Fun Things,  Gracie,  Parenting

Finishing Touches

March 21, 2011 /


We are two weeks away from Gracie’s arrival and I think the nursery is finally done.  I had been feeling a little bit like the room wasn’t quiiiiiiite done yet, but couldn’t put my finger on what was missing.  And then two very important pieces of the puzzle came together.

First, a super talented, super thoughtful blog reader named Jordan sent me these beautiful letters for Gracie’s nursery.  I had been trying to find block letters, but hadn’t been able to find *the* ones.  And then Jordan, a longtime blog reader who I feel like I really know, sent me an email asking if she could attempt these paper mache letters she had been thinking about.  She said I didn’t have to use them, she just wanted to try them out.  But as soon as I opened the very first letter, I knew these would be front and center in the nursery.  Aren’t they beautiful?

 

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I love that they are a shade darker than the wall color, too. It adds a little depth to the room, I think. What I also love about them is because they are paper mache and not wood, they are super light. I get a little nervous putting anything heavy over a baby crib. What if it fell in the middle of the night??? (That’s my paranoid maternal brain working in overdrive, by the way…) But these letters are as light as Styrofoam. If they were to fall, they wouldn’t do any harm.

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The second big thing that made a difference in the room was that I finally got the mirror replaced on my vanity. FINALLY! I am so excited!

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Because it is straight across the room from the window, the natural light reflects so brightly in there now. I am just so happy with it!

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You can see that I have moved the mobile from directly over the crib to the corner. I wanted to make sure it didn’t hide the letters over the crib. I might end up moving it back once I see if Gracie has any interest in looking at something while she’s dozing off. Bean never really cared for one, so if Gracie ends up being the same way I’ll probably just leave the butterfly mobile in the corner like it is.

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That’s all I’m going to do in the nursery until Gracie gets here. Having a baby in the room naturally causes things to shift and change as we find out what she wants and prefers to have around her. We’ll be moving the swing and bouncer out when she’s finally here and that will change things again. So, for now I’m happy with how it looks and am good with just sitting tight on any more additions until she’s here.

(Did you hear that, Gracie? We just need you to get here!!)

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