Project: Nursery

I have 12 weeks to pull together a spectacular nursery. Sounds like a lot of time, but when you consider my two jobs and ever increasing tiredness, it makes me feel stressed like it's never going to come together. I've been on the fence a little (okay, a lot) on how I want baby girl's nursery to look. I've explored every option from gender neutral to all-out-girl. Then my mom's neighbor just re-did her girls room with the most spectacular pink wallpaper and offered me her extras ... and the nursery "theme" was settled on.

The idea is this: the wall paper on one wall with the rest of the walls in a light/blush pink. The ceiling will stay the same grey color, so I want to make it sort of a grey and pink themed, girly but classy/elegant. Like this:

image from baby and child

One of the things I knew I wanted was a girly chandelier. I found the perfect one, and last night Jason and I (okay fine, Jason) installed it:

And yesterday I made my best find, an upholstered rocker/glider better than the one I'd been jonesing for from Pottery Barn Kids. At a price that I could not pass up (especially with the addition of the 20 percent off coupon I had!) Thank you DownEast Home!!

Stand by me

So our bed finally came, and it looks wonderful in our room! Except... we don't have nightstands or any other furniture in the room. So it's slightly bare. I've been looking high and low for nightstands I love that are in the budget and match the bed (a tall order, I know). I really love these ones pictures, does anyone know where to find ones similar? Also, I love the lamps, and have found some at Target. As soon as I have nightstands to put them on, they will be mine! AND, how adorable are those "love" pillows?

Rugs, beautiful rugs!

Have you ever seen such delicious rugs? Man oh man, I'm loving the new line of rugs from Amy Butler. I love what a rug can do for a room, but I'm not a fan of what they can do to a bank account :) Maybe someday, right?

The bed

I have been searching high and low for a bed that I love, was in the budget, Jason loved and would be timeless. This proved harder than I thought. I'd go into stores and they'd ask me what I was looking for in a bed and I'd tell them, "I'm not sure, but I'll know it when I see it." And guess what, today I saw it.

I think I like the shorter posts better, what do you think?

I found it just in time too, Jason and I closed on our house yesterday and will start moving in tonight. We don't officially move until the end of the month, as far as church stuff/our callings are concerned, but I'll be slowly moving our stuff in between now and then.

Mirror mirror on the wall...

I really want to put a mirror above my fireplace. Mirrors just seem to really open up a room and reflect in more light. And I'm all about openness and light. I saw this mirror in Anthropologie and fell in love.

Powder Room

I bought this hand towel for my new powder room. It's the only room in the house I have fully decorated in my mind.



We're supposed to close tomorrow. I can't believe it's really happening!

Offer: Accepted

Now the fun part begins. Loan applications, inspections, appraisals, down payments and other such grown up stuff. But, if all goes well, we will be home owners on July 10th.

More pictures from the MLS:




I went up there again last night with my dad, Carlie and Jason. I wish I would have taken a picture of the view from the house. It's amazing, to die for. There had just been a rainstorm, so everything was clear and there were the most beautiful rainbows.