Chipping away at the nursery

This past weekend Jeremy got to get in on the nursery fun.  It's nice to see how engaged he is, and to hear him have an actual opinion about little details like shelf placement or art selection.  We only tackled one big project, hanging a shelf we got from Ikea last month, but doing that let me decorate it, which spurred me to place all the rest of the art and accessories that we have.

The shelf from afar, white with red hardware, filling empty space to the right of the closet

I was playing with what to put on the shelf for a while, and even planned to hang a piece of art underneath the shelf, right below eye level when you walk into the room and look to the right.  However, that ended up being too busy and threw the room balance off aesthetically, so I moved the busy print above the shelf and ditched the fabric wrapped canvas.  I may end up using it as a board to display her art later, but for now it's hiding in the back of her closet.  I added the little state art I made at our company's Craft Night back in May, a milk bottle vase I got from Goodwill, and an antique toy car I bought the day of my shower in Downtown Dunedin because why not.  I was originally thinking of putting the box fan up there, but after a few sideways glances from Jeremy I realized that it was a poor choice, if only because the cord would be very pullable and dangerous.  Not to mention unsightly, but I should focus on her safety. :-)

Little bit of a closer look, the print is of St Francis and was purchased on our last anniversary trip

I also took the time to iron the cribskirt (no pictures included because it didn't make too perceptible of a difference), add strings to the 3D wall art, and finally hang the brass seagull on the wall between the windows.

She's all done and floating away!  Strings were so much easier than painting, by the way

Still working on what to put in the oval, but I like the look of the bird

 above the frame, thanks to Emily Henderson for the inspiration!

So that was our weekend of nursery work.  At that point we were still waiting for the glider to arrive, so completing small projects helped me to ignore the massive vacancy in the corner and the shelving unit floating in space.   Now I find myself poking my head in there more, enjoying how its coming together and dreaming of our little girl.  

Not too much longer!