Life is slowly getting back to normal after baby Stella's arrival, and with normalcy comes a new post!
I created a print for my nursery and made it several ways before I finally came up with a version I loved. I did a guest post on Over The Big Moon showing a few of the different ways you could modify this print (here is a peek at what the print looks like in our nursery).
I'm in love with this fauxdenza. The final touches were a labor of love and totally worth it.
Putting the final finish on the wood that wraps around the fauxdenza gave me quite a bit a grief. I wanted it to be just right, which resulted in a lot of trial and error, but in the end we got it figured out.
The finish coat I used on the wood was a semi-gloss polycrylic. I wanted the wood to remain natural in color and polycrylic is a crystal clear finish that leaves no color tint behind.
I've been thinking a long time about how I wanted to decorate the walls of our hallway. And by a long time, I mean like since we remodeled over a year ago.
Sometimes I'd think it would be better to leave it bare, then I'd think we needed another picture gallery. I constantly went back and forth.
Then, I started thinking about a way to maybe showcase our Instagram pictures *ding* lightbulb. An idea hatched and I was off to create a sketch.
One of the first things you think about buying when you are going to have a baby is a crib.
A few weeks ago we sold our crib that went through our first two children. It was a little bittersweet and I truly loved the crib, it just didn't fit into my vision for the new nursery. So, away it went and the hunt was on for a new crib, and I eventually settled on "The One".
If you didn't catch the crib in the nursery mock up you can check it out here.
Since we moved into our current home, over 3 years ago, our front living room has had only a single couch to sit on, and no chairs to speak of. As you can imagine, this has been quite the inconvenience.
Any time someone came over for a quick visit or a casual chat, we were stuck sitting right next to each other instead of a comfortable face to face, but not in your face position.
When we made our command center I had a very specific vision in mind, and in this vision were some very long skinny pockets. I knew I would not be able to find the exact pockets I wanted anywhere, so...we made them.