Eleanor's Nursery

As we were getting ready to move out of the old house I finally took some time to take pictures of Ellie's nursery.  I worked REALLY hard on this room and I think it was the only completely "finished" room in the house after living there for 4 years. 

Here is some info about the room:

Crib: Graco Lauren in White
Crib Bedding: Custom made by my bestie Sara Baker and her mom Pam Baker! 
Dresser and Changing Table: Ikea
Glider: Craigslist with a Surefit Slipcover
Pillow on Glider: Made by me!  (you know you're impressed..)
Tree Decals on Wall: Target
Mobile: Gift from MIL, Amazon.com
Map Flowers: Gift from Sister in Law, via Etsy
Book Shelves: Ikea
Puffballs above glider: Some made my me, some bought on Etsy by sister in law
Lamps: Ikea & Target
Paint Color: Anonymous by Behr
Adorable Baby: via Sarah & Casey Page

Nursery: Phase 1

And the color for the nursery is.......... GREY!

I know what you are thinking. Grey/Gray??? For a nursery?? WHY?!!? Aren't nurseries supposed to be painted pastel colors and have cartoon characters in them? For me... no. I want something chic, functional, and a color on which bright colors will pop. Grey is my favorite "color" so it makes perfect sense to me. (Cue Counting Crows jokes... and yes I do feel so symbolic)

On Saturday we had our wonderful friends over to help paint the nursery and to hang out and BBQ. I am SO thankful that everyone helped us out and it's such a relief to have such a major part of the nursery finished this early. Here are some pictures:

Casey already annoyed at me taking pictures.

Chris working hard.

Graham, Amanda, and Mike taking an ice cream cake break.

Nursery: Before

Here are some before pictures of what will be Baby P's nursery. Excuse the mess, it's a mixture of teaching stuff, extra comforters, art supplies, and me cleaning a closet out to start organizing.

Nursery Ideas

Right now I am obsessed with having a super cute, stylish, and functional nursery. Since moving into this house 3 years ago, I haven't really taken the time to fully decorate any one room. It's always been decorated "good enough". I am REALLY looking forward to getting started on the nursery. Hopefully we will paint this weekend... that is IF we can find "the perfect nursery grey".

Yes, I said grey and nursery in the same sentence. Grey/Gray has been my favorite color for the past 4 or 5 years (yeah, yeah, kind of like in that Counting Crow's song) and I can't imagine a better "neutral" backdrop for the colorful ideas I have for this nursery. So yes, the walls will be a beautiful medium grey.

As for the other colors, since we are not planning to find out the sex of Baby Page we will be doing a gender neutral nursery in yellows, turquoise/teals, with splashes of orange or pink depending on whether Baby P is a precious baby girl or a bouncing baby boy. Here are some photos of nurseries I love and am drawing inspiration from.

I want yellow bedding similar to this. We'll probably have to have it custom made on Etsy.

LOVE the color scheme in this sweet nursery. I also love the pinwheels and want to incorporate them somehow.

Love the grey walls with the colorful accents.

This is the color grey that I want. I really like the turquoise dresser.