happy monday

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Ours was not long enough but when are they ever? It did feel super productive at least. I finally got the inside of our entry coat closet painted and re- organized, we got our taxes done, Nick got the grass cut and I planted some more lavender, Lucy had tons of play time outside {she has developed quite a love for bubbles} and Grayson ate and slept peacefully {he is such a good baby!}. I wanted to share his announcement with you today. 

Hope you have a lovely start to your week!

baby love

After we put L down for her nap yesterday Nick and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather outside and subsequent natural light that flooded our sunroom by taking Grayson's newborn pictures. He was such a fun little subject!

Have a beautiful Thursday!!!

*Note we had the heat cranked up to 85 degrees out there so no babies were cold during the making of this shoot- just sweaty parents!

our baby boys room tour

Our baby boy will be joining his big sister Lucy(2) in just a few short weeks and for his nursery I knew I wanted something with a vintage feel and a little manly. I challenged myself to use mostly what we already had on hand to decorate and furnish it. The dresser was my husbands from college which got a fresh coat of red paint. The 1950's school house map of Europe was relocated from our family room and I built the large ribbon board from a frame I had in the garage. The walls got a coat of soft greige paint and pops of color were added to the room through accessories which were also mostly relocated from different rooms in our home. I totally "shopped the house" on this one baby!

In case you were wondering "where the heck is the changing table?" I'll tell you. Because the size of the room rather small we had to choose between dresser or changing table. Luckily his closet is well built (as well as lit) and was large enough to accommodate the changing table so that's where it lives. I'm pretty happy with it being in there and out of sight anyway.

Hope you enjoyed the tour, please feel free to leave a comment or send me a message if you have any questions. I think the only thing I have left I want to do is make fun little bunting to hang on his crib.



*Sources*
Bedding- Pottery Barn Kids
Rocker- "Dorel Rocking Chair" Wal-mart
Crib- Land of Nod
Side Table- Land of Nod
Table Lamp- Target
Globe- Goodwill find
Vintage Map- Lola Rue and Co., Bloomington, IN
Art Work- Etsy 
Vintage Indiana Pennant Flag- Ebay
Solar System Mobile- Pottery Barn Kids
Knit Throw- Pottery Barn
Striped Linen Pillow Cover- Pottery Barn
Navy Black Out Curtains- Wal-Mart
Valance- made from "Harvest Plaid" fabric by Ralph Lauren
Wall Color- "Brevity" by Pratt and Lambert

Have a beautiful Wednesday, I'm off in search of some fun cupcake wrappers for L's party Saturday.

putting together a boys room

I'll be the first to admit I was pretty stumped when it came to the thought of designing a little man's room. I was only familiar with the world of all things girly but that would now need to change fast. All I knew was what I didn't care for. Nothing too "themey" and nothing he'd outgrow by the time he was a toddler in other words I don't want the room to scream baby or nursery when they outgrow that stage so fast. I chose a neutral color which we just finished painting today. It's called "brevity" by Pratt and Lambert which we had color matched by Sherwin Williams {it's 4th from the right on the top row}. I love the look of soft greige walls with pops of navy incorporated into other parts of the room. 

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For the windows we went with a basic navy blackout curtain that I'll dress up with a valance in this "Harvest Plaid" fabric I purchased by Ralph Lauren.

We purchased the Dorel Rocking Chair from Walmart and it should arrive tomorrow. It gets mostly great reviews so I'm holding out hope it's a good deal on a decent chair because I love the look and the size suits the smaller nursery.

The accessories will remain in the neutral family like these monogram frames Emily made her boys from Jones Design Company.

The bedding I ordered is a mix from Pottery Barn Kids via their cool design your own bedding set tool they have on their website and is supposed to arrive Tuesday. It's funny I walked around for weeks shifting my ideas around but once the chips started falling things have really sped up as far as progress. With the holidays coming up though that's just what I was hoping for while we have the time to devote to working on it. I'll be sure to post an update after we install the major pieces of the room. Hope you're having a great Sunday!