When we moved into our house, all four bedrooms remained relatively untouched apart from some hand-me-down furniture and a couple of framed pictures of our dog, Murphy. After finding out we were pregnant (!) about a year later, we decided to do a total nursery room overhaul!
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Our whole house was/still mostly is a terribly drab shade of tan. The house siding, the inside walls, the carpet… Even the fireplace is tan. So the first thing we wanted to do was choose a really different paint color. We settled on Cool Ashes (N520-4) by Behr. It gives the room a really peaceful, cozy feeling without being too dark. And in hindsight, I’m glad we went dark because C (who is 16 months old now) will only sleep if the room is dark, like cave dark. And when you’re a tired newborn parent, you’d do just about anything to get your baby to sleep. I would have spray painted the walls black if it had helped us all get some rest. Glad we didn’t have to go there.
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We replaced the wire shelf in the closet with a Closetmaid system to give us some extra storage and hanging space. And after a long day of putting together furniture (sometimes pregnant ladies insist that things need to be done now), we had a dresser, a side table, and a crib!
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Most of my pregnancy was spent on the hunt for furniture on clearance. We found the glider on clearance at Babies ‘R Us before they went of business and reupholstered a cheap footrest.
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C’s nursery is so dreamy! It’s hard not to fall asleep while rocking him in the glider!
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