Sunday, April 28, 2013

G2 Nursery Reveal

It's the moment you've all I've been waiting for...

The nursery is complete with the exception of G2 sleeping soundly in the crib. Nope, she still doesn't have a name. Why is this so hard? We still have a theoretical 6 weeks to decide. Still, it's really bothering me.

If you can remember, this is what the room looked like before it became a nursery.


Now...


 
It's a bright cheery yellow with coral and teal accents. I have to confess that my inspiration for the room came from the fabric we used on the valance.


If you can't tell, it's a frog pattern. Of course, Chloe and her sister have to have a frog of some sort in each of their rooms. Mark used to think I was odd for incorporating frogs in Chloe's room. He's learned to appreciate (some of my) peculiarities.

My mom did so much to help with this nursery. She knows how to do everything and has really good ideas when it comes to DIY. She helped me create the valance, sewed the bed skirt and painted the nursery.

The bed skirt is ingenious. It was designed so that as the crib is lowered with each stage of development (laying, sitting, standing) a ruffle from the bottom can be removed and the skirt won't drag on the ground. This was huge for me since I cannot stand it when skirts touch the ground (long story).




 
These bad boys are just fabric wrapped canvas. Well, the middle one is actually paint. I'll be putting the baby's first initial on the middle one if she ever gets named. I wanted to incorporate more of the fabric into the room. Since we won't be using bumpers this time, I felt like the room looked a little stale without added pattern that comes from the bumpers.


This was fun (see above)! I really wanted to reuse all the furniture we used when Chloe was a baby. But, the crib wasn't safe so we purchased a white one. (We buy pretty inexpensive cribs.) I then decided I needed the dresser to match, so I painted the one Chloe used white. If the drawers would have been white, it would have been too much. That was when my mom suggested painting the drawers a color. I decided on two different tones of pink...both of which are in the chevron fabric from the bed skirt. I just loved how this piece turned out. I'm so glad I took the time to do this project.

I really love the way this nursery turned out. I do not think the pictures do it justice. No matter.

Here's to six more weeks. I'm praying for five. :)

8 comments:

  1. Kim, I like what you and Diane made for the G2s nursery. The colors are outstanding and the bed skirt adds even more to the room. The hours and days will fly by in a blink of an eye. Give Chloe a big hug from Grandma Light.

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  2. Love the room! I think the dresser is my favorite, that is so pretty! Great idea on the skirt for the crib, Kylie's drove me nuts because it just pooled on the floor once we lowered her crib. I thought about cutting it, but then I would have had to hem it and just didn't think I would ever get it done! As for the frogs, I LOVE frogs! Our upstairs bathroom is frog themed, though it is getting a makeover soon... When I taught, my classroom always had frogs everywhere.

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    1. Thank you. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has an issue with long bed skirts. ha. That's too funny that you like frogs, too. There is just something about them and there are always so many cute fabrics with frogs.

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  3. It looks great! I love the fabrics you chose! I know how you feel about the name. Alyssa didn't get named until about an hour before she was born.

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    1. Thanks! I'm pretty sure it's going to be down to the wire, like y'all, with naming this one. I'm hoping we can at least narrow it down to two or three before D-day though. ha.

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  4. LOVE IT!!! You did a great job. Come on G2...Shorty and Pop are waiting! Of course she can't come before May 14th.

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    1. I agree. Anything before (let's say May 16th) is too early. After that, we should be golden.

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  5. Love your nursery! Chloe is a great name, so I'm sure you'll come up with something good for #2 :) We had to come up with four girls names, and by #3 it was tough!

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Thanks for reading!