Waiting Game

This post is mainly for Judy...the rest of you can enjoy as well. :) Judy, I know you've been wanting to see "after" pictures of our house since our re-do this summer. I've wanted to post pics, but truly I feel like each room has to be PERFECT before posting "after" pictures. I'm realizing, though, that living in a house means that the small projects list is ongoing! So, let's consider this post as the first of many before/after posts on the house.

And so I introduce to you our nursery. Let me just warn you, as I will in each room post of the house, that the "before" pictures are very scary. We bought the house 3 years ago as part of our business and had renters in it every since. It was interesting this summer when we moved back from Malawi and started prepping the house for all the work, that we found this beautiful (enter sarcasm) mural on the wall in our baby's room. We tried to figure it out...but really just chalked it up to weird renters. I'm sure, if left (like we every would), it would lead to crazy nightmares for our little one.

More of the "befores".


And then, after moving in and pouring all our energy and time into the other rooms, the baby's room ended up being the storage room for a few months. Everything we didn't want in the other rooms or didn't know what to do with ended up piled high into the room. We seriously couldn't even walk in at one point. Tell me we're not the only one who has ever done this. :)

Ok...so here are the "after" pictures. There are still some things I want to put on the walls probably after the baby is born so I can add either a boy or girl touch to the room. I made the curtains and bed-skirt myself as well as the origami mobile and framed quote over the changing table. I love the rocking chair that I got for $100...I'm not a huge fan of slipcovers only because of all the wrinkles and tucks...but, you know, some things you just have to deal with for a higher comfort level.


The last picture is just a boring pic of the side of the room with the closet. I do love the antique armoire that we have tucked into the corner nook. I was going to get rid of it this summer, but glad I decided to keep it for storage. One thing about an older, small house in the city..storage is limited. I also love the bassinet that our friend is letting us borrow for a few months..so cute. Right now the bassinet is holding the car-seat. The bins to the right are Christmas bins, just hanging out for a few more weeks until we pack away the tree and decorations.

Well...that's it for the nursery tour. Hope you liked it. Stay tuned for other after posts. McBaby and I are at 38 weeks now...so now we wait.