Dream Nursery & Addison's Big Girl Room

When we found out we were having another baby girl, we were super excited! Addison's nursery was pink and brown and I knew I wanted to do something different for McKenna's. Yellow is my favorite color and I did some research online and at etsy.com and found my idea room. I was talking to my friend who loves interior decorating about my idea and she said her mom could make all the bedding, curtains, etc. One Sunday afternoon we took a trip to the fabric store to pick out everything. All I pretty much did was push the cart, I have no clue what fabrics go together. Tania managed the entire project and the nursery was unveiled to me at McKenna's celebration.

So here is, the "You Are My Sunshine" themed nursery... I LOVE IT!!! I am also so excited for McKenna to have such a special nursery designed by people who are so important to our family. Usually people go all out for the first child, I feel like McKenna got the better deal nursery wise.

Here is the design team...

Tania was the project coordinator and the "designer", Barbi sewed EVERYTHING and made the Dream Nursery possible & Vicki did the amazing artwork! I am so blessed to have such creative people in my life... did I mention that I truly ADORE every one of them!

Now onto Addison's room...

For Addison's "Big Girl" room, I wanted to do something that would allow us to use all the pink and brown stuff we already have and reflect on her spunky personality. I found this bedding set at jcpenney.com and thought it was perfect! We bought the furniture at Rooms to Go and like it because it is something she can use until she goes off to college. You can tell I did the "designing" because the room is empty, haha. I am going to see if my wonderful "design team" can help me out.

Now here is the confusing part... Addison is going to be sleeping in McKenna's nursery for a few months. Even though Addison is an incredible sleeper (12+ hours uninterrupted), she loves her crib and I don't want to take it from her until she feels settled after McKenna's birth. We will probably try moving her into her "big girl" room when she is about 21-24 months. McKenna will be sleeping in a pack n' play in Addison's room until we do the big move.

Crib & Glider

I am happy to finally announce that Addison's crib and glider have been assembled! The crib is so cute and looks great with the bedding. The glider is not the best (definitely made for shorter people), but will work. We plan on using the downstairs rocking recliner for most of our rocking needs. I LOVE walking by her room and seeing her crib all assembled and looking pretty. It is hard to imagine that in 10 weeks she will be sleeping in there!

Next on the list is to assemble the hutch and dresser... from what I have read online this should be an interesting project. Supposedly the manufacture leaves out a few steps, but we will see. Brian is very smart when it comes to this stuff, so I am sure it will all turn out fine.

I look forward to decorating the nursery when all the furniture is assembled. It is all coming together! I sure hope she likes PINK!

The Furniture is Ordered!

Today I ordered all the furniture for Addison's room. I still may need to get a couple of small tables for the room, but the big purchases have been made. I guess we have good taste because the rocker and dresser are both back ordered until April and May. We ordered everything with an Espresso wood finish.

Addison's Room Is Tickled Pink

On Saturday Tania & Kimball came over to help paint Addison's Room "Barely Pink". I use the word "help" loosely because they actually did about 85% of the painting! Barely Pink is the lightest pink that Behr offers and let me tell you, there is nothing barely about it. In fact, if we would have done anything darker it would have been WAY too much. I must say it is the perfect pink and will look awesome with the dark wood furniture. Barely Pink is much lighter than the bedding, so I really think we have the pink under control. Brian likes the color as well.

The next step will be to add wainscoting to the main wall that the crib will be against (it is the back wall you see when you walk into the room).