Hi ladies!
Most of us are going into our second trimester soon if we aren't there already, who is already starting work on their nursery? What are you guys doing? Let's post progress photos as our nursery progresses!
I love home renovating and decor (Homegoods is my happy place) Next week we are having the walls in the nursery smoothed down, they have a texture to them, and painted pale grey from the restoration hardware nursery collection. We are hoping to keep the nursery as gender neutral as possible so even though we plan on finding out the sex, we can reuse it for our next baby who we hope to come soon after this first one. Just change out the details and decor if the sex is different second time around.
Re: 2nd Trimester nursery work!
I don't think we'll be doing much until end of June or early July. We still have so much junk in ours. It's daunting. We were using that bedroom as a storage space, so one of these days we've got to throw that crap out or move it to the basement. We also plan to get a new roof and new flooring before December. Help. lol
I hear you on keeping it gender neutral though. We're the same way. The walls are already a dark grey, but it needs another coat of paint. I plan to buy all white furniture and decorate with light/baby blue accents - nothing on the walls or anything, but just you know around the room. This way we can reuse the room for another kid or anything really.
New roof and new floors sounds like you guys have a serious job in front of you! Hopefully it will go smooth and without any bumps! I am keeping you in my thoughts with that! Lol. It will be much easier getting it done without the baby around though, might as well do it all.
So, we have a TON of stuff to go through before it can be just for the baby. The closets are full of coats/sweatshirts that don't fit into other closets. It also stores some other stuff too. The bed that's in there is actually my SIL's, so we will give that back to her as they are moving their oldest to a bed soon. There is a dresser, but it matches what is in our bedroom (a set handed down from MANY of DH's family members - that I hope someday we can get rid of). I am trying to convince him to get something that matches the crib we'll eventually get, but not sure that will work. If all else fails, it can be stored at his dad's office for the time being.
It has a ledge that goes around most of the room that has some paintings I've done in those drink/paint events... so those will have to find homes and we don't have the wall space. We still have a ton of wedding gifts that we never found homes for (like wall shelves, frames, decorative items, etc)... so we'll have to decide if we'll keep or just donate/sell. It just needs to be cleaned out, and I am sure we'll tackle that more towards the end of summer. Maybe. DH is a pretty motivated person in life, so I could see it happening sooner than later - especially once the bed goes.
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DS: November 21, 2016
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And @ErikandAfton our dogs are seriously twins.
We're slowly buying nursery stuff--I would really like to be done with it by the end of the second trimester. It's a gender neutral Woodland theme, which I'm excited about. We've picked out all of the furniture already, and I'm excited for it to come together! There is going to be a reading nook/teepee/fort that I just LOVE.
But I'm keeping my eyes out for curtains and a rug I like, as those can go in now. I'm pretty minimalist and a terrible decorator (despite best efforts), so there probably won't be much going in there anyways.
Me:27 H:30
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I promised myself I wouldn't do anything to buy or decorate until my second trimester, but I did get a good deal on a baby changing table and shelf, so that is the only thing I've gotten so far.
Married DH: 4/7/2012
TTC: 2/3/2016 (Me: 31yrs DH: 35yrs)
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Theme is star wars....but we can't agree on furniture yet at all. We are trying to get a lot done before DH goes back to school in August. Otherwise we would wait longer.
I have no idea what to do about decor, I'm sort of biding my time until the anatomy scan. My mom is going to buy a crib and MIL is going to buy a dresser, so we're grateful for that!
your nursery idea sounds super cute! @dmontgo
Does this seem unrealistic to anyone? We would have purchased all the furniture and set up some in our room (we have lots of space, plenty for a crib, dresser, and rocker).
ETA: after re-reading posts I see some of you ladies are also planning to keep baby in your room for a bit. So I guess that was a dumb question and it must be do-able.
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BFP #4: 03/31/16 EDD 12/01/2016
We we will wait to do much decorating until we know of the sexes. We will buy cribs before that, but with 2, I feel like the tone of the nursery has to be right. I don't want neutral if we have 2 boys or 2 girls. I'm really loving on gold, coral and navy for a girls room and navy and orange for a boys room. I'm feeling lots of color for this nursery. If we have boy/girl, I'll have to really think about how I make that work. Eventually we'd move DS1 and DS2 together if we had B/G, so it wouldn't need to work for too long.
Anyone moving their toddler into a full bed with this transition? We have a 'guest nook ' in our bonus room/office so we think we're going to re-use the full bed and frame for DS' room. I'd need guard rails though.
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The campfire light will also be handy for late night feeds.
My advice...
Install a dimmer switch in your bedroom (or where ever you plan on feed your baby at night). It's essential for late night feeding during the early days. After awhile i get the hang of nursing in the dark, but the 1st few weeks you have to look and see if they are latched on right.
Due December 27th with baby #7
We are waiting the find out the gender to work on the nursery. The room is a bright blue, and we will add our yellow accents. If it's a girl, we might also add a bright coral or a light powder pink.
Picked up this cutie today for the nursery! Getting stuff little by little...