I put the finishing touches on the nursery this week, I was so happy to see it all come together. From the beginning, I knew I wanted to incorporate blues and grays and use geometric patterns. Around Christmastime, we ordered most of the furniture, the bedding, and Allen painted the room. For the most part, the nursery has been close to complete for several months now. I may add other things in the future, I have plans for a shadow box with his hospital things and coming home outfit, but for now it's just the way I imagined. Let's take a peek inside our little Jud's nursery... (I'm going to let the photos do most of the talking, details at the end of the post.) This room has a huge … [Read more...]
a space to create
When we moved into this house, I handed the basement over to Allen. We had an unfinished basement in our previous home and he turned it into a man cave. Which turned out to be more like a Saturday football watching party cave. He also has tons and tons of tools, like a ridiculous amount of things that I couldn't name or tell you their purpose. I never complain, those tools always manage to get my projects completed. He set up a workshop in the unfinished part of the basement and used it since we moved into this house. But, there's a finished room and bathroom in the basement, too. It stored boxes of things that I didn't find a place for when we moved in, craft stuff, home decor, … [Read more...]
Nursery Inspiration and Progress
Last week, we started the task of putting together a nursery for a our newest addition. When we purchased this house I quickly went to work decorating and making it into our home. I knew exactly which room would belong to Braylen, the bonus room was spacious and perfect for a playroom, the third bedroom became a guest bedroom, but the fourth remained empty. For nearly a year and a half it has remained unclaimed. I knew that it would one day become a nursery and it makes my heart skip a beat to walk by and see the freshly painted walls as the nursery comes to life. I chose bedding from Carousel Designs and it arrived on Christmas Eve. I had the blue from the bedding matched for the wall … [Read more...]