The Nursery

I had thought about how I would decorate the nursery for a long time. Even before we found out we were expecting I would see pictures of other people's nurseries and get ideas. Since our wedding I have had a love for pink and green. Growing up my favorite color was purple, but once I started planning our wedding and registering I kept picking out green things, so I guess that is a close second to purple.

So when Matt and I found out we were having a girl I knew I wanted to do a pink and green theme. We kept going back and forth on whether to paint the room a light pink or green. After going back and forth we decided we didn't want it to be so much pink, so we would paint it a light green and have lots of pink accents. I searched online and in many baby stores to find the bedding.

I had seen a nursery done with bedding from Pottery Barn Kids, and I remembered it being different shades of pinks and greens with some white as well. I searched their site and found that they still carried the bedding and decided that was the one I really liked.

We went to look for baby furniture within the first couple of weeks after finding out the gender. With the pink and green color scheme I thought white/off white furniture would go really well.

After going to 4-5 baby furniture stores in the area we ended up back at the first place that we looked, and purchased the set that we originally looked at.

We had an old glider and ottoman we had bought at a garage sale, and as a gift to us Matt's parents had it re-covered with brand new cushions. The glider was ready just in time for my Atlanta shower and I used it to sit in and open my gifts. We had a white bookshelf that was in our guest room and got paint to match the antique white furniture, and painted it so it would fit in well. After adding wall decals above the dresser, and many other accessories the nursery was finished! We were very pleased with the final result.