Rocking the Night Away

Upholstered glider rockers are so expensive and a very necessary necessity in a nursery. I got quite a shock when the average cost of these "gliders" were $700-$900. I had my eye on this white slipcover glider from Pottery Barn at a lovely cost of $1,168.86 with shipping.

Not gonna happen in our nursery on our budget. I hit every store in town, ebay, craigslist and nothing was coming to fruition. I really wanted a comfortable (and cute) chair for the nursery and was not gonna give up.

Then one afternoon I went to visit my grandmother and she was getting rid of an old swivel rocker. I took it not knowing if it would work or not, but the poor chair was about to end up in the trash or on the side of the road. After looking into the outrageous cost of re-covering a chair, I thought the next best thing was to use it for its parts. More preciously it's swivel mechanism on the bottom, I got the bright idea to attach it to a newer stationary chair and make my own cute glider rocker.

I purchased this little slipcover chair from ikea for $199 and here is the story of how it is now a lovely swivel rocker for those 3am parties with baby G.

(JennyLund Chair in Blekinge White)

Seriously this was so easy its funny......

1. I removed the swivel mechanism from underneath the old chair.

2. Turned the new Ikea chair upside down and removed the black dust cover from underneath the chair. The chair came with the legs not attached so I just put the legs aside.

3. Reinforced the underside of the chair to make sure I had a sturdy base: Cut and screwed a block of wood 3/4" or thicker, to fit the demissions of the chair frame. I made sure the wood block was flush to the rail edges and used screws to attach it to the frame of the chair.

4. Screwed the swivel rocker base onto the center of the chair. I used the black dust cover from the old chair and stapled it around the swivel.

5. Turned upright and put the slipcover on the chair. (A good tip in this project is to make sure your chair has a skirt to the ground to hide the swivel rocker hardware.)

I am beyond happy with the outcome and its one more thing to knock off the list of things to do for the nursery. Now back to painting as you can tell with the samples on the wall.

And we still had a happy ending to that old granny rocker that saved the day. I attached the legs from the ikea to the old chair and it now lives at my other grandmothers house. She fell in love with the royal purple color and wanted to keep it.

Week 18

We found out last week that a beautiful bouncing baby boy is in our future!!! My husband is beyond excited and I am thrilled. As you can see my belly is still growing, and we are at the half way mark for the big day we get to meet him. Our little man is the size of a small cantaloupe this week - wow!!!!

Gray Skies

I am obsessing over paint. Gray paint to be exact. My nursery color to be even more exact.

I even dreamed about it last night.

I know I have a problem but the right color can make all the difference in the world. While I know most people could care less about shades and tones of what looks like the same color. Those same shades and tones drive me crazy if its wrong.

So here is where I am at today with my color:

Edgecomb Gray is out - after painting about 20% of the room I stopped and decided that is was looking a slight tint of purple.

Revere Pewter is out - to dark for the room.

So back to the drawing board to test out some new gray colors.........

Classic Gray

Gray Owl

Titanium

Gray Cashmere

They all look like the same color but I tell you once you put it on your wall with different light and different times the colors become drastically different.

Amazing Gray from Sherman Williams is a lovely gray that I have my end table and a bookshelf painted. I wanted a shade or 2 lighter for my walls. I am currently re-painting my trim Dove White!!!

Amazing Gray

And the was a crazy glimpse into my crazy hormonal obsessive head for the moment!!! And this could all change once I get into the paint store.

One Entire Year

My husband and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary on Sunday. It was a great time to look back on our first year together and look ahead to living out our dreams, and growing our family!!

We both agreed that our first year has been delightful and easy - Britt says its because he is a push over, I say its because I found my soul mate and married the right guy!!!!

Beware of Bears

Is this not the cutest little bear you have ever seen?? My very talented aunt has been crocheting up a storm with my little bear hat pattern. I gave crocheting the good ole college try but ultimately failed with a big fat F - yes I got in over my head. I can't wait to see all the other designs and colors she is knitting up!!! I love my family!

We went visit our friends the deClouets last night to finally meet the new addition to their family. Weighing in at a whooping 6 lbs meet Mr. Dylan Michael deClouet and his first modeling gig for bear hats!!! That's my dear old husband holding the tiny little feller, makes my heart pitter patter!!!

Feels Like Home

I just like this room, it feels comfortable and well put together.

I bet its been lived in and had some good memories.

Don't Judge Me

I was hesitant to post this picture on my blog but here you go world, I am airing my dirty laundry out for all to see: the before picture. We are in the process of clearing out the room that will become the babies room. Everything has been moved in the middle of the floor and this is what my lovely little nursery looks like right now. GASP.......

It was my husbands home office / my junk room / place for anything that did not have a place. We have moved the hubs office into the guest bedroom and still trying to clear out some of the stuff. We got our rocker delivered today by my beautiful lovely sister in law all the way from Houston and our crib is in route!!! Things are moving fast, but this room needs clearing out before anything else gets done. Sigh.

Horrid before pictures makes juicy after pictures!!! I can not wait.

Going Gray

I ordered a few swatches online from Lewis & Sheron Textiles. I am hoping to make some drapes and bedding for the nursery!!! I hope they are a beautiful in person as the picture on my computer.

I love fabric.

Week 15

An orange - that's right our little baby was the size of a navel orange last week. This week (16) we are growing into an avocado then an onion. I love how they compare baby size to food, it's so relatable.

Only 165 days left!!!

(15 weeks)

Deliciously Organized

My necklaces have been sitting in a cardboard box for about a year now. I know that's just horrible, but I had no place to put them. And wearing a necklace meant digging through the box and spending time untangling the mess of jewels.

I came across this idea and ran with it. I got a towel bar and shower curtain S rings at Walmart and hung it up in my closet. I spent less than $20 and now every time I get dressed in the morning I pass right by my necklaces and throw one on!!! It's just delicious.

Goodnight Moon

So yes of course I have been thinking of all the fabulous ways to decorated our new nursery. I have pretty much narrowed the wall colors down to gray. I tried a little sample of BM-Revere Pewter and it was a shade to dark and different shade to cool. I am really feeling this Edgecomb Gray, it seems more of a warm tan gray color. My goal this weekend is to get a little sample of it on the wall to really test it out.

Here are some inspirations I found on the internet and instantly fell in love with. We don't know the gender yet so everything is still up in the air.....

(via)

Psalm 13

Trust.

What Was I Thinking?

I have decided to take up crocheting. Don't even ask how I came up with this hair brain idea expect for the fact that I found this adorable little lamb's hat for sale and really did not want to pay 45 bucks for it......

(etsy)

O dear the more I look at that adorable picture the more I want to just buy it.

Instead I paid 5 bucks to get the pattern for this earflap bear hat......

(etsy)

Looks like I will be knee deep in yarn for the weekend!!!! They promise it's super easy to do, but I have never crochet anything in my life. I have an aunt who is super at it so I might be calling her for lessons!!!!

If all goes amazingly well I might try my hand at this little sleepy owl next (no promises).....

Anyone think I am in over my head???

Image of the Day

Their is something so calm and refreshing about this little space. Loving the stripes!!!

Have a great weekend!!!

First Comes Love

Then comes marriage. In January we will be pushing a baby carriage!!!!

Went to the doctor again today to hear the little heartbeat, it was so amazing!!! We are 14 weeks and officially in the 2nd trimester. I started a little journal (with pictures of course) to document my pregnancy. I am hoping to make a book out of it once our little bundle of joy has entered the world.

I am very excited to start decorating the nursery, and excited to keep you in the loop with every little detail. I have felt great the last few weeks but my energy was zapped, I could hardly peel myself off the sofa much less write a blog post. I was very uninspired the past 3 months. No fear the nesting is slowly kicking in and I will have mucho material for my little blog!!!