Jack's Nursery

  It took a while, but I finally shot a few pics of Jack's nursery. Kevin and I were so excited to incorporate some of the things WE love… which we will no doubt force upon Jack… poor kid...

Kevin's grandfather's flag   -   Fun, felt finger puppets we found on etsy (there are 18 of them total)

Kevin can't wait until Jack is old enough to see Star Wars for the first time...

...and I can't wait to start reading Harry Potter with Jack. Kevin says when he's 10….
...we'll see if I can wait that long...

Ikea kitchen cart turned nursery caddy  -  Custom Baby Book from Uncommon Goods -
Robot Night Light made by Kevin's mom

Finch approved our rug choice back in November when we first rolled it out :)
We miss him everyday, but we know that right here, next to Jack's crib, would be his favorite spot.

Nursery Progress: Layout

  So much to do and never enough time! We have JUST reached the 3rd Trimester mark - yikes! A milestone that seemed REALLY far off not that long ago...
  We're trying to get the nursery started and mostly done before we get all that Minnesota snow and all we feel like doing it holing up in cozy pants and vegging out until baby arrives...

  The Nursery: Here's what we have to work with...

Yes. We have a bookcase - Expedit from IKEA. Yes, it needs to get cleaned off + prob relocated to another wall...

Kevin's been patching the drywall around the vents. (shorty after we moved in, we had a company come out to clean all the duct work in the house - they weren't gentle when removing the heat/color air return vents...)

    Nursery To Do List:
  - pick out paint color(s) - check! you'll have to wait and see...
  - paint walls
  - new light fixture?
  - order crib + mattress
  - put together new chair + dresser
  - drop off fabric & chair cover at Sara's mom's house, so she can made us a lovely cushion cover
  - pick out fabric for roman shade window treatment
  - swap out old, almond color outlets/light switch for new, white - check!
  - create some cute new artwork?
  - hang shelves + artwork
  - empty all the junk out of closet...
  - order cute rug - check!

Wish us luck!!

Nursery Inspiration: Color

  If you ask Kevin, our blueberry swirl cheesecake that revealed we're having a little boy, means our baby nursery should be "Space Theme." When I asked him "Why space theme?" he responds "How else will we get all of the Star Wars stuff to fit in?"       ......ummm.....

  I've been peeking around at nursery inspiration online - I started a secret Pinterest board back in June! - and yes, now that we know gender, it changes things a little bit. I'm not much of a 'theme room' gal, and despite gender, I've been imagining something more gender-neutral from the get go. In case you didn't know, I'm not much of a pink girl myself, so pink walls for a little girl wasn't really on the possibilities list. Just saying.

  We have some existing furniture that we want to incorporate into baby's room and our goal is to ensure the space is cozy, warm, modern (not in a stark, cold way) and eclectic. We have collected some items and decor over time, that would be really fun to incorporate into the room, and none of them really fit into a theme or overarching color family, so... eclectic it is!

For starters = Color Inspiration

I've really been responding to greens, oranges, aqua/turqs and gray color combinations....

1. Chevron Rug: Urban Outfitters  -  2. Little Nest Box, Etsy  -  3. Cord Roy Fox, Jelly Cat  -  4. Sugar House Ink, Etsy

5. Herringbone Rug: Urban Outfitters  -  6. Land of Nod  -  7. blablakids.com  -  8. how do it

9. Green Stripe Rug: Land of Nod  -  10. Cord Roy Croc, Jelly Cat  -  11. Ombre Dresser by Cape27  -  12. Wipe-Off Word Bubble Frames by Chez Larsson

13. Aqua Chevron Rug: Urban Outfitters  -  14. Paper Airplane Printed Pillow by Alyssa Nassner (we purchased this one of kind pillow from Alyssa!)  -  15. Illustration from "Jimmy's Tree" by Me! Elisa!  -  16. Gosh and Golly, Etsy

  I am liking the idea of doing an accent color wall: my fav idea so far = dark gray.

left. tumblr page no longer active...  -   middle. Follow Pics  -  right. Wall decals by Simple Shapes, Etsy

  I like how the dark gray walls really allow everything else to pop - feels light and airy even though its so dark! Hmmm....should prob get some little paint swatch samples before diving in...

More to come!