I know it’s taken me (what feels like) forever to get around to sharing Harrison’s nursery, but that’s because it didn’t feel finished and it still doesn’t feel finished. But I think it’s as good as it’s going to get right now!
Because we pursued adoption and knew that it could move quickly, I wanted to have a nursery ready as soon as possible. I knew it would have to be gender neutral, and I found creating a gender neutral nursery much harder than I thought it would be. I searched Pinterest for ideas and basically almost all gender neutral nurseries are either farmhouse style (which is not my style at all) or modern/minimalistic–again, not my style. I knew I needed to come up with my own design–but on a budget 😁
My favorite color is blue so I decided I wanted really pale, pastel blue walls with all white furniture. Then if we matched with a boy, it would be easy to style it for a boy, or if we matched with a girl, I would add in light pinks.
The first thing that went wrong was the paint. I picked out a color from Sherwin Williams (can’t remember the name) and had them cut it down to 50%. My mom helped me paint and when we opened up the can, it was the most beautiful shade of pale blue……until it dried on the walls. It was so much darker than I had intended it to be. We painted the first coat and decided I would sleep on whether or not I was going back to the paint store to get a lighter shade. I ended up deciding to keep the color and figured I would repaint if we were matched with a girl.
Because I was on a strict budget, I didn’t want to buy a cheaply made glider that wouldn’t last long and we weren’t in the place to spend a lot of money on a quality one. I found the one we have at my friend’s consignment sale and it was custom from a very expensive local baby store. The only problem–it was gray…..a color I don’t like. I think I sat in the glider for 30 minutes contemplating whether or not I should buy it. It was excellent quality at a good price but it was a color I hated and didn’t want in the nursery. I ended up buying it, and I’m glad I did because it’s so comfortable and doesn’t look bad in his room.
That’s a little background before seeing his nursery. Like I said, it’s not finished–I probably want to add shelves on either side of his window–but I am ready to share it.
Come on in!
This is the view from the doorway. I’d like to have a rug, but that’s low on the priority list.
Pictures are from Harrison’s 2 week session when my sister drove to San Antonio to take his pictures!
We announced our adoption holding a gown with a lamb on it, so a lamb felt symbolic!
I had to include the top left picture because Harrison was crying during pictures and he’s holding Dustin’s finger.
I’ve got to add pictures in those frames!
