Nursery Comparison

Daphne's Nursery

Some pictures of Daphne's nursery.  Many elements remain the same from Evelina's nursery;  the white hanging lanterns, the blue walls, most of the furniture.  Even so, it feels like a different room to me.  I love the purple and orange with the blue.  Of course, there is also the fabulous quilt made by Mimi. 

Daphne's favorite element of the room is the elephant mobile.  She loves chilling on the changing table looking up at the floating elephants. 

Evelina's favorite element of the room is the toy helicopter and books.  She frequently likes to choose which books I read to "baby Daph"and I can often find the helicopter taken apart all over the rug. 

Daphne in the Nursery

More nursery pics coming soon.  Other than Daphne, the wall abacus is one of my favorite parts of the nursery. 

The Elephant

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!”

-- Dr. Seuss, Horton Hatches the Egg 

When planning Evelina's nursery, it was a given that owls would be one of the elements of her room considering the cute sheets I found with an owl/tree print.  This time around, I was stumped.  As I surfed Etsy for inspiration, I came across a few cute elephant accessories and thought they would be perfect.  I often think of my late Grandma whenever I see an elephant.  She loved them, and had quite the little collection of the creatures since they are revered for bringing luck to those who possess them.  I can only hope that Siby will be showered in good luck throughout her life with the presence of her elephants.    

A few of the elephant accessories for Siby's nursery: 

1. A cute elephant plush/pillow
2. An elephant mobile for over the changing table
3. A purple changing pad cover with elephants
4. An elephant lovie.  Hopefully this will be Siby's equivalent of Evelina's beloved giraffe lovie, "Gigi".  We plan to name her "Ellie"...I know, super creative once again. 

Of course, this doesn't mean that the room will be filled with elephants. It is just a nice touch to make it more fun for Siby as she grows.     

Siby's Nursery Idea Board

In keeping with the spirit of my type A personality, I've started an idea board for Siby's nursery to keep me organized.  Here are some things that will be incorporated into her nursery:  

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• Robin's Nest will remain as the wall color, with orange, lime/chartreuse green, purple and brown accents.   
• The crib, dresser and bookcase that is currently in Evelina's nursery will remain.  
• We will be purchasing a new chair in brown, which will be a glider/rocker/recliner combination.  A recliner is a MUST.  Gosh, I wish we had one now in Evelina's room, then maybe I could sleep in it during the really rough nights.  
• The crib skirt will be orange chevron and this time around we will use just a white sheet and a white breathable bumper, no need to waste money on a decorative pillow-y bumper that has to be removed at some point anyway for safety purposes, we only used Evelina's for about 5 months. I also plan to have changing pad covers made in orange chevron and the green lattice fabric. 
• We will be hanging an abacus over the dresser.  I've seen this in a number of nurseries and just love the idea.  
• The ABC print is being matted in purple and the other print in orange to tie into the color scheme.  
• During my first trimester, I was obsessed with "The Hunger Games" trilogy.  Man, was it addicting.  Even though I was exhausted because of the pregnancy, I would stay up all hours just reading.  Throughout the books, the dandelion was mentioned and represented a symbol of hope for the main character.  On one of my many visits to Etsy, I came across a pretty dandelion art print in orange and thought it would be perfect for the room.  I also love the wall decal as well. 
• I still need to find curtains, a rug, a mobile for over the changing table, a fun pillow for the chair and other accessories for the room, but so far, I think everything is coming along nicely...in my head.  We haven't moved Evelina into her "big girl room" yet, so we can't start putting the nursery together until then.  Can't wait!!   

PS: The letter 'D' does not have any significance, I just would like to add the first initial of Siby's first name to the room.  We are still working a list of name choices that we both like. 

Siby's Nursery Inspiration

The network at my office has been experiencing some issues over the past few days.  I have so much work to do, but without the means to do it I've been "forced" to spend some more time planning Siby's nursery. ;-) I love envisioning how it will look and researching elements for the room.  I don't think our bank account or my beloved hubby appreciate the network issues, though.  Oh well, 'tis life.  

The nursery will remain in its current location and Evelina will be moving into the guest room, her "big girl room"...more on that another day.  The nursery will remain the Robin's Nest color that it is now, but I've decided on a different color scheme to differentiate it from Evelina's current room. After searching around the inter-webs and Pinterest (my fave!!), I've decided that it would be fun to add touches of orange, lime/chartreuse green, brown and purple to the room.  Much different than Evelina's yellow and pink with owls combination.  Here a a few inspiration rooms:  

Love this color scheme, although we won't be using gray.  The green lattice fabric is a must.  LOVE.  I'm also really drawn toward chevron, I wish I could sew so I could make my own curtains. 

Via Pinterst

I really like the tree behind the crib idea.  Brown looks great with the blue walls as well. 

Via Pinterest

Even though this is a boys room, I really love how the lime green and orange look with the wall color.  This is the same paint color that is in our nursery now.  I heart the orange chair, but we don't want to get something custom upholstered this time around and all of the orange chairs I've found are super pricey. 

Via Pinterest

Evelina's Nursery

It only took 8+ months but Evelina's nursery is complete, minus some additional art I would like to scoop up, like this cute hanger from Etsy or a silhouette of Violet, and perhaps a yellow rug to tie everything together.  

I really wanted to create a happy and cheerful space that wasn't too pink or cutesy.  A room that I'd like to enjoy being in just as much as Evelina, a space that could grow with her and evolve as she makes new discoveries.   

When I was searching for nursery inspiration I came across the two below that really tickled my fancy. 

Sweet and Sunny Nursery 
Little P's Room

I just loved the blues, yellows and bright pinks(hence the colors of this blog) that showered each of these rooms and created such a fun but relaxing atmosphere.  

There are so many things I love about the room but a few of my faves are: 

• Little White Chair - It was my father's as a child and my Uncle John repainted it for Evelina.  My father carved his name in the back as a child and his childhood dog, Penny Nickel Fisher, even chewed up the wood slightly.  It is a very special chair that I am looking forward to Evelina sitting in soon. 
• Owl and tree mobile hanging above the changing table - Evelina loves staring up at it and watching the owls fly by  
• Fabric Hoops - My mom and I created these easily and I think they are pretty, inexpensive art. 
• Shadow Box - What's better then having a memento of Evelina's little hands a feet?  And the memory of how difficult it was to get her to cooperate to get the impressions!! 

We are thrilled with the way the room came out and it makes me happy to spend time in it with our sweet little one.  I hope that Evelina will enjoy it for many years to come.  

Our next project for Evelina?  Creating a playroom in our current office space.  We barely use it for an office and think it will be the perfect place for Evelina once she is a mobile toddler!!  

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Pregnancy Progress: Week 34

Today, I am 34 weeks pregnant!! Only 42 days (about) to go!! Today we have our maternity photo shoot in the morning and my mom is coming to spend the afternoon with us. I so wish it was going to be another beautiful Spring day but no such luck…oh well, every weekend can’t be gorgeous.

This week, Cashina weighs approximately 4.7lbs and is about 17.7” in total length. Her digestive and intestinal systems are fully functioning now, although they will continue to mature until she is about 2 years old. Her lungs are nearly fully developed as well and if she were born now, she’d have a 95% chance of surviving without medical intervention. In other news, her fingernails now reach the end of her fingertips and will need to good filing once she is born. We wouldn’t want her little daggers to scratch her baby face or ours would we? The placenta reaches maturity this week and will start to age. But no worries, it will still continue to provide her with nutrients and oxygen until birth.

Painting the nursery has been a royal pain in the arse and Chris and I are kicking ourselves for not hiring someone to do it like we had originally planned. We thought the expense would have been too much but when you factor in supplies and all of Chris’s time, it would have been worth it. Next room we paint will be done by professionals. Anyway, the painting should be finished up this weekend (finally!!) and we can put some of the furniture that has been delivered in place. We are still waiting for the crib so I need to call baby furniture warehouse and hassle them since I’m getting antsy. I am excited about starting to wash some clothes and organizing this week!! Oh, and I can’t forget about shower thank you cards…definitely not as fun as organizing.

Less Than 60 Days....

Holy crapola...only 59 days until my estimate due date!! I can't believe that my journey to motherhood is approaching its end so rapidly. Will Cashina be early, late or on time? Will she be petite or a porker? Will she look like her mama or her papa or a combination? The suspense is killing me and although I know I will miss being pregnant and continue to take it all in and enjoy each moment, I can't wait to meet her!!

The nursery painting is in progress and so far I am happy with the color we chose, but boy is paint stinky. Even the low VOC, good for the environment kind. You think they could put something in it to make it smell like peppermint, lavender or something yummy. I think there could be a market for that. Below is a pic from Chris being his cute self once again. He was smart and didn't paint our potential name choice!!

On Order

After lots of shopping, website hopping, room planning, and looking at fabric swatches we finally ordered the last piece of nursery furniture over the weekend. Considering how much I research things, you'd think I would have looked for our glider online BEFORE placing an order with a store....we could have saved about $300 but alas, there is no turning back. Lesson learned.

The furniture won't start getting delivered until May but I am antsy and don't want to wait (me not want to wait? now that's a stretch!!)!! The nursery still needs to be painted so we are hoping it will be completed by the time the first piece arrives.

We choose a light green fabric (not the one pictured) for the chair with a pink swirly piping. I'm a little uncertain about the green and hope it doesn't clash with the blue wall color but my dream of yellow fabric wasn't an option and Chris wasn't a big fan of any of the pink fabrics or of buying a different chair and having it reupholstered.

I am excited to see how it all comes together. Did I mention I'm getting antsy?

Nursery Inspiration

Even before we knew Cashina was a girl I scoured the internet looking for nursery inspiration for both a boy, girl or just gender neutral. I came across this nursery on the ohdeedoh blog and fell in love with the blue walls and yellow bedding. I think the color combination works so well together as it is feminine while not being too over-the-top girlie. I haven’t had much success finding similar bedding unless we decide to spend crazy money but did find a cute, reasonably priced, option with pinks, yellows, greens and blues. I’m not sure if the blue walls in the inspiration room will really complement the bedding but we shall see once we buy some samples and start painting test patches.

I also just love the “Hooray” banner and think it is such a good idea to put coordinating fabrics in hoops for art. Seeing pictures of finished nurseries makes me eager to start putting Cashina’s together. It is exciting to envisioning her in it, sleeping peacefully (let's hope!!), being rocked in the glider, being read too or playing. Can’t wait!!