Lucy's Room

Ahh, the realities of the second child.  Of course I wanted this done before she arrived, but there was just no way this was going to happen.  With four weeks of bed rest and almost three weeks of NICU, getting the nursery fully prepped before her arrival was just not possible.  We brought Lucy home on Monday, October 22nd, and we just finished her room over break.  While do feel badly that it took so long, I am finding some comfort in the fact that I have already purchased more retail things for her than I did for Charlie in his entire first year.  It's just...there are so many adorable girl things!

 

This dresser was remade and given to us by some very talented friends (see this post) who refinished and painted it for us.  I found the changing pad cover for $1 at a yard sale and the lamp was a gift from Grandma.  You can't see it very well, but the bag hanging on the wall in the top right-hand corner of this picture says "Lucy" and was made by my friend Stacy at Ziggy Tails.  She also made the towel draped over the edge of the crib below.

I got the idea general idea for this wall from here (I adore this nursery!).  I found the frames at Hobby Lobby (more expensive than I was hoping for).  We had the mirror cut to fit the frame (it was only $10!) and then I made the L like I did for my niece in this post, though all the curves in the L made it more challenging.  The hair-bow one is simply chicken wire hot glued to the frame.  I think the whole wall turned out quite nice!

We used Charlie's old crib but were given new crib sheets by Grandma.  The crib skirt came with the bumper (that we will probably use eventually) that I got at a garage sale before Charlie was born.  The curtain was a labor of love for my mother.  I got the idea from this, but of course, I didn't want it to be so pink.  Since I was on bed rest, my mother made several trips to the store, cut, hemmed, trimmed, ironed, sewed, and resewed to make this perfect curtain for Lucy's room.  On the other side of the curtain is a little sitting area, complete with a TV and toys, but we didn't want Lucy to have to share her room with this space, so the curtain was a perfect choice.  Thanks, Mom!

The lovely wall hanging is courtesy of Caroline - isn't she so super crafty?  I love love love this!

This shelf also belonged to Charlie.  We moved it out of his room when he went to a big-boy bed because we didn't want him climbing it.  It's more for storage than appearance.  But at least the iPod dock is pink. (It was a gift from a student from last year - what a great end-of-school gift!)

I am so pleased with the way the room turned out.  A huge thank you to all who helped!