a little tour of the baby’s room.

Happy February!

I know I’ve posted some photos of the baby’s room here and there, but I thought I’d do a full tour while my house is sparkling clean. But first, a before shot:

For most of our first year, this was our master bedroom. But as you can see we didn’t do much to make it homey. After we started the adoption process, David and I decided to move into the more spacious third bedroom and turn this into the baby’s room.

And so that’s what we did! We liked the neutral paint color (which was all throughout the house when we bought it), and my splurge for this room was the black and white wool rug from Ikea. Most everything else is either a hand-me-down or something we already had.

I put up plain white curtain panels, but when some friends gave us a white crib, I felt like the room needed more color. I remembered these green curtains from our school room in India, which turned out to be perfect. Well, almost perfect — they aren’t long enough, but I’m embracing imperfection by leaving them just the way they are.

I painted this stack of frames from our attic white and distressed them, and all the prints are from my Taproot magazines. The little basket is from a thrift sale.

Our futon gives this space the option of being a guest room, and gives me somewhere to crash during middle-of-the-night feedings.

Some friends gave us this dresser/changing table when Judah was a baby, and we passed it on to Kenny and Shari when we moved overseas. And now they’ve passed it right back to us! I removed a door to give it a more open feel. I contemplated painting the dresser, but even the thought made me feel tired, so I’ve decided I like it as is. The quilt was made by my grandmother.

I love finally having a place to display my little collection of children’s books, which have been in storage for years.

This quilt is one of my favorite things I bought in India; it’s handmade, with the artist’s name written on a tag on the back, and it cost about $30.00 U.S. I bought it to hang on the wall of Judah and Amie’s room, and I’m thrilled to be able to use it in their little brother or sister’s bedroom now.

I had so much fun putting together this space, with the help of David and several others. It feels warm and homey to me, and filled with memories already. It never makes me sad to glance in the doorway and see an empty crib; I’m just so thankful that we’re ready for baby Gentino. And in the meantime, Judah and Amie think this makes a perfect Lego play room.

Once last time. Before:

And after: