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Jessie is currently napping and I don't have a picture of her room on this phone (plus it needs to be cleaned lol) but here is a few pictures of what will be her new room.
First: view from the door
Second: view from back right corner
Third: our horribly embarrassing storage closet.

What's really sad is that DH cleaned about half this room while he was on vacation. We need to keep most of the stuff in the closet actually so I'll be rearranging our entire house.

@loki: I think it's twice the size, if not more, than her current room! Which is great cause she has a lot of stuff these days lol

@marionberry: oh yeah, my favorite lol

@loki: I know someone whose LO'S room doesn't even have a closet! You should be good. I'm just using this as an excuse to clean it out. Otherwise I wont.

This is what we were dealing with at the beginning. It was the one room in the house we didn't touch when we moved in, so the closet was in rough shape and the ceiling had tons of cracks and the original 1920's light fixture.

It's only really painted now and the crib and dresser set up, but not at all organised or decorated. I'll have to take some pictures of it soon. I guess we still have time.

@Banana330: I love your floors!

@marionberry: I'm jealous of this closet... Cute clothes and so organized!

@Mrs. Sunshine: this is how I feel at the moment! We had to consolidate two rooms to clear space for the nursery. We spent the last two weeks tackling it and there is still so much stuff to be organized/find a home. We emptied the nursery (except we are leaving most stuff in the closet since we don't need it for baby) so insisted on setting up the crib!

@As Time Goes By: @marionberry: thanks we had the whole house restained when we moved in. They are the original 1920's oak though!

@marionberry: nice we haven't bought any newborn clothes, just 0-3, as our friends just had a big baby who grew out of newborn diapers in a week! I figure I'll get one or two new born things and see if she fits them once she's here.

@Banana330: I definitely do!!

@As Time Goes By: I already have a plan for all the stuff so hopefully it should move quickly once I get to it.

@Mrs. Sunshine: that is crazy! Who has a newborn that's the size of a 15 month old! Neither of us were huge (6-7lbs) and I'm hoping she'll be small!

yay! I just found this thread! I love it!

@Mrs. Sunshine: your 'before' photos look very familiar! I think it has finally hit DH just this week that he needs to stop using the room as his personal dumping ground.

@marionberry: we have the same cribs! We just set ours up yesterday and I LOVE it. I would have liked to purchase the coordinating dresser but it just didn't offer much storage space for the cost so we will do an ikea hack instead.

@loki: we have the 8 drawer hemnes in our bedroom and it is HEAPS of storage. Trust me, you will be fine with that alone. Actually I was planning on moving it to the nursery but DH and I decided we needed the space more than the baby! haha. Our nursery closet is also currently storage, but I will clear out half of it for the baby.

@Banana330: also loving your wood floors! I had wood floors in Australia and in NYC but here in California they seem like a rarity in rentals the room looks like it has a nice outlook too!

@As Time Goes By: finding homes for all the loose items is seriously the hardest part of all this! ugh!

Question for 2nd time moms... do you find it easier to hang or fold baby clothes? I'm not sure if I should dedicate more closet space to hangers or drawers... I feel like folding and putting in drawers is quicker/easier but hanging looks so nice and organized.... can't decide!

@marionberry: good to know! true, I didn't think about not really having any pants, haha.

here is a swatch of the wallpaper we are considering but I am so undecided about it as wallpaper is SO expensive and we don't know how many years we will be in this rental for. I'm contemplating some decals as a cheaper option (something like this? http://www.pinterest.com/pin/176555247868148239/) but am also considering this wallpaper http://www.pinterest.com/pin/176555247868133503/ or maybe even just leaving the walls blank and hanging some nice prints.

Ahhhh deciding is too hard! haha.

@Lulu22: Cute crib. I really like the two-tone wood and white look. Also the Ikea shelf to change table is a popular conversion. The Petersiks from the YoungHouseLove blog did it for their son's nursery and "wrapped" stained wood around it. They originally added feet/wheels to the bottom, but found it was too high for them with the addition of the wood. If you wanted to do the same, I'll bet it would look amazing with just some sanded and sealed/varnished pine. Check out the post below.

http://www.younghouselove.com/2014/02/changing-tables-and-our-minds/

Also, if you really like the look of wallpaper, but don't like the permanency, I've seen non-permanent wallpaper online somewhere. It's just as expensive or more than real wallpaper, but at least you can take it with you when you leave and reuse it in your next rental.

We ordered the crib and dresser this evening - Babyletto's Mercer 3-in-1 crib with their Modo change table/dresser. We really don't need the underbed storage drawer, but it was DH's choice from 3-4 that I really liked.

The bedroom already has an extensive closet organization system from the previous owners (they had twins). But it's currently filled with camera and scuba gear. I've told DH that we need to build some storage for that stuff downstairs, as well as purge our overflowing storage room (this needs to be done regardless), but now, based on your comments, I'm reconsidering the closet.

@Banana330: I'm jealous of your wooden floors, too. Before Christmas, I told DH that I'd really like to rip up the carpet in the nursery and put hardwood down, and he flipped. We have hardwood on our main floor, and when we bought the house last year, we'd agreed to do the bedrooms upstairs, too. We've installed hardwood in a previous house (in a much larger area), and it turned out great. We had a big argument about it, too. He said it was too much pressure to do in such a short time; he's traveling for work last week of Feb and first week of Mar, and I wanted the nursery completely done a month before the baby's due. So that only left (at that time) 6-7 weeks. Plenty of time to do a small room; we did two large rooms in two weeks last time, working evenings and weekends. Although I know I can't do as much as I did last time, I'm still able to help with certain tasks, so it wouldn't be all him. Anyway, lots of accusations thrown later, we both calmed down, and talked it out. I know we could do it with plenty of time to spare, but I recognize that this pregnancy has been stressful for him, too. I've definitely had my own share of meltdowns, and he's been so great throughout. So, I agreed to forgo the hardwood, although I still soooooo badly want it. He did agree to the crown moulding (also on the list of planned renovations), however. Partial win! I still have to paint first, but I'll post our progress here.

@marionberry: this is a total FTM question, but what do you hang and what do you put in drawers? I'd like to start organizing the clothes I've gotten so far, but I'm not sure what should go where.

@lulu22: we've got a natural wood expedit in our nursery too! we already owned it otherwise i would have gone for white. I wanted to do removable wallpaper too but it's so expensive I'm just going for some decals. Still trying to decide on a pattern or something a bit more fun.

@Astro Bee: sorry you're not getting wood floors. I love wood floors. We actually added an area rug to help warm the space up but wood floors are soo much easier to keep clean!

@Boopers: I was wondering the same thing. Is it a pain to rehang stuff after washing it?

@loki: It's a great colour.. I did a fair bit of mint paint research before I chose it because i didn't want anything too over powering.

We fixed up the closet on the weekend, got the interior painted and built some shelves for it. They are just drying and then I can finally start filling it! I also go some of those Ikea spice racks you see all over pinterest for book shelves and started painting them in an ombre coral scheme. They are looking really great! I'll post some pics once they are put together.

Here is what I've done so far. We still have our dog's crate in the room while we clear out our office to make room for him. We are in a rental so the walls are staying white. I could probably paint, but I don't want to have to worry about repainting when we leave this house.

We ordered the gliding recliner yesterday, which I'm super excited about. We went with the Best Bilana in a dark gray. It should be here in 6-8 weeks. We are also waiting on our crib which should be here any day now. We couldn't find it at a good price in white so we went with gray. I think it'll look fine with the other gray stuff we have in the room.

I painted and put together the name sign. It's only about a foot tall, but looks much bigger in the photo. That will go up on one of the walls. We also need to add other stuff to the walls so that it looks more cozy.

Anyway, here is the progress so far with baby stuff not yet put away. We are doing navy, orange, gray, and white. The photos make the navy look black.