It’s so funny to see how nurseries transform over time – I know that I put so much time into designating a home for every baby item, thinking where it would be easiest to reach, what I would need immediately. (ha! foolish) Some mother’s will walk into an expecting nursery & cluck their tongue, knowing that the new mother will inevitably move things around in that perfectly-organized & labeled closet, just to make grabbing a burp cloth .2 seconds faster. But I will say that with the exception of the lamp, which had to be moved across the room, Harrison’s nursery layout has stayed the same. (oh, & now we always leave a stack of blankets on the blue dresser to grab at a moment’s notice, versus putting them away.)
Nurseries = paint, organization, & decoration. Pretty much the Top Three Nursery To-Do’s.
After the paint settled in Harrison’s nursery, Nate’s job was complete but mine had only begun – DECORATION. I lovingly picked out my Pottery Barn Kids bedding. Painted a dresser. Scoured for nautical-inspired things like weathered framed with rope stitching. A sailboat mobile, hanging over the glider.
But when it came to his dresser/changing table, I was just plain burnt out.
It stayed blank for MONTHS. Finally, only a few weeks before his arrival, I slapped up an (unpainted, mind you) “H” onto the wall & cut construction paper into a sailboat picture. No, really. That’s what I did. Unoriginal, boring, & I hated it.
I never knew what I wanted for that space. I had ZERO inspiration. Until JessaZG contacted me, I sent her a few pictures, & she whipped up this with her typical flair & talent:
Yep. That’s Harrison!
It’s Harrison. & a nautical/beach theme. It ties in the teals & dark blues & yellows in his nursery.
In short? It’s PERFECT.
When I opened the package up last week I literally gasped. Jessa had sent me proofs but to be honest, I never though I would love it as much as I do. I never thought I was a “silhouette” person. Or a “modern art” girl. But sometimes, we have to step outside our box to find something perfect.
& that’s what Jessa, as an artist, made this uncreative girl do.
& it’s what she’s going to do for someone else. Y’all know me…I hate complicated giveaways. So follow JessaZG on Twitter & Tweet this bad boy to enter:
Pick me! Print giveaway @thejessazg #modsilhouetes
Bam. Done. & then Jessa will select a winner in 3 days!
But the meat of this post – I’m most interested…how has your nursery evolved? Or childrens rooms? Or any rooms in your home? I started thinking about this during the Twitter Home Tour & realized how often our homes & rooms shift to accommodate our lives. (including putting together a bookcase at 11pm because you cannot take the look that a baby hurricane blew through your loft one more moment or you’ll scream)
