Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Nursery: A Labor of Love

Today has been a busy day of painting and finishing in the baby's room.  Once we found out that we're having a boy we began dreaming up the ideal nursery for our little guy.  I had been looking online for some ideas and this room got us both excited.  This cute nursery became our inspiration and we got to work.

First, we started looking for the perfect light blue paint color.  I think we brought home over 100 paint chips from the hardware store to compare to the beautiful dark blue in our sun room.  Watching us narrow down the contenders was like an extended episode of the bachelor.  Finally the rose went to a beautiful blue number called: "Ice Festival". 

With painting underway we started selecting furniture for the nursery.  We found an excellent crib and comfy chair (thanks to my dad & mom-in-law) to round out the space.  

After all of our work, I have to say it's looking really great and I couldn't be more thrilled with the results:
View of nursery from entrance

I can't wait to add all of the finishing touches, but it's already something beautiful for our baby boy.


Love the dresser--hurray for Ikea.
I love the colorful artwork made by Aunt Jilly.
Again, gotta love Ikea!