a lil' nursery sneak peek

So the nursery is pretty much finished but there are still a couple little things I want to add to it before I post it. But because I know everyone wants to see it...I decided to share a section of it that I love! I had a ton of amazing fabric swatches from Tonic Living left over from when I was picking out the pillow and curtain fabrics. I kept looking at the pile of them sitting by my desk and I wanted to use them in some way but didn't know how since they were just tiny pieces. And then I thought...pennant flags!! So one Saturday afternoon Melanie Bloomer and I got our "Home Ec Circa 1990's" on and managed to figure out how to use my Mom's old Singer sewing machine. It was so much fun!! I think I'd like to do more Home Ec projects in the near future!

First we had to decide which fabrics made it in...I wanted them all!

Ouchy finger cramps from cutting them all into little triangles!

Our Home Ec moment...do we know how to thread a bobbin?!

Voila!! Project complete!

Can't wait to show you the rest of the room...just waiting for one more yummy design detail to arrive...oh yah and the baby!!

our potential future nusery

So now that the home office office "upgrade" has happened and I've allowed myself to enjoy it for 2 weeks, I have gotten anxious to begin the nursery room project. Honestly I don't know what I'll do when that is all done because that leaves me with no more home decor projects! However I suppose I'll be busy with our new little project which won't leave much time for home decor anyways!

Sooo...this is what we've come up with so far!

The inspiration is a combination of these two pictures I posted awhile ago. We have a yellow couch already in that room that we want to keep. The rest of the decor will be light blue, red and white.

This is the paint colour we like. It is Pottery Barn Kids Benjamin Moore line in the colour Harbour Fog.

This the furniture I think we are going to get. Cheapy cheap from IKEA but we totally love the modern, simple lines! Score!

I really like this red circle rug...looks like a cuddly play space on a hardwood floor.

For the wall, I bought these three Alef Betty prints from alefbetty.com and I will hang them above the yellow couch. And you do know how much we love our sock monkeys so I'm framing some pictures of these sock monkey portraits that I have from my Arne Svenson & Ron Warren Sock Monkey Calendar and putting them up over the crib!