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We're doing Where the Wild Things Are. We already have a grey glider, he'll use Oliver's old crib and changing table (both white) and I'll DIY pretty much everything, lol.

@Mrs D: I think yesterday I decided I'm going to do a mobile like that only with pages from the book Where the Wild Things Are, lol.

Our nursery is actually pretty tiny, lol, so yesterday when I realized it is completely possible I'll have a baby in a little more than two months I started planning.

Found these prints I love on Etsy, they said they could do them without the pink and the red so we'll get those.

My mobile inspiration.

The crown print is a fabric that I'm going to make a few small things out of.

And I'm going to make a crown pillow and one other for on the glider.

I saw something similar the the name print on Pinterest so I tried to throw one together and I'm actually really happy with how it turned out! We haven't decided 100% on a name, Elias is just one of our choices right now.

There's one window. I think we're going to make a curtain rod out of a branch or piece of driftwood. Then we'll use a plain curtain and DH will hand paint the silhouettes of Max and the "wild things" along the bottom.

I *think* I'm going to try and DIY a lamp like this one with driftwood from the beach. http://www.worldmarket.com/category/lighting/table-lamps.do?template=PLA&plfsku=483185&camp=ppc%3AGooglePLA%3Anone%3A97434870659custom4furniture%26custom0table_lamps&adpos=1o1&creative=50632183379&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKEAiAhaqzBRDNltaS0pW5mWgSJADd7cYD_yr_k8yokwuCk4Urv8juMZipmIYE21YGqEQJJB32oBoCzEPw_wcB

Found this perfect lamp at Marshall's for the nursery! And ordered fabric for the crib sheet and to line the bins for the diapers with. AND we're currently treating a cool piece of driftwood we got on the beach in bleach to be used as a curtain rod!

And I started punching circles out of a copy of the book for the mobile. I think I'm on track! lol

The ceiling looks like this

Today I made a crib sheet and the ugliest Where the Wild things are throw pillow I've ever seen

This weekend I want to finish the mobile.

@2littlepumpkins: thank you. I guess ugly isn't the best word for it. Kitschy, maybe?

@erinbaderin: I've found the nicest looking crib sheets I've made have been the simplest ones. Not even encasing the elastic. Not going all the way around the sheet with the elastic. Just super simple.

@Navy_Mommy: looks great!

Started work on the nursery-corner of our bedroom this weekend. Haven't made a ton of progress because I've been dealing with a recurring headache all weekend. Going to talk to the midwives tomorrow. I wish I could take something stronger than Tylenol!!

@creativemomma15: I have a quilt made out of almost exactly those fabrics! Lol.

I hemmed the new curtains today, which is a super minor achievement but my husband actually suggested taking them to a tailor so I'm feeling pretty vindicated.

Also, after weeks of debate over how/when to transition the rocker/recliner out of Bennett's room, we realized we just use it too often still - we read stories in there, we snuggle when he's not feeling well, and we lay in there when he wakes up early from naps to get him to sleep a bit longer. So we just ordered another one - the same chair (Best Tryp) in a different fabric. Hopefully it will go well in the room, we had a hard time picking fabric!

@Navy_Mommy: The first time I made a sheet I just put elastics on a diagonal across the corners - I didn't even hem the fabric! It looks pretty terrible now but it all gets tucked in so you can't tell but it bugs me. I made two for the neighbours over Christmas and did a much better job, with elastic around the corners and everything. I think I'm really starting to figure it out!

I finally have pics to share!! I spent the last two nights recovering the cushions of a glider we picked up second-hand for cheap. I also glued some cute paper onto the wooden O, rehung the canopy curtains onto an embroidery hoop, and started arranging the baby things. Here are the results!

Picture 1: the glider and nursery corner BEFORE.
Picture 2: the glider AFTER! I am super happy with how it turned out!
Picture 3: the nursery corner as it looks right now. Starting to come together!

Hey March mamas! Lovely nurseries!

@Alivoo01: that ceiling of yours is gorgeous Are you still deciding on what to do? I'd keep the ceiling, and paint the walls one of the lighter neutral colors featured in the ceiling. Then, I'd use the mint as curtains.

Mobile is done and our prints are hung up.

@Mrs D: it's a dowel from Joann's that I hot glued into place.

@catomd00: I sewed them together with a plain sewing machine. Got the book on amazon used for $4.50, the embroidery hoop for about a buck, the dowel for about a buck. I had the circle punch and the thread so it was SUPER inexpensive.

Probably took a half hour to punch the circles, a half hour to sew, and a half hour to assemble.

@catomd00: if you did two pieces for each circle you could sandwich string between them and glue them together. That would take a lot longer though. Like, twice as long.