the nursery

We have a second bedroom that we knew we were going to make the nursery.  We also decided later on that the baby would probably sleep with us in our room in a bassinet for the first month or so.  The second bedroom has definitely come a long way. It basically became a storage room for all my craft things, all our snowboard gear and various other random things.  There was a lot of purging which is always a lot of work, but pretty rewarding. 

We debated keeping the full sized bed since space was tight if we added a crib.  In the end we kept the bed in case visitors come over.  I can also sit on it to nurse.  Gliders are expensive.  The bed will do just fine.  We ended up doing a lot more re-purposing than we had intended. There was a desk/table in a nook that we make into the changing area.  We moved the drawers our of our closet and into this bedroom for baby clothing storage.  We had to get either get closet organization or more drawers for our own closet and ended up going the cheaper route with some ikea drawers. 

The main issue with the room now is that it is way too hot.  We added some blackout shades but it is still too hot. We considered a ceiling fan but not sure that it will cool it enough. Another big thing we did was change out the carpets in both rooms. It was a mess for a while since we had all the bedroom furniture in the dining room for a while.  The new carpet is nice though and definitely makes the room feel new. Stephen painted a wall a grayish purple color.  I accidentally bought eggshell so Stephen had issues with the sheen and getting an even coat.

Before

After