Nursery in Progress

It's missing some of the finishing touches, but here is a first look at the nursery. It's a Route 66/Cars theme. I think it turned out pretty cute!

 

Jon painted the blue walls and the racing stripes over the weekend and my Mom made the curtains out of some cool, vintage-looking Route 66 fabric. She's also making a matching pillow for the rocking chair. We haven't hung it yet, but there will be a magnetic board with magnetic cars for playing under the window.

 

I still need to get a new changing pad cover and diaper changing organizer (I'm waiting for coupons before purchasing). I love this wall map decal I stumbled across at Kohl's. It happened to come with two word bubbles for the states of Minnesota and Florida. It felt like it was meant to be! (My 30 percent off coupon helped too.) We'll probably hang some of our license plates (from MN, TX & FL) on that wall too.

 

This area needs the most work. Above the crib, I have plans for a racing number (possibly the number of the date the baby is born) and the baby's name (still yet undetermined). I need to put the Cars crib sheets on and the dark brown bumper pads, but since Brendan naps in the crib every day I doubt I will do this for the time being. The cute Cars mobile will be coming down too. I just wanted it up for the picture! You can't see it, but my Mom made the crib skirt out of the Route 66 fabric and she's making a sleeve to cover the plastic part of the mobile too. (And yes, that is Rylee pretending to be a baby in the crib!)

 

This wall needs some things too. The closet doors need to come down and the curtain rod and dark brown curtains need to go up. I also plan to hang some license plates above the curtains. The wall hanging is a height chart. Right now it's hanging on a vacant nail, but it needs to be adjusted lower.

So that's pretty much what it will look like. A big thanks go out to Jon and my Mom for all their hard work. I love the nursery and I'm sure the new baby will too. :)