The Nursery: Closer Look

The sun has finally come out in St. Louis, making it possible to take some decent daytime pictures of the Short Stranger's future home. For our friends living far away, especially, (or for those looking for nursery ideas) we thought you'd be interested in seeing what we've been slaving over in more detail:

These are the decals that formed the basis for our color scheme, which we purchased from Wee Gallery, a company that designs wall graphics and high-contrast flash cards in whimsical designs (we had troubling choosing which one we wanted the most). Mike painted the back wall a robin's egg color to set off the decals, which would have blended into the sage that covers the majority of the walls in the room.


Above the Amy Coe crib, we hung three canvases that I painted, using the patterns from the decals. Since I wasn't allowed to help with the wall painting, at least I felt like I was creatively contributing in some way!


The book shelf is from Ikea, the changing table is the infamous Amy Coe one that Mike assembled months ago. The door on the closet of this tiny room had to go, so Mike re-painted the shelves and the back wall a brighter warmer green. The wall behind the shelf is the same robin's egg that we painted behind the decals. The crates come mostly from babys shower gifts.

And the biggest project of the room: installing this ceiling fan (the fixture before was horrid, c. 1970s). There are gas pipes in the ceiling from the days when they used gas lighting in our 1906 home, soooo...this task was quite a feat. Yes, Mike is awesome! With the exception of the decals and canvases, he basically made this room happen.


The gorgeous view outside the window right now. Sweet autumn.