Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The Nursery and other baby goodies...

So, for those of you who know me well, you know that I love home decor. HomeSense is my Mecca, the definite Holy Grail for Jenn... so of course, the nursery has been a big deal for me. For some reason, I was thinking that our baby would be a girl (maybe because my family is pretty much all women), so I had visions of pink... but when we found out we were having a boy - I had to drastically change my perspective.

So, for the little man's nursery, we've decided to go with a muted Tiffany Blue and Chocolate Brown theme - more of a mod nursery, with polka dots, and some stripes - with lime green and cream accents -check out the inspiration pictures:

Our crib (Graco Lauren crib - generously purchased by my MIL and FIL - for grandbaby #11!!!)

Our dresser and hutch (currently not purchased - but we will buy it after Christmas - maybe we can wish for a sale...). Also, I plan to change out the knobs to either a pewter or glass - the wood knobs are just NMS

Our rocker (a generous gift from my Aunt Sandy & Uncle David - it is so comfy too!)






The bedding (a gift from two great girlfriends - Monique & Em - who are my home decor shopping companions)! - Note - the bedding is the Oxygen set from Babies R' Us



The wall colour... Ocean Kiss by Behr (my mom and dad painted Baby M's Room for us, as well as our two bathrooms and laundry room - thanks M &D!!!) - the colour is third from the top in the first left hand row


We also tried to coordinate our swing (a gift from my BFF Kate and her hubby Jeff - I can't wait to use it) and stroller (from my Nonna and Nonno) with the nursery decor - as matching is important....

The swing... - it is blue with brown/cream polka dots






The stroller system- again another blue/brown/green theme - the close-up of the pattern shows a better view....


Also, I hate plastic high chairs - so we came across this Eddie Bauer high chair (which my Nonna D. bought for us) that matches our dining room table (a dark cherry) - the thing that I love best is that the tray is dishwasher safe and the seat pad is machine washable - definitely no gross hidden crumbs and sticky things like those plastic chairs!


Our last piece of furniture that we recieved will be going in our Master Bedroom (as we are upstairs and the nursery is on the main level). This bassinet is so adorable, and my Uncle Pete and Aunt Jen so generously purchased it for us!





And... my favourite part - we ordered this tree from etsy - with cream, blue, and lime green dots - it is about 6 ft tall... it is from etsy seller decalfarm - I can't wait till it comes in!!!




Once the nursery is done, I'll post pictures of it - hopefully before Baby M gets here!