Little Man's Woodland Nursery
Our son's nursery has by far been the most fun to design and decorate over the past 9 months. I, honestly, had been planning a little girl's room in my head up until our 15 week ultrasound so when I heard "It's a boy" I wasn't sure which direction I was headed. Casey immediately jumped into action wanting to pick paint colors and start on this project days after our ultrasound and that's exactly what he did. We found out on a Friday what we were having and he was bringing home paint on that Monday. We are blessed to have amazing friends and family that helped us piece together our furniture and decor. Our crib and dresser were handed down to us by some friends that were ready to send these gorgeous pieces onto another family. Our glider is my new favorite chair in the house as it rocks, swivels and reclines and our bedding we had made turned out to be everything I wanted and more for our "woodland" theme.
Almost all of our decor pieces came from Hobby Lobby and I was able to get them for half off when they run their sales every month. I wanted our little guy's room to feel more like a bedroom and less like a baby boy nursery and adding these rustic arrows, paddles and hunting memorabilia really helped me achieve that. We've been talking this entire pregnancy about the stories we will hear from little man about his adventures in our woods surrounding the house and we wanted his room to reflect that.
I love how many of the pieces for his room came together seamlessly from so many different places. We found his red side table at a antique store, his antler lamp at walmart and his sweet basket to hold his diapers and all the tools we will need when changing time arrives came from a sweet friend. I love sitting in his room and reminiscing on how so many people gave and shared in the construction of the room that our little boy will come home to and enjoy for so many years. It really does take a village to raise a child and we're just at the starting line.
Like I mentioned earlier when I first started "planning" our nursery I was thinking more pink and pearls so when I needed to rethink my son's room I was at a loss at first for what "theme" or design I wanted to go with. I reached out to a friend that makes baby bedding since what I was finding in store just wasn't cutting it. She worked graciously with me to find just the right fit between the design I wanted and the colors that Casey liked. I was nervous that the colors would be too much for the room or that it wouldn't quite work with the overall decor but when she delivered it one night and we saw the whole thing come together it was exactly what we hoped for. The crib sheet is lined with arrows and the navy bumper fabric has all the woodland creatures you can imagine with their tents and teepees ready for a woodland adventure. And the fox in the crib... well that's where it all started. I saw this little fox in our gift shop at work before I knew what we were having. I told myself I would go back and purchase it if we were having a boy and when I did it birthed the entire woodland theme. From this little stuffed fox came his crib bedding, his decor and all the fun we've had with his showers a long the way.
Like I mentioned earlier a lot of pieces were given to us or shared with us from our family and friends just like the antique cooler above. One of Casey's clients gave him this cooler a few weeks ago and it fit perfectly by his door. I also found this neat firewood bucket and added some little fish to the side to make his hamper. Lastly I found this small chalkboard and want to utilize it to teach our son scripture. It will be easy for me to use this piece to quote verses to him every day and be able to remind myself when I am up late feeding and rocking that there is a greater purpose in all the chaos while some nights will seem long the weeks will seem short.
As of this week we're almost 39 weeks along and I believe we're about as ready as we can be. His room is prepped, our bags are packed and other than a few last minute items we are ready to meet our son for the first time. He may not have a name and we may be anxious to see what he looks like but we both feel settled in this timing and our love for one another. We've enjoyed our years spent just the two of us and will continue to nurture our marriage after our son's arrival but we are excited to start a new journey in the coming weeks and learn about a new love birthed with our child.
