and I must say I absolutely love it! It has been so fun putting together a room for our first child. I love decorating/ redesigning spaces and this has been one part of pregnancy that I have looked forward to since the first trimester.
Our upstairs has three bedrooms and we decided to turn our second guest room into a nursery since it is located next to our room. We also wanted to keep our other guest room as-is. This may be weird but we go through phases where we sleep in that room for months at a time. Being the social worker I am, I wanted to promote good sleep hygiene by keeping a TV out of our bedroom. This was a good idea in theory, however there’s a TV in our guest room and when I’m feeling lazy/ sick I sleep in there so I can watch TV in bed. We moved into the guest room last month– first because I felt like the mattress was more comfortable with my big baby bump, then because I got obsessed with re-watching Grey’s Anatomy. Oh well, I’m supposed to be relaxing now, so I’ll worry about improving my sleep hygiene at a later date.
But, alas, back to the nursery!
We painted the room a sunny yellow about two years ago. Some of you may remember this room was originally the “tree room” when we bought the house. Ugh, that took about 5-6 coats of paint to cover. Daniel is a saint.
We settled on the theme of Woodland/ Forest animals since we’re outdoorsy people and it seemed to work well for a little boy or girl. We settled on a color scheme of yellow, grey, and white with accents of navy blue. Daniel thinks it’s a bit girly, but I disagree!
We are reusing August’s crib from Ikea and bought a matching Hemnes dresser. I love the Hemnes line from Ikea– I like the modern lines and amount of things this one holds! I was able to get 0-6 months clothing, sheets, diapers, receiving blankets, burp clothes, and more inside! Bonus, it’s a comfortable height to double as a changing table.
We purchased this Basset chair used from Nextdoor and found an end table to match. This chair is SO comfy, Daniel and I both like using it as a reading spot. I’m looking forward to spending a lot of time nursing, reading, and snuggling our little baby here. We also have been lucky to receive lots of board books for baby, so placed a reading bin beside the chair until we add a little bookshelf.
We already had a twin bed in this room and decided to keep it, since it fit. We also figured one of us may end up sleeping in the nursery depending on our late-night feeding situation.
Now for some of the cutesy details. I love Etsy for finding unique things and supporting independent artists. I fell in love with this print series by Sofia’s Nursery art found here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/575074605/nursery-woodland-print-set-3-neutral?ref=shop_home_active_11&crt=1. I just think the animals’ faces are adorable!
We settled on this print series from Wanderlust Street to incorporate a psalm I like and add a little more of a masculine vibe (just because we’ve guessed the baby may be a boy). It can be found here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/826539019/bible-verse-nursery-wall-art-bible-verse?ref=user_profile.
I originally found an owl-themed mobile but it was sold out by the time I was ready to purchase. Instead, I settled on a Woodland themed mobile from Red Head N Blue’s shop. Still cute, and I liked being able to pick the colors for the wool balls.
I started a birth announcement for the room, which of course will be finished once we know the details, like the the baby’s SEX! As you can see I have placed my hopes for a nice small-to-average baby coming conveniently on our due date. Of course baby’s arrive when they arrive and I suppose there’s no use worrying about the birth weight– I can’t do anything about that now!
Thanks for reading about the nursery, and I hope you like what we picked out!
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