Baby's Room Full Reveal!

Yesterday I shared some of the before photos of the baby's room during the four month transition from the guest room/office to the baby's room.

Today, I'm sharing the AFTER!

Mandy really helped me direct a "theme" for the room. I mainly just wanted a lot of bright colors and I wanted to stay away from the traditional nursery pastel themes (although those are equally cute). I want the room to grow with him so something that fit a toddler more than a newborn. So, it's sort of a non-theme but it still came together rather seamlessly.

The room has two windows but really only one is functional as the other has a massive fire escape grate over it which we are not allowed to move. So we just keep the curtain down on that one and open the window by the futon for light. Blackout curtains are a gift from God and I seriously consider them one of the best inventions on the planet. These gray ones are from Amazon.

In the space between the wall and the futon we have a colorful baby gate that folds accordion style and will be used for baby corralling in the future. The Rock n' Play is over there too which will likely end up in the living room once baby arrives.

This little plush giraffe we found at Home Goods.

The colorful bedding on the futon is from Century 21, the gray pillows are old from IKEA, and the ABC blanket is Aden + Anais

Above the dresser we added some more shelves for prints and trinkets. My intention is to have toys on these shelves that he can still play with, like the little cars when he is older. We need prints for the red frames, I was thinking little hand prints and feet? Mandy made the garland and got the "adventure" pennant from her favorite felt store.The cars are from Carter's and the dino print and ceramic brontosaurus are from Hobby Lobby.

On the dresser we have the diaper changing caddy, diaper changing pad, kleenex, and a cute little owl nightlight that is also a sound machine.

We added a small gallery wall above the crib. We need photos for those frames but we sort of need the newborn for those :o). They are hung on heavy duty nails and we used command Velcro on the back of the frames to secure them to the wall. They can't be knocked off or pulled off by little hands.

The print on the left close-up:

Once we have a name picked out, I want to add a letter to the right of the empty frames.

Mandy made the felt ball mobile for the crib which coordinates with the felt ball garlands around the room. The hedgehog blanket is from my mom and the sheets are Target. We got a variety of fun prints for the sheets like robots, elephants, and clouds.

Yes, I know, the boppy pillow does not belong in the crib. It's just there for temporary storage. The baby will be sleeping in our room for the first several weeks so his crib is corralling items in the meantime.  

I'm constantly tweaking items on these shelves and we need a print for the frame. The construction truck on the top shelf is Janod has already gotten a lot of play from little visitors and it's fun because you can take it apart and assemble it with little wooden tools. The bear mug is Target, the ceramic giraffe is a piggy bank from Terri Mom, BB the elephant is the first "toy" we bought for the baby and is currently his only stuffed animal. The little hat was a gift from Aunt Jessy and the print is from a friend, it has a scripture verse on it.

These ABC and 123 prints are from art dot com and are super cute. We also secured them to the wall with the command Velcro so an adult has to yank pretty hard to get them off the wall. I'm sort of paranoid about securing things to the walls so I made sure everything is bolted down, especially the dresser and bookcase.

I added a super soft all-time favorite red blanket to the glider and we got a second boppy as a shower gift. Next to the chair is a storage tote (we got for our wedding) with the little toys we've received.

When he gets to the mobile stage we will need to get a cover for the radiator but it's an unusual size and will require a custom cover which is expensive so we're holding off for the time being.

The bookcase is still pretty sparse and not super organized but that will change as the baby grows and accumulates interests and toys. The bottom two shelves are the baby books he got from the shower. 

A lil bear from Target above the door and the colorful over-door hook is from Amazon for the diaper bag, baby carrier, and eventually his tiny backpack.

We are fortunate that the room is quite large and we were able to fit the crib, a full dresser, the queen size futon, bookcase, and glider chair with plenty of floor space leftover for playing. The turquoise rag rug is from Overstock (last year) and the small gray area rug is from IKEA.

The closet is a shared closet. So it has all our apartment decor totes, my craft stuff, and tubs of tools and Dan's stuff. It should work fine at least until the baby is school age.

I really love the room a lot and it is my favorite in the whole apartment. I can't wait to spend a ton of time in here with our little guy and I hope he likes it too.