Baby Land

"Welcome to Baby Land" 

Any Father of the Bride part 2 fans out there? Admittedly Father of the Bride 1 & 2 are my all time favorite movies, and when we were decorating Everette's nursery we affectionately referred to it as baby land, or as my husband would always say "the sweetest room in the house", and I would have to agree. 

When we first started designing the nursery we knew that we wanted it to feel calm, restful and seemingly fit in with the rest of our home. In general I am naturally drawn to neutrals and light colors, and the same proved to be true for the nursery. Even though we were creating the room for our baby girl, it was always our intention to keep this room as our baby nursery for future children, and move Everette to a big girl room when the time comes. 

With this in mind and keeping with the overall feel of our home we selected Sherwin Williams Owl Gray for the wall color, which is actually the same wall color in our master bedroom, but to lighten it even more in the nursery we cut the original color to 50%. For our window treatments I just sketched up a little something for my seamstress, and it turned out exactly like I had hoped. The gray piping was actually leftover fabric from another project, and we had enough to create a monogrammed chair pillow as well. 

As far as furniture I really wanted to invest in pieces that would grow with our family instead of purchasing a changing table and small dresser that would become obsolete in a couple of years. Knowing I wanted a vintage larger dresser I began searching every furniture resale group online until I finally came across an entire set over 2 hours away. When I spoke to the seller and explained that I was really only needing a dresser and mirror she was so kind to sell me the whole set for the price of just the dresser, simply wanting to keep the set together. So our attic currently houses the extra headboard and two more dressers, while we went ahead and used the main dresser, nightstand and mirror. I love that eventually we will get to utilize all the pieces as our family continues to expand. We painted everything with Annie Sloan pure white and sprayed the knobs to give it that crisp clean look. 

After months of eyeing gorgeous cribs from Pottery Barn we ultimately went with one from Amazon, and because we purchased on prime day, we received free install so the day it was delivered an employee put it together for us in less than 15 minutes, which of course thrilled my husband when he got home from work. We loved the traditional lines of this crib and the fact that it included the toddler conversion kit which most require to purchase separately. 

Our rocker and ottoman were probably the easiest decision because we knew what we wanted from the start, and I'm so glad we went with our gut. We have already rocked many a mile in it and I know it will only become more special with each baby we have. 

We added a few final accessories to personalize the room for Everette, like the light fixture that I purchased from a local home shop, and displayed some of our favorite shower gifts like her crib pillow, sterling silver comb and brush, and monogram. When we found out we were having a baby girl, we knew her name was going to be Everette Elizabeth and loved how it looked written so the painting over her crib was the perfect touch. 

Every moment that I spend in this room I can't help but remember this past summer the hours spent painting, folding and hanging those sweet baby clothes, organizing books, and imagining and praying for the little one in my tummy. This room is without a doubt the sweetest room and my most favorite room in our home. Not because of the decor, but all because of the precious baby that lives here. 

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