nursery: accents to welcome a girl to our family.

Well, we officially have the nursery ready to welcome our baby girl any day now.
*We created a shared space for the boys: here.
(Seriously any day, my first two were both early so I never know when to expect a baby to join our family, it could be tomorrow it could be a couple weeks from now. Ah, it's enough to make anyone crazy, anticipating and waiting. I am so excited to meet her!)


Our nursery has been used for two boys so far.  I decided back when our first was born that I'd keep the room generally gender neutral so that no "big" pieces would need to be changed if we had a girl eventually.  (see our first nursery here)

Well, now we are having a girl (!) and I only made minimal changes/additions to make it feel a bit more feminine.

I focused on adding a few decorative pieces and keepsake items that brought a feminine emphasis to the room by either their color or style. The overall or base color scheme is primary/secondary colors so it gave tons of room to add basically whatever I wanted.

shelves: ikea

chair: ikea (strandmon wing)

dresser: ikea (kallax shelf unit)

knobs: home depot

pouf: target

pillow: h&m

quilt: made by michelle

piggy: ikea

original art: made by michelle

LDS SLC temple print: michelle's etsy shop

candle holder: target

hedgehog tealight candle holder: cb2

wooden stacker: marshalls

Carl Bloch Christ print: BYU MOA bookstore

crib/care bear: vintage

mirror: tj maxx

garland: made by michelle (tutorial)

Lee's Room...finally.

Well Lee is now officially over SIX months old and I'm finally posting pictures of his room.  Better late than never, right?

I really wanted all the big pieces in Lee's room, and most everything else for that matter, to be gender neutral so that it would work for any future children and it would grow with him better.  That decision and the fire-engine red crib really were my starting point for color choice.  

This painting is of the church right in the middle of the city square of one of the cities (Debrecen) I served in as a missionary in Hungary.

Detail of Debrecen painting. I did this when I was 6-7 months pregnant. It was hard to reach it. :)

(Kevin and I did all the artwork in Lee's room with the exception of the print of Jesus with children on the back left wall.)

(Kevin made this table and the footrest and I made the quilt.)

(As you can see, since I took some of the pictures, we added more clothes space to Lee's dresser.)

(one of my favorite things is the crib, it was Kevin's when we was a baby.)

This is Lee's "I just attacked this stuffed animal in my hand" face.

My first quilt. I made this pattern up but got the idea for how to piece the color stripes together from a quilting book I have.

The mobile here is actually from Lee's Pack N' Play, it fits perfectly on his crib too.

     As you can see, Lee got a little bored of taking all these pictures of his room. :)

Coming Soon...

Finally getting nursery pictures and DIY updates ready for posting.  Until then, enjoy the sneak peek!