The Nursery

babymakes9 · September 2017

Who's doing a new nursery? Any ideas?

Anyone redoing your current little ones room to make room for 2?

What is your plan for your lo room / sleeping area once they get here?

babymakes9 · September 2017

We are room sharing for the 1st 6 months, but I'm looking to making a baby area with a crib and dresser before that. Our options are either in my 14 yo dd's room (her idea), my 12 yo dd's room (his idea, but it's too small, so we won't), turn our toy room into a nursery because the kids don't really use it anymore, or move my office out of the house and make that room a nursery.

I'm looking at doing a mountain/ woods theme

jennifer_m21 · September 2017

@mamaof5already - I love that theme!

I haven't thought about our theme just yet, but will be keeping an eye on this thread for ideas.

diesel11111 · September 2017

We plan on room sharing until baby is 9 months like we did with DS. At that time DS will be a little over 2 years old. If baby #2 is a boy we're hoping to have them share a room but not sure if we'll do that right away or wait until Baby #2 is steadily sleeping through the night. So no new nursery until 9 months or so

ash0625 · September 2017

@mamaof5already Our themes are super similar. We're even working on painting a mountain mural. I'm going for travel/adventure.

This is our first baby and we have an empty bedroom that has just been waiting to be used. A part of me is looking forward to getting started, another part of me is overwhelmed at the idea.

eggplantface · September 2017

We'll have a bassinet in our room for an indefinite period of time, then move him to our spare room. I'm not planning on doing any huge renovations (painting, e.g.) because we plan to move in two years. I'm going to get some cute little prints for the walls but otherwise no real "theme." When we get a new house I'll decorate, and maybe by then the kid will be able to provide some input about what he wants

ETA to remove the link and just post the pics directly (from society6.com):

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I am 100% getting "Rub me on your butt."

SarahFoley725 · September 2017

We are doing monsters! I should be able to make most of the decorations on my Cricut thankfully! We will also be doing a new "big girl room" for DD since we are going to be in a new house. We are doing foxes for her in honor of her beloved stuffed fox.

ETA: baby stays with us until they're down to only getting up once or twice a night. For DD that was 7 weeks. We have a seeet bassinet my grandpa made for my oldest uncle. Mom and two uncles used it, my siblings and I all used it, and now all the grandbabies. It's on wheels so we can roll it with us through the house.

Starynightsky24 · September 2017

We are room sharing till DS2 is around 18mo. It's not preferable, but I need to wait till he is sleeping good. So whenever that is I guess… Then I'd prefer to move him in with DS1. Since DS1 will be in kindergarten he needs to sleep good... so we will see what happens. I am missing planning a nursery this time around… it was so fun doing DS1 and DD!

We have two other rooms, but they are down in another part of the house and I'm not really ready to move DS1 down there alone so young.

Have any other STM+ moved their one-year-old in with a five-year-old?

eggplantface · September 2017

@SarahFoley725 I love the monsters theme! I might steal one of those faces for a print!

SarahFoley725 · September 2017

eggplantface said:

@SarahFoley725 I love the monsters theme! I might steal one of those faces for a print!

Imma send you a message!

chucksmom15 · September 2017

I found this crib set of puppies playing sports that we love. Going to thrown some memorabilia from each of our colleges in the decor too.

RSB1982 · September 2017

I am team green and planning on using our current nursery again. DD will get her big girl room sometime before the baby is born but I don't plan on moving her out of the nursery until I'm ready for the new baby to move in there. DD slept in our room for 4 months so I'm thinking along those same lines again. Unfortunately DD's new room will be on the second floor (our master and the nursery is on the first). I have some reservations about not being on the same floor as her but I don't know what else to do. I don't think I can have them room share all that effectively and I don't want new baby in our room longer than necessary.

pandappanderson · September 2017

Our smaller extra bedroom is beside the master so that will become the nursery. Hubby is a pilot so while we don't want to go full 'airplanes' we want to do a bit of a 'world traveler theme'

we have a beautiful big wall map picture that we will move in there and we will see about what else to do. The picture is fairly dark and masculine so we may lighten up the room a bit for a girl with a mint green paint.

soulcupcake · September 2017

I've never done a nursery. We co-sleep from birth until whenever. He'll eventually share a room with his brother. We may come up with a theme for their room later on. Probably a "heroes" theme with a mix of Star Wars, MCU, DCEU, and The Princess Bride.

clc515 · September 2017

I love looking at nurseries, but we won't be doing anything special because the baby room will double as our guest room. Plus we plan to move whenever the metro is built our way (sadly, this got pushed back to 2020 omg) so don't want to do anything in the short term. Plus, really, I'm not stylish enough to coordinate a whole room, lmao.

@chucksmom15 I LOOOOOVE those puppies playing sports.

chucksmom15 · September 2017

Thanks @clc515! It's kinda perfect for us lol

smorzandoj · September 2017

Look at all you creative ones. Our third room has a sailboat theme from the previous owner. Guess this kid gets a sailboat theme!

magnolia305 · September 2017

smorzandoj said:

Look at all you creative ones. Our third room has a sailboat theme from the previous owner. Guess this kid gets a sailboat theme!

This ^^^ DS2 has his nursery finished--DS1 was recently evicted. I am putting it back in "newborn" baby shape and it's done. Poor kid.

mayapple44 · September 2017

@RSB1982 I am in the same situation with having to move DD1 upstairs. She will be 2 and a half in February. Not exactly looking forward to that transition. How old will your DD be?

meatballs37 · September 2017

I have one coat of the gray wall done so far. Cream/white, black, gray colors with an outdoor vibe.Nothing too involved or
fussy though because I change my mind so frequently. We got the cribs off the amazon open box option. I highly recommend looking at that instead of paying full price for things. We saved a few hundred bucks so far doing that.

kbrinks2 · September 2017

We are also team Green and were last time so my DS's room is yellow and is Winnie the Pooh themed. The new baby and our DS (27 months when baby is born) will share a room. We have another room in the basement but l don't want to put our DS down there this young!
He has been a good sleeper and I'm hoping it works out!!

edited: cannot word today!

msunshine123 · September 2017

Love the ideas! We'll plan more after our anatomy scan, but LO will go into our spare room. They'll be with us in bassinet for first 6 months or so before we transition them into the crib.

SunflowerMama428 · September 2017

DS1 and Ds2 will share a room once DS2 is around 9-12 months old or when ever we stop breastfeeding. Which ever comes first. I'm trying to find sheets for a crib and matching sheets for a twin size bed but I can't. I guess I'll just get plain sheets and stick to a color theme.

winnie1122 · September 2017

LO will share a room with DS when she is ready, at least that's the plan. She'll be in our room until she's 6 months so hopefully by the time she switches DS will be ready for a toddler bed and she can have his crib. His room is a loose monster theme, walls and crib are gray and everything else is orange and blue with some monster paintings on the wall that I did in college (I was an art major and did an illustrated book my senior year, they're cute not scary!) I'll probably divide the room in half and have the monster stuff on his wall and maybe more girly stuff on her wall that goes with the gray and blue stuff I have in there already. I just hope they can sleep in the same room or my plan will be a bust, lol.

SarahFoley725 · September 2017

@meatballs37 I didn't even think to do that! My husband buys his dress shoes like that because we are frugal!

babymakes9 · September 2017

meatballs37 said

I have one coat of the gray wall done so far. Cream/white, black, gray colors with an outdoor vibe.Nothing too involved or
fussy though because I change my mind so frequently. We got the cribs off the amazon open box option. I highly recommend looking at that instead of paying full price for things. We saved a few hundred bucks so far doing that.

what is the Amazon open box option?

meatballs37 · September 2017

mamaof5already said:

meatballs37 said

I have one coat of the gray wall done so far. Cream/white, black, gray colors with an outdoor vibe.Nothing too involved or
fussy though because I change my mind so frequently. We got the cribs off the amazon open box option. I highly recommend looking at that instead of paying full price for things. We saved a few hundred bucks so far doing that.

what is the Amazon open box option?

When you click on an item in amazon. Scroll down beyond the "add to cart" button and below hat there will be a little blue link. It says "buy used or new" It will list used and open box options. I have been keeping an eye of our big ticket items weekly to see if there is an open box option. Our cribs were 200 bucks and I got them each for 84. Our monitor, I saved 100 dollars on with open box. My luck has been pretty good so far. And if it does come damaged, you can return it.

sugarcoateddonut · September 2017

meatballs37 said:

I have one coat of the gray wall done so far. Cream/white, black, gray colors with an outdoor vibe.Nothing too involved or
fussy though because I change my mind so frequently. We got the cribs off the amazon open box option. I highly recommend looking at that instead of paying full price for things. We saved a few hundred bucks so far doing that.

Wow! I don't even know where to start - so stylish! That rug is gorgeous!!

Also, where are those crib sheets from?

mbirdie · September 2017

@meatballs37 that rug!

eggplantface · September 2017

@meatballs37 I want those crib sheets for my own bed. Thanks for the info on Open Box, I'll look into that for a monitor. They're so expensive!

meatballs37 · September 2017

The rug and sheets are from my second home, Target.

precious88 · September 2017

@kbrinks2 We are doing a Winnie the Pooh theme this time, too! My mom had a bunch of decorations from when we were kids she gave me, and I have found some really neat stuff at thrift stores. We live near Disney so it's pretty common to find Disney stuff in second-hand stores and garage sales around here.

For DD's nursery I did a storybook theme. I knew we were going to be renting for a while after she was born and wouldn't be able to do too much to the walls, so I turned my baby shower into a painting party. Everyone was asked to paint the cover of their favorite children's story for the nursery. I had a ton of books there (used to be an elementary school teacher) so people could look at the cover, and brought transfer paper for people who didn't feel comfortable free handing. I was nervous that the guests wouldn't like it, but everyone REALLY got into it and had a great time. Here's the stuff from DD's nursery for anyone looking for something along those lines.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/hv/094kho1f5rkt.jpg

I had some misc. stuffed animals and decorations I put around her room, too.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/0x/wl10jcp4hczx.jpg

We moved a few months ago and I didn't really decorate DD's room in the new house because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do about her big girl room and new baby's nursery. I decided to move the paintings into the playroom and now that room has the storybook theme. I have a ton of Pooh Bear stuff and started finding some more stuff along that theme, so we're keeping DD's nursery furniture and will hang the Pooh stuff on the walls.

Haven't decided what to do for DD's big girl room. No idea, haha. So anyone who wants to share a girl's toddler room idea, I'd love to see some!

meatballs37 · September 2017

@precious88 This is DDs "big girl" room we finished a few weeks ago. We haven't transitioned her to a toddler bed yet. But the crib we have in there does convert to one. We finally anchored her dresser and kitchen set. I thought for sure she would love the little table and chairs, but so far she ignores them. She's way more interested in pulling all her clothes out of the dresser. Sigh.

precious88 · September 2017

@meatballs37 Thanks for sharing! It's very sweet. We're keeping DD in a crib until a month before baby is coming because ugh I just can't even think about what bed time will be like when she can just get out of bed when she wants haha. Then we'll do a toddler bed.

For dresser drawers, I put baby locks on all her drawers and her closet drawers because her pulling the clothes out everywhere was driving me crazy lol.

precious88 · September 2017

*closet doors

karcerplus3 · September 2017

Baby will be in our room for the first 9 months or so I'm sure. That's how long the other two were there. We are recycling the nursery yet again for this baby, moving DS2 into the spare room. We have a beach/underwater theme that we keep adding to with each kid.

sugarcoateddonut · September 2017

@meatballs37 I wish Target was still open in Canada! I guess I will be planning a trip to Maine before February!

meatballs37 · September 2017

sugarcoateddonut said:

@meatballs37 I wish Target was still open in Canada! I guess I will be planning a trip to Maine before February!

Can you order online? Or do they not ship internationally? Cuz that would be a huge bummer.

sugarcoateddonut · September 2017

meatballs37 said:

sugarcoateddonut said:

@meatballs37 I wish Target was still open in Canada! I guess I will be planning a trip to Maine before February!

Can you order online? Or do they not ship internationally? Cuz that would be a huge bummer.

You can order online! I just prefer to buy home things in person and I think you have to pay customs even if you return (but I might be wrong!).

Also, Bangor has Chick-fil-A & the Texas Roadhouse - both worth a three hour drive to me

!!

RSB1982 · September 2017

@mayapple44 she will be just over 2 (almost 26 months). I think she will still be in a crib at that time. I'm most nervous about when we transition to her big girl bed and she starts moving around the room/house on her own. I'm going to put a gate at the top of the stairs and try to train her to talk into the monitor when she needs something. So stressful! What's your plan?

alice0218 · September 2017

Love this thread! And I love looking at nursery stuff. We aren't planning to have an actual nursery though. We have a 2 BR house and both BRs are 9'x10', so pretty small. We are planning to have the baby sleep in our room in this "moses basket on a stand thing", (the mokee wool nest, it's cute too which matters when you don't want that much furniture), until the baby is strong enough to sit up. Then we'll move it to a crib in the other BR, which is currently being used as a dressing room/closet/home office. There are almost no closets in this house so we'll have to figure that out and still keep some wardrobe stuff in that room. And I work from home so part of that tiny room will still have to function as an office. It'll be a challenge but I'm happy with our tiny mortgage so we'll make it work for as long as we can.

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