Chapter 4: The Complete Nursery!

The post you have all been waiting for :)

We are so proud of this room. It is everything we dreamed of for our little boy.

Here is the room before:

Remember, this is the previous owners stuff.... not ours!

Here's the closet before:

And here is the after:

Brand new closet...

Here are a few more angles of the overall room.

The picture above is looking at the room from the closet door.

Above is looking at the room from the opposite corner.

We used Benjamin Moore's Gray Horse for the paint and White Dove for the trim. We took down the curtains and shutters and installed silver roman shades from JC Penney. We painted the ceilings and closet a flat white. Thanks again to our friends that helped us paint! It was a fun paint party :) We also installed a new Hunter ceiling fan, because there was just a little light bulb in the ceiling with a cheap glass thing over it. It was really ugly. Plus, I read that having a fan in the nursery reduces SIDS, so that was a plus. Oh, and the rug is from Pottery Barn Kids.

Now for all the little details :)

For his crib, we went to Ikea and got the Sniglar. We painted it white. Bedding and bolster pillow, all handmade by my mom, Preston's Mimi. Fabric from Ikea. The Preston blanket is from my friend Bev. The sign above the crib was made by my friend Hurt (you might remember it as a decoration at my Nashville shower) and the fun poms above it are from Etsy.

For you moms out there, don't worry. The pillow and bumpers will be removed when Mr. P sleeps in his crib. We have breathable bumpers we'll use until the risk of SIDS declines. Wow, this is my second reference to SIDS. I am not a paranoid mom, I promise!

The chair where we will spend lots of time together feeding and snuggling is a hand-me-down. It was lime green and had some stains on it, so we got it re-upholstered. I love the simple fabric and am so happy with how it turned out.

We already had the little glass lamp. It came from Target a long time ago. The side table is just a round sawdust table. I bought a cheap, round, white tablecloth to go on top, and finished it off with some fabric from Ikea. In the chair is a pillow my mom made with fabric from Ikea and a sweet monogrammed blanket from my friend Candice.

Please note that next to the little owl on the side table is Preston's iPod. That's right, our unborn child has an iPod. It is filled with Rock-a-bye Baby songs and all kinds of sweet classical lullabies.

I found these prints on Etsy and I love them. They say "You are so loved," "You are my sunshine," We are all made of stars, " and "You are not alone." Then, the print below is really special. It hung in Brian's nursery when he was a baby. It says, "A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on." How cool is it that it matches the colors of the nursery, too?!

Next is the changing table area...

My dad got the changing table a few years ago and it has just been in their garage waiting for Brian and I to use it one day :) It is solid wood and really nice. I was a little concerned about blending it with the white furniture, but I love how it mixes with the white.

Hanging above the table is this print:

Also found on Etsy, it is the Italian alphabet represented with different animals. I love this print. I picked up the mat and frame at Michael's for 50% off. Preston needed something in his room to represent his Italian heritage :)

Cute monogrammed burp clothes from my friends Meghan and Kate. We got all the blue and green bins from Land of Nod. The sock monkey is from Brian's mom, Preston's Mimzie.

And his diapers are all ready to go!

Now for this side of the room....

First, the little rocking chair.

It belonged to Brian was he was little. That's why I was okay with putting his little Georgia pillow there. ;) See the writing at the top of the rocking chair?

Apparently, Brian was really excited when he learned to write cursive.

Next, is his little bulletin board. This was actually a gift from my big sister in Delta Gamma my freshman year of college. I used it all through college for pictures. It works perfectly in the room!

I put Rudyard Kipling's "If" on there. I knew I wanted it somewhere in his room, and this proved to be a good spot. Along with that are a few cards and shower invites.

Next to the bulletin board is this cross and a little quote that I love in a frame below. It says "You are the tiniest thing I have ever decided to put my whole life into." Love it.

The Expedit bookcases are from Ikea. I am pretty sure every nursery or playroom has one of these in it.

We have two in the room and they are both great for displaying things at the top and for toys at the bottom. Just to point out a couple things on the shelves that are extra special...

This picture hangs above the bookcase. It is four generations of the Fields family men. The baby in the pic is Brian. Preston will be the fifth. Speaking of family photos, this is also in the bookcase:

In this picture are my great-great-grandparents and their children Thelma and Samuel Preston (he went by Preston). Preston, my great-grandfather is our Preston's namesake and is the little blonde boy in the photo. My grandparents got this for us for Christmas and it is perfect for his nursery.

Ultrasound picture from the day we found out Preston was a he.

Next to the bookcase is a little rack from Ikea for us to hang stuff on. His diaper bag is packed for the hospital and ready to go!

Moving to the next side of the room...

We've got the other bookcase with all kinds of fun toys and books for Preston to play with.

His first train set.

We can't wait to play with him and read him books. One of the most meaningful things in Preston's whole nursery is this quilt.

Brian's godmother made it for Preston. It has a Noah's Ark theme and it is just amazing. Every time we look at it, we find new things. This is so special to us and always will be!

That's pretty much his room... let's look at the closet.

One thing that seriously sold us on our house was the closet space. We are so thankful that he will have a closet he can grow into, although it is already almost full.

Love all the little onesies. I organized them by size and they get bigger as they go down. Brian's mom went through his baby/toddler clothes and he had some COOL clothes. Check out these blazers.

She even got cute little "Preston Fields" tags to put in all of them.

Well, that's about it. We've had a lot of fun putting together his room. We can't wait to see him grow in it and how we add to it and change it as he grows. We just hope he loves it as much as we do.

I'll leave you with a pic of my favorite person who is so proud of this room he can hardly stand it. He is also very proud to be Preston's dad. I love him so much and he did a great job with so many parts of this room. :)