The Nursery!

It took forever but it's finally done - and I love it.  LOVE it!!!  I truly love everything about it and can't wait for my baby boy to enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed decorating it for him.  : )

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Project 163 out of 500 complete.

I'd been eyeing these adroable Ribbon Pinboards that match Mia's bedding at Pottery Barn Kids for a long time but couldn't justify spending the money...even on sale.  I knew I could find them cheaper on Etsy but then thought to myself, "why can't I make these?"  I consider myself pretty crafty and it's not like I've got anything else going on right now.  (note heavy sarcasm)  The project is fairly easy if you've got the right tools...i.e. a staple gun.  I got all the supplies at JoAnn Fabrics and used a 40% off coupon so overall I made these at a 1/3 of the cost.  I made two of them and am really happy with how they turned out!

    

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And she's in!

I wasn't sure how this weekend was going to go with transitioning Mia into the new room/bed but I'm happy to report that it went wonderfully!  She was ecstatic to see her new bed all made up when she got home from school on Friday afternoon.  So much so that she had to jump in immediately...

She did wake up in a panic not knowing where she was once during the night on Friday and Saturday.  But heck, I wake up freaking out in the middle of the night when we're staying in a hotel or away from home...so I can't blame her.  However, she did awesome on Sunday night and even slept through the worst thunder storm that I can remember!

So proud to be sleeping in her new big girl bed for the 1st time...

Rick and I are stoked that we can now read books & cuddle in bed with her...and so is she!

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Progress!

This is what we've done in Mia's new room so far...























The walls have been painted, the bed assembled and the mattress came in today.  Woo hoo!  The next thing on the 'To Do' list is to put up some shelves and the adorable daisy wall decals.  Fun, fun, fun!

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Our Nursery Theme

I finally found bedding and a theme for the nursery! I was getting so discouraged by the baby boy bedding selection until I found these 'Shooting Star' bumpers and absolutely fell in love with them.

Here is the photo that I plan on getting my inspiration from...

Of course, I still need to get Mia's room done first before I start on the nursery. I've made a lot of progress cleaning out the closet in that room and the zillion drawers in that armoire. The queen bed has been put on Craig's List and then we'll start painting once that is sold. I've already picked out a really pretty yellow color for her room...so it's coming together little by little.  Pictures to follow as soon as some more progress has been made.

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Mia's Big Girl Room

I am really psyched to start working on Mia’s Big Girl Room. We’ll be using her current room as the new nursery and she’ll be moving into the (much larger) guest bedroom. We’re thinking about moving her over around May but will have to start redecorating now since we have lots to do. We have to paint, sell the queen size bed, clean out the closet and all the “stuff” that we’ve accumulated over the years in the zillion drawers we have in this armoire...

I doubt you counted but there are a total of 18 drawers on that bad boy. And there’s stuff/junk/crap in every single one of them. Talk about a not-so-fun project.

Moving on to fun projects…we’ve already ordered her new twin bed and bought her new bedding at Pottery Barn Kids – both on special sale I might add. ; ) Check them out!

I absolutely love the Daisy Garden bedding and can’t wait to decorate and accessorize with this theme. I’ll be sure to post the progress of her new room...and the nursery of course...but that’s a whole other project that we’ll get started on once Mia’s big girl room is done.  : )

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