Boy Bedding Bothers

One of the most exciting and yet daunting tasks of preparing for little one: preparing the nursery. Alex and I elected to move our bedroom downstairs to be right across the hall from baby. Although this was a significant downsizing, we've really gotten used to the limited space and being near the bathroom has been a huge plus (those late night trips to the loo have definitely increased!). We emptied out the office across the hall in order to transform it into babyland. We had previously discussed using blues and greens for the nursery but we wanted to pick out the bedding first before we decided on a theme. Our ultimate goal was to find something that was classic and would not be easily outgrown. The selection was limited to say the least. Why do baby bedding designers focus all their efforts on little girl decor? I could have left there with four different girl bedding sets and been perfectly happy but the boy bedding gods were out to get us that day. Here were our options: monkeys playing electric guitars, monkeys parachuting out of planes, monkeys riding giraffes footballs, baseballs, Simba from the Lion King, and dump trucks. First of all, what is with this monkey obsession? Is there some global scheme to make babies love monkeys? Secondly, none of these options seemed to fit what we were looking for. Just when we thought we were going to have to compromise with monkey option A, B, or C, we turned the corner and found an adorable nautical themed set. The best news: it was green and blue!

Store Display - not in our house...yet

 Needless to say, we had found our nursery theme! The next thing to do was to pick out the paint colors and to start painting. This process was really hard for me because I wanted to be a part of the painting, but I could not be around the house for all the painting/sanding as the fumes are bad for baby. Alex and I took the comforter to the store to pick out the paint colors and that is where my share of the project ended.

Color Swatches - picture is not true to color

Over Memorial Day weekend, I took my huge stack of grading and my mom up to the cabin to escape. Alex and his wonderful family came over to work on the house and they were able to accomplish a ton amongst them. Despite their progress, Alex was quite frustrated with the painters tape they used because it ended up ripping off some of the paint and even some of the plaster. After he and his dad re-puttied, re-primed and re-painted, the room was really coming together! We still have a lot to do in regard to furniture and decor but the painting is looking pretty awesome. Thank you to my wonderful hubby and his family for all of their hard work! I cannot wait to finish the room and I'm even more excited to bring baby home to it!