Nursery Progress

Ever since getting our nursery furniture in place, I’ve been slacking on completing everything. I finally decided I had to get it mostly finished up before our virtual shower since we were planning to do a nursery tour.

I ordered some adorable prints on Amazon of woodland animals with flower crowns that I thought were perfectly feminine, yet not too ‘baby.’ I also got some inexpensive frames from IKEA as the perfect finishing touch.

We don’t have a ton of wall space in the nursery because of all the doors (entry, closet, bathroom), and the window. I ordered seven prints in total, and once in the frames, I realized I was going to have to get creative with placement because it was just way too much for one wall.

My mom had the brilliant idea of cutting papers into the size of the frames and taping them to the walls so I could see where they would all go and how it would look without having to put holes in the walls. This was a HUGE help. It instantly made me feel so much more confident that the walls weren’t going to look cluttered.

Not fancy or professional at all, but got the job done!

Once all of the papers were in place, it was time to hang! Having the papers on the wall also helped us to keep everything lined up as planned. Though I’ll admit we didn’t measure – just eyeballed it. I think it worked out just fine! No one will look too closely; right?!

Olive was in charge of guarding the pictures to make sure they didn’t run away before we could hang them. 😉 Isn’t she just going to be the best big sister?

I decided to do three prints above the crib, and used the other four to frame the window. I think this helped to spread the theme throughout the room.

After the prints were all hung, we moved onto the book shelf. This is also from IKEA and they are actually spice racks. I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it was too cute to pass up. Of course we will have more books than will fit here, so it’s not the most practical, but looks nice! I will probably add a small bookshelf/bin on the floor down the line.

My trusty helper is always in charge of the power drill. 😄 I can’t seem to be trusted with that.

I also ordered some curtains off Amazon because the blinds on the window are just blah and it needed a little something.

Lastly, we just had to add some shelving into the closet that we thought would be so easy to redo. Boy was I wrong… the closet ended up being such an odd size that I couldn’t find any shelves that would fit well. We did get one wire rack to go across the top, but were falling short in finding anything for the sides.

Again, my incredible mother remembered that she had some of the plastic storage bins in one of her closets, and what do you know? These fit perfectly! So we picked a few up at Walmart and popped them right into place.

I didn’t manage to take any progress pictures of us working on the closet because… well it wasn’t the smoothest of processes. 😂 I may have dropped the shelf on Mike’s head at one point when I was supposed to be holding it up. There were just a few technical difficulties and choice words. But hey – at the end of the day, the shelf is now up and looks great! So it’s just a funny story to think about.

A post will come soon with the full nursery reveal! 😄 I am loving how it is turning out and love just sitting in there, taking it all in and imagining spending the many late nights rocking our precious baby girl. 🥰

Laugh Often- Rachel