Yeaaaaaah, baby – it’s nursery time! Pun most definitely intended. The last time we shared a shot of this room (in this post) it was looking like this. Totally newborn ready, right?
We started on Clara’s nursery in February and she was born in May, so it felt right to get moving in there now that it’s January (since the barnacle is due in April). We’ve had so many ideas swirling around in our brains for the last month after finding out we were having a boy, that waiting a hot second before running in there and going to town has been nice because the projects and ideas that we truly love have had a little time to float to the top.
We’re leaning towards using bold green along with graphic black & white (although we’re sure almost every color of the rainbow will end up in there in small doses) and we’d also love some natural elements (wood furniture, woven baskets, bamboo blinds, etc). As for the mustache doll, Clara picked one out for her brother at a craft sale we went to recently, so he’s just in there for fun, along with the same green alligator toy that Clara played with as a baby.
The whole green accent color idea actually came from the bike prints that John framed in rustic homemade wood frames for our last house’s sunroom. Here’s a detail shot of those awesome rich-wood frames…
… and here’s my favorite shot from that post. For obvious reasons.
We think they’ll make for awesome large scale art in the nursery, and from there we can layer in things like a black and white striped bench, a neutral rug, bamboo blinds, built-ins to flank the crib that are spaced to accommodate a twin sized bed in between them (longwise) – or even a full-sized bed (widthwise) for when the barnacle is older and no longer chilling in a crib like a villain angel.
So our starting point for the room is definitely that bike art, but our first purchase for the room actually snuck up on us. We were in HomeGoods and saw this big 100% wool rug, and something about it just had us at hello.
Even Clara was smitten.
Within five minutes we were checking out with it and stuffing it into the car. It’s an 8 x 10′ 100% wool Martha Stewart rug by Safavieh and it retails for $800 but it was marked down to $399. We liked that it was soft (not scratchy) and had a cool pattern on it that was somewhat subtle (so it won’t compete with other bolder patterns, like a thick black and white stripe on something, for example).
But the room was hardly rug ready, so we had some cleaning up to do when we got home with it. After we put all that stuff where it really should go (either in other closets/rooms/or the storage room) it looked a lot better – and we were able to take our traditional “us in the room before we start on it” photo.
We did one of them in Clara’s nursery before we started on that back in 2010 (apparently I automatically pop up onto my tip-toes whenever I’m in a picture next to tall John).
And then we snapped this one when we were done, so we’re planning to do that in the nursery here as well. It was fun to compare how my bump changed after three months, and sort of hilarious that I “popped early” and just seemed to stay that big – well I grew a little more – in the last trimester).
Here’s the nursery now with the rug in it. It’s looking pretty big here since it’s shoved up against that side and back wall, but we think once we center it and load in the room it’ll hopefully be great.
We’re loving everything from the tone-on-tone pattern to the nice wool feeling underfoot. Just ignore those unpainted walls and that half-constructed crib…
Rug close up. Hubba hubba.
So there’s still lots to do, but it’s progress! We’re sure our to-do list will continue to evolve as we go, but here’s a first-thought brain dump for ya:
clean out the room- paint the walls and ceiling
- address the window (bamboo blinds + blackout curtains?)
get a rug- add built-ins to each end of the long wall so the crib (and a future bed) can nestle between them
- add sconces to the sides of the built-ins
- create some sort of slatted or trimmed out wall between the built-ins for interest?
- get the ceiling wired for an overhead light fixture (none of the upstairs bedrooms have them)
- find an armchair for all that late night nursing
- redo the closet for little clothes (paint it, add a second hanging bar, cubby storage, etc)
- maybe even paint the closet door a fun color like Clara’s?
- add chunky crown molding
- bring in a dresser/changing table (we’re 80% sure we’ll use the wooden hand-me-down from John’s dad that’s currently in our closet)
- build custom shelves (since John did this for Clara, he’d like for this to be a tradition)
- make a woodsy little cuckoo clock (since I made one for Clara, I’d like to make a charming little rustic one for the bun as well)
- make a mobile
- hang art (at least one or two prints will have a sea-faring reference, thanks to Clara’s baby boy nickname of “The Barnacle”)
We’re planning to document this nursery’s evolution exactly the same way that we did Clara’s: in real time as we go. We created hers over the course of three months and 17 posts (cleaning the room, painting the walls/ceiling, going shopping, crib hunting, adding curtains/blinds, getting a crib, painting & hanging a mirror, finding a chair, making a faux sheepskin, refinishing her dresser, adding drawer liners, organizing her closet, making a crib skirt, making a mobile, building nursery shelves, adding art, and sharing the full reveal when it was 100% bean-ready).
So while we expect that many of the steps that we take will change this time (we don’t need a crib, but we want to add built-ins), it’s safe to assume that over the course of the next three months, we’ll probably share one or two updates a week as we go (along with progress in other rooms, showhouse updates, etc). We have a few loftier goals for this space (like built-ins, sconces, and chunky crown) so it might be down to the wire, but no matter what we hope to be done by mid April.
Oh man, it’s pretty crazy to think that in a few short months we’ll be a family of five (Burger counts!) with a former junk-room-turned-functional-bedroom for our littlest family member. I’m all grinny and hyper over here. Is anyone else working on a nursery? Do you have a big ol’ to-do list and a permasmile on your face? Or do you have memories of creating a bedroom for your little one that you’d like to share? I can’t get enough of that stuff.
Megan @ Rappsody in Rooms says
What a great color scheme! I love it! That shade of green with rustic elements and black and white just sounds perfect for a baby boy, but not too babyish!
Corey says
Can’t wait to see all the steps in between!
We’re working on our nursery now too and are due in late April with a little girl. She’s our first so it’s all a huge experiment at this point, but definitely a fun one :) Our theme is whales (so royal blues, greens, yellows, maybe pops of pink).
One rando question I had for Sherry, where did you get your maternity(?) jeans? Desperately searching for a pair with a little flare like those!
YoungHouseLove says
Old Navy is my jam. I buy one pair of their maternity jeans at the start of each pregnancy. With Clara they carried me the whole way, and I hope this pair works the same way!
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Noelle says
I can’t wait to see it done! BTW thanks for sharing the link to the bike poster frames, I must have missed that one and its PERFECT tutorial for making a frame for my son’s new Minecraft poster Santa brought him.
YoungHouseLove says
Glad to help. Good luck Noelle!
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Jeanna says
Gorgeous rug, can’t wait to see how the room evolves :)
Jackie says
Can’t wait to see how it all comes together. I love that you didn’t do all pink with Clara and you’re not going to do all blue for the Barnacle.
And thank you for addressing the standing on your toes thing. That’s the first thing I thought about when I saw that picture.
-Jackie
http://ournashvillelife.blogspot.com
YoungHouseLove says
The funny tip-toe thing is that someone from the book tour commented and said I was on my toes in a pic with her! It’s hilarious- I don’t even know I’m doing it!
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Julie says
I love that rug too!! I’m expecting our first baby in early June and we will find out if we are having a boy or girl on Monday! I can’t wait as it will kick-off the nursery preparations for us too. I’m all hyper too and I’m so happy that I can follow along with your nursery prep and get ideas!
Jacqueline says
Maybe a white crib skirt with green grosgrain along the bottom? If you make a four sided one with deep pleats for the crib, you can take it out when you are ready for the bed and still use it on the three sides.
YoungHouseLove says
That’s smart!
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Carla says
I love Benjamin Moore’s Natura paint, but it’s not non-toxic. Have you ever considered Mythic Paint? I’ve also read that super heating a room with the door closed and window open can help accelerate outgassing. I’m concerned that zero-VOC can be very misleading, when in fact the paint is not as baby and eco-friendly as we’re led to believe.
About the rug, it’s gorgeous. I keep seeing Martha Stewart rugs and loving them. The price is higher than I can afford, but maybe a 5 by 7 with a discount would work. The search is on!! Oh, and a moth question . . . anything with wool seems to get nibbled. Any suggestions?
YoungHouseLove says
We actually used Mythic paint in Clara’s nursery in 2010! The local vendor who sold it is no longer here (boo!) but we’d love to track some down if it’s still around somewhere. Thanks for the superheating tip too, never heard that! As for rugs, if wool gets nibbled in your house, maybe try cotton? We have a flat weave cotton rug in our bedroom from Joss & Main and love it.
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Carla says
You can try to find a local dealer via Mythic’s website, or just order some color samples and gallons of paint from them and have them shipped.
The local dealer here in Redding, California doesn’t carry their black label paint. Next time I’ll request a special order from the local store or just place my order with Mythic. I’m willing to pay a bit more for the black label paint.
I think Benjamin Moore goes on more smoothly, and I just picked up two gallons today to redo Manchester Tan, which turned out very gray on my walls. The remaining walls that haven’t already been painted since our move will be painted using Mythic, and later this year I’ll use Mythic for the ceilings.
Mythic’s eggshell is the BEST eggshell of all the paints I’ve used. I’m finding that flat paint looks much nicer in my home (very sueded and comfy). BM’s flat is beautiful. It has a richness to it that I haven’t seen in other paints. I haven’t tried flat in Mythic yet, but I’m sure it’s equally nice. Eggshell is where things get touchy. Valspar’s zero VOC eggshell is very glossy and pasty looking, and it’s the smelliest paint I’ve ever used. I chose them at first to save some money. Over a week later I couldn’t handle the smell anymore and redid my walls with BM. No odors whatsoever, and all around a better quality paint.
But did you hear? There’s talk that the BM Natura line is probably going to be discontinued. Apparently it doesn’t do all that well. There are more affordable options. BM makes a contractor’s grade zero VOC paint that’s around $35/gallon (they told me it lacks Natura’s quality and bells and whistles), and for under $30 you can get zero VOC at the big box stores.
So Natura may not be around much longer. I don’t consider Valspar, Olympic or some of the others a good replacement, and since none of them are non-toxic, Mythic is a standout. Mythic does have some competitors, but I talked to one of Mythic’s original chemists and liked what he had to say.
The biggie here is that zero VOC does not equate to eco-friendly. These paints still have cancer warnings. Since paint on the walls tends to outlast furnishings (in terms of ever changing home decor and hanging on to the paint on our walls much longer than we do our furnishings), it’s worth spending more on something like Mythic. I only wish more people understood this better.
Okay, off to paint my walls. Again. :o))
BlabberMoose signing off.
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much for all the info! So interesting about Natura! BM’s cheaper no-VOC contractor paint is Ultra-spec and we have had luck with that too (we used it for a lot of trim and doors) – plus it was a lot cheaper. We really loved Mythic for the purity, so it would be cool to find a color we like and track some down somehow!
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Tirsa says
Homegoods is my idea of a really good time. I could spend hours in there just browsing!
Love the rug that you got. Cn’t wait to see how the nursery evolves. Hope you use a lot of that green, it’s so pretty.
Maria says
I am in love with that rug…pure awesomeness! That’s so funny about the tip toe thing…I actually do the opposite and bend my knees in pics with my hubby, cuz’ I’m a smidge taller! Can’t wait to see the nursery progress!
YoungHouseLove says
So funny!
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Morgan {Style Oyster} says
I am so glad I will be decorating a nursery at the same time as you! I’m due in May with #3 and we actually spent this past weekend painting it and setting up the crib. Can’t wait to be inspired by your ideas…though this one is finally a girl for me!
YoungHouseLove says
That’s so exciting Morgan! Congrats on #3!
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Brittany W. says
So exciting! I had grand plans for my little guy’s nursery (now 15 months). I had a mood board created and everything! But due to other house projects and having way too much on our plate, my husband and I didn’t even start on the nursery until I was 32 weeks. Eeek! We have pictures of me painting (no VOC paint and plenty of ventilation, I promise) and bumping my belly into the wet paint on the wall.
I didn’t get his room finished until he was nearly seven months old. At least it was painted and all of the furniture assembled and in place when he was born at 36 weeks. I remember him being five days old and when relatives came to visit he was asleep in his crib while I was tracing the frames for the gallery wall onto newspaper in his floor. They looked at me like I was crazy. I went from working full-time to be a stay at home mom literally overnight so I wasn’t sure what to do in the time he was asleep and I had energy to burn. So it was good that I had a project to work on I guess. Even now I am usually planning tweaks here and there like restyling his book shelf or reworking the closet.
I absolutely love the green and natural elements! I love that it’s masculine and youthful, and not just a pastel explosion that screams baby room. Best of luck!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, I bet those pictures of you painting with your belly bumping into the wall are priceless!
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Amy@TheBlissfulBee says
Aw this post makes me so happy! I cannot wait to see the progress of the nursery. I’m already in love with the rug so I know it’s all going to be gorgeous.
Congrats again!!
xo, amy
Amy E. says
oh! can’t wait to see the evolution of this mood board.
i saw someone else link some art for you and wanted to do the same. i ADORE this artist i found on etsy, Studio Tuesday, and think some of their work would be great to meld your bike with barnacles idea (whether or not it evolves into an “all things ‘B'” room), especially this one with hot air balloons (to tie in with the bike’s transportation theme) and a beluga whale tale (no barnacles, but there are LOTS of other nautical themed works that they offer!). plus there are lots of greens, blues, and soothing scenes. you can’t go wrong!
enjoy! and thanks for sharing!
YoungHouseLove says
Such cute stuff! I love that!
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Margaret says
Aw man that rug is perfection! It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for for my livingroom. How long ago did you get it from homegoods? I’m definitely going to have to search my local homegoods.
YoungHouseLove says
Really recently- within the last few days! We’ve been there twice within a week’s time (once for stuff for John’s sister and once when we were just browsing and saw the rug)!
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farzana says
Can’t wait for the finish! It’s going to awesome but can’t you just rewind to the future & show it to me…haha!
Susan says
Homegoods SCORE!! Love that rug (and the tip-toes).
Looking forward to watching the nursery make-over.
Betsy says
What a great start with that rug and John’s framed prints. Adorable!
I wanted to pass along ikea now has great blackout liners. They’re called Glansnava curtain liners and I’m using them for our son’s room and love them. A pair for under $25 and almost 98 inches in length.
Congrats on your little expansion to the family.
Betsy
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much for the tip Betsy!
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Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication says
So exciting! I cannot wait to see what you guys do with the space for baby boy Petersik! :)
Ellen . says
Love the green. Wouldn’t that make a great color for the closet door, especially if it is chalkboard paint? I also love the idea of black and white – neutral, yet masculine.
YoungHouseLove says
That’s a fun idea too Ellen!
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Alli says
We just found out we’re expecting after Christmas… haven’t told the fam yet! Already salivating over nursery ideas, eek!
YoungHouseLove says
Congrats Alli!
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jeannette says
the December 2013 Martha stewart living had Christmas ornaments x-acto’ed out of wood veneer — very pretty. I was grokking that whole article, which also featured a cuckoo clock, and thinking of Clara’s clock, and how you could make one out of wood veneer, with fancy shapes x-acto’ed and glued together using methods in the Christmas ornament piece.
http://www.marthastewart.com/948025/woodland-candleholders
the other visual that just popped out is the rug, which is awesome in every way. the house of snowball is an Australian boutique fashion design house. they make cuffs which are to DIE for, and they found a stash of moderne ’60s vintage guipure lace with which to garnish some of them. it’s gorgeous, modern lace which looks exactly like your rug and not, you know, like the duchess of Windsor’s underpants. I am trawling the internets for it, but the barnacle’s trimmings canon should definitely include it. the rug is heavenly, I know he’ll love it.
here is a url for the house of snowball cuffs:
http://houseofsnowball.com/accessories-11.html
YoungHouseLove says
So cool. All of it. Love the links, Jeannette!
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Hayley says
Ahhh, I’m nursery obsessed! I desperately want to plan a 3rd nursery! Can’t wait to watch the progress. :)
"Jewelry Lady" Ashley Ruark says
Do you plan on painting the room that green? Or just using it as a pop of color?
YoungHouseLove says
Just as a pop – maybe on the closet door (like Clara’s pink one) and then perhaps some more green art (like the bike art) and maybe a green tailored crib skirt and a green pillow on the armchair (or a green pouf?).
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kathleen says
I have a baby boy due march 23rd and the last 3 years with my daughter have been pink, sparkles and butterflies, so i am at a total loss on how to decorate fora boy! Will be fun to see what you do for yours ;) congrats!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, congrats on your little guy!
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Tricia S. says
The rug is a wonderful choice for a baby’s room. That’s a beauty to be sure. 100% wool is naturally fire resistant so it doesn’t need to be treated with fire retardant chemicals like synthetic rug would. I love the plan you guys have!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Tricia! I’m such a fan of 100% wool and cotton rugs. They seem to last for a nice long time (we had one extra sheddy wool one that was plusher, but other than that we’ve been really happy).
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Tara says
Do you feel a little less in a hurry to decorate this nursery than Clara’s? I only ask because we are expecting our second (a boy too) around the same time as you. I’m all about waiting for a while and it might not be ready for when he arrives, but I’m okay with that. I guess I just know what to expect now and feel a lot of things can wait, although I wish my family felt the same.
YoungHouseLove says
It’s weird, in some cases I feel more frazzled just because this house is so much more “raw” than our first house was when Clara was on the way (we had nearly completed every room, so the whole house felt clean and new and fresh – whereas this house still has ancient wallpaper and old blue trim and scratched vinyl floors). So in some ways I feel more self-imposed pressure to fix up other spaces, but I’m a little less worried about his room (since we already have things like a dresser and crib, and his floors are new hardwoods, etc).
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Jackie says
Love the idea of that green ending up on a wall or door or elsewhere – it’s so fun!
My comment is actually with regard to the design/structure of your post and not the content. Your site is incredibly well constructed – that’s actually what impressed me the most when my sister told me about your blog last year. All of the images and text always load immediately, no matter what device I am using to access the site, it’s super easy to click into other tabs/posts, and I just genuinely appreciate the way the content is organized overall.
At the end of this post, in the 3×3 block of photos you have, is it possible to make those images act as links to the actual posts themselves? Perhaps the way you do with your project pages? (i.e. https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to/holiday/) I’m aware that you listed all of the links to the nursery progression in the paragraph preceding the block of 9 photos, so I’m not saying it’s difficult to locate the relevant content per se(and I’m in favor of how you labeled the links to other posts with some kind of identifier vs. using the word “here”)- I just wanted to submit the feedback that having relevant mini-project summaries built-in to the content in a project catalog style makes it easier for me personally to read. To be honest, I think I’d be more likely to click back at all of the other relevant posts if there is an image depicting it vs. just a hyperlink of it within the paragraph.
Anyway, just my two cents. Have a good one!
Best,
Jackie
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Jackie! To make those boxes into clickable links would be awesome! It would involve about an hour or two of coding (we’d be sizing each image, making a grid with code, and then individually linking each one to the relevant post) so that’s why we opted to just link the text in the paragraph above the image. But for pages (as opposed to individual posts, which get buried in a few days) we’re more likely to do that!
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Katie says
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that rug and your design for the nursery! Kelly green is such a fun color. I’m sure you are loving working on a boys room. I have a boy and girl and I loved having 2 totally different rooms to decorate.
Erin says
I’m expecting my first in July! We’ve picked which room will be he nursery, but that’s it. Still full of boxes…
YoungHouseLove says
Congrats Erin!
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Catherine says
ahhhh love nurseries!
Our second daughter is expected tomorrow!! (planned c-section after having a crash one for my first) and I completed her nursery (other than pictures in the frames that need to wait for her arrival) on Sunday! Because we are having another girl, we reused many of the items we had for the first one…in the same original room ( my oldest moved into a new bedroom back in October after we gave the place a super fun, colorful makeover! she loves her new space which really helped the transition…) but I still wanted the baby to have somewhat if a different room, So we shuffled some of the furniture around, along with changing the art pieces and locations! We got a new crib as the old one was a hand me down that got to the end of its life…I also decided to add an accent wall.. a little touch of pink in a room that was originally all painted in a very pale, calm green color! The room looks and feels different, for less then 150$ (paint & crib mostly)!!
Now, I only have a little over 24 hours to go before we meet baby 2… can’t wait!
YoungHouseLove says
Ahh, that’s so exciting! And wow, tomorrow you’ll have two daughters! That’s amazing. Good luck with everything Catherine!
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Sherri Early says
So excited — I love everything about this room! If the rug is in the middle between beige and gray, it sounds like it would pair well with Revere Pewter wall paint. Unless you don’t want it to be too matchy matchy.
Congratulations!
YoungHouseLove says
Yes, I think that would be awesome in there… but we’re sort of craving something new (since that’s in the foyer and the master bathroom already). We’ll have to see which swatches jump out at us! I’m sure it’ll be some sort of neutral (so we can layer in a bunch of colors and things as the bun grows, like we can do in Clara’s room thanks to that neutral base) but we’re not sure where we’ll end up!
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kirsten says
I’m due in four weeks and don’t feel like I have anything done. We live in a small one bedroom house, so baby Squishy (we didn’t find out) is sharing the room with us. The bright side is I have a co-sleeper my dad built for me from an idea I had.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, baby Squishy = adorable! All the best with everything Kristen!
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Juliette says
So excited for you guys! Love the rug! Can’t wait to see it all come together :)
I have a question. Do you guys typically use rug pads? I am currently researching what kind to get for a couple new rugs in my apartment. Do you have a certain brand/type you reccommend? Thanks!
YoungHouseLove says
Yes, we usually just grab them at Target. Although they can be a little stinky, so we typically grab one and then open it up and leave it in the sunroom or even outside on a hot day for a while to air out.
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Reenie says
YEA!! Can’t wait to see this room come together. :)
sally says
Love the rug, and you will really appreciate it on those nights when little Pete wakes up and crys to be fed. No cold floor! My first baby was two – twin boys – and we used yellow ducks and white (didn’t know what the sex would be, just that we were having twins).
YoungHouseLove says
Haha! Little Pete Petersik! I love it.
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Emily says
Love the plan for the nursery! The bike print and the green look great together.
I was about six months pregnant when I assembled the furniture (crib and changing table) for our first kid. My husband was actually out of town for the weekend, and the furniture was just sitting in boxes in the room. And I just had to put it together! I will always remember that.
YoungHouseLove says
That’s so funny! You were nesting!
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Emily @ Life on Food says
I cannot wait to see what happens with the space. I love the rug – what a steal! One thing for sure is this little boy will have one hip room.
Rachael says
Haha! We bought that exact same rug for our playroom! Ours is a bit of shedder though. I’m hoping that calms down a bit once it’s been vacuumed a few more times.
YoungHouseLove says
So funny! Is yours flat weave or plush wool? Ours is flatweave, so it hasn’t done much shedding much yet (I rubbed it against my belly in the store since I was wearing a black shirt to test it – haha!) but maybe I should start vacuuming it now so it’s all shedded out by the time the baby comes!
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Alicia says
Hi Rachael, do you (or does anyone else) know the style name/number of this rug? It is exactly what I have been looking for to go in my living room. Can’t say I have high hopes for finding it in a local store..
Thanks!
Amy J. says
NAUTICAL MAPS! A nod to the barnacle bun, John’s love of maps, and what a cool piece of colorful art!
Amy J. says
Maybe the Virginia Beach area?
YoungHouseLove says
That’s fun!
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Gabby says
This is where the fun begins!! Can’t wait to see how everything comes together and what surprise ideas will pop up along the way :) Your ideas and creativity is nothing short of inspiring!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, thanks Gabby!
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Em says
I love the rug and mood board, but do have one comment that I’ve been “hemming and hawing” over mentioning. It seems like you guys are doing A LOT of built-ins in this house. From your other lists, you’re planning to add them to the office, the kitchen/living room doorway, your room, Clara’s room, and now the nursery (plus the dining room already has them). It just seems like every room is gonna end up with built-ins.
Of course it’s your house, so do it up how you want, but thought maybe it was worth mentioning. Looking forward to seeing how the nursery evolves!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, I think it’s just because our last house had a bunch of them and we LOVED both their look and their function (we had a wall of built-ins in the dining room, built-in desks in the office, built-in laundry room storage cubbies, and built in shelving systems in nearly every bedroom closet). So when we moved into this house we were like “um, where can we put everything?!” – losing that storage and function made us miss it more than ever! The funny thing is that many really old homes (like old craftsman houses) have a ton of built-ins (in living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, etc) and new constructions have a ton too – so it seems like something a bunch of people gravitate towards… including us!
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Allen says
Be sure to include a pic of the storage room in your next Keeping It Real post!
Also, whats the haps with the garage? I know you have plans for it but it sounds like John’s been using it a lot lately…
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, the garage and storage room = insanity! We are thinking about doing a house tour video though, so maybe if they’re not too dark we can capture the madness on film!
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Bridget says
Love the rug!!! I can’t wait for to see the nursery all done!
Kate says
I love the idea of a touch of green! I can’t wait to see more.
I also love the baby bump – my little one is 11 months today and we don’t want another one (at least not yet), but seeing your bump makes me want to be pregnant again, lol!
I’m so glad you found a good rug! Right now I’m in rug-finding-hell – we’re getting hard floors put in right now and I need a rug for the living room, but everything is either a) ugly, b) really expensive, c) wool (I’m really sensitive to wool), or d) not soft for the little one to crawl around on. Good rugs seem so difficult to find!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh no, I’m with you there! Rugs that you love are so hard to come by. Happy hunting!
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Evelina says
I’m SOOO excited about this! My favourite idea is the built-ins on both sides of the crib. Seriously genius. The rug is perfect too! I’m excited to find out the colour of the walls!!
Katie says
Before we repainted our current guest room/office, there was a layer of dark, bold green peeking out from chips and scratches. I’m pretty sure it’s underneath a layer or two on the whole room! It makes a wonderful accent color, but it makes me cringe just a little in the same way you probably twitch whenever you see that shade of blue from your house trim!
I’m in nesting mode too, with under 6 weeks until our baby boy arrives! We’re planning on having him sleep in our room until we transition into sharing with big brother. So while we aren’t designing a new space, cleaning, re-arranging furniture and organizing are dominating my to-do list. Since we’re moving everything in our room around a bit, I may use it as an excuse to finally repaint it too. :)
YoungHouseLove says
That’s so exciting Katie! Six weeks is practically nothing!
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Kimberly | Turning It Home says
THAT RUG! I’m drooling over here (thankfully it won’t turn to ice here in Florida). I’m excited to see the progress of this little man’s nursery.
Tiffany says
Yahhhhhh the post I have been waiting for. And I LOVE that rug!! It looks like it would purr if you petted it :)~ hehe
Katrina says
I am in LOVE with that rug – what a find!
When we got our son’s nursery ready the best thing we did is install a dimmer switch for the over head light (well, besides installing the overhead light since there was none in that room originally). It was so useful to have that little bit of light available for those late night diaper changes/feedings without it being too much to cause him to really wake up and think it was time to play. And now (he’s 20 months) it helps to ease him into waking up on days that we have to get him up and moving.
YoungHouseLove says
So smart!!
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