The Nursery was painted this weekend! Of course we had massive amounts of help from our good friends Olga, Anita, Mary Ann and Leticia (all honorary future Aunties, of course). Here’s the pictorial transformation of the room.
Believe it or not, getting the walls to white was a chore in and of itself. This step was first accomplished by Donnie, Cara and Tommy the weekend before. However, due to our short-sighted intention of saving a few bucks, we sprung for the cheaper thinner primer paint and instead of using just one coat and one gallon, to cover the previous color up, we needed two coats — which, in the long run, cost us more money than if we just got the better quality primer. Oh well, lesson learned. Tommy actually put up a second coat a few days before the girls came over to paint color.
Here is the inspiration for the wall design I created in MS Word. Yes, Word. I do everything in Word. It might take a bit longer, but I pretty much can do anything in Word. I came up with several ideas, but this one won out over the others for the simplicity and the whimsy.
The first day was all about getting the solid blocks of color up on the walls and giving them enough time to dry so we could see the real color both during the day and lit up at night. I really loved how the colors came out, especially the lilac color on top. The best paints in the world are Kelly Moore paints. The quality is unmatched. Originally the two colors were supposed to meet in the middle with no break but after removing the tape we decided that it looked really good with the thin white band going all around the room and kept it instead of painting it pink. 
Although this was not the original idea for the floral design, what we ended up with actually turned out a lot better. Due to the wall texture, it was a lot easier working with the stencils than what we had originally intended to use: foam stamps. I thought it turned out great!
Here’s Anita and Mary Ann putting the rest of the stencils up. Although the spread of each flower looks random, it was actually very calculated. The extra tape on the walls marked off the eventual placement of the crib and where the slight “S” curve of the flowers should go. These ladies are geniuses!
Aside from some touch up work that needs to be done, the painting is pretty much completed. Now the real decorating will begin. Curtain panels will cover the area where the window is pretty much from ceiling to floor to diffuse the light coming from the window. I’ve put my nursing chair in the room with the baby’s quilt on it to tie everything together and I must say, it looks pretty snazzy! I’m not sure if I’m keeping that table but for now, it’s going to be there.
I love this little cluster above the door. We will probably place a few more once the furniture gets in the room as little finishing touches.
That futon loveseat will probably end up finding a home with my parents. As much as I love it, it really doesn’t have a place in my house anymore.
So there you have it! More to come as we get things done. It was a busy weekend and I tried to take it easy and leave it up to others, but it was hard for me to put down the paintbrushes. I did pay for it on Monday when I woke up achy from crouching and sitting on the ground and getting up so I really took it easy and stayed out of the room for the majority of the time. I did end up watching 3 episodes of the Rachael Zoe show which was quite pathetic of me, but at least it kept me out of trouble. Here’s my favorite picture from the entire weekend, a gratuitous belly shot:
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