Ours won't be completely co-ordinated, but it doesn't worry me.
We have DD's cot still, so that will be getting used, and a chest of drawers. DH is planning on doing a built in wardrobe hopefully around christmas time.
We have a change table with the built in bath, mainly to help me out with not having to bend over after my c/s. It has slide out drawers, so we will be stuffing it full of creams, nappies, singlets, towels etc when it is eventually set up. We haven't even seen it yet as it is still in the box!
Colours.... we have figured that we will wait until bub is a little older and can pick out colours etc. So for now we are using one of the colours ( a nice light silver) that we have used throughout the house and will paint one wall in a pale blue as the feature wall. On this wall we are planning on putting a sticker from the walls of the wild australia website (the baby orangutuan hanging from a tree branch, if anyone googles for them) and will paint a cloud or two on the wall as well. hopefully we can put the change table beside the sticker, so bub has something visual during bum changes.
Curtains are pooh bear, which I had made years ago for DD at a small fortune, so will definately be using them again. They have blue through them, so should hopefully match with the silver walls they will be against, plus they are thermal lined.
We also have a pooh bear table that DD use to sit at and draw and do arty crafty stuff at, which we will try to squeeze in the room as well. If it fits, we plan on getting some nice boxes to sit on top, and will fill with any spare creams, wipes etc..
Might have to get one of those hanging toy nets to store toys in for now? Haven't given that one much thought?
I have to finish cleaning out the room - still has some of DD's stuff in it. once we do that DH has to take the cupboard downstairs (he is pulling it apart and using the timber for woodwork) move the drawers out of the room, plus the spare bed and pooh bear table and then he can start painting! He is so excited about finally being at this stage with only a few weeks to go!
Hi everyone! I'm happy to announce that our Nursery is done! YAY!!!!!!
We went for a dark green feature wall in suedue effect paint, the other walls are cream, we've put up two beach colour floating shelves, my rocking chair and change table(Baltic colour) are assembled and our Basinette is in storage in the room till bub arrives. Hopefully my cot(Baltic colour) will be in in the next week or so, once it's up We'll be off sheet and mobile shopping thinking of going a wild animal theme as there's alot around at the moment.
Thanks for all the advice and help without it i'm sure we'd still be lost!
Best of luck to all those planning your nurserys!!!
Snoopea
Mellie, we didn't have much cash with the last two monkeys and I'm determined to do it this time, if I don't I'll never have a nursery, alot of my friends have been picking up some good bargains on ebay so'll be having a look later! We were renting when I had my son as we we're building at the time so he never got a nursery and his room is still a nightmare, gotta find a toy solution for him! Thanks for your imput!
Snoopea
We were renting when DD was born, we had just moved in when I was 8 months PG so thats when I set up the nursery, the room was off white with peach coloured curtains so it was really pretty.
We bought our house when she was 4 months old & still haven't got around to painting it We've recently bought the paint, she will have off white walls with a pink feature wall.
Our new babys room, boy oh boy, haven't started yet. We still have to build a wall deviding it into an office & bedroom, then put a window in each room as currently theres a sliding door. Then we will be getting off white carpet (very neutral). We also need to build a second wall for extra insulation to block out noise from running water in the room next door LOL. Once the walls are built we will be painting off white & a blue feature wall.
The cot is the same one we used for DD (it was the one DH used & his brothers before him, 47 yrs old!) It's white steel.
We'll be using DD's set of white drawers with character handles (mickey mouse etc) with a change mat on the top.
We have an off white bassinette (bedroom probably wont be finished by the time bubs arrives so he'll need to be portable LOL)
We have the fisher price papasan swing
Bedding is the kidsline "silver lining" which is a Noahs Ark theme so we have the bedding, floor mat, cot mobile, clothes hamper, wall hangings & a few other things I think LOL (something DD never had but I wanted to get so this time round I grabbed it when it was on special haha)
Haven't got a bath yet as we used a change table/baby bath for DD & I decided not to use that this time as takes up too much room in my opinion.
Car seat we have the capsule for first months then he'll prob get DD's safe n sound meridian which is fantastic I might add LOL because by that time DD will move over to her booster seat, saves us buying another car seat!
So I suppose my theme is Noahs Ark, thanks to the kidsline I chose. Furniture is white.
Good to hear you've got yours sorted, I wish I could say the same for us!!! (Just having the walls built & carpet put down I'd be so very happy with!!!)
LOL Thanks, yes it's a very big job & I'm the only one who seems to think 11 weeks isn't quite long enough to get it done in... DH keeps assuring me it will be done in time... yeah right!!
I've only just finished ours today. I've still got 3 1/2 weeks to go but I've been off of work for a week so i got stuck into it. I just had my baby shower and can't believe how much i got, i was so suprised and grateful. I've pretty much got everything other then clothes for when it's older, only because we don't know what we are having, and a play mat/gym to lay on.
So far i have - cot and change table, Australiana brand in an oak colour. Had a mattress included.
Bassinet from Babyco.
Already had a chest of drawers that matched the cot and change table, so that was good.
Framed pictures of Pooh Bear up on the walls.
Tommee Tippee bin.
Car seat is a Mother's Choice.
Pram from Mountain Buggy.
Nappy Bag a Kappoochi from Target.
Jolly jumper.
Bouncer.
Soft baby carrier Valco from target.
Portable cot steelcraft from target.
Baby Monitor Tommee Tippee ulatimate reassurance monitor from Target.
All the essentials like creams, nappies, wipes, cloth nappies for spew rags.
sS i've been very lucky now i just want to use it all....i cant wait..
Our nursery is still not properly set up and our bubs is 3 weeks old!!!!
The cot is still on layby but we will probably pick it up this weekend. He's sleeping in his bassinette by our bed so it's not like it's urgent. We still have our old computer desk in his room (got to get rid of it) and all his gifts and clothes we've been given that don't fit yet are scattered all over his room. Trying to get it all under control by this weekend. The only corner of the room that is organised is the change table. Let's face it, that's got to be organised.
hehe, yeah well my plans didn't go to plan, I thought I had plenty of time to get organised, but little miss decided to arrive more than 6 weeks early throwing all of our plans into dasarray!!
We got the car seat fitted a week after her birth, she didn't come home until day 11, we picked up our Bugaboo - finally, 2 days before she came home as we are using the basinet for her to sleep in.
We have ordered the cot, chest of drawers/change box on top, Mali Euro, they should be here is about 6 weeks, but no huge rush.
We have presents everywhere, as she came 2 days after her baby shower and then we got reshowered with gifts in hospital. House looks like a bomb has hit it but am hoping to get some sorting out done today!!
We also didn't have any clothes to fit her - 1 x 0000, everything else was bigger, so the family had to go out and get a heap of 00000 and 0000, she will be in the 00000 for a while.
I have paintings to hang, I have packed all the bigger clothes into boxes for the meantime until the new drawers arrive, as we wont be needing them!!
Hmmm anyone free to come and help me
Last edited by *Beema*; July 16th, 2008 at 02:43 PM.
Beema, she's beautiful congrats and sounds like your bundle of joy is going to be one lucky girl!
Mellys, Yeppie and it'll all be worth it, once your in!
Satya, sounds like your getting there, it's amazing how much you've gotta move to clear out as room!
Lozza, wow your organised, I've slowly been buying some clothes and still got the breast pump to go! But everything else is pretty covered.
Beckibee, thanks for the advice, I'm also going kidsline I want the Zanbiar set tho, fell in love with it about 6 weeks ago in toys r us.
Wow it seems everyones organised, so glad I posted this thread it's been great to see what everyones bought and the advice has been so helpful. Wishing you all the best on your nursery plans.
I started buying baby clothes and wraps etc (everything is white) about a year ago, when I was TTC, but I haven't bought any furniture yet.
Next week I have my 19 week scan, and I want to know what we are having so we (I) can start to plan the decorating theme for the nursery.
Like almost everyone, the nursery has been a junk room/ office/ sewing room until recently, and we have had to through out so much stuff! We both also pruned our book collections (his science/ fantasy, mine crime novels and literature) so we could make some room for the baby. We have a spare room set up with a queen bed and that's full of my stuff for sewing, so now I have no-where to actually sew....I make such as mess when I'm sewing!
Anyway, I have wanted to the Boori Sleigh for about 12 months, and my husband has been resisting it- he doesn't like the solid ends. If it's a girl, I'm going to insist, but if it's a boy I might be happy with the classic. I'll get the matching change table but will try to get on ebay. The nursery has a BIR and also a jarrah-stained cabinet that I can hang baby clothes in the top and drawers below. Also, I might get the Matilda cradle, as baby's room is upstairs, and ourr is downstairs, and I don't want to have to traipse up and down stairs 6 times a night!
I'm keen to go with a mostly white a splashes of red theme- something suitable for a modern house. I definitely don't want any Pooh or other licensed characters, but imagine I will get some as presents so will do my best to be gracious. Sorry, but I just don't like the Pooh!
Am building a list of what I want so I can bargain best price and buy it all at once and get it delivered. i don't like to pay full price for anything!
I decided to go to Baby Bunting and just check out some stuff but I accidentally stayed there for 5 hours and picked out everything.
I went for the Boori Country Sleight cot, with draws and change table. Fell in love with is straight away. I bought the pram, car seat, bath, sheets, theme for the nursery, towels, lamp, monitor....pretty much "everything' I was really happy with my purchases. I completed a registry as I'm having a baby shower but I want to purchase the bigger items myself.
Now it's just a matter of paying this lay-by off and have the baby shower and I'll be set.......we've been cleaning every weekend because the spare room has so much crap in it. We need to clean the other rooms to make more room for the other things. Slowly we're getting there........
I started buying 'white' and 'yellow' things mostly bonds wondersuits etc. when I first found out I was expecting. As for the nusery, i am still officially waiting to start her nursery as we moved twice in the past year and was in a rental property when she was born, finally we will be moving into our own home and I will be able to paint the walls pink!!!!
I purchased the main things like cot, pram, car seat around 3 months before her birth.
Hi everyone, congratulations on your purchuses, sounds like you've been busy!
Fingerscrossed, my hubby was the same with closed in end cots but I managed to find one that was only closed in at one end and he was happy to compromise with that! So we both sort of got what we wanted!
Queenb1979, Wow you sound like me, I can't help but get excited everytime I walk into a baby store or baby section! Congrats on picking out all your things in 5 hours tho, don't think I could have done that!
Babushka Doll, Wow Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl, sounds like you're hanging to paint those pink walls! Hope all goes well and you're in soon!
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I'm happy to announce that our Nursery is done! YAY!!!!!!
We've recently bought the paint, she will have off white walls with a pink feature wall.
Danielle, Sounds like you've got a big job ahead of you, best of luck with the renovations!
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