The New Nursery

The new nursery has been a work in progress now for months,
but I think we have finally completed all of the finishing touches!

We decided to leave the walls the original blue that they were when we moved into the house regardless of whether or not we were having a boy or a girl. For the first half of the pregnancy I really thought we were having a boy, and I had picked out a green, blue and white plaid fabric to be use in the nursery.

When we found out we were having another girl, I knew that I wanted to use the nursery rhyme toile fabric called "Over the Moon" that I had found at the fabric store when Lily Catherine was about 6 months old. However, the fabric has a white background and our crib is white, so I needed to find some coordinating fabrics to match. I set out to find just the right blue and pink striped fabric, but I couldn't find anything that worked. I spent countless hours driving from one fabric store to the next to find things that would coordinate with one another just the way I wanted. It took three stores to find gather all the fabric I used.

Then came the really long part... SEWING all of the room decor. I must say that this took A LOT longer than I expected it to take, and I will definitely think twice before ever embarking on something this ambitious again, but I am really happy with how it all turned out.

The Crib

The Bumper

The Window Seat

The Valance

The Pillows on the Bench

Close-up of the Bench that Randy built

The Diaper Stacker