Nursery plans

mrsvp614

@abbeyH love it! Where did you get the bookshelves? 

AbbeyH

MrsVP614 said:

@abbeyH love it! Where did you get the bookshelves? 

IKEA spice racks!  

bwing10

All major projects are done in the nursery! We went with a classic/modern mix of Winnie the Pooh. We still need to do his half door and put the rest of his stuff away, and whatever we get next weekend from our baby shower!! Really happy with how it turned out.

littlebug2010

@bwing10 I like the poor theme!  We are doing a
classic pooh theme too!  I can't wait to get it all finished! 

smallbutmighty77

@bwing10 the dresser is so cute,  did you do that yourself? 

bwing10

smallbutmighty77 said:

@bwing10 the dresser is so cute,  did you do that yourself? 

We did! My husband refinished the dresser and the bookshelf! 

jadkins2

Just have to set up the crib! My oldest is sharing a room with my middle and doing great together! I worried for no reason at all.I am relieved everything is coming together. Being from the south we felt it was only proper to do a farm theme! My husband had the same theme when he was a baby:)

tova24

I am finally done! I made an unconventional nursery out of my dining area nook, part of my bedroom, and put a pack n play in the living room. 

donehue

@tova24 you look so ready! i'm impressed! 

JWatt5

@tova24 - way more prepared than me! Everything is still sitting in the spare room - my Halo has been the diaper storage area lol. I think at 37 weeks I'll get everything moved in to place (I've been avoiding because I think it'll make the waiting harder lol).

tova24

Thanks! I even ordered baby-proofing supplies! I think next weekend I'm going to have a cleaning lady deep clean my apartment for me!

@JWatt5 my Halo was a great storage bin for a little while! 

EmyB30

@tova24 where did you find that cute little foot poof.....I need something similar for our nursery but I don't want to spend an arm and a leg!!

tova24

@EmyB30 I went to Home Goods. @AbbeyH had an adorable one in her nursery and I asked her where she got it! I love it!!!!

EmyB30

I don't have a Home Goods  (I wish) but we have a TJ Maxx...I wonder if they would have one!

tova24

@EmyB30 I think TJ Maxx or even target might have something similar. 

EmyB30

@tova24 no Target here either....but I may go to TJ Maxx this weekend and take a peek! 

tova24

@EmyB30 you could also order it from online. That might be easier

PinkPrincessPiper

@tova24 I love the set up! You are definitely prepared for baby Landon. I commend you so much for being a single mama & rockin' it out!  

lewliv

I'm so jealous of all you ladies with beautiful nurseries! Unfortunately my nesting instinct came with a irrational desire to rip off carpets and get hardwood on my second floor. Contractor can't do it until last week of July or first of August so I can't do much. 

kristina2144

Minnesota Twins theme for our baby boy due August 9th!

JDBtwinmama

I have those exact same curtains @kristina2144!   I made them for our Dr. Seuss nursery!

erindippity

We will still have our roommate so she's going to be set up in our room. I'm going to hang this up on the wall where her changing table is! I love it!!

katie0541

Everyone's nurseries are looking so cute! Still fighting/debating DH he wants moon/stars theme (translated: Star Wars) and I want Adventure/mountains.

Question for those with experience: we bought one of those convertible cribs and they sell the toddle guard rail separately. I was planning to buy it now (registry completion discount and worried they may discontinue in the future or something) but it's $63 and all wood so looks like it would hurt if he did roll over into it and I'm thinking he would just try to climb on it and hurt himself. (This is all 2+ yrs down the road)

I'm seeing the cheaper mesh ones - would something like that be better?

Do toddlers fall out of bed a lot?

SouthernMama15

@Kaityrj we got a convertible crib but since DS is 2, we just moved the crib to the nursery and got him set up with a double bed. For now we just have the box spring and mattress in the floor. He hasn't rolled out yet. We have it in the corner against a wall and just put a body pillow on the outside of the mattress in case he rolls.

LSP87

@Kaityrj - we bought the toddler rail that came with our crib--it was wooden and one of the rails stuck up too high and looked like it would be difficult for him to climb over, so we cut it off and sanded everything down, leaving just one rail to hold the mattress in. He never fell or slithered out of that little opening but I can see how it would be possible. I was paranoid of that gap between the two wooden rails. When we converted it to the full size bed, we bought one of those mesh ones. I prefer the one with the mesh.

Here's a picture before we removed the top rail.


We bought something like this when we converted the crib to a full size bed: 
https://www.amazon.com/Regalo-Hide-Double-Sided-White/dp/B000HK6BCE/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1500643494&sr=8-3&keywords=toddler+mesh+bed+rail

SpotConlon

Hey, I just finished making some curtains for the nursery but am looking for an easy way to tie them back. The curtains are on the short side, so just swooping them to the side won't work. Any ideas?

tova24

@SpotConlon what about just using some ribbon? You could find a fun color to go with the dots. By the way, your curtains look super cute!

AbbeyH

@SpotConlon I think @tova24 has a good idea with the ribbon. You could do something like this--

SpotConlon

Thanks, @tova24. @AbbeyH I'm intrigued by this idea. I wonder if I can get away with not sewing it on. 

gwtw733

@SpotConlon I definitely think you could just throw it over the curtain rod and tie at the bottom - or if you want the tie to stay in the same position, just hand tack at the very top or machine stitch the front and back ribbon together on top of your stitch line for the top opening

kleigh30

I almost have everything done in the DIY nursery! I made crib skirt, crib bumpers (which I will remove once baby is using the crib), teething guard, quilt, and mobile (complete with matching sleeve to hide the white plastic piece). I also put his name above the crib on an extra crib piece that was sent to us due to our first crib being slightly damaged. Not pictured yet- I made frames to put his first hand print/foot print on, a throw blanket to keep on the rocker/glider of coordinating fabric, and a little shadow box/sign that says "the unicorns made me do it!". Just a few more things to hang up and put away and it should (finally) be done!

littlebug2010

DH and I have mostly finished our Classic Pooh nursery! We are totally in love with how it came out, and cant wait for LO to get here!  The only things we are missing, are curtains.  My mom is making those, so we wont get those up before he is here.  She also made the quilt that is on the crib!  

PinkPrincessPiper

I love the way it turned out @littlebug2010 ! We did classic pooh for DS2. It's just so, classic!  

Shannon Murray

tova24

@Shannon Murray it's adorable! I love how your dog is sleeping by the sleepy sheep!

bwing10

@littlebug2010 I love the way your Classic Pooh turned out! 

Shannon Murray

Thank you! Haha yes! He loves to make sure he gets in pictures!

middy411

Finally mostly finished with our nursery/guest room. I'm very happy with how it turned out! The sofa pulls out into a queen sleeper and the ottoman goes under the window as a window bench for when guests stay. Still waiting on the crib mattress but other than that, it's probably going to look just like this til baby comes next Wednesday! Eek! So excited!


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donehue

Looks great, @middy411! Nice job figuring out the mixed use room!

donehue

DH is currently surrounded by females (and bostonians), so I worked with him to make the nursery for DS1 everything he loves (namely cars/f1/ny islanders/America). He just finished making the name sign from scrap metal so I'm not sure how much more done this room is going to get. The girls were super helpful in my attempts to take pictures: