https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:25:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911486 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:04:38 +0000 cookiemomster 1911486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the big items were bought at a retail auction or gifted to us, and none of that was really pricey- the biggest splurge item for us was definitely her name above the crib. It ended up costing 120 dollars, which was way more than we wanted to spend, but it makes the room and even at 3 months she loves to stare at them. </p> [attach=4591/14/ndvc3s.600x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911475 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:48:50 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1911475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: that picture is so freaking cute!! What a great must-have! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911474 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:46:50 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1911474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Sugarboo Designs, the best price for it that I have seen so far is $280 through Wayfair. That includes the frame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wayfair.com/Sugarboo-Designs-Excuse-Me-While-I-Kiss-The-Sky-Framed-Painting-Print-AP163-KKR1056.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wayfair.com/Sugarboo-Designs-Excuse-Me-While-I-Kiss-The-Sky-Framed-Painting-Print-AP163-KKR1056.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911451 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:14:35 +0000 Arden 1911451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: That art is amazing. Where from? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911425 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:46:29 +0000 fairy 1911425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing, but if I have another I want to splurge on a decent glider because we bought a $120 one on amazon as it was the cheapest I could find and it gives me pressure sores when I have to sit on it for hours nursing my daughter to sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911391 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:10:44 +0000 lilyann 1911391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For DS#2, I splurged on a grey crib (Babyletto Hudson), a mobile (Alison show) and a vintage dresser (this pic doesn't show the whole thing though). </p> [attach=2406/14/ndv6tx.600x600.Gsroom.jpg] [attach=2406/14/ndv6tz.600x600.Grahams-room.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911389 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:07:52 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1911389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is a toddler room, not a nursery but our biggest splurge will be this touch screen monitor/computer that DH is obsessed with him having. It's like the only thing he's asked to include. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911387 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:04:33 +0000 gingerbebe 1911387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know why but I was drawn to a whale theme for our baby nook as soon as we found out it was a boy. Everything came together reasonably and we were gifted a lot of things and I'm generally super practical but I saw this pillow at Land of Nod and had to have it. $28 for a pillow I can't use in the crib seemed ridiculous but DH was in the Coast Guard and we had a blue white and red color scheme anyway so I got it for DH as a baby present and incorporated into our baby's newborn photos. </p> [attach=1472/14/ndv6jn.600x399.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911362 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:48:33 +0000 yoursilverlining 1911362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: until she was about 6 months old. We switched to co-sleeping at night after a few weeks, but LO took naps in there (and fit in there) until she was 6 months old. </p> <p>We now use it as a toy chest, so it will have a long life. It's really lovely in real life!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911357 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:45:56 +0000 MrsScottish 1911357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing really... We were gifted the crib and change table, rocker was by grandpas passed down to me, bought an ikea dresser and closet organizer. Our splurge was a doula and a really good stroller :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911085 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:01:00 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1911085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No splurges for the nursery exactly...we were given a hand me down glider (which is super comfortable!!) and the other furniture was inexpensive. Everything else was DIY by me. Our biggest baby splurges were our stroller (worth every penny) and the A&amp;A dream blanket which we didnt get until lo was 4 months, so it doesnt really count with what you were asking for. </p> <p>This time we are reusing almost everything (including the dream blanket) from lo 1, but i am hoping to splurge on some girly bamboo AA swaddles since most of her stuff will be neutral and used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911074 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:59:22 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1911074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For our first nothing. For our second it was a rocker/recliner. I am keeping that thing for.ev.er. (Not because it was that expensive, just because it is so comfortable). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1911057 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:56:26 +0000 Anagram 1911057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 1 splurge was our glider. Which turned into a nightmare with the store we bought it from, so we didn't even get the darn thing until my LO was 3-4 months old. And then we got it for free....but not worth the very long hassle. I posted about it here on HB so many times! </p> <p>It's this chair in a different color. <a href="http://www.lussobaby.ca/Dutailier-Fogo-Upholstered-Espresso-Chair-in-Snow-180101-79-3138-XX.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.lussobaby.ca/Dutailier-Fogo-Upholstered-Espresso-Chair-in-Snow-180101-79-3138-XX.htm</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1910984 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:30:00 +0000 IRunForFun 1910984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: How long were you able to use the Moses basket? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1910974 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:25:58 +0000 lamariniere 1910974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LulaBee: my only regret is that I didn't find the classic crib with the toddler conversion kit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1910940 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:59:16 +0000 LulaBee 1910940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: So glad we found on CL, they are way too much money new! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1910664 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:11:14 +0000 Mrs. Detour 1910664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stokke Sleepi. I found it on Craigslist for $300 so the mattress is almost as much as the crib. We have to move this year (~600 sq ft isn't cutting it) so we're using old mismatched dressers and can't do a glider yet. I hate how the room looks now, but I'm excited about the Sleepi in whatever space we set up next. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1910432 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:28:56 +0000 LuLu Mom 1910432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I splurged on a big overstuffed chair (can't find a picture right now) and LO1 hated to be rocked, so I'm hoping with #2 it gets more use because it's so comfy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item/page/2#post-1910422 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:24:46 +0000 swurlygurl 1910422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does time count as a splurge? I spent SO many hours stenciling her wall because that's how I always imagined her nursery (pink walls with gold stencil) </p> [attach=3446/14/ndul9a.584x438.img_0244.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910404 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:16:19 +0000 blackbird 1910404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: same. $99 crib :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910395 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:10:55 +0000 Adira 1910395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess our splurge item was this PBK bedding (not the best pic to showcase it): </p> [attach=340/14/ndukm8.600x400.IMG_5713.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910389 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:09:08 +0000 HLK208 1910389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, it was the rocker/recliner. With my second...nothing! LO's shared a room so DD got a new crib mattress and that was it. With my third, probably the rug in her room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910376 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:59:53 +0000 lamariniere 1910376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LulaBee: same for us! We also found ours on craigslist and Lo2 is using it now.</p> <p>Eta: for LO2, the splurge was the new stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910366 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:56:09 +0000 LulaBee 1910366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our splurge was an Oeuf classic crib, I found it on Craigslist for half the price but it was still a lot to stomach for a crib. But I love the way it looks and we plan on using it for #2 in March (although last night DD said that #2 can have her big girl bed and she will sleep in her crib). :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910330 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:16:39 +0000 Foodnerd81 1910330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't go crazy on the nursery, since at the time we were renting and thought it was temporary (we since bought the condo we were renting). Most expensive item was the crib but it was midrange price and chosen in part because it matched the dresser my parents gave me from my bedroom growing up. The central "design" focus was the PBK sheets- Taylor, gray and white elephants. But at $19 a sheet it wasn't a crazy splurge or anything. </p> <p>We did get a decent glider but it didn't for in her room so it's in the livig room. </p> <p>My splurge was the stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910322 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:08:39 +0000 catomd00 1910322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have to say the furniture and bedding. Luckily family bought the furniture and it will be used for many years to come, but the bedding was stupid expensive and as we all know isn't a necessity. I couldn't find anything that compared though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910309 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:55:26 +0000 charmed 1910309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our glider/ottoman is our splurge item! We don't have it yet (it's on the registry, hoping a bunch of people would go in on it together), but it's something we'll definitely buy ourselves.</p> <p>Crib and dresser were both budget friendly, and I'll design the decor/artwork myself or use things we already have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910300 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:32:29 +0000 Snowdrop 1910300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do think it makes sense in every room to have one feature that you absolutely love even if it isn't particularly expensive. For our nursery (which is no way near finished) our feature is the wallpaper, everything else will be worked around that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910297 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:18:43 +0000 looch 1910297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with the sentiment, but we didn't do that at all, because we were going to be moving and wouldn't be taking the furniture with us...so we furnished the room in IKEA (which I loathe). Oh, and I then decided that I would design the big boy room for my son's dreams, but it has turned out that I am too thrifty for that and would rather spend money on other things...so the furniture in my son's room is my former bedroom furniture with a full sized bed we bought at Costco.</p> <p>I splurged on our stroller, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-must-have-splurge-item#post-1910293 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:08:41 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1910293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: that's a beuatiful moses basket, I've been eyeing the one with the green handles. </p> <p>@daniellemybelle: @avivoca: the Jenny Lind is a beuatiful crib; I can see why it was your must have.</p> <p>My must-have cribs have evolved...Babyletto Hudson (similar to Oeuf's Sparrow) to either Babymod Marley (similar to Calon;s Caravan) or Babymod Parker (similar to Duc Duc's Parker) thanks to @MrsJumpRope recent nursery reveal. Mr. Lime has always said "we are getting a Walmart crib."</p> <p>Here's the must-have/ splurge art I couldn't post before: </p> [attach=3033/14/ndueyi.360x417.excuse-me-while-I-kiss-the-sky.jpg]