Hello World! Welcome Friends! Happy Friday and best wishes for a pleasant weekend! Today I want to show you Where Sweet Dreams are Made – Baby Nursery. In my pre-forty life I never really thought about baby nurseries except for the visits to my sister’s nurseries for all of her wild and fun little babies. They are almost all grown with the exception of an thirteen year old still wandering around her house. But, no more baby nurseries there.
So, when I got married at forty (met the right man late in life, according to the world’s standards), we lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. We were married in Texas (since both of our families are here) in November 2006 and then set up house back in California. Promptly in December 2006, the Dedicated Husband and I became pregnant. I didn’t even know I was pregnant until the end of January. All I knew, was that I was sleepy and my tailbone hurt like no other. We both decided that we wanted me to stay home with the precious little bundle we were going to have. That meant moving back to Texas. There would have been no way I could have stayed home with the cost of living in California. So, we found a house in Texas close to my Mom and sister and moved in late June 2007.
Here I was, great with child, seriously, I was huge. I thought about posting prego pics but I was not one of those fortunate women who glow through pregnancy. I was puffy, uncomfortable and I had a waddle! So, great with child, new house, boxes to unpack, rooms to organize and then it hit me, “Holy Cow! I have to decorate a baby’s nursery in a little more than 2 months!” We knew we were having a girl even though at the first ultrasound she decided not to show her goods. By the time the second ultrasound rolled around she gave us a peek. Thank God! I really wanted to know what the gender of the baby was so I could start planning The Dedicated Baby’s room. Now we I could pick a color scheme for her room. Problem entered when I decided no pink. I have since changed my mind about pink and there will be a post in the future about it. We are such fickle little creatures. What was I going to do? I know, I’ll go to my special manilla folder of decorating ideas I tore out of magazines over the years. How old school is that? Now my folder is online. The inspiration piece came from a copy of Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion which is no longer being published. I believe the article ran in 1996 and it was now 2007. Way to carry something around for eleven years…I knew it would come in handy one day. The article was a layout of Home Stylist, Sunday Hendrickson’s home office out in the City of Angels. She used this beautiful pale blue and pale green color scheme with this way too cute checkerboard theme on the floor. She carried the checkerboard theme up her walls as a border at the top. That was it! I was sold! Now, just had to paint and paint and paint.
I looked through all of my files and could not find any before pics. The room had good bones, empty space with the ever so present Builder’s Beige on the walls. May I introduce:
Where Sweet Dreams Are Made
Pillows were made by yours truly with fabric I found at JoAnn’s.
The bedding was a freak find of a discontinued bedding ensemble at Babies r Us.
Her room looks so neat. It never looked like this on a daily basis.
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Toodles,
Kathryn, the room is adorable. Thanks for linking it so I could come see! Your daughter is just precious. I can't wait for our Baby J to arrive. I've missed having a baby in the family.
Allison
Atticmag
Thanks Allison for stopping by! You are going to have so much fun with Baby J! I miss having my baby…now she's all grown up at 3.
Oh, that was such a sweet nursery! Love those drapes and little pillows you made! Miss my babies, the youngest is 7 now. Thanks for linking up to Gettin' Krafty With It!
The nursery was so lovely! Great job!
What a darling nursery! I so miss those days as well! I keep thinking 37 is too young to say that door is closed but then I think I have less than 12 years till I will be in my 50s, insert hubby's chuckle since I'm older than him, and well I partly have resigned to the fact that I will be a mama to the most wonderful little boys ever but hopefully they will give me some grand daughters wayyyyyyyyyyyy down the road! Thanx for linking up!
That room turned out so great! I'm hosting a linky party "One Creative Weekend" at OneCreativeMommy.com. I'd love for you to visit and link up this idea and/or anything else you'd like to share.
Hi Kathryn, This nursery is so sweet! I'd love to add it to the nursery collection on my blog – please email me a quick OK at PlayfulDecor (at) gmail (dot )com. I'll let you know when it's posted! btw, I married late and had kids at 41 & 42 so we're definitely done! Have a great weekend, Nan
This is such a lovely nursery! And what an adorable little baby! My daughter is 16 months old and growing up way too fast. Thanks so much for sharing this sweet nursery at my Throwback Thursday party and I hope you'll come by again next week!
This is soooo sweet! I love all the details on the wall and accessories.. So peaceful and serene. Thanks for linking up at Friday Fun Party. 🙂 Have a nice day!
such a sweet nursery – the colors are so calming!
Thanks so much for linking to "20 Below Thursday"! 🙂
Such a beautiful color palette. I wish I'd picked that for my grandson's room, and maybe the grand daughter WAAAAY down the line, it's versatile. All the accessories match perfectly!
It's adorable, thanks so much for sharing with us.
Hugs,
Patti
Thanks for sharing her beautiful space! I can tell a lot of love and creativity went into it. Super sweet! 🙂
What a lovely and charming room! Thank you for sharing it at Potpourri Friday!
What a sweet little girl! Lovely! Thank you for joining me at Home Sweet Home!
Sherry
The room was serene and not overwhelmed with stuff. A very cute room, almost as cute as your little one (what a sweet face she has).
The curtains were quite the statement!
Also, the first paragraphs? I could have written them. I too married at a similar age and got pregnant as fast after the wedding. Not to mention that pre-baby I had not interest in nurseries or babies, either. :))
Thank you so much, Two Plus Cute! I think there are quite a lot of us "older" moms out there! Anyhoo, I'm popping over for a visit! Toodles, Kathryn
That was such an adorable nursery, Kathryn! You really should turn that room into a proper craft room. You could still iron in there!
This so reminds me of my oldest's nursery, lots of blue and green, so cute! Oh I miss those days but love seeing them grow up 🙂 Have a great week. XO
I totally hear you…I am not a pretty pregnant either. I look 6 months pregnant by the time I'm 3 months!!
But as for that nursery it's adorable. Love the space and it's so relaxing. Bubs would love it 🙂
Thanks for linking up to Marvelous Monday on Smart Party Planning.
Hello, visiting from Oh My Heartsie Girls Wordless Wednesday Link Up. Congratulations on your bundle of joy and the nursery is beautiful! Thanks for sharing and have a great week 🙂
So lovely – and done with love!
How adorable! I love how peaceful it is!
The nursery is/was beautiful.
So beautiful and I love all of the details! We are thinking about starting a family and I am looking forward to decorating the nursery. Our only problem is: do we convert the guest bedroom…or my beloved craft room into the nursery? Life's toughest decisions….! 😉 I hope mine looks half as nice as yours! Thank you for sharing!
What a cute and adorable nursery, Kathryn, but your baby is the cutest of them all. I really enjoyed reading your story…Christine
Such a sweet nursery! And such an adorable baby!
Navy Wifey Peters @ The Submarine Sunday Link Party
Thank you so much! Now, she's an adorable and feisty 7 year old. LOL Have a happy week ahead. Toodles, Kathryn
The perfect room for your little angel. I like that she has a big girl room now leaving this one for your to use for crafting too. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. xo
Kathryn, what a fun look back. The nursery was darling and so is your sweet baby! My how time flies. I don't think I have a single photo of any of my 5 kids nurseries. I remember making a crib set with green gingham for my 2nd child, a boy. And I had Winnie the Pooh for my first child, a girl. You certainly couldn't buy the wonderful things they have now days. Precious memories for sure! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
What a sweet little nursery! I am really impressed that you kept the design inspiration in a folder for so long!! Even though I use the internet like you for inspiration, I still have a file folder with ideas, too! Thanks for joining us at Dream. Create. Inspire. Link. We hope to see you back tonight!
Gotta love that file folder! Thanks for popping in for a visit! Have a pretty and productive week. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Very lovely! I have some old ME magazines too! They are very old…I was just saying I needed to give them away because of space!
Marie @ In Our Happy Place
How sweet. She's such a cutie.
O my gosh adorable! I love seeing baby rooms! Visiting today from the CLIMB 😉