The Nursery, Episode #1: Furniture

Hi Everyone!

So we're getting started on the nursery. (I know it's early, but I'm feeling pretty good now and don't know how I'll be later in my pregnancy. Plus we're going to be making a number of things, which takes time. Plus I think it'll be really fun to have a room to go into and sit and dream about the babies, you know?)

Anyway, thought it would be fun to share!

A little about the room: It's really small, has beautiful hardwood floors, good light. My husband's been using it as an office and it's painted dark gray, which I don't love for a nursery, but we're going to try and make it work since we will probably be moving not long after the babies are born (even if we stay in the same town my husband would like to move to a new house.)

I was originally thinking vintage/used furniture, but we're not finding much and the things we're finding are really expensive. So we're going for new. Dark wood, which I'll lighten up with bright and cheery quilts, curtains, cushions, etc. Here's what we've picked out:

Rug--The softest thing ever...cannot wait to have it in the room and go in and lie down on it:

Rocking Chair--This is a vintage piece, a gift from my mother-in-law (ours looks just like the one in this picture):

Dresser--The one we picked looks a lot like this. I'm going to give it some personality with some funky glass pulls I have from Anthropologie. They were in the Santa Barbara house I shared with my brother, and I love that I'm going to get to repurpose them in the babies' room: 

Crib--We're just going to get just one to start, because of the size of the room. Something along these lines:

Pretty simple, but we like simple and figure it's a good canvas for all the fun and happy things we're going to make. Wall art is also going to be key here to make sure the room is bright and cheeery and not too grown up looking.

What do you all think?

XO

Rug: American Furniture Warehouse. 

Rocker: Vintage. Image Credit: pappymerlot via ebay.

Dresser: American Furniture Warehouse.  

Crib: Target.