There is nothing quite like waiting for a baby to arrive... excitement mixed with fear about the process of actually bringing that baby into the world.
It's bittersweet to know these are the last few days that I will ever be pregnant with this baby, that soon she will begin to grow up, almost imperceptibly, in a million tiny ways that I only notice when I look backwards.
Layla is actually quite in love with babies lately, so the timing seems to be perfect that way. She is constantly pointing to pictures of babies with an exclamation of "baby!" and real life babies elicit squeals of excitement.
Since our new baby will sleep in a bassinet in our room for the first months I have not really changed around the nursery very much yet. I don't think Layla is quite ready for a real bed (she's only 21 months) so we will keep her in the crib for awhile.
I did, however, change up a couple of things so far.
I love, love this rocking chair and ottoman that originally was my Granny's. When my Mom said I could have it I knew I wanted it to be white. At the time, I had never read a blog and had no idea what a slipcover was. So we actually got it reupholstered in white... which looks beautiful but is difficult to clean. The men at the reupholstery shop warned me it would happen, but I was not to be swayed from my dream of a beautiful white rocking chair like the ones I had seen at Pottery Barn. I just didn't realize those ones were slipcovered:)
So I have been sewing an ottoman cover as well as covers for the arms and seat. I wanted to reuse fabric I had and there was not enough for the whole chair so I decided just to cover the parts that seem to get dirty.
So I have been sewing an ottoman cover as well as covers for the arms and seat. I wanted to reuse fabric I had and there was not enough for the whole chair so I decided just to cover the parts that seem to get dirty.
The pink blanket was a thrift store find.
Layla's bear, from Grandma and Grandpa.
I love vintage things in baby rooms, but of course the main furniture (the crib) has to be new! So I try to balance that with little things like this old wicker hamper.
The new crib skirt is actually a single size skirt that I can reuse later when Layla has a bed. I just folded it to fit the crib for now. It is a discontinued pattern from Pine Cone Hill, I got the last one online at a great price. If you are looking for Pine Cone Hill linens in Canada (actually I think she ships to the US as well), Chania at Razmataz sells them and she is so pleasant to work with.
So this is not really a nursery makeover, most of the work was spent washing and folding all the tiny clothes, and rearranging the drawers to make room for two little girls.
Tonight I hope we can set up the bassinet.
And then more waiting...
Have a lovely Wednesday!
Sharing this for Transformation Thursday at the Shabby Chic Cottage