I decided as soon as I started looking at nursery decor that I wanted one of those big tree wall decals, so that was my first purchase. I also wanted white furniture, partly because I like it, and partly because then we could buy anything and paint it to match! My good friend Lisa offered me her old crib, which happened to be white, so we had a starting point.
But I guess I'm getting ahead of myself...
We had been planning to redo the floors in our three downstairs bedrooms for a while, but hadn't gotten around to it. They were all shag carpet, and although we had it professionally cleaned, it was questionable how clean that carpet could actually get. I like hard floors where if they are dirty, you can tell it, but at least you know they are really clean. They look better in this picture than they did in real life:
It was quite a project, but we ripped up the carpet in our bedroom, the guest bedroom and the office (that would become the nursery) and replaced it with hardwood, which I LOVE! My only complaint is the pitter-patter of little dog toenails ALL NIGHT LONG! (We still need to put a transition piece between the hallway and the bedrooms, but that will come)
We're also doing work in the Jack and Jill bathroom, but that's a post for another day (when that project is finished!)
Once the floors were installed, we decided on a paint color, painted the room, decided we (ok, I) didn't like the color, picked another one and painted again. I'm really happy with the color now, though, so I'm glad that we took the time to redo it.
Justin and I worked together to hang the pink and white cherry blossom tree decal, which was cumbersome to hang but not difficult. We bought "Penelope" bedding from Pottery Barn outlet, since the pink birds go so well with the tree. Here is a picture of that side of the room -
The blue tape is the (approximate) location of bookshelves that Justin is making, so that will be in a later post!
The next project was a dresser that we will use as a changing table. I wanted something more functional than a plain changing table, with drawers, and something big enough to fill up the wall. We found a used dresser for $50 that was in very good shape. It just needed a couple pieces of molding replaced and a coat (or 3) of white paint!
Mom and Dad were in town this past weekend and helped with this project and others, which we REALLY enjoyed and appreciated. Mom and I made it our mission to pick out curtains and we bought and returned quite a few sets on Saturday and Sunday but eventually settled on these soft pink, pleated ones. Dad also helped us to hang the chandelier properly. This is the light fixture that was in the room when we bought the house, but we replaced it because it's really not right for an office. Luckily, Justin stuck it in the attic so we hung it back up!
We still want to hang artwork about the changing table and I'd love to find a cute rug, but at least the big stuff is done!
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