Nursery tour

While the nursery has been nearly finished for over a month and may still have a few tweaks along the way, it is basically finished and ready for our little girl to arrive whenever she is ready. So we thought you might like to see a tour of the space we have been getting ready for her.

Here is the view from the doorway. You can see our ikea bookcase and the lovely glider that was a shower gift from my parents:

Once you enter the room and turn to the right, you can see the dresser, which is on the opposite wall from the bookcase.  The curtain is an old piece of fabric I bought while I was in south africa from nuns in zimbabwe. I used to wear it as a wrap skirt but don't any more. To make it into a curtain I just took out the darts for the skirt and added ribbon tabs at the top.  The animal pictures are from an old calendar.

Turning to the right again from the dresser is the bed.  We chose to do a floor bed instead of a crib and used some decorations from South America to make the space more interesting.

Above the bed is the big decoration project I have been working on--a bird mobile:

Here is an up close view of the birds.  I sewed them by hand using the fabrics I bought and mentioned a while back, and then stuffed them.  JP cut off a branch of the grapefruit tree on our back patio and sanded it so it would be ready to live inside.  I sewed the birds onto the branch and then we made our way through trial and error to hang them up this weekend.  I am really happy with how they turned out!

From the bed area, here is the view looking back towards the wall with the bookcase.  I love the wall decal tree that we got from our registry and how well it fits the space we have.  The bookcase is full of all the treasures from our shower and we look forward to being able to use everything once our little one shows up!

In this closer view of the glider, you can see the great blanket that JP's grandma made for us and the pillow cover that I made with the leftover fabric from my bird mobile project. 

I do have one more small project I am working on with the rest of the leftover fabric but it will be a minor addition to the room once I get it done.  For now it is keeping me occupied while I rest on the couch and be patient waiting for our little girl to decide to make her entrance. I will be sure to share pictures when it is done.