Nursery update

I thought you might like to see the fabric my sister Amy found to use for the window treatment. It is called Dotz Mint and is by Waverly Fabrics:

She will make a little cushion for Tim's white baby rocking chair, too; I sent her a tracing to use as a pattern. And she will sew a table topper for the table we will (hopefully) have in one corner of the room, near the glider and ottoman. She ordered an extra yard and a half for these little accessories. Plan is to have white wooden blinds for privacy, and then two side panels with wooden rings hanging from a matching wooden rod that is painted white with little specks of aqua and green.

Wallpapering is being done on Wednesday; we hired someone to put up the two borders and the wall accent. (See 5/30/08 blog post "Nursery planning.") All the painting is complete, including scraping of the glass and touch-ups along the edges. After the borders are up, we will rehang the French doors and move the office furniture into final position. (We will leave the couch in there until we get nursery furniture, so I can have a comfy place to nap!!) Tim will then hang the ceramic rabbit chandelier. After fabrication, the window treatments will be installed.

We still need to purchase the furniture. We would like a standard crib, an armoire with a hanging rod, and a dresser, all in white or off-white. We would also like a reclining glider and ottoman. The office desk will remain in the room, along with the matching file cabinet, which we can use as a changing table since it is the perfect height. There is going to be a lot of stuff so we have to figure out how it can all be arranged. Lastly, we plan to make a 3- or 4-panel screen which will be wallpapered in a matching trellis pattern. This will hide the office furniture from view when you first walk towards the nursery.

We are getting there! It is pretty exciting!