Nursery Progress

Ok, so it's technically not a nursery...per se. We're setting up baby Bean's (yep...he's still unnamed at this point) living quarters in the master bedroom. Although, when he gets a little older, and Lucy gets a little older, we'll fix up one of the rooms downstairs, move her there, and Bean can bunk with Elliot. In the meantime, we've got enough space in our bedroom to share.

Actually, when Lucy was born, and we were living in our first (teensy tiny) house, the only place for her crib to go was in our room. And when Elliot was born, we set him up in the same room as Lucy...but he wouldn't sleep a wink in his crib, and ended up sleeping in the bassinet next to me, or on my chest for a good portion of his babyhood. So, I've found it very helpful having my babies within arms reach while they're still young.

So, to make our room ready for a mini-nursery, the first thing I did agonize over which crib to buy. I researched and researched, and narrowed it down to these 3:


My requirements for our crib were just that it be made of solid wood, and that it come with a toddler railing for future conversion. After digging in a little bit, I found out that the middle crib did NOT come with the toddler railing, and if I wanted to purchase it, it would cost me around $80! So, that was the first one to be out of the running. Then I read some reviews for the crib on the right that claimed it didn't fit every size mattress! Finally, I noticed that the one on the left was on some sort of super clearance sale. Normally it was $299, and it was on sale for $175! So, the choice seemed simple...we went with the crib on the left!

Here is it, after I put it together: (taken with my camera phone)


I know baby Bean isn't here yet, so I haven't really had an opportunity to use it, but it is very solid and sturdy, exactly what I was looking for in a crib! The only drawback was the the pocket screws were a bit of a pain to screw in. But other than that, building it was a snap, and I was able to do it alone, while Adam was at work.

After washing the sheets, and putting them on the crib. I focused my attention to Bean's future dresser/changing table. Last year I painted an old hand-me-down dresser of ours white, took off the legs, and we were using it as a TV console in the basement. So, what I decided to do was paint the legs, and then put them back on. Then do a little touch up the paint to the rest of the dresser.






Then I moved the changer/dresser into our room, picked up a cute little lamp, and put all of Bean's clothes in the drawers (by size). I still have to wash all those cloth diapers, but that's a topic for another post.


Here's an angle that includes the crib with bedding. I opted for the toddler bedding for the crib, instead of the crib bedding, because a) it was less expensive, b) i like the pattern so much I want him to have it for a while, and c) toddler bedding is sized the same as crib bedding!


There are still many things to plan/do/buy/etc, but this is where we're at so far! And the more I do, the more excited I get for Bean's arrival!!

XOXO,
Marcia