Nursery Tour - Penelope's room

I don't think I ever gave you all a tour of Penelopes room... which doesn't surprise me. Everything has been so hectic and busy the past couple months. I know at one time I mentioned making a post showing her room but never got around to it. My B... Well better late then never I suppose right!? :P

{one of my resolutions this year aside from losing the baby weight? Become more ORGANIZED!}
 

You might remember her room used to be the studio...

It's definitely changed a lot! Moving all of my stuff into the office {that we all share} really forced me to downsize and weed out a lot of my crafty stuff. Which was a good thing. I had a TON of it and probly about 80% of it I haven't used since ive bought it and more then likely won't plan on using it.

I am a crafting/art supplies hoarder, let them make a show about that!

This wall makes me smile. I remember making these fabric pieces right before she was born. We were all in the living room on a Saturday night. I was about 38, almost 39 weeks pregnant and Jayden helped me put these together. One of those small moments that you just never forget.

I intended to paint these little bird houses and hang them from her ceiling but deiced to hold off on the painting and instead wait until she is older and let her paint them with me. It will be a little special project her and I will do and she will add her own special touches to them.

 

Some of J's old books he had when he was a toddler ♥

Before, during and finally after.

I miss having my own space to create my art BUT having my little peanut and the moments I share sitting in the rocker with her and seeing her babble and 'chat' with herself while she is in her crib are just priceless and I wouldn't give it up for the world.

Project Nursery - Progress

I feel bad about the state of my Blog. I wake up everyday with the intentions of writing a post by the end of the day but when the end of the day actually comes, honestly im to pooped to sit down in front of the computer to write a post up.

I am hoping I will get my energy back once the little one is born {haha ya right}.

A couple of weekends ago my mother-in-law came for the weekend to help with anything we needed to get done with the baby room. It just so happened to be the same weekend we got our crib and dresser that I ordered online. So she headed on over and we went and picked out a color for the room while Josh stayed back and put together the furniture.

I knew I wanted something that was more of a cool tone but not to cool. I bought a few sample colors {I can't remember what they were} and they just didn't do anything for me. So then we headed back to the store and after looking through a variety of colors I came across this one. Valspar's 'Foggy Mirror'. I liked how it was cool but not to cool {but of course cool enough to be in baby girls room hehe} and I also liked how it was a bit creamy. Not sure if that's how you would describe paint color but I liked how creamy it was.

And now for the current state of the Nursery....

With 2.5-3 months left we have gotten a lot more done then I thought we would have gotten done at this point. The bookshelf was a score from my mother-in-law, the crib is by Carters, and the original dresser I had bought for the room, once it came I decided to axe the idea of having it in the Nursery and instead put it in Jayden's room. I took the vintage dresser I had re-done for his room a few years ago and put it in the Nursery instead. It just seemed more 'feminine' compared to the one I ordered {which I really like, just didn't seem to fit in with the Nursery}.

I also had a lot of help from future Big Brother :)

So here is the break-down as far as what has been done and what still needs to be done.

Nursery Progress Checklist
-Clear out 3rd bedroom
-Buy and assemble crib {Carters Child of Mine Woodhaven fixed side crib - $143.00 @ Wal-Mart}
-Buy crib mattress {Safety 1st Heavenly Dreams - $53.00 @ Target}
-Buy and assemble dresser {Room Essentials 6-Drawer Dresser - $155.00 @ Target... moved into J's room and using the $20.00 Goodwill dresser re-done from 3yrs ago}
-Buy rocker/glider {Vintage find - $39.00 @ Goodwill}
-Paint walls {Valspar Foggy Mirror in Semi Gloss - $35.00 @ Lowes}
-Hang photos and handmade paintings/art
-Hang Mirror
-Find fabric for crib skirt
-Sew crib skirt
-Find crib blanket
-Buy changing pad {Safety 1st contour changing pad - $20.00 @ Wal-Mart}
-Find floor lamp {Floor lamp c/o mother in law - Free!!}
-Find bookshelf {Target bookshelf c/o mother in law - Free!!}
-Find a good area rug
-Storage baskets {Target and TJMaxx - No more then $7.00 for one basket}
-Curtains

Do any of you mama's have any good ideas for some storage other then baskets? Under the bed crib storage perhaps? It's been over 5yrs since I have worked on anything remotely close to a Nursery so this is almost all new to me :)

Baby Bean is a ..........................

So you wanna know what baby bean is? :)

We had our very much anticipated gender u/s last week and I was so anxious I could hardly contain it. Josh and I headed out to our appt. that Monday morning as giddy as a 5yr old on Christmas morning. After getting checked in, we waited a bit... I played some stupid game on my phone to try and pass the minutes which seemed like hours, then we were called back to the u/s room.

I lay down on the chair-thingy and the u/s tech, after squeezing some warm jelly on my belly, started moving the wand over my belly and immediately we saw our little beany-bean.

Then after scanning around a few seconds the u/s tech said 'Sooo are you ready to find out what the baby is!?'.

YES!

Beany-bean is 100% Girl!

I almost cried. I always knew I wanted our second to be a girl, to have one of each. To actually hear the tech tell us and to see it confirmed on the u/s was just so overwhelming and really filled us up with joy and that much more excitement.

Now that we know we are having a girl, I couldn't wait to start.... shopping!

This weekend we went out to the outlets to get J some new clothes {the kid is seriously growing like a weed!} and of course we had to pick out a few outfits for baby girl.

We also stopped at Target and I was so happy to see the stroller I wanted, in the colors I wanted, was there and there was only ONE left, so we picked that up as well.

The room however needs some work. I just haven't had the urge to go through all my stuff and purge it into the office with the rest of the stuff I had already moved in there. Today was a rainy day and we did get our room cleaned out and also went through J's room, through all his old clothes and really just deep cleaned everything. Am I nesting? I'm not 100% sure just yet but I know it's coming, slowly but surely, the nesting will really kick into full force!

Project Nursery - If Baby M is a Girl

Ever since the day I found out I was pregnant I have been dreaming up ideas in my head about what the nursery will look like. I know we have some time to get it all done but this mama likes to be prepared {hello, I bought a crib when I was 7 weeks preggo with my son, talk about early start}!

With the arrival of a new brother or sister for J, many friends and family have been asking where the baby room will be. It's already a known fact that our house has 3 bedrooms {plus an additional office} but everyone knows the 3rd bedroom is home to my studio/craft room.

Well. Due to these recent and upcoming events, the studio will have to be moved/downsized. Everything that you see inside the room now will be moved to the office. I am pretty confident that with the right organizing techniques I will be able to fit everything in there nicely and still be able to utilize all my stuff.

The long white table has already been taken out. It now sits in the storage room out in the garage. It actually works good out there for all of Josh's tools and what not, so it wasn't completely a lost cause when deciding what to do with it.

Today I am showing you my nursery inspiration for Baby M if 'she' is in fact a girl {next week I will show you my inspiration is 'he' is a boy}.

All of these items are inspiration. Some of them are way to pricey for my liking, however I am hoping I can possibly snag something up 'similar' in taste and style for much cheaper.

1. Crib - Child Craft London Euro Style Stationary Crib $199.90 on Amazon {originally $239.99}. I really want a modern type crib for this baby. I like classic white and I also like grey. I like the simple lines and style of this particular crib and for the price, it ain't to bad compared to some of the more 'traditional' types of cribs you would find at the big box baby stores and Target.

2. Glider - Babyletto Nara Glider $749.00 at Babies R Us. YAAAA not paying almost 800 bucks for a chair however a glider is a must. We didn't have a glider with Jayden. We did have an old hand made rocking chair that was passed down and although it was nice, rocking a newborn at 3 in the morning on a stiff rocking chair isn't exactly all that ideal....A close friend of mine who is due within the next couple of weeks snagged a similar glider chair {and ottoman} off craigslist, practically brand new, for about $100.00 for their nursery. I have been scouring craigslist like nobodies business for something similar in color/style!

3. Crib Sheets & Pillows/Blankets - Pebble Grey Crib Sheets and Rabbit Patch Collection from Little Auggie $215.00 for the set. I love the little simple design of the Forrest animals and the colors on the sheets/blankets. I don't think I can shell out $215.00 for some sheets though. I do believe Etsy will have what I am looking for, and what better way to buy something hand made!

4. Rug - Herringbone Rug from Urban Outfitters. This rug I might be snagging up quicker then I thought. The baby room isn't exactly huge so a 5x7 will work perfectly. This 5x7 rug from Urban Outfitters is $89.00! Not to bad. Do any of you have this rug? How is it holding up?

5. Baby - Decor - Items - The owl is a little bank and is $12.00 @ Urban Outfitters. The cute little knitted animals are made by Harvesting Heart on Etsy and are listed as $35.00 and the wooden frame is also from Urban Outfitters and is priced at $20.00.

6. Table Lamp - Eden Table Lamp $129.00 @ Land of Nod. Craigslist, Target... pretty much anywhere I know I will be able to find a simple shaped lamp, even with new paint and possibly a new drum shade, will be much, much cheaper then $129.00. I didn't want the nursery to look like a bottle of pepto-bismol blew up all over the room, but at the same time I did want to have some pink. Just enough to be girly, but not to over the top.

7. Dresser - Steppe 6-drawer Dresser from Crate and Barrel. I'm not even going to list the price on this bad boy. I will let you click on the link and see for yourself. Geeez Louise! We have a couple of local Goodwills and Waterfront Rescue Missions around here that typically sell a lot of the 'vintage/retro' style furniture. I am pretty confident I will find something at one of them to work in with the nursery. That's where I got Jayden's dresser and for $20.00 too!

8. Curtains - Dawn Earth Embroidered Chevron Window Panels by Mudhut $39.99-$49.99 @ Target. I like chevron but not a whole bunch of chevron. I like these curtain panels because they have the chevron I like but it's not to over powering. I also like the colors too. I have never bought curtain panels for full price and have usually always made my own with queen/king size sheets and my sewing machine, but I might have to buy some actual curtains for once because I really like these!

9. Be Brave Artwork & Midwest Floral Bouquet Artwork - Be Brave is from Studio Mela on Etsy and is listed for $18.00 {8x10} and the Midwest Floral is from Little low Studio on Etsy and is listed for $16.00. Both super cute and love the colors!

So there are the beginning stages of creating a nursery for Baby M. Of course at this point, assuming Baby M is a girl. I really want to have a nursery with some color but at the same time that's also soothing and relaxing. I don't want anything 'loud' or super bright. At least night yet anyways :)