nursery complete

The nursery is complete.

It's been fun to create another little boy nursery.  As I said previously, Reese's nursery had a definite nursery theme.  I added some baby elements to this room, but primarily just kept it simple and classic.  I wanted it to fit in with the rest of our house.

The paint color was a doozy.  I had an idea for what I wanted but once we tried it on the walls I hated it.  Eight samples later we landed in the perfect color.  It's Black Pepper by Benjamin Moore.  Neither black, nor super gray... it's more of a grayed out navy.  I love it. The chair is from Reese's nursery.  It was green chenille and is now an ivory Matisse.  Practical?  Maybe not.  But it's what I wanted.  So much so that I tracked it down after my order was cancelled by three different places for lack of inventory.  My MIL had it recovered for me and the arm slips were made from the extra fabric.  We also scotch guarded it a zillion times. I decided to forgo an ottoman this time and grabbed a pouf from Target.  The lamp is also from Target {thanks to my Mama!}.  The garden stool was a last minute purchase so we have a spot to set a drink or a bottle.

I may have mentioned before but aside from the chair we had no nursery furniture.  All of what we used for Reese was borrowed --and then returned-- many years ago.  For a changing table this go round I knew I wanted something more furniture like.  We lucked out finding this piece at a consignment store in Auburn.  The mirror was living in the hall closet and the plates were a Pottery barn find.  They have the sweetest bunnies on them, but are super simple and don't scream baby.

This tray corrals some diapering gear.  I saw the dog on One King's Lane and knew it had to be mine.  Reminds me so much of Raleigh.  There are diapers in the top drawers of the dresser along with nail clippers and all those other fun things that babies need. In the top photo you can see the changing pad peaking out.  I love the star print Aden and Anais cover.

The crib came from Amazon {thanks again Mama} and currently has no sheet on it.  But we have one!  It's white. Just waiting on Lofton to bring a piece of plywood home for under the mattress before I make the bed.  The bumper is from restoration hardware {which probably explains why 13 catalogs weighing a total of 17 pounds were delivered to my house by UPS yesterday}.  Lofton and I made the skirt from fabric I ordered.  Don't get him started on the amount of fabric samples I went through.  He says we could make a quilt.  All the extra diapers we were gifted at my school baby shower hide perfectly under the crib. 

You've seen the bookshelves before.  Lofton made them to cover the fireplace.  Yes, there's a fireplace back there. The bookshelves are kind of amazing.  He made a pair for our old house and leaving them was sad.  I'm so glad to have something similar here.  They aren't super full right now.  Some books {most shared by big brother}, a few toys, a rabbit from Peter's Pottery {i collect it}, and two baskets.  The baskets hold blankets, swaddles {that I don't know how to use}, and extra crib sheets/changing pad covers.  We left a right shelf empty to hold the monitor parts and maybe a humidifier.  

So that's it.  A nursery complete. Sans the baby who will be here sometime in the next 35 days!

Just to keep it real, Reese's room currently looks like this:

The painters came yesterday and I'm not tackling rearranging furniture solo.  Project get Reese's room and the dining room {which looks similar to this} done are on the agenda for this weekend.