Final touches on Thomas' nursery

If you haven't discovered Penny People Designs yet then you must head on over to shop.  Lindsay the owner is an incredibly talented designer.  She creates posters for the kiddies, stationary, business and personal calling cards.  I have been lucky enough to meet her personally.  Thomas and her son Oscar hung out last month while Linds and I chatted about everything!!  She's so easy going, sweet and generous.  We were sent home with these prints.  I love them and have big plans for them in Thomas' nursery.

Ikea Ribba Frame

You'll have to wait for the finished product.  :)

  

Nursery update!

Christmas came early at the La Rose house!  We received the glider and nursery rug much earlier than anticipated.  :)  Take a look.  It's not completely finished yet.  I still need to work on the lamp shade, purchase a pull down black-out blind and we need art work for the wall above the dresser.  So far, I love how it's come together.  

This is a big week.  It's my last week of work.  Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!  I can't wait to wake up on Thursday knowing I won't be battling traffic and worrying about making a sale for one year.  All that time with our Jelly Bean.  :)  


Have a great day!

A Peak at Our Nursery

12 more working days until I'm on maternity leave.  I swear they cannot come quick enough.  I'm so busy!  I really hope there will be time to relax before the baby arrives.  It would be nice to go back to those days where I had time to write a post, research another post and read my favourite blogs.  I'll give you what I can because I love to keep my readers informed and inspired. 

We worked on the nursery yesterday putting up the decal, assembling the Ikea Expidit shelf, doing baby laundry and hanging the curtain rod and curtains.  The room is really coming together well.  The rug and glider arrive in January.  We have a few more items to purchase such as the cork board, fabric and picture frames.  I had a brilliant idea to frame pictures of me and Ryan with our parents when we were a baby and place them above the dresser.  I also want to purchase a few colourful pictures from my friend Lindsay at Penny People Designs.

Here are a few photos I took this morning with the iphone.  It provides just a peak into our nursery.  Once it's a bit more complete I will take photos during a sunny day.  It won't be completely finished until January. 

I think I'll wrap the lamp shade with the purple ribbon.  I need another colour added to the room.  What do you think?

That's all for today. See you tomorrow. 

xo

Nursery Update Part 2

Hello friends & family.  I hope everyone had a great weekend!  We were very productive!  The nursery stripes have been completed and they look awesome!  It was a team effort, I measureed and taped, Ryan painted 3 coats on the wall (you're the best lovie!!). 

The crib bedding has been washed.  I hope we'll put the crib together on Wednesday night.  Before that happens the baseboards need to be cleaned up with a bit of white semi-gloss paint and the back of the nursery door needs a coat.  I'll beg Ryan to complete this tonight so we (he) can just get it over with and I will feel like the room is going to be finished before JB arrives.  :)

With less than 8 weeks to my due date I'm in full on nesting phase.  I want everything in the house to be completed now!  The nursery is the most important!  The progress could pick up.  I have to write thank you notes to all of those who attended my first baby shower and organize the gifts and many boxes of baby stuff given to us by family and friends.  The basement needs to be organized.  Right now it's a pile of mess.  So much to do and so little time!

That's it for now.  I might be back again later this aftn.  xo

Nursery In Progress...

Yeah it's Friday!!! :)  It's a good day at work (so far...), mild outside and the weekend is only hours away.  Ah, I'm happy.  I'm also happy with our nursery progress.  Last night Ryan and I put up the chandelier.  It was another memorable experience.  I think Ryan was cursing it every minute for the 45 minutes that it took us to put up.  If I purchase another one anytime soon he might just take it back to the store when I'm not looking.  There has been so much going on with the house for the last few months.  It's time for a break.  But not before we get the nursery in order.  I have measured and taped 3/4 of the room.  I will finish tonight and purchase the paint tomorrow morning.  Hopefully we'll have a big reveal on Monday or Tuesday.  :)  Fingers crossed. 

Check out our progress...

Items required for creating the horizontal lines.  I taped the level to the ruler so I know my lines will be straight. 

The walls look dirty in this photo for some reason.  The back of the door still needs another coat of white gloss paint. 

And here is our gorgeous chandelier.  I love it!

Monkeying Around The Nursery

I really like the idea of using vinyls on our nursery wall to add colour and a bit of whimsy to the room.  This is one of them that we will purchase.

Via Etsy

The letters will be in turquoise, the leaves in spring green and monkeys in light brown and beige.  

I'm also considering this one but I'm not sure where I'll put it.  It's a small room and I don't want to feel overwhelmed with decals.  

I've chosen the green paint for the stripes on the wall.  Did I mention I changed my mind AGAIN from light turquoise horizontal stripes around the entire room floor to ceiling to a leaf green strip from floor to mid wall, stripes get thinner as we go up the wall?  I can't remember anything anymore.  (Will my brain power ever return?)  Once we start that process I will be sure to take photos and document it.  

xo

I'm back with a nursery update!

What a week!  It has honestly been one of the most insane weeks I've experienced in a long time.  I've been swamped with client requests (yeah!), dealing with what I'll call 'communication issues' and long hours.  I wish I could give you a run down on how each day has gone this week but I think that would be going overboard.  If the show, The Office didn't already exist I would put a request into MTV to tape our daily work life.  You would be amused!  


Now let's get to something inspiring and exciting.  Our nursery is coming together slowly...  Well maybe I should say the ideas are coming together.  


Ryan has finished painting the chandelier from Home Depot.  It looks much better in person and will look amazing in the room. 

The room has been painted white and is still being used as the laundry room. 

I still need to decide on the colour of the horizontal stripes to be painted in the next week or two.  Green is out.  I'm looking at the light turquoise shades.  

I purchased a table lamp from HomeSense but need to replace the shade.  

The bedding has been delivered and we are going to purchase the Jenny Lind crib from Dear Born Baby on Saturday.  I'm still deciding on which Best glider to purchase - the Rena or Hagen.  The fabric selection is horrible!  Do I go with white or buckwheat? 

I have also purchased these drapes from Pottery Barn.  I plan on adding green grossgrain ribbon to them in some way.  Can I just iron it on with double sided tape or do I need to have my MIL help me sew them???   Has anyone done this before and had success?  

We still need a rug.  I haven't seen any that I love and are cheap beacause I'm running out of money.  I want to buy a shelf or two from Ikea.  We still need art for the walls and I would like to make a cork board covered in fabric.  

So far I'm happy with the progress.  I'll keep you posted on any updates.  

It feels so good to be communicating with you again.  I missed the blog world this week!  

Have a great weekend!!  xo