Barrett's Nursery

I'm finally getting around to sharing Barrett's nursery.  It's still a work in progress.  Mainly I just need to get a lamp or two. 

When I first found out I was pregnant, I kinda had an idea in my head of what I wanted the nursery to look like.  I wanted the big items to be neutral and the accents to be more gender specific.  I knew I wanted to use my great grandmother's dresser as a changing table and I really wanted an iron crib.  After pricing iron cribs we decided to get hardwood floors put down and go with a much cheaper crib and I love the way it looks.  The neutral theme started with a gorgeous linen crib set I found and fell in love with.  Amy's mom was able to make it for me and she did the curtains too.  I had the hardest time finding a color for the walls.  I wanted a teal/aqua that could go either way.  In my head if the baby was a girl I was going to add coral/ pink accents and for a boy navy/chocolate brown.  I bought 5 different sample colors and painted them all on the wall.   They were all so similar that I just chose one and it was perfect.

The wreath from the hospital door.

View from the door. 

I love the chevron quilt my mom crocheted on the end of the crib.

She also made the quilt on the back of the glider.  This glider may be my favorite seat in the house.  It's  so comfy!

This is my great grandmothers dresser.  The precious flag banner was made by my friend Lorie for the tea and it worked great in here.  

I love this crib.  I think it's classic and works perfect in this space.  I love love love the bedding.  It turned our perfect.  I made the canvas name sign over the crib.  I just love the classic look of the crib and linen with the modern chevron on the sign.

This spot is a work in progress.  The deer hooves were my great grandfathers.  I hung the outfit we brought him home in a beautiful blanket that Patrick's mom gave him.

  

Right now the shelves just hold books and stuffed animals and a few toys in the canvas totes.  I need to get a lamp for this space.

The infamous deer antler chandelier.  Patrick picked this out and at first I wasn't sure how I felt about it.  Now, I love it.  It couldn't be more perfect.  

I love that the nursery is very boyish now!  It turned out perfect for our sweet baby boy.  It's a room that can either grow with him or be used as a nursery again down the road!  It's my favorite room in the house right now.  I need to get a few frames for the wall and I want Patrick to make one of those giant ruler growth charts for the wall when you walk right in the door.

Living Room Sprucing Up

I finally got my living room looking good enough to show yall!  I'm so excited!

When we bought our house (almost four years ago!) every room had been freshly painted (except the basement den) so we didn't do much when we moved in.  All of our widnow treatments were left by the previous owners and we figured if we're not going to change the paint colors we wouldn't change the curtains either (for the time being at least). 

Before

After

It all started when I moved this settee up to the living room. I'd bought it from a friend for the basement but decided we needed something in the window. We also needed the extra seating. This prompted moving the TV to above the fireplace.  I knew I wanted new curtains with some color because everything was so blah beige boring.  I found these at World Market and I love them.  The wall color is Linen by Eddie Bauer.  It's a grey color.  Our whole house is this color except the kitchen.  I hate to paint so I'm trying to work with it. 

I love how the curtains look against the beige settee and the green chair.

Yes, the deer head is still in our living room.  No, I don't love it but I try to pick my battles and Patrick lets me do pretty much anything I want decor wise so I'm tolerating it.  He says he'll move it to the man room when he kills another one. 

Here's the new ladder bookcase with the TV on the wall.  Have I mentioned how much I love the TV up there.  We love it.  It makes the room seem so much bigger!  I wish we'd done it four years ago!

I love this mirror.  I found it in my parents basement.  It looks better in person.  It looks weird in the photo, not sure why.  I also found that lamp in my parents basement.  I love it.  I'm not sure how I feel about that shade but it's the best one I've found so far so I'm going with it!

I've still got to get some throw pillows and such.  I also have one of our wedding pictures that I want to hang on the wall I'm just not sure where yet.  But I'm in love with how it's turned out so far. 

I'm working on the kitchen now.  It may be my favorite room when I get finished!

Season of Thankfulness: Day 8

Our Home

I can not tell you how thankful I am for our home.  We were so fortunate to be able to purchase the home we did.  Patrick lived at home until we bought our house which really saved him a lot of money.  We are so fortunate that we've had help furnishing it.  We've also been blessed by friends simply giving us pieces they were no longer using.  I love our home.  It so such a blessing to have a roof over our heads. I can't help but hurt for those who have lost their houses.  I pray that they can make a home where ever they are.