Painting Baby Woo's Room

B for Baby

We've been given the go-ahead to paint the spare bedroom {which is becoming Baby Woo's nursery}!!! Just so long as we paint it back before we leave. No problem! 

I have been wanting to use Farrow & Ball's Saxon Green:

But...over the past week I'm really feeling a light grey would be nice & Mr Woo prefers a grey to the green. He said the green is old fashioned. Hmm. Who knows. Maybe something cool and calm like this Benjamin Moore Stone Harbor:

Here's a little girl's grey nursery from www.petitelemon.com

I really like it. I'll be using pink as an accent rather than yellow, but I find it so calming! 

Now that my dream nursery fabric has arrived I think the grey will go better as there is a lot of orange in it that I never noticed in the online swatches.

I am so excited about my fabric btw, I might just have to start my dust ruffle project today!!!! 

Although it's a modern trend to have grey nursery walls, with my fabrics and furniture I think it's still going to look very vintage. 

OooOOo I'd love this on the wall! 

ttfn! x

Heather Ross

Heather Ross, hanging out the house gnome laundry, Vermont, 1973

Heather Ross is a wonderful illustrator & designer of whimsical fabrics. I first learned of her a few weeks ago when I was looking for a woodland themed fabric for Baby Woo's Crib Valance. I found Far Far Away 

Isn't it beautiful!!! I just love it. I never thought I'd be able to find it, but thanks to my extremely kind & generous elder sister who lives in Texas I'm going to have it! She found it there and is sending it over to me! Baby Woo is actually going to have the most beautiful valance ever! I am so excited! 

SO ever since finding Far Far Away Snow White I've been hooked. 

Check this out! Far Far Away 2

Isn't it charming and wonderful! 

Look at her adorable Halloween illustration 

I just can't get enough! 

Isn't she wonderful! 

Changing Table Ideas

I am on the hunt for a changing table. There seems to be a trend of using dressers and sideboards for changing units and I really like the way they look. They're something that will grow with baby and not become obsolete. We are in a serious shortage of storage especially now that we've got sooo many beautiful baby clothes for Baby Woo. There are two sideboards at Becnicks  that might work nicely but they'll both need to be painted. Hmm....I'll need baskets to go inside of the bottom if I got sideboards....they're a great price at £40. Should I wait to see if I can find a dresser? 

Or should I just go for a sideboard?! 

Here are some of  the pix that are making me swoon

All the pictures are of dressers or chest of drawers...but the sideboards might be gorgeous all painted up in the perfect color and with the perfect changing mat and baskets inside? 

So many choices! So much loveliness! 

♥

Baby Woo's Room

Here's the finished design board that Courtney made for me! 

I sent her photos of bits I've picked out and she put it all together! 

So what do ya think? x

I'm a chicken.

There. I've said it. I'm being a chicken. I've got this "thing". I don't think anything I make is good enough for me to keep. If someone else likes it that's great! But why would I want to make something for myself? Cause I know where I've messed it up and stuff. 

Well. I need to get over it. I knew if I told you I'd be accountable to doing something about it! My friend Courtney has really inspired me in nursery design. You've gotta see her design board for her little girl's room, it's sooo unique and welcoming! I mean, if you read my last post you know I can't actually set anything up yet but surely it can't hurt to make a few things in preparation right?! 

I just remembered I have done something! I made a poster didn't I?! Do you remember? 

I'd better send that away for printing! 

Here's a photo of my crib {in it's previous home}

It used to belong to two little boys! It needs girlifying now! Bring on the pink!

I need at least one wall letter initial 

I do have lots of ideas...I just don't have the confidence to carry things out. But I want to push myself.

I want to make a beautiful valance (aka dust ruffle/skirt), because I will need a custom one now that I look at the photo of the crib, I want mine to go to the floor.

I wanted a woodland theme but I'm not quite sure how to work that in and still having a room fitting for a little girl. I'm leaning more towards vintage now. Vintage fabrics. Can I be eclectic without the room looking a mess? 

I LOVE this one:

I think Courtney showed me this nursery now that  I think of it! I've also had it pinned in my Pinterest  baby board for a while! They've done 3 valances...Hmmm....I like it! 

Love that dresser/changing table!

what beautiful wallpaper! and I LOVE the toadstool seat!!! 

these are so cool!!!!

SO I think my first project to get over my chicken liver will be the valance for the crib. I want a ruffley one not a really tailored one. I think I'll do a few layers maybe? I guess I'll have to see what fabrics I find {in my stash!}. This tutorial looks pretty good and this one is great for measuring.

just LURVE that dust ruffle! 

I'm up for any tips you might have about how to make stuff for the nursery. Any ideas are also welcome! Here we go! 

6 months!

It is nearly impossible for me to believe that I am entering my 24th week of pregnancy. 6 months! 

I'm 6 months pregnant! 

This half a year has flown by. And I imagine that the next few months will be here and gone in a flash, before long our precious Baby Woo will be in our arms! January 18th is sooo soon! I'd better not blink!

We may move house, so I haven't set up the nursery. To be honest I don't even know how to set up a nursery! I've picked out the crib bumper & that's all so far. I do love this nursery idea:

I love this nursery but I'd use greens and pinks I think! 

I feel like there is still so much to get done and the time is going by so quickly I'm beginning to think I won't get it done! Silly things like shampooing the carpets and removing all the cob webs and actually setting up the nursery so that Baby Woo actually has some place to sleep in her beautiful sleigh crib{it was given to us by a friend & it's stunning!}! 

I signed up for my birth and parenthood class this morning though! Mr Woo wants to be there so we've signed up for a Saturday all day class at the hospital. 

Baby Woo is growing quickly, she's already around1 1/2lbs & nearly 1 foot long!!! My bump is starting to show and I'm beginning to feel uncomfortable especially when I'm tired. 

I'm craving lots of sleep and meat! Gimme a roast beef with a side of roast chicken. MmHmmm! 

So, 24 weeks, 6 months, however you like to count it we're well on our way!