Twenty Five Weeks (and a nursery preview)

This week, Luigi, you are the size of an eggplant! Eggplants are purple (and sometimes white). Have I mentioned yet that purple is my favorite color? Probably a few times. I am bound and determined to find a way to work it into your nursery. I spent a few nights this week sketching up some ideas. Three of your walls will be a pale aqua blue. But the fourth will have a pattern of horizontal stripes pulled from all the colors in your bedding...with the addition of purple. I'm going to sneak some purple into some art work as well. I'm thinking of creating a series of graphic animal faces to frame and hang next to your crib. Daddy really wants you to have some faces to interact with.

This weekend we attended your Great Uncle R's wedding to his long time girlfriend C. Your second wedding already! It was a lovely afternoon, although I was exhausted from not sleeping at all the night before. I think by the time you finally arrive and are keeping me up at night, I will be a pro at sleep deprivation!

We also spent a lot of time out on our deck. We eat dinner out there now every night that we can, even if we cook it inside. Daddy got the stairs finished, and it's so awesome to be able to be able to go down into the yard again. The final finishing touch up top will be a gate at the top of the stairs that Daddy plans to create from left over railing parts. This will give you a great outdoor space to spend time next spring! We're going to have so much fun out there!

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OK, so Miss C is totally on to something with only taking pictures every other week. I do manage to take one every week, just not always on the same day of the week, but I spend a fair amount of time post processing, and just can't seem to fit that part in weekly. But, I do want to finish what I started, so I'll keep updating these weekly posts later when I finally have the photos. 

So, to tide you over, I thought I would share my nursery wall explorations. I'd love to hear what you think so far...(click on the photos to see them a bit bigger). 

First, a mood board of sorts showing the feature wall. The other three walls will be the light aqua color, which is pulled from the bedding. The bedding is Blue the Morning  Zoo from the Land of Nod. The crib is the Hudson from Babyletto, and the curtains are blackout curtains that match the green in the bedding, from many sources online. The rocking chair is an antique Victorian chair I got from my grandparents house. We plan to paint it white and reupholster it, which should be interesting, since we're essentially rebuilding it from scratch. It was literally filled with hay and horsehair! There are two windows in the room. One opposite the feature wall, and one to the left of it. The crib will nestle in between the windows. The last wall, to the right of the door is mostly just the white closet doors. 

OK, so you got it?

The tall chest of drawers is my old piece. It's a sturdy natural maple chest that I've had since I was a teen. We just got a new dresser for our bedroom that finally coordinates with the rest of our furniture. So yes, I have no problem painting natural wood. My first thought was to paint it to match the stripes on the wall, and almost camouflage it in. 

But, then I wasn't sure if it stood out enough. So, I looked at painting each individual drawer it's own color, and something that would intentionally be different than the wall stripe behind it. I think this makes it pop a bit more. 

Lastly, I love the idea of some large scale animal silhouettes that Luigi can relate too, so maybe one would work on the drawers? Especially since we're just not going to end up with a heck of a lot of bare walls at his height. At first I thought I would paint it on. But then I reminded myself about the decals, which will make it much easier to get rid of when we're mature enough to move on from zoo animals. 

The room has hardwood floors, so we want to put down some type of area rug. I am absolutely in love with carpet tiles. They have been awesome with our cats when there is a mess. We just pick it up, spray it off in the sink, let it dry, put it back. This seems like it would be a great feature in a kids room too. Not to mention that they are so easy to move around, change up the pattern, or take with you when you leave. It's pretty much a definite that we will use them here. It's just a matter of if I pick something from FLOR, or from a commercial line and try to use my reps to get me free samples! I'm thinking of creating stripes on the floor with the carpet, that will run parallel to the ones on the wall, almost making it look like the wall stripes folded down onto the floor and across the room. What do you think? Too many stripes? I tend to use a lot of patterns, and mix and match. I always think it might be too much, but it hasn't yet...Maybe a checker board of just two colors, or a solid field with a contrasting boarder?

So friends, let me know what you think. Which dresser do you like best? Thoughts on carpet patterns? Ideas where I can find a fun and colorful graphic zoo animal mobile?

Hope you all have a fantastic fourth!