The Mommy Pages Part VII Nursery Inspiration

I think one of the most inspiring sites when I was pregnant and dreaming about Little Bean's room was Project Nursery. We didn't know where we would be living until I was almost 7 months pregnant but I started dreaming up what type of room I wanted my Little Bean to sleep in. They have a site full of inspiration and a daily blog. I still read the blog for design inspiration.

And here is my woodland nursery. We kept it simple and used varies vinyl stickies from Pottery Barn, Wallies and Graphic Spaces.

The Return

So it was just a matter of time but I am back in the studio creating lots of new designs and bringing back some classic favorites so stop by the shop to see what is happening. New styles are being added every day just in time for the holidays. For my local friends you can also find my cuffs in Asbury Park at Organic Style, B-Unique Clothing, and Holdfast.


JennyMarmalade Designs just completed this whimsical alphabet poster. It is a great addition to any nursery or child's room and can be customized to match your color palette. Also available are individual letter posters contact me for more information.

Kitten Time

It has been a busy, busy week. Last week we had dinner with old friends and family we haven't seen in awhile. We also found a great ice cream parlor on the Asbury Park boardwalk that sells soy ice cream, it is called Confetti's and is in the 1st ave pavilion. They sell all different types of ice cream it was just a bonus that they happened to have soy as well for us vegans!




Our cousins were kind enough to lend us their cradle for Sprout. I didn't get a picture yet but Domemick and his dad put it together over the weekend. While they worked on that Joy and I cleaned, scrubbed and organized the nursery. It is a clean and simple set up.


Even more exciting than the nursery being in order is the newest 4 legged addition to our household. She doesn't have a name yet and is only about 5 weeks old. Her mom and brother is still in our yard and I am trying to bring them inside as well. She adapted really quickly to indoor life even though I know she misses her mom very much. Within an hour of being inside she was eating out of my hand. She is so sweet and well behaved that the vet could not believe she was feral. Her brother is a little more tricky than she is and now we can't catch a glimpse of him for more than a second. Her mother keeps coming to our door for meals and they communicate through the window. It really breaks my heart but the kitten seems very content inside and she is 100% healthy - not even a flea.

This week brings more work on the nursery we still have shelves to paint. But hopefully it will bring some much needed relaxation for us.

nesting

So here I am making things nice around the home for baby, DJM and myself. Those who know me know I spend a lot of time making sure my home is clean and nice but now we can actually do stuff when it needs to get done because it is our home :).

I have been putting a lot of energy into our Sprout's nursery. I put together this mural. My problem with it is the squirrel on his little hill. I think the hill looks out of place but my other option would have been for him to be floating. It wasn't all planned out exactly... Anyway I can't figure out if I should just paint in the hill back to the wall color or leave him on his little hill. So your suggestions are really welcome at this point since my mind seems to puttered out on this one.

Here is the mural on the other side of the room.


Other accomplishments in the nursery this week...
My in-laws- Grandma and Grandpa came over to assemble the crib! It is lovely and beautiful.

They also helped to install a rod in the closet which didn't really have one before, and did some other projects around the house that needed to get done. It is so nice when people come to help and so appreciated!

We have been converting the crawl space into actual usable storage space. It is a bit harder than we first thought. I am not sure if it is hard so much as the guy at lowes and I were not communicating so the wood we bought needs to be cut more and my circular saw still scares me a bit. I am taking pictures as we go along and we hope to have it completed tomorrow.

Baby Steps

The nursery is coming together slowly but surely. Unfortunately and to add a bit more stress on my already way overwhelmed self we discovered there is a leak in the skylight. My dad who is handy and knows a thing or two about roofs, since he was a roofer for many years, said it was probably just the flashing and it could be repaired easily. But then there is me and all this rain so I am a bit stressed out by it and the waiting and the drip-drip-dripping during these summer storms.


I have been working on a little mural for our Nico, yes it looks like we may have a name.... Nicolette Regina (pronounced nicoletta) and we will call her Nico. Of course nothing is set in stone right now but I am really liking the name so far... other names on our short list
Celeste
Audrey
Sasha
Colette
Sienna
Celena
Briana

I still love these but they look like they are out due to extreme popularity or disagreements between DJM and myself
Sofia
Isabella
Olivia
Zoe
Mackenzie
Roxana

I never realized how difficult picking out a name could be.

Back to the nursery, we put in the floors a few weeks ago

This is the before shot


Here is the after shot


I also put together a cover for the radiator.


And finally here is the mural that I began using a combination of vinyl wall stickers. It is a work in progress. The tree came from Nico's Nanna, she found it at the Pottery Barn on clearance but the bunny and hedgehog came from the wonderful Graphic Spaces on Etsy. I really think we need the squirrel from her shop too! They are great quality and she had very fast shipping. Gina ordered them on Thursday and I had them by Saturday. I still have lots more to add and I think I need to paint some grass in as well.

I am thinking in addition we will paint the one small storage area door with this colored chalkboard paint that I found today from Hudson Paint. And I have a whole set of flower wall decals that I may put up on the other side of the room by the window.

We have one other somewhat big project to do in there and that is to finish off the storage area so we can put toys and stuff in there and have it be safe but that has to happen after we fix the sky light. So I go back to waiting and hoping the rain stays away today.

The nursery

So here we are with 49 days to go and a nursery that is well just a room full of boxes for the time being. I will have to start working on it, if only I hadn't broken my toe last Friday. August is open and I don't plan on going anywhere so hopefully we will get things in order.

At least we don't have any painting to do but there is a ton of assembling and a storage closet that needs to be finished off so it is safe for our little Sprout to put her toys into.

We saw this set at Bodega Shoppe on the Asbury Park boardwalk and I think we need it! The theme will be woodsy, since we are such tree huggers in this house, and this set would be absolutely perfect for tea parties and such. Plus it is outdoor/indoor.


Well time to quit dreaming and start assembling!