After looking LONG and HARD, Cameron and I finally found our nursery furniture! (We found it a while ago...I've clearly been slacking on the posts!).
We found the crib and dresser set at a local store in Apex called Green Pea Baby (we went there over Thanksgiving 2009 when my parents, Ben, Amy and Jack were here). The set is an espresso color, which we think will look really nice in the room and work well for a boy (or a girl in the future). We chose a crib that will convert to a toddler bed and a full size bed later! We may not use the toddler bed but it's great that we can convert it if we want to!
We ALSO found an AMAZING glider from Green Pea Baby too. This chair is incredible! It's large enough to cuddle up in and, in the future, it will have enough space for a mommy or a daddy and a little kid. I can already imagine reading to our little boy in this chair when he's not a baby anymore. Another benefit of this chair is that it is comfortable and soft, but not so soft that you sink all the way into the chair and can never get up! We plan on/expect to spend a lot of time in this chair, so we are really looking forward to this chair.
Another piece of the puzzle that we were having trouble finding was bedding....but we found that too! We didn't want a theme at first, but then we realized that using a color and dots/circles as a theme would box us in too much. Once we thought about having a theme, Cameron remembered that Pottery Barn Kids had some great options. We chose Eli's Elephant....and we LOOOOOVE it!!! Now I see elephants all over and I love them! :)
We also had the nursery painted on Friday! We had a chair rail installed (using the same company who added the wainscoting and painting in other areas of our house). We chose a darker green for below the chair rail and a lighter green above. It looks very good....not TOO baby but it's still clearly a nursery/kid's room.
We will share pictures once we have more than just the paint and bedding in our house! All three pieces of furniture are going to be delivered together....hopefully in the next 3 weeks or less!!!
Your room sounds more wonderful every time you add another feature. It will be so exciting to see all the parts put together when we come to your shower in March. Elephants make such good pets, and they're great listeners. You will always be glad you chose an elephant theme rather than, say, anteater or armadillo.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you can have the chair delivered to your living room, and sell raffle chances for people to sit in it. I will buy my ticket now!
What's a chair rail? Everything else is so well described I can see it in my mind, but have no clue what that is!
ReplyDeleteA chair rail is the molding that goes around the middle of the room. You can go to this website: http://littlecrowninteriors.com/blog/tag/boys-nursery/ and scroll down. You'll see pictures of rooms that have a white strip around the middle of the room. It seems to be pretty popular in nurseries...we love it :)
ReplyDeleteAhhh, got it. Cool - that's a great look. I'm excited to see the room in person in just a couple months. Have fun as you keep getting everything ready!
ReplyDeleteSounds so nice! Maybe Jack can share his Ellie blanket with your baby when he comes for visits. Can't wait to see pictures and test out the chair.
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