Roswelle's Nursery

The nursery was made possible by a lot of different people who loved Roswelle before she was even here.  I had the vision but I had little to do with execution.  Paul and his Dad, Ross, put up the grasscloth wallpaper and chair rail.  Jenny found the restoration hardware crib for me on craigslist. My mom gifted us the rocker.  My super talented girlfriend Sue painted the verses for me  - check out her website below in the details listing.  Paul sanded the dresser and fixed the broken drawers, my mom painted it.  Paul hung everything currently on the walls.  It was equal parts work and love that made this room a peaceful little palace for Roswelle. 

The bedroom will be shared by her younger to-be sibling down the road so I tried to keep the bones of the room neutral.  Pink is the accent color in the room but it goes a long way.  I've included all of the resources and details on almost everything in the room at the end of the post. 

And once again, thank you Mikhail for theses amazing pictures - see his blog here:

http://mikhailglabets.com/blog/

  I am so happy she will have these to look at and see all of the thought and care that went into her nursery.  

Rowelle update: she is still as happy as a clam.  She likes tummy time, looking at our faces and she loves b&w books! She will be 6wks old tomorrow <3

Roswelle sleeps in the moses basket every night.  We took the lining out for safety.  It has been the best since we can easily bring it into the bedroom, living room, kitchen, wherever we are at the time.  And the rocking stand is great; I definitely recommend for a bassinet.  

I love the verse above, and it definitely helps when I am trying to get her to sleep at 2am.  

Details with product links:

Wall Color: Benjamin Moore Acadia White

Grasscloth Wallpaper: American Blinds 

NT33708

Dresser: owned and repainted Benjamin Moore Harbor Grey, pearl finish

Crib: Restoration Hardware- found on craigslist

Rocker:

Pottery Barn Wingback Convertible Rocker

, Natural Flax Belgian Linen

Paintings: by So Sue Me -  

https:\\sue-sardinia.squarespace.com

Bedding:

Serena & Lily Tess Crib Collection

Gold Book Shelf: Ikea

VITTSJO

Wall Shelves: Ikea 

Stenstorp

Area Rug:

Overstock nuLOOM Sisal Rug

Curtains:

Overstock Herringbone Curtains

Ottoman: Owned & covered with a gifted sheepskin

Round Mirror: Ikea

Stockholm Mirror

Lamps: Homegoods

abc pillow:

Etsy: pilosale shop

Pink Sash: personal item from wedding dress

Lace Drape over crib: Personal Wedding Veil

Moses Basket:

Restoration Hardware Trellis Moses Basket

(on sale!)

Dresser Re-do

I mentioned in my last post that my Mom would be staying for an entire week to help me with the nursery/house.  We did other things as well including going to spin classes together, dinner at Sweet Green (my fav), she was able to meet my midwife, and also attend the bible study that Paul and I go to every week.  I'm always telling her what I'm up to ...but it was nice for her to actually get to experience some of it with me.

She also got a lot done around the house...including painting the dresser that will serve as the changing table.  Paul bought it 10 years ago from Jordan's Furniture (a local furniture store) when he moved into the townhouse...and it is actually a great piece of furniture so I am glad we were able to repurpose it. 

I had a lot of cream and white going on in the room, so I decided to paint it a soft gray. It goes well with the crib skirt and kind of cools off the room a little bit.

{before - and if you remember I also repainted that mirror seen here}

{during - Paul spent countless hours making sure it was well-prepped}

{We used Benjamin Moore Harbor Gray in a Pearl finish}

{$1.37 brass-like knobs from home depot}

{my mom also washed all the baby clothes, blankets, sheets, etc}

{a repurposed gift box from Target}

One of the last things to go up in the nursery is the mirror above the dresser.  My mom found one from Pottery Barn outlet in Dawsonville, GA which looks very similar to the one pictured below (from insideavenue.com).  It was too big to bring up with her on her flight so it is being shipped.

Other updates:

Paint: Paul has become a painting PRO! he has literally repainted 85% of our house on his own.  And it looks SO GOOD.  I have to go back and paint the baseboards a fresh coat of white but that is easy enough for me.  I'll post some before and after pictures.  He seriously amazed me with how much he got painted this past week - and my mom was a witness!

Entryway tile: We ordered the tile and it is set to arrive next Thursday which hopefully means it will be going down next weekend.

Light Fixtures: They have ALL been replaced!  I'll do a recap/before&after post on all of them.  I'm so glad to have that behind us! 

We have little things here and there left to do but we are pretty much ready for her arrival!  The work was hard and definitely created tense moments in our house but it was all worth it and we are so proud of what we were able to finish since January. 

Progress Report: Nursery!

First off - it's really hard for me to blog about the nursery today since it's not DONE.  There are so many things that I want to say..."a painting is going here" "this isn't staying like this" "the needs to be hung" etc... but I'm gonna go ahead and show the progress we made in just 1 month! I started ordering/researching items at the beginning of January, we had the room painted 2 wkds ago and the wallpaper was hung this past weekend!

There are so many people that helped with the nursery...Jenny found the crib on craigslist (she is such a deal finder! amazing), my mom gifted the rocker, and my father-in-law Ross spent 12 hours on Saturday hanging wallpaper and trim for his little granddaughter! Paul and I couldn't have made this room come together without everyone's help - many many thanks!

**alsooooo.  I know, I know, I KNOW some elements of this nursery are not realistic when she is a toddler.  I get it.  Just let me live in my dream-like, ignorant, kid-less state for now.  :) 

The grasscloth wallpaper was an inexpensive project (albeit labor intesive) that made a huge impact on the room. I found the wallpaper on americanblinds.com (exact product link), ordered samples, and then made the decision.  We bought the trim at home depot and cut to size.  In total it was a $150 project that was worth every penny.  The ceilings/walls are so tall that the furniture was almost floating in a big space of cream paint before the grounding border went up.

{before}

{after}

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{after}

Some other nursery details....

Two PBkids chandeliers my mom found at the outlets years ago for my wedding reception...seen below: 

The ceilings are too tall and room is too large for these small chandeliers but I knew I wanted use them....at first I deconstructed an Ikea standing lamp and hung from there...so I could just plug into the wall. Then Paul actually had the grand idea of just removing the cord from the lamp and hanging from a hook in the little nook we created...genius! and so obvious? couldn't believe I didn't think of it!

Paul and I have become 'electricians' in the past month...I use that term loosely...BUT we have hung countless light fixtures...and I have 'spliced' (is that the right term?) or connected outlet cords to a chandelier fixtures.  There was a little scare - I was sitting on the couch attaching the cords, plugged it in, turned it on, and POW an explosion right in my lap...I was fine but scared and the pillows might have a few burn marks on them.  I learned my lesson tho! back awayyyy when testing your electrical work.  Once you connect a chandelier to an outlet cord, the possibilities of where it can go are endless! And don't worry, we used plastic connectors, electrical tape and then covered in white duct tape - it's safe. 

{where they hang now}

Another cheap, cheap project is spray painting this Ikea shelf gold.  $40 shelf unit + $3can of spray paint. done. 

Since our baby is going to be a girl (at least that is what we are expecting), I am able to use my wedding veil and pink sash in the nursery.  

The wedding veil is being hung over the crib and the sash is draped along the curtain rod.  So happy to be able to reuse these precious pieces! 

and....to show you there is still a lot left to do...here is the other corner of the room.  The dresser is down in the garage getting prepped for paint.  Mirror is on it's way and paintings are in the works...

I'll be updating again soon - the plan is to have everything done by Sunday March 2nd!

also - I will list out where everything is from in the end, but most things are from wayfair, overstock, ikea, homegoods and craigslist.