Nursery- when did you start and what did you do?

[Snoopea]

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

[SugarDust]

I am sooooo jealous of all you ladies that can have a proper nusery!

We are renting so paining a wall is out of the question!

I already have a cot, changetable, car seat, pram, clothes for a boy & cloth nappies!

have so much I want/need to get but can't as funds are tight atm!

I just wanna cry!

[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

[~breeze~]

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!!!)

[Snoopea]

Danielle, Sounds like you've got a big job ahead of you, best of luck with the renovations!
Snoopea

[~breeze~]

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!!

[nic]

snoopea, YAY for finshing bubs room. A dark green suede feature wall sounds lovely. Have fun shopping for the mobile and sheets

DH started sanding bubs room yesterday....and we have about 18 days to go till his arrival! Sunday he will be painting, not sure how much will actually get done though? I think we will be painting the clouds on after we get home from the hospital and then we will also put up the sticker on the wall at the same time. Hopefully next weekend we will put the cot and change table together and stack if full of stuff

Nic

[kitty_kat_48]

Thought I would share the items that we will be buying too (thanks for the idea Victoria). I find it interesting to see what people prefer as it has helped me choose as well! Even though I'm not UTD yet - my reasoning is "If you build it, they will come".

Pram: Bugaboo Cameleon in Denim, cup holder and alternate covers (Off White and Red)
Nappy Bag: Oi Oi Morroccan Print in Midnight
Car Seat: Safe and Sound Meridian in Oxford
Furniture (Cot, Change Table, Toy Box, Cradle): Boori in Walnut (very dark Chocolate Brown)
Recliner: Carnaby Recliner in Raisen
Clothes: At the moment we have an equal amount of 0000 and 000 but from now on we will only buy 000. My feeling is that we will have quite small babies though (I was 5lb6oz at 38wks and DH was 6lb1oz at 39wks)! Plus my Mum is a mad shopper so there is no point in me buying too much stuff!
Play Mat: Fisher Price Rain Forest Mat ($79 down from $99 at Myer)
Rocker: Maclaren Vibrating Rocker
Swing: Fisher Price Baby Papasan Swing
Carrier: Baba Sling in Navy
Bedding: Caden Lane Bedding in Taylor (for a girl) or Hudson (for a boy) - these are from the US

Just need a little bubba of my own to put it all to good use now!

Hey there! I thought I was organised but you have outdone me by a long way!! I am going to be trying to conceive hopefully before May next year and I have already got a few things like some clothes (they are all neutral colours so I figure it isn't that bad), a car seat (which I use because I'm a nanny), a pram (for the same reason), a nappy bag and a couple of sheet sets, but that's about it really! You are definately very organised and I think your baby is really going to have everything it needs! Good on you

[Aimz]

Hey kitty_kat - all of the clothes we have bought are neutral as well - which is why I have stopped buying!! I figure that as soon as we have the baby they will be kitted out in either pink or blue and I will barely use the neutral stuff!! I did, however, buy one of those bonds easysuits in pink for luck as we both want a baby girl when the time comes!!

I figure that if I can't have the baby right now - at least I can shop for him/her - it gives me oh so much pleasure!!

[kitty_kat_48]

Hey Amysarah - haha, what are you going to do if you have a boy then?!

Yeah I guess you are right about them being kitted out in either pink or blue, but still not everything has to be those colours once they are born, I'm sure you will still make good use of at least some of the things you have already bought! I have bought quite a lot of clothes, cuz they are just so cute and I can't resist them, but then everyone says how much stuff you always get given at baby showers and when the baby is born and everything so I'm sure I am going to end up with moutains of clothing! But that's ok!

Yeah tell me about it, I loveeeeeeeee going baby shopping! It's one of my all time favourite things now I think! I have been trying to stop myself though because I feel a bit stupid for doing it when I'm not even pregnant yet, but since you are so far ahead of me I might just have to do some catching up! hehe!

[~*Kris*~]

Hi!
Im new to this forum and thi is my first post!!
I couldnt wait to start our nursery, we started buying our baby gear almost straight away!
We are currently renting so we were a little limited in how much decorating we could do.... the room we planned to use as our nursery was already painted a light blue with a darker blue skirting boards and cornice but luckily we are having a boy so that worked out well!!
We decided not to stick to a particular theme but wanted to keep the room bright and comfy... We decided on white nursery furniture which looks great in the blue room. I found the cutest curious george wall sticker on ebay for the wall above the change table, its the first thing you see as you walk in and it really makes the room look bright and cheery Removable wall stickers are great if your renting and you can get matching borders as well.
The cot set we chose has little planes on it and i painted a set of 3 small canvases with little planes to match... it was a fun project and they look great when i hung them up

[Snoopea]

Hi Kris, sounds great, going to have a look at the re-movable wall stickers they'll brighten up the room. Thanks for the input!
Hope your enjoying bellybelly!
Snoopea

[mellys bubby belly]

Aww I can't wait to set up our nursery. We've just moved into a horrible flat out the back of hubby's grandfather's house. It's old and gross with an outdoor toilet but it's rent free!! We're currently building our first home and I can't wait to start with the nursery. I don't think we'll be in the new home by November when bubs is due, but we can't stay in the flat (not big enuff for baby and besides too yuk and old) so we'll have to move again - but I'm keeping that dreamy nursery in sight!! I'll get there one day

[Snoopea]

Mellys, Sounds like you've got some big plans for that new house! We we're building our second house when bubs number 2 came along, it's not easy but well worth it in the end!
Best of luck!
Snoopea

[mellys bubby belly]

Snoopea - thanks!! I'm not looking forward to the building part, but the moving in part will be great!! I've been harping on at poor hubby to do the impossible and have enough of it built by end of Nov, but even that means I'll either be moving with a massive bubby belly, or with a newborn - either way it's not an appealing thought *sigh*
the things we do...guess we'll look back and laugh...maybe (hee hee)

[Beckibee]

If anyone is thinking of going the green unisex colour theme for the nursery and is looking for some fun manchester etc for boy or girl; Kidsline do a farmyard theme based around green as the back colour. Our baby shower present from the P-I-Ls as they were going overseas, was to buy the cot etc and the decor set and deck out the baby's room for us.

The Kidsline themed stuff doesn't finish with just the manchester though, there are dirty clothes hampers, wallpaper edgings, mats, lamps, book ends etc all in the matching prints.

I had a huge thing for cows as a teenager and so did a friend of mine. You can imagine how hard I laughed when I walked into her little newborn daughter's room and realised we had matching decor! *L*

[Lozza]

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..

[satya]

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.