I whipped up this cute little valance for the nursery yesterday. I used the same quilt squares with the gathered centers as in the crib quilt here. I used all leftovers from the quilt and had to be pretty creative about getting enough eeked out of the scraps I had left. Just one little problem… one block {…Continue Reading}
One minor drawback to using a nonconventional color scheme (gray, Tiffany blue, orange, green, black & white) for the nursery is that some of the items that I might have purchased ready-made aren’t available in a coordinating color. One of these items is the changing pad cover. The closest I could find was white, and I just don’t like {…Continue Reading}
I finally have the quilt finished for baby #2’s nursery! I’m really happy with how it’s turned out; I was a bit hesitant about the polka dot border but I do like it now that it’s all bound and quilted. I had a pretty good debate on how to quilt the border, but I decided {…Continue Reading}
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 {…Continue Reading}
Arden’s not an exceptionally squirmy sleeper, but she does move around enough to get uncovered and often wakes up cold. We use sleep sacks – Aden + Anais have nice muslin ones that work great, especially in the summer when you just need a little something – but there are never arms on sleepsacks. So, I thought {…Continue Reading}
One of the main features of Arden’s nursery is a peg rail going around the room. The idea was a bit of a collaboration between my mother and myself. I knew I wanted some kind of a detail going around the room, but I didn’t like the idea of a chair rail.  Mom suggested using knobs, {…Continue Reading}
