This week has been all about cleaning out our computer room and moving it into the living/sewing/craft room so that Jack can have his own special place when he’s born. This has created several small challenges for me:
one: I’ve had to condense and clean the stacks of fabric, paper, and keepsakes (read: receipts, movie tickets, band uniforms, clown wigs, etc.) that I’ve been collecting because someday I might need them. For those of you that are not familiar with my collecting habits, this may sound fairly simple. However, asking me to let go of the bag of guest tickets from my days of serving at Red Robin, or that stack of Torrey Pines High School 2006 homecoming dance invitations, is like asking me to peel a turtle. Not going to happen.
two: The computer distracts me. I check my mail. I read new blog posts on blogs that I follow. I check etsy. I have some cereal and check my mail again.
three: I’m a planner. I sat on a stool in this room the other night for an hour or two just trying to imagine where everything would go. Garth thought that something was wrong with me because I think it’s the longest he’s seen me just sit not doing anything. I mean, except for when I was 4 months pregnant and just sat on the couch feeling like I was going to throw up for hours on end. But, that’s doing something, isn’t it?
four: I don’t like pastels, and I am not a fan of matching crib sets. This eliminates 99% of the options available. That being said, I’ve found so many amazing modern nursery things online to build my little “inspiration” folder for when the room is empty and ready to be filled.
Baby rooms that have ended up on my flickr favorites:
Ali Edwards. See the rest of the nursery here.
Just ideas…when I round these all up and look at them it’s apparent to me that I’m liking the lack of patterns for Jack’s room. I’m digging bold colors, clean lines, and whimsical details. Hmmm…. more tomorrow folks. It’s night time for me and Jack.
xoxo
elle
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I so love your creative ways.
I haven’t been able to find a nursery theme/ crib bedding that I like either. I’ve just been grabbing things I like in various styles and putting them together in my little portable crib. Mostly browns, greens, and blues… I love the things that stick out in many of those photos, like the unique rugs or the sock monkey holders on the wall, and I love the little bird mobile, so cute… I wonder how hard it would be to make a little birdie mobile in browns, blues, and greens. hmmm….
i got the matching bedding but it was never on the bed at the same time and relised how silly i had been. I ended up putting the quilt on the wall and keeping the cloud covered bed skirt on because it matched the clouds you painted on the ceiling.
I can’t wait to see what Jack’s room becomes. He is one lucky little boy to have you as a mom.
I love your creativity and how unique you are. I saw my little nephew’s future nursery and you are not the only one getting away from the cliche baby nursery stuff. They chose a really neat geometrical pattern with browns and greens and oranges. Amber even went so far as to paint a replica mural of the baby comforter on the wall. To break up the pattern they have simple solid rugs and lamps etc in some of the others of the pattern. I thought it was really neat. Good luck with everything and deciding where it needs to go I know it will all turn out great.
You’ve got some great rooms to choose from! And I have the same collecting habits myself. Luckily, since the baby was born, I’ve been able to get rid of a lot of stuff. Hopefully that will happen for you too (except then you start getting so much baby stuff it’s insane).
Good luck with picking. We could never really find what we wanted for Camden’s room so I ended up making something. It still wasn’t what I wanted, but at least it wasn’t pastel. (I’m with you on the pastel thing….to me they are so depressing.) We did get the walls a color we all like though…bright orange and we did finlly finish deco podgeing the old dresser from my parent’s. I have a hard time spending money on things that will only be used for a little while. (ie crib, rocker,changing talble…) You are so creative and I’m sure you’ll come up with something awesome for little Jack!