The nursery furniture’s now up! It’s lovely to see the cot waiting for the baby to come, it’s definitely feeling more real. We’ve been leaving the door to the nursery open so we can peek in because it’s making us smile.
I already posted that we’ve bought the Sienna nursery set from Mamas and Papas, which includes a cot, dresser and wardrobe.
Source: projectnursery.com via Michelle on Pinterest
I had a look round a lot of websites for inspiration on nursery themes and colours, and this was by far our favourite, from Project Nursery. The soft pink and grey is really soothing and calm, and it’s also very girly, which I love!
My friend Michelle saw this and immediately went and bought a tester pot of Dulux’s Sorbet, which is a similar pale pink, and it seems pretty perfect! We’ll go for a lighter grey than we’ve used in the living room, and try to break it up with the white furniture and pictures.
My friend Helen’s given us a rocking nursing chair and stool which are currently cream, but I think we’re going to try and dye the covers or re-upholster them so they’re grey to match the room.
The nursery furniture’s just arrived and is currently a work in progress. I’ll show you the Mamas and Papas promotional shots and I’ll upload our photos as soon as we have everything together.
This one on the left is of the furniture set up for a boy’s room, and the girl’s one shows it for later on when the cot can magically become a bed.
Source: mamasandpapas.com via Michelle on Pinterest
It just arrived yesterday and so far, Barry’s built the cot and the wardrobe, so we still need
to build the dresser.
Trying to find a decorator is proving to be more difficult than we first thought. We gave up on the one that never got back to us, and have moved onto another one. Unfortunately, as we’re in London this weekend, and then on holiday the week after, the next one we rang is only available on weekends. Normally perfect, but it means it’s going to be another month before we can get him in to even quote!
In baby news, we’ve ordered the pram now we’ve found out we’re having a girl and bought these beautiful shoes out of crazed excitement. Got a bit overwhelmed by the amount of stuff in H&M for babies!
Well, we left a message with the decorator, but we’ve had no response yet, so we’re going to have to find another one! I think three weeks is long enough to wait. Just need to get Barry geared up for ringing another decorator now…
On the baby front, we’ve discovered we’re having a girl! Not sure what we’ll do with her room yet, but we’re ordering the pram this weekend which is making me a bit giddy! We’ve chosen the iCandy Peach 2 in Berry Bon Bon and my mum’s kindly offered to buy the stroller and we’re getting the other bits. There’s more to it than you think! Not the cheapest, but we’ve tried so many different prams that we were going cross eyed – I’ll be relieved to have it ticked off the list!
Oh dear, oh dear. I haven’t posted in almost a month, and literally nothing’s changed, house-wise. A lot’s been changing with me, but house-wise it’s exactly the same.
The prints are all safely nestled in their frames, and are waiting patiently on the dining room table to be put up on the wall. According to Barry, I’m in charge of logistics of how we’re going to arrange them. That should go well. The pressure’s on to get them up this weekend, because my Aunty and cousins are coming on Monday for the first time and we want it to look great.
In kitchen news, the great black wall still lies unfinished, and we’re going to cave. Next door have given us the number of a painter/decorator so we’re going to get a quote. In the last month, Barry’s moved jobs as well as started his own company, and it’s just not going to happen, so we’d rather get it sorted. The stairs are going to be a major issue anyway, best leave it to the professionals.
As well as the black wall, I think we’ll get a quote for our room to be painted so it no longer looks like a shooting’s taken place, and (wait for it), we’ll need our third bedroom painting as it looks like that will be the nursery.
Yes, I’m pregnant, up the duff, bun in the oven, knocked up. 14 weeks and 2 days to be precise. I’ll try not to harp on about it, I know it’s not a baby blog, but my mind has been on other things lately and I’m poring over prams instead of paint like porn in my lunch hour.
We were dithering about which room to make the nursery. To begin with, the baby can reside in our little nook off our main bedroom, but I think it would be nice to do up a bedroom for when it’s ready to move on and be a bit more independent. At about 6 months. Charlie’s giving us lots of good advice, and she thinks that would be good for the daytime anyway, and then the baby can get used to the room.
We initially thought the spare room with the yellow bed, as it’s the nearest to our bedroom. However, Barry’s made the excellent point that it’s nearer the road, and therefore noisier. They’re both the same size, so I think we’re going to go with the one that’s further back. We’ll have to get rid of the double bed that’s in there, but I think we’ll get a nice fold-out sofa bed in there for when Barry’s family comes over.
We won’t know what colour we’re going for until around October time (forget team yellow, we want to know!), which is also putting the brakes on which colour and design of pram we want. For anyone who’s interested, we’re getting an iCandy. Now I’m going to daydream…
We had our best buds Charlie and Jaime round this weekend, along with their oh-so-cute baby Finley. As it was Sunday, we did roast chickens – yes, two of them! – with various trimmings. We started with dolcelatte mushrooms (I’ve mentioned these before, they’re the future!), but Fin turned his nose up at them. It was more than that actually, he threw them down his trousers.
We then had the roast dinner with half-homemade bread. Fin appeared to approve more of this dish, as he half mashed, half ate it.
It’s a bit of a cheat, but I used James Martin’s red onion and balsamic vinegar bread mix in the breadmaker, then made them into a tear ‘n’ share loaf and popped them in the oven to finish off. It was delicious, but a bit oily.
To finish, Barry made his current pudding du jour, strawberry pavlova. As we don’t have a mixer at the moment, he keeps beating the eggs by hand, which takes an age, but I’m sure it’s better than weight lifting at the gym.
A normal photograph was good, but Instagram makes you want it more. I don’t know why.
