When did you start decorating/buying furniture?

lorelei11 · January 2011

Hey Ladies, I am just wondering how far along you were when you started buying furniture and stuff for the baby's rooms and when you actually did the decorating and arranging the room. This is our first and MH and I were discussing this the other day, and we have no idea how long to wait before starting. We currently use the baby's room as a computer room. I don't want to do it too early since we use the room a lot now, but I also don't want to be moving furniture at 35 weeks! TIA.

AimesH · January 2011

We ordered our furniture, bedding, etc as soon as we found out the sex. We actually moved everything out of/into the room about 4 weeks later. (so around 24 weeks) The room was DS's..we didn't want to wait too long to move him to his "new big boy room" because we didn't want him to associate moving rooms with the baby so he didn't feel that he was getting kicked out of his room. I just needed the room closest to ours to be the baby's Smile

wfdfire607 · January 2011

We got an amazing deal on our nursery so we ordered it on Friday. Already got the crib in yesterday. We still gotta finish getting all our junk out of it (it was a storage room). We won't start decorating until we find out the sex on Feb 9.

LaRue86 · January 2011

I ordered the furniture around 16 weeks, and will take 12-16 weeks to arrive, so I wont have it until the end of March or April between 28-32 weeks. The room was painted around 16 weeks as I had the time to do while on Winter Break and did not want to have to take the time off later. We will be putting up the chair rail this weekend so it is no longer a construction zone...

megs_glo · January 2011

We just bought our cribs and furniture because JCPenney was having a great sale. We are waiting another week to confirm the sexes before decorating but we have three ideas.

Caseyk1127 · January 2011

I had planned on decorating gener neutral so really we could start anytime. But I just found out the furniture I want is backordered for 18 weeks. So I plan on ordering it within the next couple weeks and we'll just paint and decorate until it arrives as we have time.

cmr4828 · January 2011

We ordered our crib/changing table set and bedding set at around 20 weeks (after we found out the sex of the baby).

We started painting the nursery the very next week because I was on break from work.

Every weekend since then we have been doing small projects on the nursery, or for the baby.

I definitely appreciated being comfortable while building the furniture and helping to paint. My suggestion is not waiting too long since you may be too uncomfortable to help out.

marathonkate · January 2011

We also used our nursery as an office space, and I work from home, so I wanted to wait until I was closer to my due date before moving everything.

That being said, we still ordered the furniture early -- around 18 weeks (there was a sale at BRU), but left it in boxes in our garage until just last weekend. I ordered the bedding set at 20 weeks, and it also sat in boxes until I was ready to move the office. I painted the room at 33 weeks, and DH moved the furniture in at 34 weeks. I'm glad we waited, because I seriously could spend hours in that room!!

We moved our computer to the living room (ordered a cute corner desk for $80 on Amazon.com and set up a few shelves that blend well with our existing furniture/decor).

I did make sure to ask BRU how any damage/complaints would be handled, seeing as how I was 90 days out of the purchase before setting the furniture up. They said it would be handled directly by the manufacturer (Europa), who said they would pay for shipping back to their factory if there were any concerns. (There weren't.)

ashlynloves2blog · January 2011

We are still TTC but we have been preping our guest room for a nursery.

We went ahead and painted it a green and added chair rail. We also went ahead and purchased a dresser because we had a family member stay with us for 6 weeks so he used the dresser while he was there.

I have also picked up a couple things I have found discounted at Target that are gender neutral as well.

I don't really think its too early to at least get a start.

Good Luck!

Heather&Ben · January 2011

megs_glo:
We just bought our cribs and furniture because JCPenney was having a great sale.

This. We picked up our crib & dresser/changer last Sunday after it was shipped to the store. Great deal!

skio · January 2011

Ehhh 20 weeks or so? You shouldn't be moving furniture, period. Our room got stuff moved when my dad was available to come help move it. A friend of DH's also helped.

We just recently got the last non-baby item out of there (treadmill) and started decorating. It's about 85% done now, and I'm 33w. We still have to print pictures, hang wall art, get & hang the mobile, set up the shelving, wash all her clothes and organize, and put up some hooks.

~denise~ · January 2011

Mine is almost finished. I wanted to start on it right away because I'm the handyman in the house and I had a lot of DIY projects. I also want to re-organize my house and I wanted to start in the babys room first and then the others.

I was also afraid of how I would feel later on. I did projects when I felt good and I don't feel rushed.

m&m2006 · January 2011

i think we started decorating and ordering nursery furniture around 24 weeks.

Erin2903 · January 2011

We bought our crib at 20 weeks, bedding around 25 weeks. We (well DH) moved everything out of our extra room and painted at 30 weeks. This week we are buying our dresser/glider/bookshelves. After we get all that in I'll start hanging pictures and decorating.

katkat74 · January 2011

I ordered our stuff at about 24 weeks and got it at 30 weeks. Crib just now up at 34 weeks. As exciting as it is to decorate, etc. I would seriously consider leaving some of it or atleast the finishing touches for when you are 30ish plus weeks as it has really been a little mood booster for me while feeling VERY pregnant. If I had had it all done..I'd just be sitting around twiddling my thumbs!:)

lgoodenow · January 2011

I think I'm the latest starter, lol

I'm 34 weeks today, we put a down payment on a crib like 2 weeks ago, it's on it's way and should be here early Feb., along with our glider... I've had the bedding for a couple months now (adorable cherry blossom set from kidsline), I've picked the paint for the 1 wall we're doing (We live in an apt., and we're not allowed to paint without permission, but we're only going to do one wall, but we got to wait to see if they're going to do a 6 mo. walk through in early Feb.)... and I just gave my Dad the wall letters template last night so he can make them

I'll be on the lookout for a changing table and making things (mobile, curtains, little things, etc.) over the next couple weeks

Temp38995750004016 · January 2011

We started buying furniture at 20w but it's all in storage right now. We are using the future nursery as our TV/computer room until the redecorating is done in the rest of the house. We will probably start getting this all done at 30w and aim to have it finished by 33w.

I personally didn't want to do anything during first tri, and until our anatomy scan results were in.

soon to be Mrs. Connolly · January 2011

I was quoted 10-16 weeks for the furniture to come in! We ordered ours at 18 weeks out from our due date! cutting it close but DH didn't believe me that we needed to order early and I felt strange purchasing it before I was showing!

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