Madison's Room Transformation

 

Now that we know we are having a girl.... It is time to decorate a nursery!

We had already purchased a crib, so I began searching for nursery bedding.  Behold... the nursery sets I fell in love with were so very very expensive.  I decided to raid blogging sites for how to sew my own bedding.  It turns out, it was much easier than I thought.  Now... I know I will be purchasing a large amount of fabric and supplies, so it is time to convince Aaron.  I got a plan together, did the pricing research and presented the information to him.  He agreed, and gave the green light for me to commence my project!  

I decided to go with a shabby chic theme.  I made the sheets, blanket, bumper padding, pillows, and even some burp clothes.

 

Then came time to put up the crib!  I was so excited!  It seemed like an easy enough project, so I asked Aaron to help me and it was fun!

Of course we let the puppies test drive the crib!

So we had the crib and bedding taken care of, next we were thinking of options for seating.  I was thinking that I would need a chair that I could potentially sleep in, as I was planning for long nights of feeding and rocking a baby girl to sleep.  We decided on a recliner and found the perfect one at Ashley Furniture.

The next piece of furniture.....oh man....the next piece of furniture was a fun one.  We purchased a dresser that matched the crib and I immediately thought, "well the crib was super easy to put together, this shouldn't take too long."  Aaron, being the researcher he is, had read that this was a 5 hour project and would be slightly more difficult.  It was 7pm and I had set my mind to get started.  I mean, it looked like a 1 hour MAYBE 2 hour project....maybe those reviews Aaron read were people who were handy-man challenged.  Aaron put up a pretty good opposition to starting, but alas, I convinced him against his better judgement.  About a few minutes in, I had already messed up a drawer.  Frustration got the best of us and soon turned into a quick few shouts and some alone time.  I took a drive and Aaron went to our room to cool off.  When I arrived back to the house, I walked in on Aaron putting the rest of the drawers together.  I kept my distance and helped towards the end, but eventually a children's dresser had been built.... five hours later. 

 

For wall decorations, I had a few pinterest ideas in mind.  I had left over fabric from the bedding set, So I put them in embroidery hoops.  I found a mirror in our attic and painted it pink.  I used the banner from my baby shower to drape on the wall over her crib.  I also knew that I would need a table to set bottles/phones, etc on, so I went to an antique store here in Greenville called the Venue and purchased a small table and painted that a very pale purple.

 

 

After a few finishing touches including the cutest little bean bag chair, I decided on one last project.  Since we knew I was pregnant,  Aaron and I had been collecting books.  Over 9 months, we accrued a great collection and I wanted shelves to put them on.  I went back and forth on book case or shelves.  Finally, I decided on another pinterest project and placed some shelves on the wall!  I purchased Ikea spice racks and painted them white. It looked amazing!

 

Finally the room was ready for a special little girl to arrive!