Nursery Prep: Painting

I got around to painting the nursery last week – I’m really glad I got it done because just afterward my right hip started acting up.  I’m not sure if it’s sciatic pain from the baby sitting on it, or if my hips are over-relaxing from the hormones.  Either way, it’s not fun and causes intermittent pain so severe it almost stops me in my tracks.  I doubled the pillow I sleep with between my legs and that seems to have helped, or the baby has moved off the nerve.  Relief! 

Now don’t fret about the pregnant woman painting – I used low VOC paint from Valspar and didn’t hang out in the room after each coat was applied.  I do most of the painting around here because A. I’m pretty good at it and sort of enjoy it, and B. dear husband Dave is sort of bad at it.  Sorry sweetie, but it’s true!

Here’s a refresher of the quilt – I’ve since added a narrow border out of the black and white fabric, and a larger outer border from the polka dot.

This is the blue accent wall behind the crib.  It’s looking pretty pale in this picture, but it matches the blue in the quilt really nicely.  I reassembled Arden’s old crib for the new baby.

The rest of the walls are a pale gray.  I think this color combination will be really soothing, and should grow up with her nicely.  The dresser/changing table from Arden’s room moved in here, and the taller white dresser that was here moved into her room.

This rug from a recent trip to Ikea with my Mom and SIL was such a lucky find – $19!!  We’d begun browsing for something to put in here and weren’t finding anything we liked and everything was upwards of $100.  LOVE Ikea!!

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