I only have 4 weeks until I am officially mama to not 3 but 4 kiddos {insert maniacal laugh here} and I am yet to finish the nursery for number 3. The catch is kiddo number 3 and current resident is a girl {Paige} and number 4 will be a boy so I need something very baby and not so gender oriented which is lucky because at the moment it's a blank slate. I also plan to leave Paige in the room for as long as possible, so no switching to a boy nursery just yet. When we were building I didn't know I was having a baby girl and planned on the nursery being a very beachy turquoise, grey, green theme. Which I am still loving. Now I am desperate to finish it off for both of them, I have lots of lovely girly things to add but it's probably too late now and I find my mind wondering over different boy finishes I should be getting ready to introduce. mmmmmm.
Here it is now
Still love this fabric from Heather Bailey that I made into a duvet cover. Never got round to the bumper though and grew to love it bare.
Still loving these colours for a boy or a girl.
This is the pillow that started it all.
So much to do! I definitely need some linen and I think I want a cool mirror plus some accessories and soft colour artwork to cover those walls. Speaking of those walls the colour is Taubmans Taupe Stone, which I had in my playroom and LOVED. So I went off to Bunnings and purchased some more using a Dulux one coat paint, yep you only have to roll one coat, bonus! Or so I thought, the colour turned out ..... darker and thicker, if that makes sense and I didn't love it {although I must improve my photography skills as it looks much warmer in real life than this picture shows}. I found out later that one coat paint is actually mixed with a different colour recipe, would've been handy to know that BEFORE I spent 2 days prepping and painting. Also as it turns out my 3M velcro picture hanging strips {which I use on everything} just DO NOT stick on this paint, so I also have to make holes in the walls if I want to hang anything, which of course I do. Just roll it twice people. I learned that lesson for you.
So lots to do, no time, big tummy ..... enter inspiration board.
And bit of soft turquoise furniture in a retro design would be so cool.
You may have noticed I have a lamp base and no shade! I picked up an ugly lamp for $10 at the tender centre {electrics were fine} and took to it with a can of flat white spray paint. Took 10 minutes. I sanded it back in places and now I love it. The shade that came with it was old, rusted and the wrong shape. I want a modern drum shade in a graphic print, so have to sort that out. {As a virgin blogger I have just noticed my serious lack of 'before' or even 'during' photos of any of my projects. Will have to sort that out too.}
I LOVE this gorgeous nursery by Joni at Lay Baby Lay {the look no further than this nursery blog} and plan to do a family photo collage like this, lots of inspiration over there.
And this is the nursery by Elizabeth Sullivan that inspired me to get a gorgeous mobile.
I can't take credit for this crafty creation though. You could absolutely make one up with fabric remnants and some cute ribbon. I purchased mine from here though, they are custom made so I just handed over my scrap material and they whipped it up for me.
Lets hope I can post about stage two of baby nursery soon, better get back to work!
