Feathering the nest

it all started with the paint color (knitting needles by Benjamin Moore) then we found these gorgeous fabrics at Printer's Alley in Raleigh

The nesting instinct has definitely been kicking in these last few weeks. I think I've washed every piece of laundry I can find but mostly we've been working on getting the baby's nursery ready. Here's some pictures but you have to see it in person (its my favorite room in the house now)!

We were very blessed to have Blaine's mom, Nancy, paint the room for us (he painted the closet) and I had a local girl make the bed skirt, bumper and drapes for the room. After lots of searching online I never found anything I loved and that fit the look I wanted so that's why we had it made.



Here are some before pictures of the room that once was for guests...

 Blaine installed a "custom" closet, carefully measured and thought out based on how high I could reach :)  We found a dresser at a local shop that would be great as a changing table, had the crib ordered from Wal-Mart, a comfy rocker and ottoman ordered from Green Pea Baby in Apex, NC and re-purposed some other thing we already had.  After putting it all together, we were really pleased with how it turned out!  Just a few personal touches here and there and it really is a pretty room (if I must say so myself)!

ta-da!

this precious "door muff" came from etsy, how clever!

mirror from Lowe's

Some things from my room when I was a little girl (Beatrix Potter tea set and my mom's Shirley Temple Storybook); I also have a letter to put here but since we're not sharing the name yet, I left it out :)

This chair is so comfy: it glides and swivels!

Above the chair we added a bouquet of paper flowers and lanterns that my sweet co-workers use at my shower at work!

A little closer up shot of the drapes and our solution for the monitor.  Some more things from my room as a girl too.

The crib skirt, and bumper were sewn locally and my sweet Aunt Betty Ann made this quilt for the baby that matches perfectly. I cried when I opened it at my shower, its such a special gift that we will always treasure.

We found these prints on etsy and framed them ourselves, very cute!

My sweet Aunt Sarah gave us this little rocking chair!

My mom found this cross stitched pillow that hangs from the closet door at home and brought it to me to use.

I had to include a view of this little princess's closet since she has SO many clothes, all equally cute!

And finally a repurposed bookcase with toys, books, a night light and a little something from one of our showers (the hand made ribbon topiary courtesy of my aunts).  The little sign paraphrases one of our favorite passages of scripture that was a gift: You are a child of God...You are wonderfully made, dearly loved, and precious in His sight. Before God made you, He knew you, there is no one else like you!



We're also using my old toy box in the nursery that's already filling up.  Blaine was such a tremendous help with everything and I love that's he's so handy, I wouldn't have been able to do it with out him!  Come visit us and play in our new nursery!