Wednesday, February 1, 2012

In the nursery

I've been meaning to show you Adelaide's room, but I was waiting until it was finished. Then it finally occurred to me that it will literally never be finished, and that's a good thing. She's a baby. She's going to grow and change and find her own interests, and her room and what's in it will reflect that. What's on the wall now might not be on the wall in a year, and additional stuff will most certainly be added as part of an ongoing process. I'll make stuff. Adam will make stuff. And eventually Adelaide might make stuff. Out of the blue, we'll happen upon something that is just perfect for the space. It will evolve, just as it's been evolving for the past eight months. There is no "finished" here.

But Adelaide's room is "finished" enough these days for me to give you the tour, so here we go!

 in the nursery

 in the nursery

 in the nursery

 in the nursery

in the nursery


A few of my favorite on-the-wall things: The sailing swan was a lovely gift from Annette over at Waxy Pin (blog and her adorable shop). The paisley seas just kill me! The books print is from the Black Apple Etsy shop. And the alphabet letterpress print is from the One Canoe Two Etsy shop.

in the nursery

And, of course, there's my very favorite thing of all in the nursery, looking like such a big kid these days!

in the nursery Other notes: The paint is Benjamin Moore Natura in Denim Wash. The braided rug, the hamper, and the big toy bin are from the Land of Nod. The crib and changing table are from Babies R Us. The rocking chair is an old one from Adam's family. And the barn bookshelf was built by Adam and his dad based on my design/request and is painted with Benjamin Moore Natura in Smoldering Red.

7 comments:

C.E.R. said...

That rug is adorable, but Adelaide absolutely takes the cake!

annette said...

Sarah, you should be designing children's furniture, because your barn bookshelf is AMAZING. The beauty of its design and the spot on color you painted it are stunning.
Adelaide's room is perfect, I love the shade of blue. It is thrilling to see my little swan sailor there, coasting away.
And there she is, I think she will be walking in a few months - she's has got that sporty daredevil look in her eye!

Sarah said...

Thank you both! Adelaide's room is probably the most "finished" room in the house, and is definitely one of the most cheerful spaces (helped along immensely by that rug, which is pretty much the rug of my dreams).

And, Annette, I love that your swan is sailing over by the calendar and changing table, because I get to see it all the time--as you might guess, I spend plenty of time standing at that changing table. :)

Anonymous said...

Why isn't one of the Hoosier items a favorite?

Sarah said...

You're just lucky the Hoosier items made it into the photos at all! ;)

Diane said...

Adelaide's room is wonderful and she is just Adorable and growing up so fast!
I love that you have a Hoosier( I.U.) poster/Sports schedule on the door..I'm a Hoosier I still live in Indiana:))
Yes basketball "rules" in these parts LOL...

Sarah said...

Adam's family is from Indiana, and his grandparents and cousins and such still live there, so he grew up a devoted Hoosier basketball fan. I grew up not caring about college sports teams at all, so Adelaide is an honorary Hoosier by default. :)