The Big Nursery Thread

ajstevenson · September 2016

I seriously feel so much better now. I felt like I was the only one without a finished or near finished nursery! Everyone's is so cute and I can't wait to do ours.

tinattt23 · September 2016

I now have furniture! In boxes. In the garage. That FI won't bring into the house...

At least it's here?

aevan011 · September 2016

MIL & FIL brought us the family bassinet which will go in our bedroom. I was really excited about that. Gotta get stuff hung on the walls. DH is making some corner shelves for me and we'll hang the storm trooper painting and Little Prince puzzle. I'm starting to feel really sore and run down, so I"m glad we decided to work on the nursery earlier than planned. Still a little messy and disorganized but progress is the name of the game.

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sourlemon · September 2016

Sooooooooo close to finishing. I had to change the design a few times...I'm a novice at this and really wanted to finish before this kid graduates from college...so I made the design a little simpler. But it was still super hard and obviously I couldn't keep things straight. A baby won't care, right? Right!?!

capps42613 · September 2016

Just ordered his handmade/painted letters for the nursery from Etsy. Of course it will read "Cason" instead. Can't wait for it to ship in 1-2 weeks.

yellingbanana · September 2016

@Kate87 and @BabyRobbinsAdventure
thanks!!!

I think we are going to stick with the paint, and keep the decorating simple. I appreciate the comment about not putting grey in there, I was wondering the same thing but needed another brain! Actually, I could use as much brain power as I can get, mine quit on me last month...

We are going with dark wood, and I'm going to use Navy and white with splashes of green. I'm thinking it'll be good. I don't want to have to redecorate when he starts school.

I am am going to get crafty and make a memory board with an old cork board that we have. I'm not very crafty, so for me it's a big deal

jandd2014 · September 2016

I was going to wait until the nursery was done before I posted pictures but I'm too excited! DH finished painting the dresser last weekend, so we finally had all the furniture in the room. My mom has slowly been collecting "treasures" at her house for me and brought them over this morning. I'm not sure about the layout of the room yet, but I can picture it now!!

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yellingbanana · September 2016

Oh my gosh! I have to share with you guys because you'll understand.
I finally had an epiphany! And it's awesome! We have dark wood furniture, and will be getting navy and white bedding, etc. And I thought of a theme that works with all the colors!!!

Where the Wild Things Are

I found some great stuff already:

I was too lazy to edit the pics, and so excited!

Mamax2 · September 2016

Agh, I LOVE that @yellingbanana! Where the Wild Things Are is probably my all-time favorite kids book!

AbriannaO · September 2016

We are currently renting our home, so we are waiting for approval to paint an accident wall in the nursery. Since we are not letting anyone know the gender, we are keeping all of the decorations neutral in colors. Furniture is a cherry wood and then everything else is grey. Accident wall would be grey with a stripe down the center (see below, just all grey, not blue). Then looking to get a shag rug for the room since they're hard wood floors. I have been trying to get motivated to be crafty, but haven't brought myself around to it yet. I have a giant Albert Einstein canvas that I want to hang in the room (if husband agrees). And then a peg board for above the changing table/dresser. If we don't hang Albert, I'll paint a couple canvas with animals.

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karmba · September 2016

I just got word that our painter finally put us on his schedule for tomorrow! So our sad spare room is going to be officially become a nursery this weekend. We have pretty much all the furniture (just need a bookshelf) so after this weekend I'll just need to buy wall decorations.

ea301 · September 2016

@AbriannaO I loooove that pegboard idea. Might just have to copy...

dckateh · September 2016

@AbriannaO, @ea301
We're doing the pegboard thing too! Love the idea, but not sure where to get hooks and baskets? Is this a craft store thing? Got the board itself and some washers to space it out from the wall from Home Depot last week.

ea301 · September 2016

@Kate87 My husband says they have them at Home Depot. I'll do some recon next time we're there.... which is very often haha

yellingbanana · September 2016

Mamax2 said:

Agh, I LOVE that @yellingbanana! Where the Wild Things Are is probably my all-time favorite kids book!

Thanks! Me too!!! I had a hard time falling asleep because I was so excited!

sourlemon · September 2016

@kate87 lowes or home depot typically has a wide variety of things for peg boards.
I only know because we used to have a tiny bathroom with no storage so we used peg board stuff to hold everything.

tinattt23 · September 2016

I'm considering asking our new landlord if we can paint the nursery. One of the bedrooms is already blue and most of the house is tan/brown. Only the nursery is white so I think he'd be ok with it. But I have no idea what color! Our bedding is teal/orange/grey/white. My instinct is to do grey, but our furniture is grey so that might be too much. Any ideas?

ashleaf2018 · September 2016

@tinattt23 You could do 3 gray walls and one accent wall and have the furniture on the accent wall. Or keep it white but find wall decals that match your nursery theme.

Lisa3379 · September 2016

@tinattt23 we have basically the exact same color scheme, and what we're doing is what @ashleaf2018 suggested: 3 light grey walls with a teal-ish blue accent wall, and that's where the all-grey crib is going. The rest of our furniture is white and grey, so it will work against the grey walls ok I think. If your furniture is dark grey, light grey walls will be fine, and vice versa.

squiddy224 · September 2016

Making some progress! DH put the crib together today and we have one of the dressers stained and in the nursery. Next weekend after we've gone out to my parents house, we'll have the glider and the curtains.

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queenklau · September 2016

DH painted the nursery today. He did an awesome job! He was watching YouTube videos on how to paint a room, haha. I am very proud of him.

AbriannaO · September 2016

@Kate87 Home Depot, Lowes, Harbor Freight (I think they're decently priced there) and Amazon! Beware that the boards can be heavy, so use wall anchors and supports! I read on Pinterest to place 4 or 5 washers behind the sections that you screw into the wall so that you have enough room for the baskets and bins to stick through without hitting the wall.

ea301 · September 2016

Loving our nursery so far... <sarcasm>

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It'll get done eventually, right? Right????

dckateh · September 2016

@AbriannaO
Thanks! Went to Home Depot on Monday and picked up some baskets; they had 'value packs' of 3 baskets (sm, med. lg.) for like $10 so I grabbed 2 of those. Husband will hopefully install the peg board this weekend if he has time. Thanks for the tip re: washers; I picked up a pack, so hopefully that will give us enough clearance. Husband was thinking we could buy moulding to make a frame; are you guys doing that or just pegboard on wall?

AbriannaO · September 2016

@Kate87 I've been going on and off about the molding to make it a frame. I think it would definitely make it look cute and classy, but I kind of like the rugged look of it just being plain. We are going to paint it a light grey, so once it is hanging up, I'll probably decide on the edges then. I was going to use some long thin pieces around the room in other place to hang other decorations from as well, so the edging will be determined - most likely last minute.

zubenescamali · October 2016

Pretty much done! To be fair, most of this is repurposed from DD2 and DD1. Just got the crib mattress today and they apparently mixed up the boxes and sent us the "organic" version of what we bought. It's a little heavier but I don't care I'm keeping it.
I think I've crammed all I can into this room right?!
I'm glad the crib and the bed fit since our bedroom is downstairs and walking up and down all night will get old fast.

SaraRose83 · October 2016

I have a question for STMs (or for more creative FTMs than I) - what do I actually need as far as storage for the nursery?

We don't have a dresser because it won't fit in the room, but we have a standing shelf with 4 surfaces that I think I can just put some baskets in, plus a changing table that I can put baskets in - it has two shelf surfaces beneath it.

Im thinking I can hang most of her clothes and do baskets for diapers, burp cloths, bibs, swaddles, socks, mittens, hats, nursing stuff, bath stuff and changing table creams. Is there anything else I would need a drawer or basket for that is obvious and I'm not thinking of?

sourlemon · October 2016

@SaraRose83 what about pacis, toys, and books?

I'm totally a go overboard person for storage though.

SaraRose83 · October 2016

@sourlemon yes, I forgot about pacis and toys, thank you! I think we're going to do some books on the shelf or even build a little book shelf for those.

tinattt23 · October 2016

We're getting somewhere!

1MommyRunner · October 2016

I've been in a nesting for lately! Minus a painting her closet door and trim and putting her crib sheets on, I can thankfully say we are pretty much done! I may go back and fix the "birds" holding up the curtains behind her crib...but I'm kinda diggin the uneven look...and I don't feel like fixing it.

yellingbanana · October 2016

ea301 said:

Loving our nursery so far... <sarcasm>

It'll get done eventually, right? Right????

Seriously, it looks better than mine! Lol

yellingbanana · October 2016

PLEASE READ:
I see some beautiful nurseries going on! But I have to say it as a safety thing (I ran an at home daycare so went through rigorous rules regarding safe baby sleeping)- even though babies don't move around much at first, once they can roll, grasp, or stand, the crib really should not be next to windows, blinds, or curtains (especially with strings!). Babies can reach the strings, or pull down the cloth and entangle themselves in very dangerous ways. I'm saying this because I would hate for anyone's baby to unintentionally get hurt.

Here are the government crib safety guidelines:

https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety-Education-Centers/cribs

And another basic article that's helpful:
https://www.everydayfamily.com/baby-crib-safety-cautions/

sourlemon · October 2016

Thank you @yellingbanana!

Makes me nervous too! Another thing to watch out for is if you hang stuff above the crib (pictures, letters) to make sure those things are super secure! And probably better if you live in an earthquake zone not to hang anything above the crib.

BabyRobbinsAdventure · October 2016

@sourlemon I've been thinking about that too, so I have a question for STMs

DH Gram (who has not been doing well health wise..) got us a mobile to go over the crib and she is super proud of her purchase. It would break her heart if we didn't put it up. What would you do about the situation?

aevan011 · October 2016

@1MommyRunner I love the quote above the crib, I made a shirt with that for our Disney trip in July!
Also the birds are a super sweet touch!

cgss11 · October 2016

@babyrobbinsadventure Maybe over the changing table? That's where I planned to put ours.

Or if she isnt over a lot take a picture of it over the crib to show, then just move it.

sourlemon · October 2016

What's the mobile look like? Ours with dd1 attached to the crib and was way out of reach. It had soft animals on it. We are reusing the same frame for dd2 I just changed out the monkeys for star wars zsum zsum characters. So I'm not worried about the falling. Also, the yarn is 4 inches long, not a strangulation hazard.

Once dd1 could sit, then stand, we moved the mattress into lower positions and the mobile was still too high to reach. Once she started really reaching up to play with it (about 14 months or so), we removed it. That's also when we converted her crib to the toddler bed so it was all one "big girl" transition.

BabyRobbinsAdventure · October 2016

@cgss11 @sourlemon the strings are short and it has soft animals, but I am more worried about the big support post that holds it up becoming lose and falling over (which I don't know if that's a likely possibility or my paranoid mind..). I might have to play around with different places in the room. Maybe detach it from the support piece and hang it from the ceiling in the corner or something.
I'll have to do some thinking about this.