Our baby boy is due any day now (!), and we finished up the nursery last weekend. This room was so much fun to put together. We tried to create a mix of old and new.
This is the view from the door. We went with a gray/white/chartreuse color scheme in here. I wanted to keep it more on the modern side, and less "precious". I also am not a fan of themed rooms, so we just kept it light, bright, and inviting.
This is the view from the closet. We found an awesome mid-century modern dresser on Craigslist to use as clothes storage and as a changing table. This room also doubles as my home office, so in the corner is my desk with filing cabinet. I'm not a huge fan of the cabinet or chair, but we're on a budget, so we'll keep it for now.
Above the desk are clear acrylic bookshelves to display all of his new books! This is probably my favorite part of the room...functional and decorative at the same time.
One day last year, Trip and I went for a walk in our neighborhood, and found an old chair on the side of the road (I made Trip inspect it for cleanliness!). We finally got it reupholstered, and it turned out great. Here is what the original chair looked like when we brought it home:
Big improvement, huh??
When we got the dresser, it came with a wooden frame that had a missing mirror that was supposed to attach to the back of the dresser. Trip spray painted the frame gray. Then we bought some cork, some cheap white fabric, a sheet of metal, and chalkboard paint, and created this cool magnetic pinboard/chalkboard.
We do not have a lot of storage in our apartment (no linen closet???), so we needed a place to store diapers, blankets, etc. We decided to buy new, and got this IKEA Besta storage unit with the glossy white doors. We kept the middle portion open for cool toy display.
Here's Zippo the Hippo, just waiting for his new best friend to arrive!
There is only one thing missing from the room....c'mon baby Jack, we can't wait to meet you!!
