Nursery Project: Starting to come together

This weekend, the nursery finally began to look like a baby is on the way.

After the painting was completed last weekend Stacy and I unpacked and set-up the furniture, which let me tell was not as easy as we had thought. A few weeks before, we had gone over to my mothers house to set up her crib for her. Sally bought one at Sears for $89 and it was a piece of cake. Four pieces, fit together well, slide the bottom in, done. So, one would figure our more expensive crib would have to be just as, if not easier, to put up. Wrong. It was in about twenty pieces. Once the shock of that wore off, we got it together in no time and started putting the dresser together. Have you ever put a dresser together, completely? Its a lot of work. Installing the drawer tracks, putting seven drawers together. While not hard, it was time consuming.

For those of you who saw the room before, I had made a Cubs lamp for the Cubs room. Once the painting was complete, I went to work on a panda lamp for the panda room. First, I painted a lamp. Once dry, I brought it in to the house and added a plush panda to the base. It turned out really cute.

At that point, we left the nursery alone for the week awaiting Stacy's dad to come and help with his contribution...the chair rail.

On Saturday, he came by and when he left, the room was drastically different. What was once a two tone wall, is now divided in two distinct sections. It looks amazing. From there, it was my mom's turn to make a contribution.

For those who don't know, in her youth, Sally was a stencilling machine. Given that the first time Stacy and I decided to stencil something, it did not go well, we decided to turn to the expert. She came by Sunday morning, and we stencilled four pairs of pandas above the chair rail. This was the first time the room really looked like a child's room.

Next comes Stacy's mother's additions. She is doing all the cushions, crib bumbers, and accessories for the room. Sunday morning she brough over the crib bumbers so we could attach them to the crib. Stacy and I picked out a panda fabric we wanted since no one carries panda accessories, and she kindly agreed to do the sewing for us. Wow. It looks great.

Finally, the last thing done on Sunday was to hang a shelf and an accessory on the crib wall, and throw some pandas around to complete the theme.

Continue to check back as the room gets closer and closer to being complete. We still need the window seat cushions, the valence, more shelves, and a couple more surprises. I will continue to update until the room is completed.

For more pictures of the room, including some close-ups and the cutest shot of Wrigley (who still believes its her room), please follow the link on the right side of the page. Thanks for checking in!