how my brain works.

A peek at the nursery fabrics: 

(not the correct paint swatches... after sampling they looked too yellow)

Below was the original room inspiration picture *thanks to pinterest*:

 but it needed a little softer, more "nursery" look 

which will hopefully be created by using hanging art like this:

and the style of these nurseries:

while the two above have great vintage touches and clean lines there is not enough color...

So I'm trying to combine all the nursery pictures that I like and create my little boy's nursery into a peaceful and creative space that the whole family can enjoy :)  

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I found this picture on pinterest as well (you can find me {here}) and realized I liked it so much because it was similar coloring as to what I was looking for in the nursery.  Transfer this girl to a farm by a lake and I think it would be the perfect picture :)

Nursery Chair Revamp

I found this chair down the street waiting for trash pick up.  It had a twin, but the other one was pretty wobbly, so I picked this one up and put it in the back of my car for a little makeover:

After removing 4 screws from the seat base and cleaning that nasty chair cushion, I simply used leftover fabric from the nursery glider cushions (coming soon!) and staple-gunned the fabric tightly around the base.

After several coats of White Semi-gloss spray paint over the sturdy body of the chair, I screwed the new seat cushion back to the chair and had a Brand New Chair for FREE!!!

 (See those yellow walls :)  Patrick is currently painting over them!!  I'm so ready to have another room that isn't covered floor to ceiling in yellow.  The Nursery paint is called Light Raffia- a light cream/tan.  Boring? Maybe, but hopefully will create a calm, clean feel for our little boy's nursery.)

--after looking at these pictures, I think the back of the chair could use another coat... almost done!--

the animal print shop

Have you seen The Animal Print Shop by Sharon Montrose?!?!
Beautiful and simple photography with the cutest animals = dream nursery art!

Her limited edition prints are pretty pricey, but the 8x10 size isn't too bad... now if I could just decide on which animals I want!  The baby Zebu, Lamb and White Tiger are my favorites, but I also love the sheep profile, fox, and bear.  I'll have to decide eventually or else I'll be spending my money to fill the walls with beautiful photography and not furniture in the nursery.  Head over to the website and let me know which ones are your favorites? {here}

and {here} is a link to her blog

and so it begins...

My goal was to have the nursery cleared out and ready by the time we found out if baby g was a boy or girl.  The next step was to order the crib and start my search for fabrics and furniture :)  Yard sales have turned out to be quite successful and I'll have some posts soon showing diy projects.  The crib arrived last week (the day the girls left) and Patrick got to working on putting it together... unfortunately silly Target left out a few screws in the hardware set and one was too stripped to use, so while the majority of the crib is up, we are waiting on a replacement hardware set!  The nursery decorating has begun and we are getting so excited!

The furs love when we let them in the nursery and they kept a close eye on Patrick as he worked on the crib.

girls weekend

We had such a fun time with Lindsey and Chelsea when they came to visit!  And of course the time went by WAY too quick!  Thank you girls for an awesome weekend :)  Miss ya already!

 The furs moped around for days after the girls left... Reagan was especially sad :(

(and there's the baby bump- 23 weeks!)

feathers!

While the girls were in town we decided to get some Feathers!!!  I am always to nervous to change my hair style in any way, but a little feather can't hurt :)  and I can tuck it under my hair and all 3 feathers are completely hidden.  Lindsey and Chelsea's feathers are so cute!  We are so glad we did it:

Day at the Stockyards