Super long Nursery Project post!
Here is probably the final nursery update (since its FINISHED) before we put a baby in it! Best piece of furniture EVER! lol. I was very excited to get the decor up. I posted a bit about the decor I was planning on making Here in the first nursery post. I think everything I wanted to get done (besides that damn rocking chair) is done. the rocker isn't going to happen, I can tell ya that much. I don't live in lala land. It actually "matches" the carpet. I'm not one for "matching" things to the carpet. Especially in our apartment. If I had my way I'd rip all the carpet out and put laminate flooring down (lets face it I wouldn't pay extra for real hard wood in a rental) but I'm pretty sure that would lose us the security deposit. =P
Mobile:
My AMAZING mother in law was able to make the cutest little cut outs for Ollies room and for the mobile I talked about in my last nursery post.
I totally "stole" the idea from an etsy store. This one with the help of my MIL I was able to make the mobile for under $5
Wall Art:
Again I was able to do some really awesome DIY and use some of the great tractors my MIL made while I was at it.
You'll remember I posted about the sign I was making. Well here it is above the changing station! I love it. I think it turned out super cute with the tractors.
The blue sign got repurposed from Carson's old Nursery. I put it by the door, because its such a lovely saying.
The Gear:
After Carson had grown out of his bouncer and swing we got rid of it. At the time we were living in a tiny 2 bedroom (500SQFT) house and didn't have space and the "what if" of having more kids. So we needed a lot of "gear" not the big stuff, I was smart enough not to get rid of a basically unused Crib, and matching changing station.
I personally think the Crib/Changing station look nice like this. Ollies room is the smallest room because it will eventually be turned into a play room for the boys and they will get bunk beds.
I love having the changing station all set up. In the baskets under the changing table are onsies, and sleepers all NB size. and socks and hats and a place for binkies in the little drawers.
In the hanging Basket beside the changing table are NB diapers, wipes, hats I haven't put away and bottles. (My mom snagged this at a moving sale for like $5 WAY back in August. I was going to put it in the bathroom but its the perfect size for diapers and wipes and other baby necessities. I'm going to take the hats and bottles out of the top and use that to store my extra pumping parts and pump.
I'm kind of at a weird point with the Bouncer and the Swing right now. I have them set up, I've let Carson test them out, and now they are put away till Ollie is here. I got the vibrating chair for like $15 at BRU with a coupon and it was already on sale! SCORE especially since you never know if a baby will like it.
I snagged this swing on 70% off at Target recently for like $30 not bad if you ask me. Again I didn't want to spend a ton of stuff Ollie might not really like. It also folds really flat so we'll be taking it with us places like my parents so Ollie has a safe place to hang out
Nice little Touches:
Loving the Sleep Sheep
One of my really awesome friends gave these to Ollie for Christmas! I love them they have little planes on them!
The Mobile
The monitor. We have this one from amazon, it was cheap and in color and has night vision. We used it in Carson's room when we moved him from Crib to Toddler Bed. If I feel so inclined I might buy a second camera to keep in Carsons room. But we haven't used it in his room in forever.
I am pretty proud of all the work we put in, in such a short amount of time. The pack and play is sitting in the doorway still waiting to go up in our room. I'm not really sure if we'll put Ollie in the PnP for the first few weeks or if I'll just treck it to his room every feeding. I'll still put it up for naps while I'm showering, or when ever. I like options.
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