Baby's Nursery

I'm not really sure why I thought it would be a good idea to outfit the baby's nursery in DIY goodies.  I mean now that it's finished it does look amazing but at seven months pregnant - cutting, pressing, and ruffling fabric was last on my list.

Mike and I looked forever for a set of curtains that we both liked.  They couldn't be too babyish, too pink, or too frilly.  They had to have blackout backing and thermal would be a plus.  They had to last more than just the first year.  Yeah.  Exactly.  That's why I thought it would be a good idea to just make them.  And I couldn't stop there.  I had to make a matching quilt and crib skirt and pillow for the rocker.  All because I couldn't find any fabric for the curtains to match the beautiful crib bedding my mother made Lily.  It was just going to be easier to make it all over again.

Oh - and why did we get rid of that crib?  Mike asked me as we - all four of us - crammed into the itty bitty nursery and endlessly twisted screws and jammed wooden pegs into IKEA furniture.  I think it's mostly because we said we'd never have another baby...and then we got caught in a moment of weakness.