One week from today, we will meet our newest little love. (If not sooner, I’ve been having a lot of contractions and I’m exhausted and sore and tired of not knowing if this is the real thing or just false labor again … we should know more this afternoon after my appointment where I may or may not beg my doctor to push up the scheduled c-section…;)).
For the first eight months, this pregnancy crawled by at a snail’s pace. It felt like I was going to be pregnant forever and ever and ever. Then, out of nowhere, warp speed kicked in. And, here we are. About to have a baby.
A baby! I still can’t believe it!
My bag is packed. The nursery is ready. All the preparations are in place. Now, we just wait and pray for a healthy delivery and a healthy little guy. Then, we soak up his newborn snuggles and the precious extremely fleeting first days together. Even if you can never really be ready for what life will be like when a new baby arrives, we’re ready. So, so ready!
The nursery.
When we first found out I was pregnant, I immediately lamented the fact that we wouldn’t have a nursery for this baby because we were at our max capacity for bedrooms. As we started to dream about and plan for the recent remodel, I was so, SO grateful we were able to carve out a space that will be solely Luke’s. It was so much fun planning this room and his little play space. It was a sweet part of the pregnancy and nesting process and I love having a beautiful space to welcome our little guy into!
Because of the laundry room addition to the side of the house, we needed to lose the window that had been in this room (the same thing happened to the guest bath). Therefore, we needed to add on a room with a window in order to provide an exterior window for the bedroom. We could have made it a small closet but decided to actually maximize the space by converting it into a small playroom (since we lost the upstairs playroom when we added dormers to make the girl’s bedrooms).
I wanted to keep the nursery very serene and calming and not too “baby-ish” so that the space could easily grow with him. For the playroom, I went with a little more whimsical and fun space – highlighting adventure and play and reading. All things every little boy needs in their life.
Dave made the bookshelves and table and they turned out perfectly!
Exactly what I had in mind!!
I had mentioned to Dave how much I would love some handmade wooden toys for Luke. He surprised me with these on Easter morning. I love them! 
Chiquita LOVES the teepee… ha!
I hope you enjoyed the tour and I can’t wait to share photos of this room with Luke in it!! SOON!!!
Nursery and Playroom Sources:
- Wall Color : Farrow and Ball, Green Smoke #47
- Trim Color: Benjamin Moore, White Dove OC-17
- Pendant Light : Lulu & Georgia, Sayan Pendant
- Crib : Dave Marrs (He has built every one of our kiddo’s cribs and I love them all!) 🙂
- Crib Sheets : Rookie Humans, Woodland Dreams (direct link below)
- Commissioned Art : Melissa Griffith
- Nursery Chair : Williams Sonoma Home
- Play Gym : My Urban One Nordic Wooden Baby Gym
- Nursery Rug : HomeGoods
- Cactus Print : Remedy Road
- Letterboard : Felt Like Sharing
- Table Lamp : Target
- Whimsical Cactus : 72 West
- Changing Basket : Lulu & Georgia, Olli Ella Reva Basket
- Changing Basket Insert : Lulu & Georgia, Olli Ella Changing Basket Insert
- Artificial Cactus : Target
- Dresser : Vintage
- Wall Map : Gathre, Midi+
- Hot Air Balloons : 72 West
- Play Teepee : Target
- Floor Cushion : Remedy Road
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