Nursery Decor

Peter and I bought our condo last December and the small room next to the master bd was a perfect room for the nursery. The two bedrooms are downstairs, away from the living room and the guest room/office. Great set up when we have guests over so they are not woken up by baby cries at 3am. 

I spent a few weeks decorating the nursery. We haven't really used it yet aside from nursing him once in a while since Emmet sleeps with us in our room right now. But I like the way it's turned out so far. 

Here's a before photo of the nursery room. A blank slate!

We hired a painter since I wasn't allowed to paint while I was pregnant. Peter and the painter painted 2 rooms plus a bathroom in a day. All turned out pretty nice. I might upload photos of the other rooms they painted. I thought the paint came out darker than what I had intended but still looks pretty nice.

The nursery doesn't get much sunlight compared to the other rooms so it may look pretty dark in the photos.

And the after photos....

I reupholstered the brown polka dot glider in this photo. After looking around, I really didn't like the look of most affordable gliders and "designers" ones were ridiculously expensive. So I DIY-ed it. I bought a $75 glider from a Craigslist posting and took off all the covers really carefully with a seam ripper, then cut up some fabric using the old fabric as a template, and put it all together.

The dresser and matching nightstand are from a vintage furniture place in North Park. I wanted this room to have a hint of mid century modern. Our master bdrm and living room are more French shabby chic-ish and I wanted a little variety. The dresser will become a changing station once we use this room more frequently. 

I also made a matching garland with some left over fabric.  

The curtains are from IKEA but after I put it up, I realized how light and see through they were. So I purchased blackout fabric and lined the curtains. They look real bulky but they do the job. The blackout fabric was pretty expensive at $20/ yard! But I know it will be worth it when Emmet needs to take a nap during the day. 

Many of the items on this photo are from IKEA except for the bookshelf, balance ball, and the rocking horse. Kirsten, Peter's sister, bought us the cute Teddy and the blanky on top of the IKEA toy storage shelf. The rug is from Urban Outfitters. 

I'm thinking of putting up Emmet's newborn photo up on the wall with the frame without the print. The prints are from a store on Zulily. They actually were delivered all wrinkled from the post so I asked Zulily for a refund. They don't ask you to return the items since they are just like FAB and only have certain items in stock while it's on sale. So I decided to put it up anyway. The idea for this side of the room is to have very low furniture so it's on eye level with the baby. Apparently, it's good for their development if they are not totally dependent on you for everything. 

Here is an absolutely gorgeous crib that Peter's parents bought for us. I really love it. It's a Bloom Alma Crib and much skinnier/smaller than traditional cribs for urban spaces. It has rollers so I can roll it from our master bdrm to the nursery. At the moment, Emmet sleeps in this crib inside a bassinet in our bedroom. He loves it too. (I think...)

The only downside to this crib is that since the size is not standard, you have to get the sheets and mattress cover from Bloom which Peter's parents were nice enough to buy for us. I'm totally happy with this. The thing hanging on the crib is Cloud B Sheep Sleep sound maker. It's cute and works great. Emmet seems to like the noises it makes when he sleeps. 

Last but not least, the nursery closet! We already accumulated so many things for Emmet and I really wanted to organize everything the right way before he came. So I bought a few things for this including a nursery closet organizer kit and closet shelves at Walmart. 

I labeled everything so Peter can find them. 

The closet organizer kits from Walmart came with handy rings with labels for sorting the clothes by the sizes. 

So that's it. Emmet's nursery.

I hope once we really start to use it, he'll love it.